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The Relationship between Mental Health of Mothers and Anthropometric Indices of Height and Weight in Children of Ardabil Health Care Centers in 1394
Get PDFBackground & objectives: Anthropometric indices are one of the reliable criteria for
assessing children's health status, since the mother's psychological characteristics and
conditions can greatly affect the quality of her relationship with the child. The purpose of this
study was to determine the relationship between maternal mental health and children's
anthropometric indices in mothers and children referred to Ardabil health centers in 2015.
Methods: This is a descriptive-analytic study of cross-sectional type. 117 mothers and their
children (under 5 years old) referred to the health centers of the Ardabil city were selected by
random sampling method. To collect the information needed from mothers, a demographic
questionnaire and a GHQ-28 questionnaire were used. Children's anthropometric indices were
used to collect the information about children. Data were analyzed by SPSS-16 software,
using correlation analysis and independent t-test.
Results: The results of this study showed that 59% of women were suspected of having
mental problems which included social functioning problem (94.9%), anxiety (38.5%),
physiological (41%) and depression (5.14%). Also, the means of weight and height indices of
children were 37.84±31.31 and 39.57±32.17, respectively. The results of statistical analysis
showed that 69.2% of children had a weight index of less than 50 and 61.5% had a height
index of lower than 50. Also, statistical results showed the correlation only between the
maternal somatization subscale with child weight (p<0.01). For others, no correlation was
observed between the variables with the weight and height indices of the child.
Conclusion: The data obtained from this study show that the mental health of mothers can
play an important role in the growth and development of children. Therefore, health care
providers' awareness of changes in women's mental health status is important for planning
toward improving their mental health and the anthropometric indices of their children
The effectiveness of home-use photobiomodulation toothbrush for treating dentin hypersensitivity A pilot study:
No full textBackground and Aims: Dentin hypersensitivity is a frequent oral condition among patients suffering
from gingival recession. Recent studies have suggested that photobiomodulation has the potential to reduce inflammation and relieve pain.
Materials and Methods: Thirty patients with gingival recession and dentin hypersensitivity were selected and randomly assigned to three groups of equal size: fluoride varnish, photobiomodulation, and the combination. Dentin pain and hypersensitivity were measured using visual analog scale (VAS) by two
distinct tests: the contact test with a periodontal probe and the air blast test on the areas of gingival recession and denuded root; once at baseline and again one month after the initial application of treatments.
Results: A significant reduction in dentin pain and hypersensitivity was observed in all three groups.
However, the reduction was significantly greater in the combination group.
Conclusion: At-home treatment of dentin hypersensitivity with photobiomodulation toothbrush is a convenient, safe, and effective method for the management of dentin hypersensitivity.
Key words: Dentin hypersensitivity • photobiomodulation • fluoride varnis
The study of the management of gestational diabetes based on diabetes management guideline and maternal and neonatal health status in pregnant women with gestational diabetes referred to Alavi Hospital in 2018
No full textBackground and Objective: Gestational Diabetes (GD) is one of the major public health issues. One of the main forms of diabetes is gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) defined as glucose intolerance that occurs for the first time or is first identified during pregnancy. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the management of gestational diabetes based on diabetes management guideline and maternal and neonatal health status in pregnant women with gestational diabetes referred to Alavi Hospital in 2018.
Methods: In this study, 176 mothers with gestational diabetes mellitus referred to Ardabil Alavi Hospital with confirmed gestational diabetes mellitus based on OGTT test were evaluated. Informations needed in each patient's questionnaire, including questions about demographic and maternal health information and their infants (gestational age, maternal age, gender test, HbA1c, the results of diabetes tests and time and frequency, birth weight of newborns, type of delivery, intrauterine growth disturbances, term and preterm status, and stillbirth and infant health status) were recorded in each patient's questionnaire. After the pregnancy, the results were statistically evaluated.
Results: In this study, the mean age of patients was 31.71 ± 6.49 years. 71.6% of the persons had a education less than diploma. The mean BMI of the participants in the study was 31.72 ± 4.9 and the mean weight of the newborns was 3322.78 ± 706.36 gr. The mean gestational age of the patients was 37.1 ± 2.66 weeks and the median pregnancy rate of the subjects was 2. Among mothers who were included in the study 61 (34.7%) of them used insulin injection and 115 (65.3%) used diets for controling blood glucose and in 150 (85.2%) Blood glucose was treated and 26 (14.8%) had no treated blood glucose. The results of the OGTT test, 6-12 weeks after delivery showed that in 159 (90.3%) patients were normal, and in the rest of the cases, 7.4% had glucose tolerance and 2.3% had dibetes. 18.3% of the newborns were microsomal and 33.3% of them were admitted and 1.7% died.
