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Soodabeh Zandi, Simin Shamsi Meymandi, Sadegh Hasheminasab Gorji, Fatemeh Sabouri Shahrebabak,
Volume 2, Issue 3 (9-2011)
Abstract
Background and Aim: Psoriasis is a chronic, relapsing disease of the skin with psychological and somatic impacts that leads to substantial effects on the quality of life. The aim of this study was to determine the quality of life in psoriatic patients.
Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 97 psoriatic patients in dermatology and PUVA clinic in Afzalipour hospital in Kerman from March 2009 to March 2010. Quality of life and disease severity were Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI) and Psoriasis Area Severity Index (PASI). Data analysis was done through conducting, chi-square and one-way AVONA tests and P<0.05 was considered as significant.
Results: 55.7% of patients were male and mean age of them was 35.3 years (range: 16-75 years). Psoriasis vulgaris was the most common type (76.3%), and arthropathy was seen in 3.1% of patients. The mean duration of the disease was 21 months (range: 11 months-30 years).The mean of DLQI score was 14.1(range: 1-29) and mean PASI score was 18.6 (range: 0.6-66.6). DLOI score correlated with severity of disease (PASI), marital status, and type of the disease (P<0.05).
Conclusion: Psoriasis has a severe negative impact on the quality of life of the patients. Therefore, supportive social and spiritual efforts are necessary to decrease these effects.
Alireza Khatami, Alireza Firooz, Fathieh Mortazavi, Ramin Homayouni Zand, Yahya Dowlati,
Volume 5, Issue 4 (Volume 5, Number 4 2015)
Abstract
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Background and Aim: Board
certification in any specialty is associated with a better professional
reputation as well as some other advantagessuch as the opportunity of working
as an academician. Accuracy of any test in the assessment of its participant
performance is of paramount importance. One of the main factors regarding
test accuracy is its validity.The aim of this study was to investigate the
views of the Iranian Board of Dermatology Examination Committee (IBDEC)
Members onimproving its validity.
Methods: This study was a
cross sectional survey. In order to extract the items for development of the
instrument for the survey, unstructured individual interviews were conducted
with two members of the IBDEC, two faculty members who were not members of
the IBDEC, and two resident dermatologists. Afterperforming a content
analysis, writing the items, and making revisions in accordance with the
expert panel suggestions, the face and content validities of the developed
instrument were confirmed by the panel. The instrument was distributed among
the members of the IBDEC in September 2013. The collected data were entered
into a data set.
Results: Fifteen of 16
present members of the IBDEC answered and returned the instrument to the
distributer. Ten (%66.7) of participants were male. Mean (standard deviation
[SD]) of age and membership duration in IBDEC of the participants were 56.1
(7.8) and 9.6 (6.2) years, respectively. The most difficult and easiest items
for being agreed upon were: "Inclusion of key feature problems (KFP) in
the written examination may result in better assessment of the residents'
clinical decision making" and: "In the board examination, attitudes
of the residents towards ethical issues are assessed properly".Cronbach's
α was calculated for assessment of the internal consistency of the instrument
and was equaled to 0.76.
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Conclusion: While 53% of the IBDEC
members were disagree with that the written board examination can assess
residents' different levels of knowledgeproperly, the majority of them were
also disagree with the implementation of suggested approved methods for
improving the validity of the written board examination. Most of them were also
disagree with implementation of evaluation methods for improving oral
examination validity.
Nasrin Zand, Afshan Shirkavand,
Volume 6, Issue 4 (Volume 6, Number 4 2016)
Abstract
Postsurgical scars are of significant concern to both the patients and surgeons. Different laser systems have been used to accelerate and improve the healing process in surgical scars. Some studies have demonstrated the benefits of prophylactic laser application on pre-scars. It seems that using laser energy in the early phase of the healing process may produce changes in the physiology of wound healing toward a more fetal-like tissue regeneration and healing. Laser-Assisted Skin Healing (LASH) is a new approach in which laser irradiation is applied immediately after surgery in order to improve the resulting surgical scars. LASH produces controlled homogenous heating throughout the full thickness of the skin around the wound which accelerates wound healing without thermal damage to the tissue.
The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of the available peer-reviewed research literature on the application of LASH, the in-vitro, animal and human studies and the suggested mechanisms of action. Further studies are necessary to optimize the best laser parameters especially according to different skin phototypes and better understanding of the mechanisms of action.
Majid Rostami Moghaddam, Hamed Zandian, Mohammad Jafarzadeh, Amirhossein Jodeiri Agaei,
Volume 15, Issue 3 (Volume 15, No3 2024)
Abstract
Background and Aim: Telogen effluvium (TE) is a type of diffuse hair loss that occurs 2 to 3 months after a stressful event, including a covid-19 infection. The aim of this study was to determine the frequency of TE in women with covid-19.
Methods: This descriptive study was conducted on 270 women who referred to the skin and hair clinic of Imam Reza Ardabil Hospital with complaints of hair loss. Information related to the history of covid-19 infection, hospitalization, medications, vaccination and demographic characteristics were collected. The severity of alopecia was checked by clinical examination and traction test, and the data were analyzed with SPSS software.
Results: The average age of the patients was 41 years. 61.1% had a history of hospitalization, 43.7% used antibiotics, 61.8% used corticosteroids, and 51.8% used NSAID. The severity of Covid-19 had a significant relationship with the earlier occurrence of TE (P=0.001) and the increase in the number of pulled hairs in the traction test (P=0.001). Hospitalization due to covid-19 and corticosteroid use reduced the time between illness and onset of TE symptoms. The injection of AstraZeneca vaccine was associated with an increase in the number of plucked hairs (P=0.02).
Conclusion: The severity of TE was related to the severity of covid-19, hospitalization, corticosteroid use and injection of AstraZeneca vaccine.
