BACKGROUND The EQ-5D-Y, an outcome measure of Health Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) in children, was developed by an international task team in 2010. The multinational feasibility, reliability and validity study which followed was undertaken with mainly healthy children. The aim of this study was to investigate the psychometric properties of the EQ-5D-Y when used to assess the HRQoL of childre...

BACKGROUND Several research studies have reported the poor quality of life of family caregivers of persons with Alzheimer's disease (AD). However, factors that influence their quality of life have not been clearly defined. The purpose of this study was to examine factors associated with the quality of life of these caregivers such as demographic variables, their transition experience, and hope....

Background: General health is related not only to physical illness but also to mental and social conditions including personality traits and the quality of life. The main objective of the current study was to investigate the relationship between five main personality factors, quality of life, and mental health in patients suffering from thalassemia. Materials and Methods: The current study was...

To examine the relationship between students’ athletic ability and their psychological skills in the athletic club and the school life setting, 99 players from high school soccer teams were administered with the Psychological Skills Inventory for Athletic Clubs and the Psychological Skills Inventory for School Life. Five coaches of the soccer teams evaluated the players’ athletic ability, using...

Background: Some personality traits were found to be relevant to engagement in smoking. Examination of associations between personality traits and behaviours in smoking and cessation will guide the development of effective preventive and cessation interventions. The objective of this study was to evaluate the factor structure and reliability of a Chinese version of the Big Five Inventory (BFI) ...

the purpose of this study was to investigate the moderating role of conscientiousness personality trait in the relationship of emotional exhaustion with job performance (task performance, organizational citizenship behaviors). the participants of this study consisted of 400 high school teachers in khuzestan province (260 male & 140 female) that were selected by multi-stage random sampling metho...

Introduction: Multiple sclerosis is a progressive neurological disease is most common in young adults. This disease has created many problems for patients and it leads to disability and dependence in life. Clinical findings indicate that mental stress of everyday life events gradually work different body systems including the immune system is affected and can weaken it. Various factors can modu...