Health Education
Zahra Keyvanlo; Somayeh Fazayeli; Bita Barghamadi; Aghilallah keykhosravi; Najmeh Sabzevari; Mahboubeh Neamatshahi
Volume 26, Issue 6 , March and April 2020, , Pages 817-825
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Introduction: responsiveness is one of the main goals of the health system, which reflects the patient's experience of providing services that they receive during the care period. Awareness of the importance of different aspects of patient responsiveness can help to better resources allocation and develop ...
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Introduction: responsiveness is one of the main goals of the health system, which reflects the patient's experience of providing services that they receive during the care period. Awareness of the importance of different aspects of patient responsiveness can help to better resources allocation and develop appropriate strategies for management. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the most important aspectsns of responsiveness from the point of view of referring to Sabzevar health centersMaterials and Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study was performed on persons referred to 10 health centers in Sabzevar city in 2017. six centers were selected Cluster Random Sampling and 40 persons were randomly questioned from each center. Data were collected using the World Health Organization (WHO) questionnaire. Data was analyzed using descriptive and analytical indices in SPSS21 software.Results:In general, all of the different dimensions of responsiveness were very important except dimension of independence from the point of view of referring to Sabzevar health centers. The most important dimension was the right to choose(98.3%) and the low important dimension was the independence(72.9%). Although there was no significant relationship between the importance of general responsiveness and demographic variables, there was a significant relationship between gender and respect for dignity.(p=0.05)Conclusion:Given the results of the study and nature of the public health centers, attention to the priorities of the recipients of servicese specially Autonomy in the field of responsiveness can be a good guide for allocating more resources and increasing the satisfaction of the recipients of the service
Epidemiology and Statistics
mahnaz tarkhasi; somayeh tazari; Sahar Eghbali; ali hosseinzadeh; Sedighe Rastaghi; HASSAN naemi
Volume 25, Issue 3 , July and August 2018, , Pages 287-296
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Target: Head lice infestation is worldwide and it is considered as an important health issue not only in deprived societies but also in developed countries societies as well. The object of this project is to investigate head lice prevalence in primary schools in Sabzevar city.Research Method: This study ...
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Target: Head lice infestation is worldwide and it is considered as an important health issue not only in deprived societies but also in developed countries societies as well. The object of this project is to investigate head lice prevalence in primary schools in Sabzevar city.Research Method: This study was of type descriptive and in form of sectional studies which was done in 2015-2016. The Target population was entity of primary school students and sample was 1200 people population. Sampling was of simple-random kind and checklist were used for data collection. Then Data was registered (recorded) in SPSS V 19 software. analysis of data was done according to chi-square test description.Results: The number of studied students was 1200, 30.9% were boys and 69.1% were girls. The highest prevalence of head lice infestations was in cases where their fathers were free (81.5%), and their literacy level (65.66%). There was no correlation between the type of residential home and contamination of the research samples (P = 0.71). There was no relation between the students' bases (P = 0.32), the existence of a health educator (P = 0.9) and father's occupation with head lice infection (P = 0.54). Result: Head lice infestation (Pediculosis capitis) is still a crucial health issue worldwide. It is recommendable that proper information is provided to primary schools teachers so that appropriate utilization of their capabilities in students’ instruction, screening & treatment (Therapy) is made possible.
Epidemiology and Statistics
HASSAN naemi; alireza ghorbani; Seyed Mjid Ghazanfari; Maryam Masoudifar; Reza Koshkenaghi
Volume 25, Issue 1 , May and June 2018, , Pages 161-167
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Introduction: Traffic accidents are the second leading cause of death in the world and the second cause of death in developing regions. In city after cardiovascular diseases as a model country in second place is death. The purpose of this study are important factors in accidents within the city. Materials ...
