objective: educating families and caregivers of schizophrenic patients on controlling and managing the disorder, has found particular importance in clinical psychology. the present study aims to examine the effect of psychoeducational interventions on illness management in families of schizophrenic patients. methods: the present study is a quasi-experimental research with pretest-posttest desig...

background & aim: nowadays, new methods related to pain management have emerged. however, it has been reported in studies that post-operative pain management is inadequate. the purpose of this study was determined to pain levels of the patients after gynecologic surgery and nursing interventions. methods & materials: this descriptive study was undertaken as a multicenter study in the gynecologi...

some patients are more susceptible to hcc (like hbv, cirrhosis and …). in these patientsscreening imaging (ultrasound) is highly recommended. in positive cases next step would be 4-phasic ct scan or dynamic mri for confirm diagnosis and also staging. if there are typical signs of hcc (wash in, wash out), biopsy is not necessary in susceptible populations. gold standard treatment of hcc is surge...

This paper pioneers Care Robot Impact Assessment (CRIA), a methodology used to identify, analyze, mitigate and eliminate the risks posed by the insertion of non-medical personal care robots (PCR) in medical care facilities. Its precedent instruments [Privacy and Surveillance Impact Assessment (PIA and SIA)] fall behind in coping with robots. Indeed, personal care robots change dramatically how ...

an earlier overview of systematic reviews and a subsequent editorial on single-component versus multifaceted interventions to promote knowledge translation (kt) highlight complex issues in implementation science. in this supplemented commentary, further aspects are in focus; we propose examples from (kt) studies probing the issue of single interventions. a main point is that defining what is a ...

Objectives: To assess the responsiveness of Goal Attainment Scaling compared with the Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory (PEDI) and the 66-item Gross Motor Function Measure (GMFM-66) in multidisciplinary rehabilitation practice. Design: Observational study. Pretest-posttest design. Subjects/ patients: Twenty-three children with cerebral palsy, aged 2-13 years. Methods: Goal Attainment...

The aim of this study was to measure which three-dimensional spatiotemporal and kinematic parameters differentiate upper limb movement characteristics in children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy (HCP) from those in typically developing children (TDC), during various clinically relevant tasks. We used a standardized protocol containing three reach tasks (forwards, upwards, and sideways), two reac...