Methods We randomized 400 patients with cLBP to receive one of four dose levels of care: 0, 6, 12, or 18 sessions of lumbar spinal manipulation from a chiropractor. All participants were scheduled for three visits per week for six weeks at one of eight clinics. Care was rendered at each visit, either the index intervention or light massage control. The primary outcomes were low back pain intens...

This report describes the development and refinement of a set of scales for use in research on predictors of colorectal cancer screening adherence. The study population included 2693 of 4490 eligible white male automotive employees who answered a mailed questionnaire (60% response rate) on beliefs and attitudes related to colorectal cancer and screening. Exploratory and confirmatory factor anal...

OBJECTIVE Self-efficacy beliefs determine how people feel, think, motivate themselves and behave. Regarding to similar findings it is supposed that concept of self efficacy has a general role on mental health. The present study focused on examining the relationships between self-efficacy and symptoms of depression, anxiety, worry and social avoidance in a large sample of normal students (n=549)...

BACKGROUND Stress is not always a direct result of stressful conditions, but rather the way they are perceived. Thus individual variables that may be associated with perceived stress should be examined in stress studies. This study investigates the intermediary role of self-efficacy in relation with stress, glycosylated haemoglobin and health-related quality of life in patients with type2 diabe...

objective: the purpose of this study is to examine the factor structure, internal consistency, and construct validity of preschool, first and second grade versions of berkeley parenting self-efficacy scale. method: the subjects were 317 mothers: (102 mothers of preschool children, 111 mothers of first grade children and 104 mothers of second grade children) who were randomly selected from schoo...

Introduction: The existence of standard tools is one of the basic needs of scientists of healthy behavior for predicting health-related behaviors. The aim of the present study was to design a psychometrically sound instrument to measure the protection motivation theory constructs regarding self-medication for elderly Iranians. Methods: The study was conducted in spring 2016. The sample con...

This study was designed to examine the relationship between teachers’ self-efficacy beliefs in using Web 2.0 technologies and their level of proficiency Information Communication Technologies (ICT). The group comprised 336 teachers employed different branches state schools. Within this scope, “ICT Integration Proficiency for Teachers (TIPS)” “Web Practical Content Development Self-Efficacy Beli...