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Introduction: Traffic accidents are the second leading cause of death in the world and the second cause of death in developing regions. In city after cardiovascular diseases as a model country in second place is death. The purpose of this study are important factors in accidents within the city. Materials and Methods: This study is longitudinal. All the injured were hospitalized population (550 patients) in Shahid Beheshti Hospital due to traffic accidents in the city of Sabzevar, dated 15/03/89 till 15/03/90 was a self-made questionnaire was used. To valid questionnaires from experts Center for Disease Control and traffic control center experts and its reliability was 7/96. A descriptive study analyzed data and the results were presented in tables and charts. Results: 87% of men with the highest frequency of their gender. More age group 20 to 40 years with a 40% share belongs. Most of the victims of the drivers (60%) was formed. Most vehicle crashes Tasyrgzaz with 4/73% motorcycle. 8/84% of vehicle occupants were not using seat belts and 5/92% of drivers not wearing two-wheeled vehicles. 1.27% of vehicles checked were speeding in the city. 6/40% of the drivers in an accident, did not observe traffic rules and the highest percentage of accidents during the hours of 7 am to 12 am occurred Conclusion: In order to reduce traffic accidents, among children and youth culture in the long term and plan to deal with accidental violations, including speeding, non-use of safety belts and helmets are recommended.
Health and environment
Ramezan-Ali Khamirchi; Zahra Rezaei Ghozal abad; Mohammad-Ali Yaghobi far; Mohammad-Hasan Rakhshani
Volume 24, Issue 4 , July and August 2017, , Pages 233-237
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Background and Purpose: The important role of proper sterilization of surgical instruments and accessories of patient safety and infection control in hospitals to hygiene standards is a proven fact. Therefore, evaluating the quality control of sterilization in hospitals in Sabzevar is the aim of ...
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Background and Purpose: The important role of proper sterilization of surgical instruments and accessories of patient safety and infection control in hospitals to hygiene standards is a proven fact. Therefore, evaluating the quality control of sterilization in hospitals in Sabzevar is the aim of this study. Methods: This investigation cross-sectional was studied in the 2014-2015 on the three hospitals Vasei, Emdad and Mobini. In this study, a questionnaire workplace health center of the Ministry of Health and Medical Education was used by using a check list of the sterilization units were survey and compared in four dimensions: personnel, physical condition, devices and equipment, and packs features reviews. Then the results were analyzed using SPSS 11. Result: The results showed that the sterilization unit in Sabzevar hospitals, as then staff is the highest with 96.66% and then sterilization equipment with a 76.66% had the lowest quality. Conclusion: Sterilization and infertile can reduce hospital infection rate, increase efficiency indicators, and avoid imposing additional financial burden. Therefore, considering the health centers to provide management, credit systems and equipment, increased physical space, and workshops for staff seem necessary for sterilization units.
Health and environment
Mohammad Nourmohammadi; Mohammad Reza Rezaee; Mohammad Hossein Sayyadi Anari
Volume 24, Issue 4 , July and August 2017, , Pages 293-298
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Background and purpose: Hospital waste contains microbial agents and chemical and toxic compounds that are hazardous to the health of patients, hospital personnel, and people visiting hospitals. Considering the presence of hazardous and infectious materials in hospital waste, it is essential that it ...
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Background and purpose: Hospital waste contains microbial agents and chemical and toxic compounds that are hazardous to the health of patients, hospital personnel, and people visiting hospitals. Considering the presence of hazardous and infectious materials in hospital waste, it is essential that it be managed suitably. This research intended to study hospital waste collection and disposal at teaching treatment centers of Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences in 2016.
Materials and methods: The present literature review on medical waste at Treatment-Teaching Centers of Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences was conducted in 2016. The initial raw quantitative data was received from the Waste Management Organization of Sabzevar Municipality. The guide issued by the World Health Organization was used to study the produced waste. Based on daily visits and completed questionnaires, the situation regarding disposed material with respect to type, collection method, storage, disposal and the degree of waste segregation at the three treatment-teaching centers were investigated. The validity of the questionnaire was confirmed by University Professors and its reliability by Cronbach’s alpha (that was 80%). Results were analyzed by using software (SPSS and Excel).
