BACKGROUND:Osteoarthritis is one of the chronic diseases that greatly affect the health and life quality of individuals.AIM:This study aimed to determine the effect of self-management educational program on the pain intensity of the elderly patients with knee osteoarthritis.METHODS:In a randomised clinical trial, a total of 82 elderly patients with knee osteoarthritis were randomly divided into intervention and control groups. The intervention group received six sessions of self-management group education, while the control group received only the routine care during this period. In both groups, patients’ pain intensity, with a visual analogue scale (VAS), were assessed before, immediately after and eight weeks after the start of the study.RESULTS:The mean pain intensity scores of the intervention and control groups were not significantly different before the intervention (P = 0.9), but after the intervention, the mean pain intensity score in the intervention group (3.61 ± 2.36) was significantly lower than that of the control group (4.93 ± 2.00), (P < 0.0001).CONCLUSION:Implementation of a self-management program for the patients with knee osteoarthritis is useful in reducing their pain intensity and can be used as one of the effective methods for their empowerment.

Background: Mothers' perceptions of the quality and quantity of care they have received and their relationship with healthcare personnel significantly impact continuity of care and future referrals. This study evaluated the psychometric dimensions of the Iranian version of the Mothers' Perception of Postpartum Health Care questionnaire in comprehensive health centers. Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study in which the questionnaire was administered to 250 women from different comprehensive health centers. First, the questionnaire was translated verbatim from English to Persian. Then, we evaluated the face, content, structural validity, and reliability of the questionnaire. Results: The results showed that this questionnaire's face, content, structure validity, and reliability were adequate. Cronbach's alpha coefficient for the entire questionnaire was 0.668. The interclass correlation coefficient was 0.688, which confirmed divergent validity. Conclusions: Mothers' Perception of Postpartum Health Care questionnaire in comprehensive health centers is valid and reliable for measuring maternal perception of these vital services.

Background: In order to properly evaluate postpartum services in comprehensive health centers, encouraging women to use these services and presence of a reliable and valid tool, is necessary to design and assess mothers' perceptions of postpartum care.Aim: Designed to evaluate the psychometric dimensions of Iranian version of Mothers' Perception of Postpartum Health care Questionnaire at Comprehensive Health Centers. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study. The verbatim translation was used to translate the questionnaire from English to Persian. Face, content, and structural validity as well as reliability of the questionnaire were evaluated. Findings: The results showed that the face, content, and structure validity as well as reliability of this questionnaire to be appropriate. The calculated Cronbach's alpha coefficient for the whole questionnaire was 0.668. Interclass correlation coefficient was 0.688, which confirmed divergent validity.Conclusion: Mothers' Perception of Postpartum Health care Questionnaire at Comprehensive Health Centers is a valid and reliable questionnaire to measure mothers’ perceptions of these vital services.