F Nanbakhsh, H Mohaddesi, A Amirai, M Haji Shafiha, F Broomand, F Bahadori, S Gol Mohamadlo,
Volume 5, Issue 1 (26 2011)
Abstract
Background and Aim: Elderly is a physiological phenomenon with many inevitable complications, which their effects significantly can be reduced by individual's life style. Therefore in this study we have evaluated the impact of subjects' knowledge on their lifestyle.
Materials and Methods: This study was a semi experimental and interventional one that has been conducted in Urmia University of Medical Science. Thus 200 women between 54 to 80 years old were enrolled in this study and their knowledge, attitude and behavior toward a healthy lifestyle was surveyed before and 6 months after giving them a proper education. Subsequently the required information gathered from questionnaires and the data analyzed by mcmanaman paired and t paired tests. In this study all data analyzed by SPSS software and the P value lessu than 0.05 recognized to be statistically significant.
Results: The scores of before and 6 months after subjects get the required education were 29.165.86 vs. 34.266.32 respectively (P<0.001). This significant difference demonstrates the positive impact of life style education on attitude, behavior and knowledge of individuals in respect to their lifestyle. These results were even more magnificent comparing the literate and illiterate subjects.
Conclusion: Based on our study we conclude that education has an important positive role in all elder groups improving their lifestyle.
Reza Dehkhodaei, Mazyar Karamali, Mohammad Mohammadian, Mohammadkarim Bahadori, Mohsen Abbasifarajzadeh,
Volume 17, Issue 6 (2-2024)
Abstract
Background and Aim: Considering the importance of knowledge management in the current era and the emphasis on the implementation of knowledge management in the health system in the knowledge management system of the Ministry of Health, Treatment and Medical Education, and since it is one of the first steps in the implementation of knowledge management, Drawing the knowledge tree of the organization, the purpose of the current research is to review the process of publishing the knowledge tree and examine it in the field of health.
Materials and Methods: The current research is a type of applied and descriptive review study that was carried out with the method of scientometrics and co-occurrence analysis of keywords. For this purpose, the term “Knowledge tree” OR “knowledge trees” was searched in Scopus reference database. For data analysis, the analyzes provided by the database itself were used, and VOSviewer software was used to visualize the data.
Results: The growth of scientific productions related to the field of the tree of knowledge in general in the mentioned base has started since 1979 and has had a growing trend until 2023. In the field of knowledge tree, among the authors Yang, Y, among the organizations, machine intelligence institute, iona college, and among the countries, China, America, and England have been at the top of the most productive in this field. Among the subjects, the most related articles are primarily related to the field of computer science (32.2 percent) and then to the field of engineering (22.1 percent) and mathematics (10.1 percent), which is significant. that medicine is in the sixth place and this is a sign of the weakness of producing resources in this field and the clustering resulting from the co-occurrence of keywords led to the identification of five clusters respectively with the titles of data mining and information processing, artificial intelligence and expert systems. , knowledge structure and decision support systems, semantics and knowledge representation, and finally learning and teaching systems.
Conclusion: The study of the thematic structure of scientific productions in the field of Knowledge Tree showed that the field of health has a weakness in the production of resources in this field. Therefore, it is necessary for future researches to pay special attention to the development and explanation of this concept and modeling its drawing, especially in the health system, in order to identify and prevent diseases.
Hojjat Rahmani, Payam Bahadori, Hossein Dargahi, Mohammad Arab, Nasrin Abolhasanbeigi Gallehzan, Mohsen Mardali,
Volume 19, Issue 6 (3-2026)
Abstract
Background and Aim: The occurrence of conflict of interest in the Iranian health system has a negative impact on the provision of efficient and effective health care and services to patients, the training and education of students in medical sciences. Despite the efforts made in the country’s health system to manage conflict of interest, this phenomenon is currently observed through various factors, including the inefficiency of the financial structure, lack of transparency, and the lack of an integrated health information system in Iran.
Materials and Methods: The present scoping review study that aimed to identify and determine conflict of interest management strategies in the Iranian health system in comparison with selected countries and to select appropriate strategies in 2024-2025 using the Arksey and O’Malley guidelines. All relevant articles and resources from 2007 to 2024 were extracted from national and international databases by observing the entry and exit criteria and by selecting Persian and English keywords. After screening steps using Prisma flowchart, 23 studies in English and Persian language from international and national databases, were analyzed.
Results: Findings from 17 international studies—most of which were conducted in the United States—along with 6 domestic articles, showed main strategies of Iranian conflict of interest which included participation, transparency, legal oversight, processes reform, restructuring and reorganization. Although, using collective campaigns for correction of process behaviors and decisions, definition of ethical ethic codes, and standardization may help implementation of these strategies. Also, the most common cause of conflict of interest in the health system is individual rather than organizational, which requires regulation, the use of legislative levers, and the transparency of financial relations in the health system.
Conclusion: Accurate identification of potential examples of conflict of interests among the agents of health care system by implementing information clarification, and using modern procedures may decrease the challenges in formulating and implementing strategies of conflict of interests among Iranian health care system. Although benchmarking from successful countries will be helpful in these countries. The implementation of these recommendations may face challenges within Iranian society, including resistance from certain professional groups, a lack of financial and technical resources, and the complexity and specific conditions of the health system. Therefore, a step-by-step approach to implementing policy recommendations for managing conflicts of interest in the health system should be considered.