Results: The studied centers produced 869.5 kg of waste per day or 2.20 kg per occupied bed on average. Ordinary, infectious, chemical, pathological, sharp or pointed, pharmaceutical, and pressurized waste constituted 22%, 47.5%, 0.6%, 24.5%, 5%, 0.2%, and 0.2% of the total.
Conclusions: Results showed that hospital waste in Sabzevar was collected and disposed according to the circular of the Ministry of Health regarding hospital waste, waste management was supervised, and hospital waste collection and disposal was of desirable quality.
Zahra Komeili; Mohadeseh Shahidi; Hassan Naemi; Ali Hossein-Zadeh
Volume 23, Issue 4 , September and October 2016, , Pages 672-679
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Background A healthy lifestyle in old age is of considerable importance. Iranian elderly population is increasing day by day. Therefore, identifying the factors affecting their lifestyle is the concern of country's health system policy makers. This study was conducted to study the lifestyle of the over ...
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Background A healthy lifestyle in old age is of considerable importance. Iranian elderly population is increasing day by day. Therefore, identifying the factors affecting their lifestyle is the concern of country's health system policy makers. This study was conducted to study the lifestyle of the over 60-year-old retired staff of Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences.Materials & Methods The research was descriptive in the form of cross-sectional study. Using the Morgan table, a sample of 110 retired staff of Sabzevar Medical Science University were selected by simple random sampling method. Demographic and healthy lifestyle information was collected with the standard assessment healthy lifestyle questionnaires to assess Iranian elderly. The data were entered into SPSS version 22, and analyzed through descriptive statistics, t test, and ANOVA.Results Out of 110 subjects, 85 were males (77.3%) and 25 were females (22.7%). In terms of education, 40 (36.6%) were illiterate, 56 (50.90%) had diplomas, and 14 (12.72%) had an academic degree. The mean(SD) total score of lifestyle in men was 148.82(16.65) and in women 144.40(17.05). T test showed that this difference was significant. According to this test, significant differences were observed between men and women with regard to recreation, exercise (P=0.032), and social relations (P=0.008) .Conclusion The results showed that the elderly of Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences were ranked average regarding their lifestyle, so their education of healthy lifstyle must be pursed more seriously.
Mohammad-Shafi Mojadadi; Najmeh Mahmoodabadi; Zohreh Sajadiniya; Rahim Golmohamadi; Hossein Elyasi
Volume 23, Issue 3 , July and August 2016, , Pages 490-495
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Background Toxoplasma gondii is an obligate intracellular protozoan parasite that infects all warm-blooded animals, including humans. Acute infection with Toxoplasma gondii in pregnant women frequently leads to congenital toxoplasmosis which may cause abortion or severe diseases such as premature birth, ...
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Background Toxoplasma gondii is an obligate intracellular protozoan parasite that infects all warm-blooded animals, including humans. Acute infection with Toxoplasma gondii in pregnant women frequently leads to congenital toxoplasmosis which may cause abortion or severe diseases such as premature birth, permanent neurological damage, and visual impairment in the baby. Serological survey in females before marriage can reveal immune status of them against toxoplasmosis. This research aimed to determine the anti-toxoplasma antibodies in female students of Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences, Sabzevar, Iran.Materials & Methods In this cross-sectional study, 137 blood samples were taken from female students that were randomly selected and used for the measurement of anti-toxoplasma antibodies by ELISA method. Using a researcher-designed questionnaire, information such as consuming grilled and undercooked meat, exposure to cats and residency status was collected. The data analysis was performed by Chi-square test using SPSS.Results The detected IgG antibodies in 18(13.1%) samples were significant, and no IgM antibody was found in the studied samples. There were no significant differences between infection and factors such as residency status (urban/rural), vegetables consumption, cat keeping, eating underdone and roasted meat (P>0.1).Conclusion The results of this study revealed that 86.9% of female students were seronegative and at high risk for acquiring infection, thus they should be educated to prevent contracting congenital toxoplasmosis during the period of pregnancy.
