objectives: the aim of this study was to investigate the efficiency of educational abstract  intervention based on precede educational method in the promotion of quality of life among the aged under the coverage of tehran cultural house of aged people 2009. the population of the aged [people] is increasing in all parts of the world even in developing countries. the increase of the number of the...

background: the 21st century is faced with increase in challenges of urban population and aging. according to statistics, the old population in the world and in iran is increasing. obviously, their health promotion is the concern of the community and achieving it requires purposeful planning. being healthy means to feel good in social, mental, and physical dimensions (definition by the world he...

we describe a 69-year-old-woman with antecedent of breast cancer and recent transitory neurological symptoms. physical examination showed yellow to orange skin pigmentation, more conspicuous on her palms and soles, while discoloration changes were absent in the eye and oral mucous membranes. routine laboratory findings were not indicative of hemolytic anemia, liver or bile disorders, nephrotic ...

introduction: the existence of standard tools is one of the basic needs of scientists of healthy behavior for predicting health-related behaviors. the aim of the present study was to design a psychometrically sound instrument to measure the protection motivation theory constructs regarding self-medication for elderly iranians. methods: the study was conducted in spring 2016. the sample consiste...

introduction: spirituality is taken deeply into consideration as a part of health because of its role in the control of chronic diseases and its importance in determination of life purpose in the elderly. this study aimed to investigate the association between spiritual health and blood sugar control in elderly patients with type 2 diabetes. methods: this cross-sectional study was conducted on ...

methods this cross-sectional study was conducted on 200 older adults in southeast iran, during year 2015. the twenty health centers were selected randomly and 10 subjects were selected using multistage random sampling from a population from each health center. the test of functional health literacy in adults questionnaire was used for collecting the data. the data was analyzed using the stata.1...

background & aim: breast, cervical, and colorectal cancers are the leading causes of mortality among women, the incidence rate of which has an upward trend with advancing age. although cost-effective, easy, and available screening programs can help control these types of cancer in their early stages, it seems that cancer screening programs have not been implemented effectively. in this study, w...

background: middle-aged women encounter some barriers to their mental health, putting them at great risk for developing mental disorders. objectives: the aim of this study was to explore barriers to middle-aged women’s mental health. materials and methods: this was a qualitative content analysis study conducted in 2013 in kashan, iran. a purposive, maximum variation sample of 23 middle-aged wom...

background: the incidence of coronary artery bypass grafting surgery (cabg) in elderly patients has been increasing. there are contradictory reports on the early outcome of elderly coronary artery patients as compared with their young counterparts. we designed this retrospective study to address this issue. methods: w e retrospectively analyzed the results of 1489 on–pump cabg cases performed a...

background: socioeconomic status has been found to have a significant impact on the health as well as risk behaviors of adolescents across different contexts. this study was conducted to assess the effect of social relations adjusted by social class on physical and psychological well-being of adolescences in teheran, iran.     methods: this was a cross- sectional study and carried out on 1,742 ...