Objective/Background Children with cerebral palsy (CP) need more attention and care, especially from their mothers. This can affect the mothers’ quality of life (QOL) adversely. study aimed to assess QOL Iranian mothers who have a child CP, compared healthy child, focusing on some individual social underlying factors. Methods Using cluster-sampling approach, two groups eligible having children aged 4–12 years, without Tehran's randomly selected clinics, were chosen in convenient way enrolled...

Background: Motor skills play an important role in daily and learning of children. Hence, any disorders their motor cause weaknesses problems social skills. Objectives: The current study aimed to compare between preschool girls boys Semnan city, Iran. Results can be used by education authorities prioritize focus on programs. Patients Methods: descriptive-analytical was conducted 91 children (51 40 boys), with the mean age 6.4 (SD ± 0.2). Multi-stage sampling method employed preschoolers...

Background: Increasing the range of motion in joints is considered to be one most long term concerns treatment cerebral palsy (CP). Objectives: The purpose this study was investigate effect using whole body vibration (WBV) as a new therapeutic approach, with stretching exercises on lower extremities children CP. Methods: In single-blind clinical trial, 20 aged 4 12 years were enrolled. Participants randomly divided into experimental and control groups. Control group received only passive...

Objectives: The purpose of designing and evaluating the psychometric properties an activity daily living (ADL) questionnaire for heart failure (HF) patients is to improve management HF by accurately identifying their ADL needs challenges. Methods: This study had two stages: (1) developing reviewing its items; (2) questionnaire. items were generated through a literature review. Face validity was assessed qualitatively quantitatively. Content determined using content index ratio calculations....

Objective Many mothers of children with cerebral palsy experience low back pain, so the purpose this study was to investigate effect stabilization exercises along self-care training on transverse abdominal muscle activity, disability, and depression in them. Design In single-blinded randomized clinical trial, 32 were selected randomly divided into two groups. Both groups received individually. For experimental group, addition training, 24 sessions held. Outcome measures included visual...

Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a risk factor for long-term complications and mortality in people with diabetes. Diabetes self-management can prevent the adverse effects of COVID-19. Objectives: This study aimed to investigate association between COVID-19-related personal, familial, psychological factors diabetes self-management. Methods: The research was conducted using simple non-probability sampling method at Institute Endocrinology Metabolism Iran University Medical...

Objectives: Occupational performance occurs in a dynamic interaction between the people, their occupations, and context. Stroke could affect individual’s occupational performance, which is basis of social life. This study aimed to investigate factors affecting stroke patients’ performance. Methods: In this descriptive-analytic study, 55 people with participated. The patients completed Canadian measure (COPM), Barthel index, Brunnstrom stage, Montreal cognitive assessment, demographic...

Patients with heart failure (HF) experience restrictions in their activity participation. Health self-care behavior (HSCB) among patients HF is an essential component of managing symptoms.

Background: Kinesio-Tape (KT) is a common method used in rehabilitation, but the KT short-term therapeutic effects on children with cerebral palsy (CP) are unclear yet. Objectives: This study aims to investigate and immediate of postural sway CP. Methods: In this before- after-study, 27 aged between 4 11 years old spastic CP were included. Immediate Quadriceps muscle (QcM) then assessed using time-up go test (TUG) COP (center pressure) displacement five assessments. Results: The results...

Background: Patients with heart failure (HF) usually experience functional disabilities and face participation challenges. Self-care behavior is an essential component of long-term management HF. Purpose: This study aims to investigate the effect occupational performance coaching (OPC) on self-care behaviors in people Method: a parallel group, single-blind, randomized controlled trial 44 adults HF, evaluate efficacy OPC. will be randomly allocated (1:1) into two groups. Both groups receive...

Objective Having a child with disability profoundly affects the family and can impose many problems challenges on parents. Children Down syndrome (DS) are large group special needs at risk for chronic physical illness, developmental problems, behavioral emotional problems. These create more health care in these children. Therefore, present study aimed to investigate caregiver burden related factors parents of 4 12 years old children DS living Tehran City, Iran, 2020. Materials & Methods...

Many very-preterm infants have difficulty in oral feeding during the first months of life after discharge. Since studies surveying presence problems year are limited and cultural/psychosocial differences can affect results, so aim this study was to compare scores a test between full-term born children at age 2 relationship obtained explanatory variables.This is retrospective descriptive-analytic conducted 2014 Semnan city Iran. Thirty-eight 2-year-old with history birth were selected by...

Introduction : Many of study show decrease quality life in mothers children with cerebral palsy due to care activity their child but the researchers less pay attention mother’s relationship child-related factors like walking ability palsy, so aim this was toComparing based on Materials Methods In causal-comparativestudy that performed 2011 Tehran city where 60 4 to12 years old participated. Quality assessed SF-36 questionnaire andchildren were evaluated 1 5 level gross motor function...

Background: Old age is a period of life in which elderlies face with complications such as increasing risk chronic diseases, loneliness, isolation, mental and physical disabilities, reduction individual independence. These factors cause the quality to reduce. Objectives: This study compared daycare boarding nursing homes Semnan, Iran identified differences characteristics life. It can also help researchers reduce problems elderlies. Materials Methods: cross-sectional was performed on 30...