Conclusions: The results of this study revealed mismatch of GDM program in accordance with diabetes management guideline in 2018 and the embryonic and maternal complications of diabetes can be reduced with the exact implementation of this program
Zoonotic transmission of Teladorsagia circumcincta and Trichostrongylus species in Guilan province, northern Iran: molecular and morphological characterizations
Get PDFParasitic trichostrongyloid nematodes have a worldwide distribution in ruminants and frequently have been reported from humans in Middle and Far East, particularly in rural communities with poor personal hygiene and close cohabitation with herbivorous animals. Different species of the genus Trichostrongylus are the most common trichostrongyloids in humans in endemic areas. Also, Ostertagia species are gastrointestinal nematodes that mainly infect cattle, sheep and goats and in rare occasion humans. The aim of the present study was to identify the trichostrongyloid nematodes obtained from a familial infection in Guilan province, northern Iran, using morphological and molecular criteria
Heterogeneous oxidation of sulfacetamide in aquatic environment using ultrasonic and nano-Fenton: kinetics intermediates and bioassay test
No full textIn present study, degradation of sulfacetamide from a synthetic wastewater by sonofenton process using zero valent iron nanoparticles was investigated. The synthesized iron nanoparticles were char¬acterized using transmission electron microscopy (TEM), UV-visible and X-ray diffraction pattern (XRD). The effect of various parameters, such as pH, nZVI dose, H2O2 concentration and contact time was studied with batch experiments. The removal efficiency of sulfacetamide by US/nZVI/H2O2 process was about 91% for reaction time of 60 min, but less than 27% of chemical oxygen demand (COD) was removed. Kinetics studies showed that the degradation of sulfacetamide fitted well to the pseudo-second-order model. Using the LC/MS device, five intermediate from degradation of sul¬facetamide were detected. The toxicity test, using micro toxicity study also showed that the effluent from the sono-Fenton reactor has a lower toxicity than sulfacetamide antibacterial
Translation and Psychometric Properties of Good Nursing Care Scale from Nurses' Perspective in Ardabil Educational Centers, 2018
Get PDFBackground & Aim: Identifying and evaluating the weaknesses and strengths of provided
nursing care is emphasized to improve the quality of nursing care and access to it requires the
use of valid tools in this field. This study aimed to translate and determine the psychometric
properties of the Persian version of the Nursing Care Scale.
Methods: This study was a methodological study in which the psychometric properties of the
"Good Nursing Care Scale" were evaluated in 200 nurses working at hospitals of Ardabil
University of Medical Sciences. After translating the original version of the questionnaire, the
validity and the reliability of the questionnaire was evaluated. SPSS version 16 and AMOS
version 24 were used for data analysis.
Results: The effect score of items in the face validity study for each item was higher than 2.4.
The content validity ratio for whole scale was 0.88 and for each item was more than 0.63. The
content validity index for total scale was 0.91 and for each item was more than 0.82. The
correlation of total instrument scores with criterion tool was 0.754. According to the results of
factor analysis, factor load were between 0.62 and 0.91, which all were significant. Therefore,
the seven dimensions that were introduced in the main scale were confirmed with acceptable
values. Cronbach's alpha was 0.907 and the correlation coefficient of 0.886 at test-retest
showed that the scale has an internal consistency and acceptable reliability.
Conclusion: The Persian version of Good Nursing care scale had acceptable psychometric
characteristics in the Iranian nursing population and can be used as a valid tool in nursing care
studies
Comparison and Assessment of Drug Interactions in Different wards of Imam Khomeini Hospital, Ardabil
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Along with considerable progress in medical science and increased life expectancy, issues such as comorbidity and polypharmacy emerged as health problem. Polypharmacy lead to enhanced chance of drug-drug interactions (DDIs), which cause economic burden and negative effect on patients compliance and length of hospital stay as well as patients morbidity and mortality.Since there are no acurate statistics on the incidence of such interactions and their correlation with patients demographic data such as age و sex و the number of medication used and … has not been investigated, in this study for first time we evaluate the prevalence of DDIs that can be an effective step in identifying medication errors and future planning to manage these cases in hospitals and health centers.
Pharmacists role in detection and prevention of drug interaction reported in several previous work, in present study Data extracted from 600 hospital admitted patient equally from 4 different ward (cardiac, infectious, internal and ICU) in Imam Khomeini hospital in Ardebil. Iran.
Types of DDIs (C, D and X) were detected using by Lexicomp drug interactions database and about type C interactions we only recorded the number of interactions, and about type D and X interactions in addition to the number of drugs, we also registered the name of two drugs that interacted in our designed check list.
