BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Due to the increasing number of elderly and an increase in the number of cases of cancer by age, cancer is a common problem in the elderly. For elderly patients with cancer, the disease and its treatment can have long-term negative effects on their quality of life (QoL). The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of progressive muscle relaxation, body image a...

abstract background: concerning the prevalence of test anxiety among nursing students and presence of stress in nursing education years, this study was conducted to determine the effect of progressive muscle relaxation method on test anxiety among nursing students of isfahan university of medical sciences in 2013. materials and methods: this was a quasi-experimental study conducted in three sta...

The sleep pattern of the elderly is different from that young. There are four phases in which young people can enter a deep phase, while experience decreased phase as result poor sleep, meaning tend to be restless and easily awakened, interfere with quality. have memory disorders emotional reduce their quality life. This paper was quantitative research used pre-experimental design pre-test post...

objective: patients with conversion disorder may be seen by different specialists in various clinics and emergency situations. however, there are not sufficient studies on the most effective treatment for this disabling illness. methods: in a clinical trial, we compared four treatment strategies muscle relaxation, suggestion, hypnosis and intravenous diazepam infusion, in 80 patients with acute...

labor pain is a cause of stress and suffering; for which many women seek methods to relieve this pain. the aim of this study was to determine the effect of relaxation techniques on pain relief during labor. this study was carried out on 62 pregnant women referred to fatemieh hospital (hamadan, iran) during their labor. they were selected using convenience sampling and were divided randomly in t...