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Background and Aim: Nowadays, The importance of psycho - social issues in physical health of the individual and Investigation the personality traits of people with cancer has been considered as a major topic of interest of health psychologists in the field of health psychology. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between D type of personality and perceived stress with health behaviors in women with breast cancer was studied
Method: In this descriptive study with correlation method, 60 women with breast cancer of Ahwaz Golestan hospital in 2013 selected by using convenient sampling methods.in order to variables measurement, personality D type tests [Denollet], perceived stress scale [Kohen] health status questionnaireof Loge and Kass were used. The research data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and multiple regression analysis
Results: In this study, there was a significant inverse relationship between D type of personality and perceived stress with health behaviors, [p<0.01 and r=-0.56] and [r=-0.34 and p<0.05], respectively. The results of multiple regression analysis showed that D type of personality and perceived stress variables are good predictors of health behaviors in breast cancer patients
Conclusion: according to findings of study, we can conclude that in health behavior of patients with breast cancer, Individual factors, especially negative emotions, social inhibition and also perceptual factors such as perceived stress, have played a decisive role. Accordingly, considering the characteristics of personality D type and perceived stress as predictors of health behavior factors in breast cancer patients is essential
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The prevalence of preterm labor in Iran is 6-10%, accounting for 80% of neonatal morbidity. The most effective tocolytic agents to delay the preterm labor have not yet been known. Therefore, this study aimed to compare the effects of Indomethacin [ICN] and Magnesium-Sulfate [Mgs] in delaying preterm labor and also to assess the maternal complications associated with the two drugs. This randomized clinical trial study was performed on 24-32 week pregnant women [n=60] at risk for preterm labor referred to Shabih-Khani maternity hospital in Kashan. The women were divided into two equal groups: intravenous Mg sulfate [control] or ICN rectal suppository [intervention] groups. Then, the delaying of preterm labor and also the maternal morbidity were assessed in both groups. No significant difference was seen in maternal and sociodemographic variables between the two groups. The delaying of preterm labor was the same for both groups and no case of preterm labor was seen in women during the first 48 hours of hospitalization. Moreover, there was no significant difference in variables [e.g. the maternal age, the number of gravida, gestational age, symptoms on admission, the number of prior preterm labors and a history of preterm labor] between the two groups. The most common complication in both groups was nausea. There was no case of oligohydramnios in the indomethacin group. Although the delaying of preterm labor was the same in both groups, Mg sulfate administration requires permanent nursing care. It seems that ICN can be used as one of primary tocolytic treatments in preterm labor
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Dementia is characterized by progressive memory loss and other cognitive impairments. Memory impairments are apparent on tasks that require learning and retention of verbal or non-verbal information. Demented patients present severe impairments on recognition and recalling tasks. They have severe deficits in transferring information in to a long-term storage system. The present study investigated any difference between various memory processes in different reproduction phases contribute to discrimination between demented and non-demented elderly patients. Thirty one demented and 25 non-demented elderly patients were selected according to inclusion criteria; all of them were visited by a physician completing the Mini Mental Status Examination [MMSE] and California Verbal Learning Test-Persian version [CVLT-P]. Although demented and non-demented elderly subjects had no difference in relation to age and education, differences on clinical variables were significant and demented patients showed lower means than nondemented ones. A discriminate function analysis showed that CVLT-P had the ability to differentiate between demented and non-demented elderly patients and could correctly classify 94.3% of demented and non-demented older adults. Findings suggest that CVLT-P could discriminate satisfaction between these two groups and according to subscales, learning slope had the highest discrimination coefficient. So demented patients had more deficits in hippocampus causing failure of learning