background: disease-modifying drugs (dmds) are a significant expenditure for treating multiple sclerosis (ms). however, there is limited report on assessment of the cost-utility of dmds compared with symptom management in the presence of long-term data. this study aimed to assess the lifetime cost-utility from the iranian healthcare perspectives of 4dmds relative to symptom management alone in ...

OBJECTIVE This study was conducted to examine the effect of structured education on medication adherence and self-efficacy through the use of the MASCC Oral Agent Teaching Tool (MOATT) for patients receiving oral agents for cancer treatment. METHODS This quasi-experimental study has been conducted at two hospitals; 41 patients were included in the study. Data were obtained using a questionnai...

THIS IMAGING VIGNETTE DESCRIBES THE ASSOCIATION OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC FINDINGS WITH clinical course, dividing myxomas on the basis of size (Figure 1), morphology (Figure 2), and location (Figure 3) in 378 patients with complete excision of cardiac myxoma in a single center in our hospital. Large size was associated with cardiac symptoms (p < 0.005), polypoid type was associated with embolic symp...

background: treating inflammatory bowel disease (ibd) with antidepressants might be of utility to improve patient’s condition. the aim of this study was to assess the efficacy of duloxetine on depression, anxiety, severity of symptoms, and quality of life (qol) in ibd patients. materials and methods: in a randomized, double-blind, controlled clinical trial on  2013-2014, in alzahra hospital (is...

the air in tehran is one of the most polluted airs in the entire world. because of the air pollution in the great tehran area, morbidity, mortality and symptoms emerge. this study has been conducted for the first time in iran. according to this study the total annual direct medical costs of morbidity estimated at us$ 3258255.48.our work also led to the estimation of an income elasticity of wtp ...

background: in order to use international prostate symptom score (ipss) in the iranian population, a valid and reliable persian version of this questionnaire is required. to date, this version of ipss with those characteristics is not available. material and methods: for evaluation of the validity, the original version of ipss (english version) was translated into persian and after 3 weeks was ...

PURPOSE To determine which sensory (symptom persistence and intensity) and reactive (activity and affective interference) domains of symptom analysis are essential for assessing symptom burden in dry eye disease (DED) patients. METHODS A symptom domain tool was developed to investigate all four symptom domains in DED. In a cross-sectional pilot study, we administered the symptom burden tool a...

attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (adhd) is the most common behavioral problem during childhood and in school-aged children. various projection drawings have been designed for assessing children's personality and psychological disorders including the tests of draw a person (dap) and draw a family (daf). we aimed to compare the differences between typically developing children and childre...