Mohammad Ali Yaghobifar; Mansoureh Feizabadi; Maliheh Dalili Saleh; Ehsan Saffari
Volume 22, Issue 6 , January and February 2016, , Pages 1052-1062
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Background & Objectives: Libraries are the main levers of supporting educational programs in any university. A university without a good library cannot be successful in fulfilling its educational and research programs. The current condition of a library should be studies to find out whether it plays ...
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Background & Objectives: Libraries are the main levers of supporting educational programs in any university. A university without a good library cannot be successful in fulfilling its educational and research programs. The current condition of a library should be studies to find out whether it plays its part well as one of the main components of the university.
Materials & Methods: In the present research, the condition of the central library of the Medical University in Sabzevar was studied based on four quantitative indices of budget, human resources, collection, building and equipments. The library condition in 2011 was investigated and descriptive statistics (the mean, standard deviation, percentage and frequency) were used to obtain the required information.
Results: The findings showed that the library has complied 71.42 and 38.5 percent of the required standards of human resources and collection, respectively. On the other hand, the reported budget index was 3.2 times higher than the standard amount (320%). The standard index of building and equipments has been observed up to 51.48 percent.
Conclusion: In general, among the four quantitative standards (budget, human resources, collection, building and equipments), only the budget standard has been completely observed by the central library of the Medical University of Sabzevar and other aspects are far from the standards.
Masoumeh Golmahi; Arefeh Poortaleb; Ehsan Saffari; Somayyeh Salehabadi; Marjan Vojdani; Arash Shirdel; Fatemeh Ehtemam
Volume 22, Issue 3 , May and June 2015, , Pages 300-307
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Background: this is undeniable that elderly population and their health needs are on the increase in developing countries. On the other hand, living environment is a contributing factor in their health status. The aim of the study was the evaluation of elderly's health status living in nursing homes ...
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Background: this is undeniable that elderly population and their health needs are on the increase in developing countries. On the other hand, living environment is a contributing factor in their health status. The aim of the study was the evaluation of elderly's health status living in nursing homes in Sabzevar -2014.
Materials and Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 171 elderly people living in nursing home in Sabzevar were selected using census method. Data were gatherers by means of a questionnaire (27 questions) through interview and then analyzed by SPSS 16 and descriptive statistics.
Results: The results showed that 90/1% of elderly suffer from joint pain. 83/6% of their had sleep problems, 62% anxiety and stress, 74/8% dental conditions, 79/5% vision problems, 28/1% hearing problems, 76/9% memory impairment, 56/7% history of collapsed.also, the percentage of urinary tract problems and constipation was 52/7% and 45/7%, respectively. 79/5% of people suffered from foot problems in which 56/7% of them had dry feet.
Conclusion: Due to the increasing elderly population, as a vulnerable group, this is essential to pay attention to them spatially in terms of some common disease. This can be an effective strategy to present some health and cultural programs.
Alimohmmah Naemi; Samaneh Faghihi
Volume 22, Issue 2 , May and June 2015, , Pages 436-447
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Background: Awareness of status of General health of students and identifying cases that are at risk due to lack of appropriate social support and the signs of vulnerability can help university officials to provide more effective prevention interventions programs to promote mental health of students. ...
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Background: Awareness of status of General health of students and identifying cases that are at risk due to lack of appropriate social support and the signs of vulnerability can help university officials to provide more effective prevention interventions programs to promote mental health of students. This research aimed to study general health of Sabzevar universities students and its relationship with high-risk behaviors.
