Epidemiology and Statistics
Monavar Afzal Aghai; Ehsan Musa Farkhani; Behnaz Beygi; Reza Eftekhari Gol; Vajihe Eslami; Hamid Reza Bahrami
Volume 28, Issue 1 , January and February 2021, , Pages 124-132
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Introduction: Iron deficiency anemia Has been raised due to high prevalence and adverse effects as one of the main problems of public health in pregnancy. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between maternal iron deficiency anemia and its effect on birth weight in a population covered ...
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Introduction: Iron deficiency anemia Has been raised due to high prevalence and adverse effects as one of the main problems of public health in pregnancy. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between maternal iron deficiency anemia and its effect on birth weight in a population covered by Mashhad University of Medical Sciences in 2018. Materials and Methods: In this descriptive-analytic research, information on the birth of newborns was extracted from the Sina Electronic Health Record System. In this study, pregnant mothers were divided into two groups: anemia and non-anemia, 4 groups: moderate to severe, mild, normal and high hemoglobin, and 9 groups with 10 g/L interval from severe anemia to high hemoglobin. Data analysis was performed using statistical software STATA 14 and descriptive statistics, t test and logistic regression. The significance level in this study was considered 0.05. Results: Result of this study showed Low concentration of Hemoglobin was associated with higher odds of Low Birth Weight (OR:1.19 P:0.271) abnormal head circumference (OR:1.07 P:0.611) and abnormal hight (OR:1.10 P:0.587) When compared with normal hemoglobin. The risk of this factors across 9 pregnancy hemoglobin groups depended on severity of anemia. In this study high hemoglobin concentration was associated with an elevated risk of Low Birth Weight, abnormal head circumference and abnormal hight of neonate. Conclusion: The results of this study showed that high and Low maternal hemoglobin concentrations during pregnancy can have an adverse effect on neonatal weight and height.
Epidemiology and Statistics
Behnaz Beygi; HamidReza Bahrami; Reza Eftekhari Gol; najmeh Mohajeri; batsabeh Yousefi; Hossein Boosaeed; Ehsan Musa Farkhani
Volume 26, Issue 1 , March and April 2019, , Pages 127-132
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Background: Despite progress in health, Contamination of lice are considered as a health problem. The aim of this study was to investigate the spatial distribution of Pediculosis in the cities covered by Mashhad University of Medical Sciences in 2016.Materials and Methods: This study was descriptive ...
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Background: Despite progress in health, Contamination of lice are considered as a health problem. The aim of this study was to investigate the spatial distribution of Pediculosis in the cities covered by Mashhad University of Medical Sciences in 2016.Materials and Methods: This study was descriptive and analytical cross sectional. Information from 7453 Pediculosis patients was extracted from the Sina Electronic Health Record in a 4-month period (November 2016 to March 2017). To show the spatial distribution of the disease, was used the GIS software. That was used SPSS software to analyze the data and graph pad software to plot the graphs. Results: The study showed that 91.2% of the total population was women and 64.1% were adolescents aged between 7 and 18 years old. Prevalence rates in elementary and children under the 6 years were 42.6% and 31.8%, respectively, with the highest prevalence. Pediclusis transmission was 64.6% in schools and 46.3% in the direct transmission method. Based on spatial distribution map of Khalilabad, the highest prevalence and Kalat were the least prevalence among Khorasan Razavi counties.Conclusion: Considering the results of this study, it can be said that elementary girls are more likely to expose to contamination. Schools were the most probable places of contamination, and direct contact were the most common way of contamination was obtained. People with higher levels of education were less likely to be infected.