Objectives of the study: The main objective of the study is to assess the prevalence of hypertension among
cardiac diseases patients and to fiend out relation ship between hypertension and cardiovascular diseases.
Methodology: A descriptive study, using interviewer and questionnaire technique was conducted on cardiac
diseases inpatients of clinic unite at Kirkuk and Azady hospitals from 17th ,June ,2012 to 1st, March , 2013.
Non – probability (purposive) sample of (148) adult patients, (81) females and (67) males with heart disease are
selected from inpatients of clinic unite at Kirkuk and Azady hospitals at kirkuk city. Questionnaire was
developed to assess the items which are related to heart disease patient's (Disease, Signs and Symptoms ,
Antihypertensive Drugs , Blood Pressure , and Dietary Patterns). A calibrated mercury sphygmomanometer was
used to measure BP while the individual was seated and resting five minutes with the arm held at heart level. The
first reading were taken in both arms; unless there was a significant difference, the right arm was used for
subsequent reading. The mean of two consecutive measurements taken at two-minute intervals was recorded.
Weight was measured using a calibrated scale . The study instruments consist of total (44) items, which are
distributed though the following : Demographic data form consist of (10) items and questionnaire was
concerned with data to evaluate the criteria of cardiac diseases patients form consist of (34) items.
Results: The results of this study revealed that the mean age and standard division of study sample is
(63.1 11.3), the highest percentage 52(35.1%) of age factor for heart disease patients are reported at (70-79yrs.)
group .The majority of study sample are females 81( 54.7%), whereas, males are 67( 45.3%). High percent
46(31%)of participants are suffering from angina and 44(29.7%) had myocardial infarction. 40(27%) of the
patients had Prehypertension (120-139/60-100) while 29(19.6%) of patients had first stage of hypertension.
Recommendations : Educational programs should be designed to increase people knowledge and awareness
about the life style of hypertensive heart disease patients. Booklet should be prepared and presented to the
patients to advise them to leave high amount salt intake, give up exercise which is considered one of the
contributing factors for hypertension.
Background: Vitamin D deficiency/ insufficiency is common in different age groups in both genders especially among pregnant women and neonates where it is associated with several adverse outcomes including preeclampsia and preterm delivery.
Objectives: To assess the extent of vitamin D deficiency/ insufficiency among mothers and their neonates and some factors related to it and identify some adverse outcomes of the deficiency/ insufficiency on neonates (preterm birth and low birth weight).
Subject and Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted on 88 Iraqi pregnant women and neonates admitted to “Al-Elwiya teaching hospital for maternity” in Baghdad- Al
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In their cross-sectional study, Al-Rubaye et al studied the extent of vitamin D (VD) deficiency/ insufficiency, factors affecting its degree, and the adverse outcomes of the altered VD status among a group of mothers and their neonates from Baghdad, Iraq. They found that 96.6% of the mothers had VD deficiency/ insufficiency compared to 86.4% in their neonates. Maternal VD levels and neonatal weights were significantly correlated with neonatal VD levels. We believe that the study results need to be revised. This is based two points listed in this letter to editor
The most important topic for psychologist generally is factor of education and it's active tools because learning needs active perception for stimulus that recived by the educator and give it avalue and meaning , Need for cognition is
very important in the various daily fields of life , especially in learning and teaching and the academy work , it help with shifting the learning level for people , and icreas the intense and challenge between them
The research endeavored to achieve the following aim :
1- Measuring the level of peripheral perception for the university student .
2- Measuring the level of need for cognition for the university student .
3- Measuring the level of peripheral perception for the university student
Targeted current research study of the relationship between guilt and self-consciousness and consisted of the research community of students from the open educational college, as has been selected students in the Department of Counseling and psychological science department and the researcher used guilt, prepared Scale (Ansari, 2003), and the measure of selfawareness prepared (Shammari 0.2000), and extracted his Alsekoumtria characteristics, Fastkhrjt alternatives after a presentation to a group of experts and specialists in the field of psychological counseling psychology, education, science and psychological validity and reliability Alvakronbach manner and retesting reaching reliability coefficient of guilt ((0.85) and awarenes
... Show Moreأهمية البحث والحاجة إليه:
من مظاهر التواصل الحضاري في جانبه العلمي والتكنولوجي هو متابعة أبناء مجتمعنا ولاسيما الشباب لكل منجز حديث واتخاذه وسيلة للحصول على المعلومات والمعرفة والتسلية، بحيث أصبح هذا التعامل ممارسة يومية حياتية، وهذا دليل على مدى تفتح ذهنية وعقلية ورغبات أبنائنا ومواكبتهم لروح العصر ومتطلباته وتعبيراً صادقاً عنه فضلاً عن إشغال أوقات ف
... Show Moreهدف البحث الحالي قياس كشف الذات والأرتياح النفسي لدى طلبة الجامعة والموازنة بين الذكور والأناث في هذين المتغيرين فضلاً عن كشف العلاقة الإرتباطية بينهما، أستخدمت الباحثة المنهج الوصفي الإرتباطي بلغت عينة الدراسة (200) طالبًا وطالبة تم أختيارهم بالطريقة العشوائية الطبقية من مجتمع البحث من طلبة جامعة بغداد/ كلية الزراعة وكلية التربية الرياضية، أستخدمت الباحثة مقياسين أحدهما لكشف الذات والأخر للأرتياح النفسي (
... Show MoreLack of awareness of food for mothers of children Riyadh of the factors affecting the nutritional status of the child, and that child health is closely linked to the nature of the child as much as the quality and quantity of food, so current research aims to identify:
- Food awareness among mothers of children Riyadh.
- Statistically significant differences in nutritional awareness depending on the collection of the mother.
- Statistically significant differences in nutritional awareness depending on the age of the mother.
- With statistical significance in food awareness of the mother differences being an employee or non-employee.
So researchers randomly chosen sample of (200) or from mothers chil
... Show MoreThe research aimed to identify the causal relationship between forgiveness and psychological hardness for university students, by answering the following questions: Does forgiveness cause psychological hardiness? Does psychological hardiness cause forgiveness? Is the relationship between the two variables a reciprocal relationship? The research sample consisted of (300) male and female students from the universities of Baghdad and Al-Mustansiriya University. To extract the psychometric properties of the two scales: forgiveness and psychological hardiness, a sample of (50) male and female students employed to repeat the test, making the six connections between the two research variables. To determine the causal relationship, The Pearson c
... Show MoreThe research aims to identify the level meta the memory as well as the point of control and their relationship with the university students and for the purpose of verifying that these of a scale meta the memory prepared by Brewer and British as well as testing and point of control, prepared by the Nawski where the number of items of a scale meta the memory (57) ,Items The test point of the control setting, the number of items (40) items has been to make sure _ psychometrical characters have been applied instrumentson a random sample amounted to (200) students were selected in a stratified random and showed the results of research show that members of the research sample have awareness of how to work their memories, where the average grad
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