The mean age of patients was 61±17.48 . 58.5% of patients were male and 41.5% of them were female. The mean number of prescribed drugs for each patient was 11±3.7. In 600 studied patients, 5935 DDIs were identified, 84.1% of DDIs were from C class, 14% were from D class and 1.9% of them were from X class. At least one interaction was detected in N (94%) of patients, 6% of patients didn't have any interaction and 64% of patients had at least one serious DDI (D or X). The majority of type C interactions (1509) were in cardiac ward and the majority of type D and X interactions (280 and 37 ) were in ICU ward.
The number of type C and D Interactions showed significant positive correlations with the age of patients and type X interaction didn’t show any correlation with the age. Also the number of potential Drug-Drug Interactions showed significant positive correlations with the number of prescribed drugs, and between sex and DDIs we didn’t have any significant correlation.
In accordance with previous findings, our result showed high prevalence of drug interactions too, that presence of pharmacists in hospitals and medical centers can help to reduce and identify drug interactions
Sexual activity, interest and satisfaction in older women in Iran.
Get PDFIntroduction: The world's population is aging and the issue of sexual activity in elderly is still taboo in many cultures. The purpose of this study was to examine the sexual activity, interest and satisfaction in older women attended Health Care Centers in Ardabil city.
Methods: This Cross-sectional study was conducted on 380 women over 60 years of old through a convenient sampling method. General health and FSFI Questionnaires were completed anonymously and through Face-to-Face and Individual Interviews. Data were analyzed using SPSS software.
Results: This study indicates that 60% of women had sexual activity and about half of them had interest in sex. Sexually active women were significantly younger (p<0.05) and more educated (p<0.001) than sexually inactive women. Sexual activity, interest in sex, Emotional closeness and sexual satisfaction with their husbands, were affected significantly by presence of children at home. Conclusion: This study approved that despite misconceptions, aging and sexuality do not conflict. The result of this study could help health care providers to provide appropriate and effective sexual healthcare services to older women.
Key words: Sexual activity, interest, older women, Ira
The relationship among spiritual intelligence and life satisfaction whith mental health in nurses of medical educational centers of Ardabil in 2018
Get PDFBakground and objective: Mental health is an important index in people's life and has a significant impact on individuals' function and happinness in life. In general this index is influenced by several factors. Spiritual intelligence which is a new defined concept is an influential factor on mental health..life Satisfaction can also have a significant impact on mental health.In This study ,we investigate the effect of different factors such as Spiritual intelligence and life satisfaction on nurses' mental health score as a group affected by various stressors in personal and occupational life.
Methods: The current study is a cross sectional and analytical descriptive one .In this study 351 nurses were selected through stratified random sampling. Demographic data and the answers to SCL-25, SWLS and king's spiritual intelligence questionnaire were gathered and analysed using SPSSv22 software.
Results: Over 90% of the participants were women. The mean age of participants was 32/7±7/36 years. An average correlation was found between nurses' spiritual intelligence score and their mental health state (r=0/377; P<0/001). Also, there was an average correlation between nurses' life satisfaction and their mental health (r=0/302; P<0/001). Transcendent Consciousness was the most influetial subscale of spiritual intelligence which affected the mental health.
Conclusions: Based on the finding of this study,it can be concluded that spiritual intelligence and life satisfaction have a significant impact on mantal health of nurses. also, death of spouse and separation were also influential factors on mantal health of nurses. However, the mantal health of nurses was not under the influence of their age, gender and ward of work. Considering the simultaneous impacts of spiritual intelligence and life satisfaction on mental health of nurses, it can be concluded that spiritual intelligence is the main influential variable on mental health and life satisfaction has not an independent effect on mental health. consequently, it is recommended to improve the mental health of nurses and provide better health care services,nursing managers should take the necessary measures to promote Spiritual intelligence
Synthesis, biological evaluation and molecular docking study of dihydropyrimidine derivatives as potential anticancer agents
No full textA series of dihydropyrimidine analogues were prepared via one‐pot Biginelli three‐component condensation reaction and characterized by NMR, FT‐IR, MS spectra, and element analysis. Subsequently, they were screened for in vitro anticancer effect. These analogues revealed good cytotoxic activity against three human cancer cell lines including MCF‐7, HepG‐2, and A549. Among these analogues, compounds 4d and 4h were the most potent against three cell lines. Cell viability assays indicated 4a and 4c had lower cytotoxicity. In vitro cytotoxicity study on all synthesized compounds demonstrated that introduction of electron withdrawing substituents on C4 position of phenyl ring of dihydropyrimidine contributed to the antiproliferative potency. Moreover, in silico molecular docking results stipulated a sign of good correlation between experimental activity and calculated binding affinity. It proved 4d and 4h as the strongest compounds. Binding modes of analogues proposed the involvement of hydrophobic interactions and hydrogen bonds with Eg5 active site. Structure activity relationship studies indicated that incorporating electron withdrawing substituents on C4 position of phenyl ring of dihydropyrimidine are important for this biological activity