Materials and Methods: This study is descriptive correlation that was conducted on921 students in the year 2011-2012. Data were collected by a written questionnaire that includes the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ) and Youth Risk-Taking Scale (YRS). Pearson correlation, independent “t-test”, analysis of variance and scheffe were applied to analyze the data through the SPSS.
Results: The results showed that the mean scores of students are in high risk behavior 46/36 ± 15/29 General Health 80/27 ± 8/71. Also there was significant relationship between students' mental health and high-risk behaviors (p
SeyyedMehdi Razavi; Alireza Ghorbani; Hossein Kalate Arabi; MohammadReza ShegerfNakhaee; Yaser Tabaraee
Volume 20, Issue 5 , March and April 2014, , Pages 665-673
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Introduction: Job stress including physical, social and psychological factors, impact on personnel’s health. This problem is more observed in health workers that have continuous communication with patients. Continual and severe stressors are integral part of health worker that exposed at risk of burnout. ...
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Introduction: Job stress including physical, social and psychological factors, impact on personnel’s health. This problem is more observed in health workers that have continuous communication with patients. Continual and severe stressors are integral part of health worker that exposed at risk of burnout. This study aimed to determine the association between burnout and workplace physical condition in health department staff of Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences.
Methods: This cross - sectional study was conducted among 220 staff of health Department of Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences. Maslach standardized inventory and workplace physical condition questionnaire contain ten question verified by Faculty members of Sabzevar school of health were completed by employee. The collected data were analyzed by spss 16 software.
Results: The highest average of age was in caretaker and administrative staff (41.3±7.08). There was a significant relationship between lack of personal accomplishment and depersonalization with workhouse and also significant relationship between lacks of personal accomplishment, depersonalization, and emotional exhaustion whit field of activity was observed. . Physical condition of the workplace was associated with lack of personal accomplishment.
Conclusion: The work environment in healthcare system is always associated with job stresses and its personnel that are susceptible to job burnout. It is proposed by encouraging informal relations within the organization, motivating employee, training, improving of physical conditions of work and meritocracy can implement effective interventions to reduce vulnerability and staff burnout.
Tahereh Tovfighiyan; Saeed Shojaee; Seyyedeh Fatemeh Rahnamaye Rahsepar
Volume 20, Issue 5 , March and April 2014, , Pages 791-800
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Background: Implementation of internal assessment provides Opportunity to identify strengths, challenges, and encourages the authorities to resolve problems and provide appropriate raining to improve or upgrade the quality of education, research and management .Therefore, Nursing Department of Sabzevar ...
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Background: Implementation of internal assessment provides Opportunity to identify strengths, challenges, and encourages the authorities to resolve problems and provide appropriate raining to improve or upgrade the quality of education, research and management .Therefore, Nursing Department of Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences, conducted internal evaluations.
Materials and Methods: This study was descriptive and analytical cross- sectional research. The study population included all members of the internal evaluation committee, faculty, administrator groups, students, graduates, interns, and nursing supervisor at University Medical Sabzevar comprised 87-88 school year. Students and interns were selected by simple random sampling method. evaluation committee members, faculty , administrator group and supervisors were selected through census sampling method. The ten factor that were evaluated included mission and objectives, management and organizational structure, faculty, students, teaching and learning process, training and curriculum, teaching and research facilities, graduates and interns. Data were collected by questionnaire, interview and questionnaire. After the completion and collection of information, all data were analyzed using SPSS version 15 and descriptive and analytical statistics methods. values were interpreted, lower than %50 undesirable, between %50-%74.9 partially desirable and higher than %75 desirable.
Results: The results showed that from the 10 factors examined, Department of Nursing achieved a total score of 80/55 (79/2 percent) . According to the ranking criteria, the internal evaluation is relatively favorable within the Department of Nursing.
Conclusion: Although the result of internal assessment nurse was desirable, But it still appeals more and Necessary changes and Implementation of the strategy for improving the quality of internal evaluation in the Department is required.
