Background and purpose: The most important underlying cause of death in diabetic patients is the lack of self-care. One way to assess self-care skills in diabetic patients is the measurement of glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c). Different training programs are implemented to improve self-care behavior, however, the role of nurses in such trainings and counseling is neglected. The aim of this study wa...

Abstract The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of group administered form of mindfulness-based stress reduction program for fibromyalgia severity. In a quasi-experimental design, a randomized controlled trial with baseline, post treatment, and follow-up assessments along with control group was conducted. Twenty-five patients with fibromyalgia by convenience sampling selecte...

Abstract Background and aims: The aim of this present study was to examine the effectiveness of work- life conflict management model on life satisfaction  and work engagement of male employees. Method: Population of this study was male employees of Parsian Bank in Tehran. In a pretest- posttest experimental research design with control group, a total of  24 male employees sele...

This study presents a novel intelligent Fuzzy Genetic Differential Evolutionary model for the optimization of a fuzzy expert system applied to heart disease prediction in order to reduce the risk of heart disease. To this end, a fuzzy expert system has been proposed for the prediction of heart disease. The proposed model can be used as a tool to assist physicians. In order to: (1) tune the para...

Existence of risk in banking operations could threaten profitability of banks. Observed crises in banking system mainly were because of inefficiency rolling in credit risk management. The most important instrument that banks need to adopt for monitoring and management of credit risk is customer’s ranking system. In this way the main objective of the present research is to estimate a Logit model...

Introduction: Scorpion stinging is one of the most important health problems of Iran especially in tropical southern provinces such as Hormozgan, the southern province of Iran. Hormozgan province usually had the second rank of stinging prevalence in the country with more 10 cases of death annually. Detection of scorpion fauna is a necessary factor to plan an efficient control problem. Methods...

Background and Objective: Applying “Roy’s adaptation model" and care planning based on its principles for diabetic patients needs careful assessment. Since there has not been any study in this field, so, this study was done in order to evaluate the effect of nursing care plan based on “Roy’s adaptation model” on physiologic adaptation in type II diabetics. Materials and Methods: The study was a...

Aims: Stress, depression and anxiety are the most common disorders in adolescence. Given the positive effect of spirituality on mental health, the aim of present study was to investigate the effect of spirituality-based educational intervention on mental health in female student health ambassadors. Materials & Methods: This semi-experimental study was performed on 39 female student health amba...