BACKGROUND There is a high prevalence of impairments among people 65+, and the elderly population is increasing in the West. Many countries offer personal assistance, individualised support for people living in the community by a paid assistant other than a healthcare professional for at least 20 hours per week. OBJECTIVES To assess the effectiveness of personal assistance for older adults wi...

a comparative study of pregnancy results in adolescents and young mothers referred to the motazedi hospital in kermanshah n rezavand , md m zangane , md sh malek khosravi , md m rezaee , phd received: 25 april, 2009 accepted: 27 july, 2009 abstract: background & aims: pregnancy in early years of reproductive period has been considered as high-risk pregnancy. considering high prevalence of such ...

Epidemiologic studies of farm children are of international interest because farm children are less often atopic, have less allergic disease, and often have less asthma than do nonfarm children--findings consistent with the hygiene hypothesis. We studied a cohort of rural Iowa children to determine the association between farm and other environmental risk factors with four asthma outcomes: doct...

Background & aim: Pregnant women with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) are considered to be at high risk regarding fetal complications and adverse outcomes. The aim of this study was to evaluate the fetal outcomes in pregnant women with the SLE. Methods: This retrospective study was conducted on a total of 125 patients with the SLE referred to the Clinic and Department of Rheumatology of Imam...

In this paper, we discuss re-finding personal information from a human information processing perspective. We describe the design of a prototype that explored the human information processing aspects of a personal memex (a memex to organize personal information). In the project, we considered the use of the personal memex, focusing on information recall, by three populations: people with Mild C...

background recently, global nursing experts have been aggressively encouraging nurses to pursue creativity and innovation in nursing to improve nursing outcomes. nurses’ creativity plays a significant role in health and well-being. in most health systems across the world, nurses provide up to 80% of the primary health care; therefore, they are critically positioned to provide creative solutions...