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Me Riahi, A Aliverdinia, Mr Soleimani,
Volume 5, Issue 3 (20 2009)
Abstract
Background & objectives: Cigarette smoking is the one of unhealthy behaviors in human societies which it’s over increasing prevalence, particularly among students, has produced many concerns. The present study seeks to describe the scale of cigarette smoking attitude (CSA) and its correlation with social determinants among high school students in the Ghaemshahr city.
Methods: This cross-sectional study is conducted via survey method and data has been collected through a self-administered questionnaire. The subjects of the study were 400 third-grade students of Ghaemshahr city’s high schools who have been selected randomly on the basis of proportional stratified random sampling method. A self-administered questionnaire with 32-items including cognitive, emotional, and behavioral aspects of CSA applied.
Results: 82.6 percent of students reported negative CSA (anti-smoking), while 5.6 percent of them declared positive CSA. Descriptive results showed that students’ awareness about negative effects of cigarette smoking was relatively low and insufficient. Furthermore, the results of the Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) showed that there were significant correlations between having positive CSA and subject of the study in high school, level of father’s education, social class of the family, and especially having smoker friends and parents.
Conclusions: It is concluded that students had low awareness and information about negative effects of cigarette smoking therefore more educational interventions should be implemented in high schools to increases the awareness and change their attitudes, Moreover, it should be emphasized that social environment, especially family and peer group (friends), play vital role in the formation of positive CSA and finally cigarette smoking.
E Imani, Z Khademi, F Naghizadeh, M Askarnia, A Imani,
Volume 8, Issue 2 (20 2012)
Abstract
Background & Objectives: Convulsion is the most common pediatric neurological problem that requires
special attention in this group. The purpose of this study was to determine the
frequency of seizures and to evaluate its risk factors in children in Bandar
Abbas, Iran
Methods: A retrospective study
was conducted on 222 children with seizures admitted to children hospital
during 2008.
Results: Of total children hospitalized due to seizure, 64.5% were male
with age range 1-2 years. Fever was the most cause of seizure. In 58.8% of
cases, the child's age at the time of first convulsion was 1-3 years. The
seizure attack occurred in wake up in 63.8% of cases, and 65.8% of the samples
had normal consciousness at the time of admission. The mean duration of seizure
in 64.1% of cases was less than 5 minutes and type of seizure in 80.1% has been
reported as generalized tonic colonic. A history of convulsion in other family
members was reported in 28.9% and in 19.36%, there was close family
relationship between parents. There was no significant relationship between type
of delivery, gestational age and birth weight with type and duration of seizure
(P>0.05).
Conclusion: Particular attention should be paid to
children with seizure during history-taking and be more vigilant to high-risk
patients and those who might need prophylactic anticonvulsants.
Ar Bahonar, K Amiri, Hd Akbarin, N Rasoli Beirami, Hr Amiri, F Imani Tabar, Sh Khajeh Nasiri , S Arab Zadeh, V Iranian Veterinary Organization, As Makenali,
Volume 8, Issue 4 (9 2013)
Abstract
Background & Objectives: Prevention and control of brucellosis in animals is the main route of its prevention in human. After detecting a brucellosis outbreak in an industrial dairy cattle farm in Isfahan province in Iran, an epidemiological investigation was carried out to determine prevalence of seropositive cows and incidence rate inorder to eliminate positive couws.
Methods: This study was carried out to determine abortion rates in caws. RBPT, SAT and 2ME serologic tests were used for detecting infected cows and Brucella agar for isolation of bacteria. Data analysis was performed by Chi-square test and calculation of cumulative incidence ratio.
Results: Of total 1395 female cows above 4 months age, 706 infected animals were found during investigation (March-December 2011). Incidence of abortion in infected cows was significantly higher than no infected
(34% versus 14%, P<0.05). Culture for 47 milk samples was positive for brucella out of 100 milk samples.
Conclusion: Attention to using reduce dose of RB51 vaccine, controlling of import animal in farm besides biosecurity are the main factors for prevention of similar outbreaks in dairy farms.
S Zare Delavar , E Bakhshi, F Soleimani, A Biglarian,
Volume 10, Issue 2 (Vol 10, No 2 2014)
Abstract
Background & Objectives : The identification of risk factors and their interactions is important in medical studies. The aim of this study was to identify the interaction of risk factors of cerebral palsy in 1-6 years-old children with classification regression methods.