Mohammadtaghi Shakeri; Mohammad Sadegh Marvi; Hamidreza SafaBakhsh; Parastoo Jamili; Reyhaneh Bazargani
Volume 20, Issue 4 , January and February 2014, , Pages 464-471
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Background: Human T-lymphotropic virus (HTLV), a retrovirus, is the causative agent of adult T-lymphocytic leukemia (ATL) and tropical spastic paraparesia (TSP). HTLV-1 is transmitted mainly through blood transfusion. Sabzevar is an endemic region for HTLV infection; hence it is essential to detect the ...
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Background: Human T-lymphotropic virus (HTLV), a retrovirus, is the causative agent of adult T-lymphocytic leukemia (ATL) and tropical spastic paraparesia (TSP). HTLV-1 is transmitted mainly through blood transfusion. Sabzevar is an endemic region for HTLV infection; hence it is essential to detect the prevalence of HTLV1/2 infection in the blood donors of this city.
Materials and Methods: In this cross-sectional study, blood samples of all donors referring to Sabzevar Blood Transfusion Center from 2007 to 2008 were screened for HTLV infection using ELISA, and positive samples were confirmed by western blotting. Data were analyzed in SPSS software version 17.0 using Chi squared and Student's t-test.
Results: The results showed that 56 of donors (44 male: 78.6% and 12 female: 21.4%) were infected to HTLV, with average age 40.27±10.02. The prevalence of HTLV infection among all donors was 0.26%. There was a significant correlation between age, marital status, times of blood donation and educational levels and HTLV infection.
Conclusions: Regarding lower rate of infection among younger and regular blood donors and donors with higher educational levels, it should be considered to select donors from this population.
L NAJAR; A PEZHHAN; A HEYDARI
Volume 15, Issue 1 , March and April 2008, , Pages 26-32
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Background and Purpose: Hypertension is a common but asymptomatic disease which is easily traced and treated. However if left untreated deadly complications and high costs of treatment should be expected. This study was conducted to investigate the prevalence of hypertension in the urban population of ...
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Background and Purpose: Hypertension is a common but asymptomatic disease which is easily traced and treated. However if left untreated deadly complications and high costs of treatment should be expected. This study was conducted to investigate the prevalence of hypertension in the urban population of Sabzevar Iran. Methods and Materials: This deh1ive cross-sectional study was conducted on the population of urban families supported by the health centers in Sabzevar Iran. 596 cases (age 19 years or older) were selected by stratified sampling. In addition to filling out the study questionnaire the systolic and diastolic blood pressure of the cases were measured by the standard method using Alpk2 sphygmomanometer and Litman stethescope. The hypertension threshold was considered as 140/90. Frequency and percentages were used to describe the data and chi-square was used for the analysis in SPSS. Results: The prevalence of the systolic and diastolic BP hypertensions were 21.5% and 25.8% respectively and the prevalence was higher with women rather than men (p
AA BOLOURIAN; E SHIRZADEH
Volume 14, Issue 3 , September and October 2007, , Pages 179-184
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Background and Purpose: Pinguecula causes cosmetic effects and induces pterygium in some cases. Burning, irritation, lacrimation and foreign body sensation, occasional significant astigmatism and decreased vision are among the major symptoms of pterygium. As most findings in this regard are hospital-based, ...
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Background and Purpose: Pinguecula causes cosmetic effects and induces pterygium in some cases. Burning, irritation, lacrimation and foreign body sensation, occasional significant astigmatism and decreased vision are among the major symptoms of pterygium. As most findings in this regard are hospital-based, the present population- based study was conducted to study the prevalence of pterygium and pinguecula and the effect of population variables in the rural population of sabzevar, Iran.
Methods and Materials: This descriptive epidemiologic study was conducted cross- sectionally and the population was rural residents in sabzevar, Iran. Cluster sampling was used for random sampling from 40 villages amounting to 2508 subjects.
