BACKGROUND The aims of this preliminary study were to understand the relationship between the living arrangements and lifestyle satisfaction through investigating how choices of living arrangements impacted upon lifestyle satisfaction of elderly Chinese immigrants in London. METHODS A qualitative research methodology with semi-structured, face-to-face and in-depth interviews was utilized with...

BACKGROUND Patient satisfaction is affected by hospital services and may have an effect on the cultural, social and personal conditions of the people living in the region. This research aimed to evaluate the patient satisfaction in social security hospitals in Mazandaran province. METHODS From Spring 2012 to Summer 2013, all patients admitted to social security hospitals in Mazandaran provinc...

We study the planted ensemble of locked constraint satisfaction problems. We describe the connection between the random and planted ensembles. The use of the cavity method is combined with arguments from reconstruction on trees and first and second moment considerations; in particular the connection with the reconstruction on trees appears to be crucial. Our main result is the location of the h...

BACKGROUND Attempts to identify particular aspects of psychosocial work conditions as predictors of sickness absence remain inconclusive. A global measure has previously been suggested to be an efficient way to measure psychosocial work conditions in questionnaires. This paper investigates whether satisfaction with specific aspects of psychosocial work conditions explains sickness absence beyon...

PURPOSE Our goals were to rigorously document and explore the interrelationships of various parameters in the aftermath of total knee arthroplasty (TKA), including patient characteristics, clinical scores, satisfaction levels, and patient-perceived improvements. MATERIALS AND METHODS A questionnaire addressing sociodemographic factors, levels of satisfaction, and "wished-for" improvements was...

BACKGROUND Aging raises wide-ranging issues within social, economic, welfare, and health care systems. Life satisfaction (LS) is regarded as an indicator of quality of life which, in turn, is associated with mortality and morbidity in older adults. The objective of this study was to identify the relevant predictors of life satisfaction and to investigate changes in a multidimensional construct ...

STATEMENT OF PROBLEM Personality profiles may affect the impact of dental treatment on daily living and patient satisfaction. PURPOSE The purpose of this clinical trial was to evaluate the impact of maxillary anterior fixed prosthodontic rehabilitation on daily living and the satisfaction of patients and to investigate its relationship with personality profiles. MATERIAL AND METHODS Fifty-n...