Fatemehzahra Naddafi

• Ph.D. student in Tabriz University of medical
• Master at Gonabad University of Medical Sciences

Introduction Self-care is a key element of hypertension control. This study was carried out with the purpose of translating and investigating the psychometric features of the Persian version of Self-care of Hypertension Inventory Version 3.0 (SC-HI v3.0) in Iranian hypertensive population. Methods This cross-sectional study was carried out in 593...

Background The prevalence of Suicidal ideation is increasing in the world. A suitable tool is needed to identify suicide thoughts in the early stage. This study aimed to translation and cultural adaptation of Suicidal Ideation Attributes Scale (SIDAS) among Iranian general people. Methods This study was conducted on 1297 participants (EFA = 364 sa...

Introduction Depression is a common mental illness. Depression stigma can reduce individuals’ desire to seek mental health services. No study has investigated depression self-stigma and its relationship with demographic factors in the general population of Gonabad city in Iran. Therefore, this study was aimed at determining the relationship between...

Background The aim of this study was to determine the role of suicide literacy, suicide stigma, perceived social support, and attitudes toward seeking professional psychological help (ATSPPH) in predicting general help-seeking intention among individuals who have attempted suicide by structural equation modeling. Methods This cross-sectional study...

Introduction The prevalence of depression in the community is high. Therefore, it is necessary to examine the information needs on depression in the community. This cross-sectional study aimed to translate and evaluate the psychometric properties of the Depression Information Needs Scale (DINS) among the general population. Methods The translation...

Objective Suicide stigma is a major obstacle to suicide prevention, resulting in a decrease in mental help seeking. This study aimed to survey the psychometric characteristics of the Persian short form of the Stigma of Suicide Scale (SOSS). Methods This psychometric study was conducted on 956 people (EFA = 399 samples, CFA = 557) in 2022 to evalua...

Background This study was conducted to measure depression literacy (D-Lit) and mental health literacy (MHL) and to investigate their relationship with psychological status and quality of life among Iranian patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Methods This cross-sectional study was conducted in 2021 among 400 patients with T2DM in Iran. S...

Introduction Improving the quality of life (QOL) is the most important goal of early diagnosis and treatment in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D). Numerous studies have indicated the positive effects of health literacy, social support and self-care behaviors and the negative effects of diabetes distress and burnout on the QOL of patients with T2D...

Introduction Mental complications of diabetes are one of the main obstacles to the implementation of self -care behaviors that have been less studied. Therefore, this study was conducted to survey the effective factors in predicting burnout and self-care behaviors among patients with type 2 diabetes. Methods In this Path analysis, 1280 patients wi...

Introduction This cross -sectional research evaluated the psychometric properties of the Self-Stigma of Depression Scale (SSDS) among Iranian people. Methods This methodological study was conducted among 881 people in 2023, Iran. The method of proportional stratified sampling was used to select participants. To evaluate the validity, face, content...

Introduction Anxiety disorder is one of the most common mental disorders. This cross-sectional research aimed to determine anxiety literacy (A-Lit) psychometric properties among the Iranian population in 2022. Methods This research was conducted on 690 people in Iran in 2022. In this study, people were selected by proportional stratified sampling,...

Introduction This research was conducted with the aim of evaluating the validity and reliability of Persian short version of the Literacy of Suicide Scale (LOSS) among the general population. Methods This methodological study was conducted to evaluate the validity and reliability of Persian short form of LOSS among the general population, using a...