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Hr Basseri, K Holakouie Naieni , A Raeisi , Kh Shahandeh , K Akbarzadeh , M Ranjbar , A Parvin ,
Volume 3, Issue 3 (18 2008)
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Background & Objectives: The aim of present study is to compare Afghan refugees and Iranian residents in terms of their knowledge, attitude and practice concerning malaria transmission and protection in an endemic area in Southeast Iran.
Methods: This cross sectional study was conducted over a period of 10 months (2004-2005) and involved a total of 775 people, including Iranian and Afghan subjects. The age range of participants was 15 to 55 years. Data collection was done through a structured questionnaire consisting of open and close questions and comprising several, namely personal characteristics details, history of malaria infection and treatments, type of residence, mobility, self protection, facilities, and access to health services.
Results: Both Iranians and Afghans were familiar with the three typical symptoms of the disease (fever, chills and muscle aches): 67.1% of Iranians and 78% of Afghans were able to name least one of the three typical symptoms. In both groups the majority of subjects were aware that malaria transmission occurs through mosquito bite but there was a significant difference regarding knowledge of malaria transmission (χ2 =142.2, P<0.001). Chi-square test for goodness of fit showed that the distribution of symptom indicators is significantly different between the two groups. For Iranians, the most important source of information about malaria was the health facilities (44.5% of the total) while most Afghans (65.3%) had obtained the information through friends and relatives. In both groups, the mass media had acted as the source of information in only 3.4%. Altogether, 24% of the participants reported the use of mosquito bed nets almost 90% of Afghans and 62% of Iranians said that they did not used bed nets at all. However, the number of Iranians who used bed nets was four times greater than the Afghans who did so.
Conclusions: Although the majority of subjects were familiar with malaria transmission and protection methods, they largely neglected safety precautions. Moreover, it seems that the high prevalence of malaria among Afghans is due to their life style rather than cross-border travel. The study also revealed that Afghan people have poor communication with the local health facilities, a point that must receive special attention in future malaria control programs.
M Olfatifar, Sm Hosseini, , , M Parvin,
Volume 13, Issue 1 (Vol 13, No 1, Spring 2017)
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Background and Objectives: One of the applications of population attributable risk percent (PAR%) is to estimate the disease burden in a population exposed to several risk factors. Therefore, this study was conducted to estimates the PAR% of the space-time clusters of pulmonary tuberculosis.
Methods: In this study, the data of pulmonary TB cases were obtained from the health department of Hamadan University of Medical Sciences. After detecting significant clusters using the spatiotemporal scan statistic, PAR% was used to analyze the clusters and to detect the location of clusters more accurately.
Results: Four primary space-time clusters and three secondary spatiotemporal clusters were detected for patients with pulmonary tuberculosis and 92% of the patients who did not have a clear state in term of HIV infection. Despite differences in the location of clusters and PAR% attributed to them, the second primary cluster of pulmonary tuberculosis cases (consisting of the cities of Razan, Famenain and Kabudrahang) had the highest amount of PAR% that needs more attention.
Conclusion: The presence of significance spatiotemporal clusters in Hamadan highlights the necessity of the use of PAR% to distinguish cluster areas and to implement prevention and control policy. However, more analytical studies are needed to detect the on the determinants of the occurrence of pulmonary TB.
Sara Jalali-Farahani, Parisa Amiri, Zeinab Shayeghian, Parnian Parvin, Leila Cheraghi, Fereidoun Azizi,
Volume 17, Issue 2 (Vol 17,No.2, Summer 2021 2021)
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Background and Objectives: The Covid-19 prevalence can threaten self-care behaviors and disease control in people with type 2 diabetes (T2D) through increasing anxiety and stress levels and limited access to medical services. This study was conducted to investigate the association of the Covid-19 pandemic with self-care behaviors in patients with T2D.
