PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To evaluate the FOCUS Program (family involvement, optimistic attitude, coping effectiveness, uncertainty reduction, and symptom management), a family-based program of care for women with recurrent breast cancer and their family caregivers. DATA SOURCES Randomized clinical trial. SETTING Midwest region of the United States. DATA SYNTHESIS The family-based program of car...

introduction: family physician plan in iran was conducted to establish service referral system. its urban step began in 2012 and it was supposed that the effectiveness is enhanced and the costs are reduced. the implementation of this program has faced some challenges, especially in human resources management. the aim of this study was to optimally allocate human resources for urban family physi...

background: socioeconomic status (ses) is a major determinant of health inequality in children and adolescents. the aim of this study was to evaluate the association of ses of family and living region with self-rated health (srh) and life satisfaction (ls) among children and adolescents.   methods: this study was a part of the fourth survey of a national surveillance program, which was conducte...

the iranian rehabilitation journal has published many articles related to  different dimensions of treatment and psycho-education. as a reference we will review some articles which already published in this journal. dadkhah and his colleagues evaluated an individually family-based dohsa exercise programme of balance in the aged people and its effect on self confidence for performing common dail...

a bstra ct background: the family caregivers of the people with cancer such as breast cancer experience a decrease in their quality of life and an increase of their caring burden. in most of the cases, the researchers consider the quality of life and physical and psychological problems in patients with cancer and pay less attention to the family caregivers. to reduce the caring burden imposed t...

Background and Objectives:  Marital satisfaction is vital for the continuation of married life, and one of the factors negatively affecting this satisfaction is women's employment in stressful positions, especially in families where the division of domestic tasks is traditionally based on gender. This study was conducted to determine the effect of a family-centered program to manage domestic ro...