background : nursing is one of the most stressful jobs. the present study aimed to determine the effect of a cognitive -behavioral stress management training program based on precede model on stress reduction among nurses. methods : in this quasi-experimental study, which was conducted in 2010, 58 female nurses in hamadan, northwest iran were enrolled in the study and were divided into two equa...

background: clinical researches indicate the increase of stress in the society and the number of patients with psychological disorders, especially depression. this study was performed to assess the effectiveness of an educational intervention based on cognitive-behavioral methods on stress and depression among women with depressive disorder. methods: forty patients with depressive disorder who ...

substantial progress in documenting the role of psychosocial stress in the etiology and development of physical and mental disease has been made in the past 10 years. although the exact mechanisms with which stress impacts health are not fully understood, it is thought that the negative emotional and cognitive effects of stress alter the immune response and increase susceptibility to disease. s...

objective: to compare the effectiveness of group training of stress management with cognitive-behavioral therapy (cbt) in reducing depression, anxiety and stress perceived among hiv-positive men. methods:inthis semi-experimental study, three groups of hiv-positive men (cbt group, stress management group, and control group) including 15 patients in each group were compared regarding depression, ...

health promotion approach is utilized to address the prevention, management and early intervention for stress management and also to promote positive mental and psychological health. stress affects everyone and must be managed effectively to reduce its chronic and deleterious effects this study consists of two sections: in first section the principals of health promotion in different human exis...

background & aims: psychological interventions may improve the quality of life in asthmatic patients through affecting the bio-psycho-social dimensions. this study is aimed to assess the efficacy of cognitive behavioral stress management (cbsm) group education on improvement of quality of life in asthmatic patients. method& materials: this was an experimental study using randomized pre-, post- ...

the purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between stress & time management skills. in this descriptive study, 103 personnel were selected from sari health center, by stratified random sampling, and data was gathered by two questionnaires from samples. results: there is a significant negative relationship in two component study. also, females´ stress level was higher than in m...

this experiment was carried out for a period of 4 weeks with 240 day old straight- run broiler (cobb-500) chicks to investigate the effects of administering electrolytes in drinking water on the productive performance (live weight, body weight gain, feed consumption, feed conversion and water consumption) and to determine the economic impact of using electrolytes. the chicks were randomly distr...