Background/Aim. Assessment of health-related quality life is fundamental for a better understanding the disease?s effect on different aspects patients? daily functioning and treatment modalities efficacy. Primary Sj?gren's Syndrome Quality Life Questionnaire (PSS-QoL) first disease-specific instrument evaluating in patients with primary Sj?gren syndrome. The aim this study was to formally trans...

As we witness the rise of intemperate nationalism, self-indulgent nativism, and aggressive xenophobia in many countries, multiand intercultural studies and initiatives have come under considerable pressure. At least for now, it seems that they have not been able to offer satisfactory alternatives for populations that suffer under the ill effects of globalization or believe so. Theories of trans...

The purpose of this article is to describe barriers and strengths of a study testing the effects of reminiscence on depressive symptoms in community-dwelling older African Americans. Primary data sources included debriefing sessions, reflective journals, participant observations, and key informant interviews. Data were analyzed using immersion/crystallization technique. Mistrust between gatekee...

The purpose of this study was to explore the experiences of non-Muslim nurses caring for Muslim patients in Saudi Arabia. The study sought to understand from the perspective of nonMuslim nurses what it is like to care for Muslim patients in a religiously and culturally conservative society. The study is positioned within a framework of theories about transcultural nursing care and is primarily ...

I t is commonplace that one man's meat is another man's poison. Since the fact of cultural variability is well known, this paper will not attempt to catalogue the range of eating phenomena that illustrate the diversity of human experience. Rather, we will focus on three seemingly bizarre and to us almost unthinkable phenomena and attempt to illuminate the human function of each. We will conside...

Declaration of interest None. Postnatal depression affects between 10% and 15% of new mothers. It is associated with adverse consequences for the mother’s mental health and functioning (Kumar & Robson, 1984; Marks et al, 1992), with deterioration of the marital relationship and of the psychological health of the partner (Lovestone & Kumar, 1993; Ballard & Davies, 1996), and has an adverse longt...