Hossein Rafimanesh; Mahshid Ghoncheh; Hamid Salehinia; Abdollah Mohammadian Hafashjani
Volume 23, Issue 2 , March and April 2016, , Pages 320-327
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Background & Objectives: Prostate cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in men. This type of cancer is the second leading cause of death and is of the highest prevalence in men. Therefore, having a general picture of the characteristics and changes of the cancer epidemiology is essential for ...
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Background & Objectives: Prostate cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in men. This type of cancer is the second leading cause of death and is of the highest prevalence in men. Therefore, having a general picture of the characteristics and changes of the cancer epidemiology is essential for this type of cancer. The aim of this study was to investigate the epidemiology of prostate cancer and its incidence trends in Iran. Methods: This cross - sectional study conducted on date extracted from cancer registry system in Iran during 2003 to 2009. After separation of the data for prostate cancer, number of cases, incidence, and standardized incidence were studied, and the epidemiological characteristics of the disease during the studied period were presented. Results: Incidence of prostate cancer in Iran has an increasing trend, so that the number of cases recorded in 2003 and 2009 are 1548 and 3856 cases, respectively. The lowest age-standardized incidence rate (ASR) observed in 2003 whit 5.4 and the highest ASR observed in 2009 whit 12. Among provinces, Tehran has the highest cases of prostate cancer and Sistan and Baluchistan province has the lowest cases. The highest incidence rate reported in the age group above 50 years. Conclusion: Prostate cancer is a disease of older men that its incidence is increasing in Iran. Due to the changing in lifestyle of the people and the aging of the population, planning to conduct epidemiological and etiological studies about this cancer and early detection of disease by using screening test seems necessary.
Mehdi Karimi Babokani; Mojtaba Keikha; Hossein Mirzaee; Hamid Salehinia
Volume 22, Issue 3 , May and June 2015, , Pages 263-269
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Background: Identification of factors that influence job satisfaction can impact the efficiency and quality of nursing services and personal life. Therefore, this study was aimed to investigate factors affecting job satisfaction of nurses in Isfahan hospitals
Materials & Methods: this study is cross ...
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Background: Identification of factors that influence job satisfaction can impact the efficiency and quality of nursing services and personal life. Therefore, this study was aimed to investigate factors affecting job satisfaction of nurses in Isfahan hospitals
Materials & Methods: this study is cross – sectional and was conducted in 2013 on 100 nurses in private and public hospitals of Isfahan, which were selected by multistage sampling method. A two-part questionnaire was used to collect data: the first part was comprised from the demographic information and the second part was related to job satisfaction. Data analyzed by spss version 11, ANOVA and t-test at The significance level of 5% .
Results: In this study, only 35% of nurses were satisfied with their current job. Job satisfaction was significantly related with job position (p=0.001), type of employment (p=0.02) and sector of hospital (p=0.001).
Conclusion: It is essential for nurses managers to consider job position, type of employment and sector of hospital for improving the job satisfaction of their staff and, in this way, they can develop some plans to improve job satisfaction.
Mostafa EnayatRad; Hamid Salehinia
Volume 22, Issue 1 , March and April 2015, , Pages 27-35
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Background and purpose: Breast cancer is the commonest cancer and first leading cause of death among women. Since having knowledge about breast cancer incidence trends over time is essential for health planning, this study was aimed at investigating variation in the incidence of breast cancer.
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Background and purpose: Breast cancer is the commonest cancer and first leading cause of death among women. Since having knowledge about breast cancer incidence trends over time is essential for health planning, this study was aimed at investigating variation in the incidence of breast cancer.
Materials and Methods: This study is a reanalysis of existing data published by cancer registry system of Iran during 2003 to 2009. The reported incidence of WHO standards are based on the direct method.
Results: According to registry statistics between 2003 and 2009 breast cancer incidence among women has increased as 3946 and 8424 cases were recorded in years 2003 and 8424 respectively. . Over mentioned years the number of breast cancer cases recorded in the country was 45122, in which 43922 cases have occurred among women. The Highest ASR was reported about 33/21 in year 2008 and the lowest was reported about 15/96 in year 2003 (cases per hundred thousand people) ,The highest and lowest recorded incidence rates appertain to Tehran and Kohkiloye and Boyer Ahmad. Cancer registry statistics during 2003 to 2009 indicate that cancer incidence peak age is around 50-55 years or more.
Conclusions: Breast cancer incidence rate has been increasing in recent years, as the most common malignancy among women in Iran. The incidence of the disease is rising considerably in the country, especially in the central and Northern provinces; therefore, planning for early detection of cancer in high-risk areas would be useful.
Hamed Mirzaee; Hamid Salehinia; Ali Mohammadi; Iraj Sharifi; Homayoon Mirzaeian; Hossein Mirzaee; Vali Baigi
Volume 21, Issue 6 , January and February 2015, , Pages 968-976
Abstract
Background: To implement some measures for preventing obesity and its control, awareness from the its prevalence can be effective. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of obesity and its associated demographic factors in individuals older than 30 years living in the city Friede.
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Background: To implement some measures for preventing obesity and its control, awareness from the its prevalence can be effective. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of obesity and its associated demographic factors in individuals older than 30 years living in the city Friede.
Methods and Materials: This is a cross-sectional study which was conducted on 1000 subjects older than 30 years in Frieden city. Simple random sampling method was used and data were collected via a questionnaire with a reliability of 81%. To evaluate the obesity index, body mass index was calculated. Data analysis was performed using spss version 16 software, chi-square test and t-test at a significance level of 5%.
Results: In this study, the prevalence of overweight was 37.5% (36.6% in males and 38% in females) and of obesity was 12.9% (7.5 in males and 16.3 in females). The overall prevalence of overweight and obesity in this study was 50.4 percent (44.2% in males and 54.3% in females). Also, Sex (P = 0.03) and education level (p = 0.01) were significantly associated with obesity.
Conclusion: This study showed that more than 50 percent of the population over 30 years which lives in the Frieden city is suffering from overweight and obesity. Therefore, it is suggested that several plans should be implement to reduce the incidence and prevalence of the disease in this area.