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Introduction: Ischemic heart disease, more than any other disease, leads to mortality and morbidity and high economical costs in developed countries. A cardiovascular disease, especially atherosclerosis, is predicted to become the most important disease in 2020. A disorder which reduces the quality of life due to early death and deterioration. Today, lipid metabolism and lipoprotein disorders have come to be the most important risk factors of atherosclerosis. So,management and treatment of dyslipidemia, is considered an effective preventive method. Considering the high level of atherosclerosis rate in khorramabad (western-center Iran) as well as several reports on anti oxidative effects of Rhus coriaria , this study was planned to compare the effects of lovastatin and Rhus coriaria in decreasing LDL cholesterol level. Materials & Methods: In this study, 86 patients with elevated LDL cholesterol levels, having the indications to enter the study, were selected and divided into two groups of 43 people. Group 1(control group) underwent treatment with lovastatin, and group 2(case group) took lovastatin+Rhus coriria as their cure. After 3 months, LDL cholesterol levels were measured in both the groups. Findings: 58 patients of all the 86 patients completed the tests. The mean LDL levels in the control and case groups before intervention were 141.82 and 171.52 respectively. After intervention, they were 115.7 in the control and 141.45 in the case group. Due to higher level of LDL in the case group vs. the control one before the intervention, the mean level of LDL decreased and its percentage was measured. The decrease of LDL level in the case group was 17%, while it was 18% in the control cases. Nevertheless, thw mean decrease in case patients was 30.07, while it was 26.12 in the control ones, a difference which was not significant statically. Discussion & Conclusion: Due to insignificant decrease of LDL level in both the groups of patients, using Rhus coriaria (Somac) is not recommended as an effective factor in treating patients suffering from high levels of LDL cholesterol.

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Introduction: Health-related quality of life (HRQOL) has become an important outcome measure in primary brain tumor patients, because they have an incurable disease. The objective of this study was to examine HRQOL and associated factors among patients with primary brain tumor. Materials and Methods: 194 brain tumor patients who had been referred to Shariati hospital were examined. The eligible patients were asked to complete a questionnaire which consisted of demographic questions, clinical variables, the EORTC QLQ-C30 and The EORTC QLQ-BN20. The data was analyzed by multivariate regression. Findings: Mean age of the patients was 42.05±16.0 years. Most of the patients were male (53%) and married (66%). The multivariate regression models indicated that older age, Female sex, lower education were associated with poor quality of life and more symptoms. On the other hand, combination treatment, total resection, better MMSE score (Mini-Mental State Exam), higher functional status as reflected in the Karnofsky measure were associated with higher quality of life. These results were similar for both generic and disease specific quality of life. However, demographic and clinical variables predicted better changing disease specific quality of life in comparison with the generic measures. Discussion & Conclusion: patients with brain tumor suffer from poor quality of life in all generic and specific dimensions. The need for supportive interventions including new treatment strategies, rehabilitation and social work for this patient population seems necessary.

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Introduction: Somatization symptoms are the obvious physical symptoms without unexplained physical cause. The aim of present study is to examine the relation of psychological variables (alexithymia, negative affect, traumatic events and personality disorder) with somatization symptom in nurses of Ahvaz hospitals.
 Materials & methods: this study is a correlational research. The statistical population included 283 nurses who were selected by multi-stage sampling method. Pearson correlation and regression tests have been used to test the hypotheses.
Findings: Results illustrated that there is a significant relation between alexithymia, negative affect, and traumatic events, personality disorders (antisocial, paranoid histrionic and avoidance) with somatization. Also regression results showed that alexithymia, negative affect, traumatic events and personality disorder (avoidance) were the best predictor of somatization symptoms.
Discussion &Conclusion: Results support from relation between alexithymia, negative affect, traumatic events and personality disorders with somatization symptoms.

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Introduction: Multiple sclerosis is one of the chronic, non-curable diseases of central nervous system and according to various studies its signs could have a negative impact on quality of life among these patients. Hence, the present study sought to examine the effectiveness of logotherapy on quality of life among MS patients.

Matherials & method: This is an experimental research with pretest- posttest and control group the population included all of patients with MS in Shahrekord in 2013. Cluster sampling was used to select the sample. Instruments which were used in this study included MSQOL-54 inventory for quality of life and group logotherapy.

Results: Results showed that logotherapy is effective on quality of life in MS patients as the 76% increase in dependent variable in this study is quality of life related to effectiveness of group logotherapy.

Discussion & Conclusion: Logotherapy as a technic, with increasing responsibility, transformation of patient's beliefs about life and increasing life expectancy lead to improvement of quality of life in patient with MS in physical and psychological dimensions.

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