Methods : The data of this cross-sectional study which was conducted on 225 children aged 1-6 years was collected during 2008- 2009. Classification regression methods (classification and regression tree (CART), adapting boosting (AdaBoost), bagging, and C4.5 algorithm) were used to identify interactions between risk factors. Data analysis was carried out with R3.0.1 software.
Results : The identified interactions of the factors by a) the AdaBoost method were (consanguinity: sex, previous pregnancies: vaginal delivery, consanguinity: sex: preterm, history of the disease: preterm: asphyxia, consanguinity: sex: asphyxia, history of the disease: sex: small size relative to gestational age, neonatal infection: asphyxia: small size relative to gestational age, history of the disease: sex: asphyxia, preterm: asphyxia: vaginal delivery) by b) the bagging method were (consanguinity: asphyxia, consanguinity: preterm: asphyxia), by c) the C4.5 algorithm were (asphyxia: preterm, asphyxia: consanguinity: history of the disease: preterm), and by d) the CART method were (asphyxia: consanguinity). The sensitivity and specificity of the AdaBoost method was better than other methods (0.941±0.029 and 0.951±0.030, respectively).
Conclusion : The AdaBoost method could better recognize and model potential interactions between risk factors of cerebral palsy.
Ma Soleimani, S Zarabadi Pour , Y Yaghoobzadeh, S Pahlevan Sharif , H Sharif Nia ,
Volume 14, Issue 1 (Vol 14, No 1, 2018)
Abstract
Background and Objectives: The effect of heart diseases on the quality of life is the issue needs attention of health care providers. Improving quality of life is considered as the goals of rehabilitative therapies. This study conducted to evaluate the McGill Quality of Life Questionnaire in patients with heart diseases.
Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 500 patients with heart diseases were recruited from BooAli Sina Hospital and Velayat Hospital affiliated with Qazvin University of Medical Sciences from May to August 2016. The participants completed the McGill Quality of Life Questionnaire. The construct validity (including convergent and discriminant validity) and Reliability using the Cronbach’s alpha, theta, and McDonald's Omega of the McGill Quality of Life Questionnaire were evaluated. The structure of the Questionnaire was assessed using factor analysis.
Results: Three factors, including overall view of the quality of life, physical aspect, and psychological dimension, were extracted. Model fit indexes confirmed a good fit of he McGill Quality of Life Questionnaire (Comparative of Fit Index: CFI=.918, incremental fit index: IFI=.919, Adjusted Goodness of Fit Index: AGFI=.844, RMSEA=.079, Minimum Discrepancy Function by Degrees of Freedom divided: CMIN/DF=2.97, Parsimonious Normed Fit Index: PNFI=.681, Parsimonious Comparative Fit Index: PCFI=.709). Convergent and divergent validity, internal consistency, and construct reliability of the questionnaire were confirmed.
Conclusion: The findings revealed that the three-factor model of the McGill Quality of Life Questionnaire has satisfactory validity and reliability. Thus, this questionnaire can be used in future studies to assess the quality of life of patients with heart diseases.
Ma Soleimani, N Dalvand, S Zarabadi Pour , Z Alimoradi, A Görgülü, N Bahrami,
Volume 17, Issue 1 (Vol 17,No.1, Spring 2021 2021)
Abstract
Background and Objectives: Accurate assessment of patients' death depression requires a specific tool that is appropriate to the culture of each community. Therefore, the aim of this study was to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Death Depression Scale in women with breast cancer.
Methods: In this methodological study, 246 breast cancer patients presenting to Qazvin Provincial Hospital completed the 17-item Templar Death Depression Scale. Psychometric properties of this scale were evaluated by exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis. Reliability was also assessed using Cronbach's alpha, omega and composite reliability.
Results: Exploratory factor analysis showed that six items in the Persian version did not acquire the required loading factor, and were omitted. The remaining eleven items as a single factor accounted for 66.91% of the variance of this concept. In confirmatory factor analysis, 11 items had appropriate fit indices (χ2 = 97.664, p <.001, χ2 / df = 2.504, GFI = .932, CFI = .972, IFI = .973, TLI = .961, SRMR = .030, and RMSEA = .079). A Cronbach's alpha coefficient of 0.95, Omega coefficient of 0.95, and composite reliability coefficient of 0.96 indicated the acceptable reliability of the 11-item version.
Conclusion: The results of this study showed that the 11-item Death Depression Scale was valid and reliable in Iranian patients with breast cancer. Given the appropriate psychometric parameters, this scale can be used to assess death depression in future studies.
