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Objectives: The purpose of this study was to investigate the emotional, behavioral problems, and posttraumatic stress symptoms in siblings of children with cancer and a control group. Methods: This study is a causal-comparative study. The sample consisted of 30 siblings aged 11 to 18 years old in children with cancer, 30 controls, who were matched for age and sex. The data was collected through availability sampling. In this study, a self-report questionnaire of adolescents and symptom scales of post-traumatic stress disorder-self-report form was used to assess the internalization, externalization, and symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder. Results: The results showed that there is a significant difference between internalization problems, extraversion problems, and post-traumatic stress symptoms in adolescents with cancer and the control group. Conclusion: According to the results, the siblings of children with cancer had more behavioral emotional behaviors than the control group that these findings revealed a greater vulnerability in this group and a guide for appropriate interventions.

Background: Group teaching can create empathy in teaching sessions. Therefore the objective of the present study was to investigate the effectiveness of team teaching based on Buckroyd’s Method on lifestyle, self-efficacy and body image structure of the women with obesity in the city of Isfahan. Methods: This study was quasi-experimental with pretest, posttest and control group and follow-up. The statistical population of the study included all people with obesity referring to clinics in the city of Isfahan from whom 30 women with obesity were selected through purposive sampling from Sepahan Health clinic in 2014 and then they were put into two groups of fifteen (experimental and control). A therapeutic intervention based on Buckroyd Method was administered on the experimental group during 16 two-hour sessions twice a week. The measurement instruments in this study were BMI scale, demographic information form, life style self-efficacy questionnaire and body image questionnaire. Descriptive statistics (mean and standard deviation) and inferential statistics (repeated measures variance) were used to test the hypotheses using SPSS software (version 23) at 0.05 level of error. Results: The results showed that team teaching based on Buckroyd Method has been effective on the increase of life style self-efficacy (p < 0.001) and the improvement of body image (p < 0.001) as the mean score of life style self-efficacy and body image structure have increased after team teaching at the post-test stage and it could maintain this increase in time (follow-up stage). Conclusion: Buckroyd Method can be employed in the increase of life style self-efficacy and body image structure in the obese women.

Objective The purpose of this study is to compare the perceived parenting dimensions in mothers and their daughters (differences between two generations), and study the relationship between these dimensions and the severity of daughters' behavioral and emotional symptoms. Materials and methods 300 participants (150 daughters with their mothers) participated in this study. They responded to the perceived parenting styles questionnaire (PSQ), and mothers were additionally asked to answer the child symptoms inventory-4 (CSI-4). Data analysis was done by the SPSS using the paired sample t-test and multiple regressions. Results The results indicated a significant difference between perceived parenting dimensions in mothers and their daughters; specifically, acceptance and control dimensions increased through generation. It was also found that daughters' acceptance-rejection dimension could predict the severity of the symptoms of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorders, autism spectrum disorders, depression, dysthymia, conduct disorders, and opposite defiant disorders. The control-autonomy dimension could also predict the severity of schizophrenia symptoms. Conclusion The results indicate the different parenting styles between two generations and the critical role of parenting in developing the children's psychopathology symptoms.

Inula britannica L. has been used in medicine as a theraputical agent. The aim of the present study was to assess the hepatoprotective property of I. britannica aqueous extract against streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetes in mice. In this study, 60 mice were used. Diabetes was experimentally induced by injection of STZ in 50 mice. The levels of blood glucose were evaluated by glucometer strips. Mice with plasma glucose level more than 250 mg/dL were considered diabetic. After 3 days, they were divided randomly into six groups. Groups 1 and 2 served as non-diabetic and untreated diabetic controls, respectively. Group 3 received 30 mg/kg glibenclamide orally. Groups 4, 5, and 6 were given 30, 90, and 270 mg/kg, respectively, of I. britannica for 20 days orally. At 20th day, the mice were dissected; blood and liver samples collected for hematological, biochemical, and histological parameter analysis. Hematologically, I. britannica and glibenclamide could reduce significantly (p ≤ 0.05) the raised levels of WBC, platelet, and increased RBC number as compared to the untreated group. Biochemically, I. britannica at all dose (especially IB270) and glibenclamide could significantly (p ≤ 0.05) reduce the raised levels of glucose, ALP, AST, ALT, cholesterol, LDL, and increased HDL, SOD, and CAT levels as compared to the untreated group. Histologically, different doses of I. britannica (especially IB270) similar to glibenclamide could significantly (p ≤ 0.05) decreased the volume of the liver structures as compared to the untreated group. It concluded that I. britannica could ameliorate hyperglycemia and improved hepatic changes following diabetes in STZ-induced diabetic mice. So, according to these features, it could be used as an antidiabetic supplement or drug.