Methods: The present study was conducted on 318 adults with T2D who participated in the Tehran Lipid and Glucose Study (TLGS) between 1397 and 1399 and completed the summary of diabetes self-care activities (SDSCA) questionnaire. Data on self-care activities during the Covid-19 pandemic were collected 3-4 months after the announcement of the epidemic in the country via telephone calls. For data analysis, a multiple linear regression model and paired t-test were used.
Results: The mean total scores of self-care behaviors were 49.7±14.8 and 56.1±13.1 before and after the Covid-19 pandemic, respectively (P<0.001). After the Covid-19 pandemic, women's total self-care score increased with an increase in the diabetes duration (β= 0.31, P= 0.020) after adjusting for the aforementioned related conditions. This score showed a significant decrease in women with a high school education compared to those with higher education (β= -6.57, P= 0.024). Moreover, the diet and foot care subscales in both sexes and the blood glucose testing score in women were significantly higher after versus before the pandemic.
Conclusion: Following the Covid-19 pandemic, self-care behaviors, especially those related to diet, foot care, and blood glucose testing, improved in the short term
Zahra Gaeini, Parvin Mirmiran, Zahra Bahadoran, Fereidoun Azizi,
Volume 18, Issue 3 (Vol.18, No.3, Autumn 2022)
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Background and Objectives: Dietary intakes are one of the factors influencing the incidence of chronic kidney disease. The present study was performed to investigate the possible long-term effects of caffeine, tea and coffee consumption on the incidence of chronic kidney disease.
Methods: 1780 adults participating in the third phase of the Tehran Lipid and Glucose Study (TLGS) (2006-2008) were selected for inclusion criteria. Dietary intakes were assessed using a food frequency questionnaire (FFQ). Demographic variables, anthropometrics, and biochemical data were measured at baseline and after six years of follow-up. To estimate the risk of chronic kidney disease, logistic regression analysis, adjusted for possible confounding variables, was used.
Results: Participants’ mean (±SD) age at baseline was 33.96±15.40 years. During six years of follow-up, the incidence of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in the population studied was 17.9%. After adjusting confounding variables, the incidence of CKD did not show any significant relationship with tea, coffee, or caffeine intakes (adjusted odds ratio and confidence intervals for CKD in the third tertile of tea and caffeine intake compared to the first tertile and in coffee drinkers compared to non-drinkers were 0.92 (0.68-1.25), 0.87 (0.63-1.21) and 1.17 (0.90-1.51), respectively).
Conclusion: Inverse and non-significant relationship between tea and caffeine consumption with the incidence of CKD and a direct and non-significant relationship between coffee consumption and the incidence of CKD were observed in this study, necessitating further prospective studies to investigate the effects of dietary intakes on CKD.
Aysan Amrahi Tabieh, Parvin Sarbakhsh, Shamsedin Namjoo, Hossein Akbari, Hamid Allahverdipour,
Volume 19, Issue 4 (Vol.19, No.4, Winter 2024)
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Background and Objectives: Frailty syndrome significantly impacts the health of older adults, and sleep quality is likely a pertinent clinical factor. Therefore, this study aims to investigate the relationship between sleep quality and sleep duration with frailty syndrome in the older adults of Naqadeh City.
Methods: This cross-sectional study enrolled 347 older adults aged 60 years and above in Naqadeh city in 2020 using 2-stage sampling (first, stratified, and then simple random sampling. Data collection tools included demographic questionnaires, the Edmonton Frail Scale, and the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index. Statistical analysis was performed using SPSS25 software.
Results: The study revealed that 30.3% of older adults were frail. Furthermore, a statistically significant correlation was observed between sleep quality and duration with older adults' frailty (r=0.635, p<0.001 and r=-0.170, p<0.001, respectively). Additionally, all frailty domains exhibited a significant relationship with sleep quality, with the most notable associations found in mood, medication use, and cognition domains (r = 0.487, r = 0.397, r = 0.381, respectively).
Conclusion: Probably, the quality and duration of sleep affect the frailty syndrome, so it is necessary to design and implement effective interventions to improve the quality of sleep and ultimately reduce the frailty of older adults, especially in the domains of cognition and mood.