The study was conducted in 2002-2004. The subjects were interviewed and fully examined. Diagnoses were made clinically.
The relationships between population variables and the two disorders were evaluated. The obtained data were analyzed using chi- square, t- test and logistic regression.
Results: Mean age of 1014 men (40.5%) and 1494 women (59.5%) participating in the study were 27.84± 22.07 and 26.90± 19.05 years respectively. Of 2508 subjects, 396 cases of pterygium and pinguecula were diagnosed with an overall prevalence of 15.8%; 187 men (18.44%) and 209 women (14%). Its prevalence was higher in men than in women. Its distribution as asymmetric, i.e. OD: OS ratio = 0.64. Also, its prevalence across different jobs rendered the following results for farmers, workers and housewives: 39.5; 33.3 and 23 respectively:
Conclusion: The overal prevalence of pterygium and pinguecula in rural population of Sabzevar is 15.7%, which may be attributed to population variables and risk factors, geographical location, climatic conditions, racial and familial factors.
E SHIRZADEH; AA BOLOURIAN
Volume 14, Issue 1 , March and April 2007, , Pages 38-43
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Background and purpose: Cataract is the lens opacity which brings about vision disorders and is generally divided into four types: congenital, traumatic, secondary and age-related. It is commonly a disease of middle-age and geriatric age and the main factor in low vision and blindness throughout the ...
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Background and purpose: Cataract is the lens opacity which brings about vision disorders and is generally divided into four types: congenital, traumatic, secondary and age-related. It is commonly a disease of middle-age and geriatric age and the main factor in low vision and blindness throughout the world. This study is intended to survey the prevalence of cataract in the rural population of Sabzevar in Iran.
Methods and Materials: This research is a cross-sectional epidemiological descriptive study. 40 villages were selected through cluster sampling and the statistical population included all rural residents in 2002-2004 (1381-1383). 2805 subjects (with the age range of 11 days to 92 years old) participated in the primary screening which consisted of tests of visual acuity, red reflex, retinoscopy and the examination of anterior segment via torch or ophthalmoscope. Subjects with visual disorders or defected red reflex were referred to ophthalmologist for complete examinations.
Results: Mean age for 1014 male (40.5%) and 1494 female (59.5%) were 27.84±22.07 and 27.90±19.05 years respectively.
The overall prevalence of cataract was 6% (confidence interval 95%). Its prevalence in men and women were 7.8% and 4.8% respectively.
Conclusion: Regarding the limited number of similar epidemiological studies in Iran, further studies can be helpful in estimating the magnitude of cataract and visual disorders due to cataract in the rural population since estimating the magnitude of this controllable disease can be of considerable personal, social and economical advantages.
RA KHAMIR CHI; M HASHEMIAN
Volume 11, Issue 4 , January and February 2005, , Pages 51-55
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Purpose: Brucellosis, a common disease of man and animal, is a rather prevalent disease. It is an uncontrolled disease in most developing countries, and of considerable prevalence in Iran, Khorassan and Sabzevar alike. This study is therefore designed to study the prevalence of brucellosis and factors ...
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Purpose: Brucellosis, a common disease of man and animal, is a rather prevalent disease. It is an uncontrolled disease in most developing countries, and of considerable prevalence in Iran, Khorassan and Sabzevar alike. This study is therefore designed to study the prevalence of brucellosis and factors affecting it in the rural population of Sabzevar.
Methods and Material: A number of villages proportionately sampled by cluster sampling. Subjects were selected through stratified sampling considering all age groups and both sexes. Total sample was 504.
Results: 84 subjects were found to be positive in laboratory tests, of which 45 cases were 1.40 right titration, 21 cases with 108, 9 cases with 1.16, 4 cases with 1064,4 cases with 1.32 and one case with 1.128.
Conclusion: Due to the high contamination rate and its economical consequences of this disease on the individual and the society in general, we can take steps to prevent its prevalence by implementing training programs.