Background and Objectives: Obesity has been increasing around the world and this phenomenon is creating many physical and psychological problems. Hence, this study considered the effectiveness of Buckroyd’s group-based therapeutic approach on increasing self-esteem and improving eating attitude of obese 20- to 30-year-old females in Esfahan. Materials and Methods: This study was semi-experimental, statistical society of which involved all obese females referred to Sepahan Salamat Clinic in Esfahan, during year 2014. Overall, 30 over-weight females, who had a Body Mass Index (BMI) between 25 and 35, a minimum education of diploma, and age of 20 to 30 years old were selected purposefully and divided randomly to two equal groups. Buckroyd’s therapy was performed in sixteen sessions and each session lasted two hours twice per week. Research measurements included body mass index, demographic form, self-esteem and eating attitude questionnaires. Variance analysis and frequency measurement were performed with the SPSS-20 software and were used for confirming the hypothesis. Results: Results showed that Buckroyd’s group therapy increased self-esteem (P 0.05). Conclusions: The findings showed that Buckroyd’s therapy approach can be used for increasing self-esteem but cannot be used for improving eating attitude of obese females.

Vitamin D deficiency is a common problem in end-stage renal disease patients under hemodialysis. Both active and nutritional vitamin D supplementation have been recommended for its treatment. In this study we aimed to evaluate the effects of treatment with ergocalciferol on bone metabolism indexes in hemodialysis patients.In a randomized controlled trial, 40 hemodialysis patients were randomly allocated to the intervention (n = 20) and placebo (n = 20) groups. During the study, 4 patients in the placebo and 1 in the intervention group were excluded. Patients received calcitriol, 0.25 mg/d, with ergocalciferol, 50 000 IU, or placebo weekly for 3 months. Serum levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D, calcium, parathyroid hormone, and alkaline phosphatase were measured before and after treatment.25-hydroxyvitamin D levels were significantly improved in the intervention group (12.00 ± 4.90 ng/mL versus 29.89 ± 9.48 ng/mL, P.001), but the placebo group had no improvement (14.23 ± 7.62 ng/mL versus 13.87 ± 8.04 ng/mL, P.05). There was no significant changes in serum calcium, parathyroid hormone, or alkaline phosphatase levels in each group. Eight patients (42.1%) in the intervention compared to zero cases in the placebo group had normal 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels after treatment (P = .004). No cases of hypercalcemia were seen in the studied patients.Treatment with ergocalciferol could significantly improve vitamin D deficiency with no significant effects of serum calcium or parathyroid hormone levels.

INTRODUCTION: Present study is about determining the effectiveness of life quality therapy on tolerating distress, stress, anxiety and depression in women suffering from Tension Headache.METHODS & MATERIALS: Study design is semi-experimental through pre-test, post-test with control group. population includes all the women suffering from tension headache in Kermanshah city during 2014, 30 people have been chosen through random sampling and they have been put in two groups of experiment and Control (each group has 15 members). In pre-test, the members of both groups have applied the questionnaires of Distress Tolerance (Simons & Gaher, 2005), Questionnaire of Distress, Anxiety and Stress Scale (Lavibond & Lavibond (1995) and the questionnaire of the researcher designed for demographic information. Then experiment group have passed eight 90-minute sessions of life therapy quality while there happened no any intervention for control group. Both groups have been assessed through the mentioned questionnaire again in post-test and follow-up steps. Collected data have been analyzed through Variance Analysis in repetitive ranges.RESULTS: The results have indicated that quality therapy have been effective on improving stress, anxiety, depression and tolerating distress in women suffering from tension headache during post-test and follow-up (PDISCUSSION: It can use life quality therapy as one of the effective therapies for resolving psychological disorders.