Soodeh Shahsavari

Department of Health Information Management, Faculty of Paramedical Sciences, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran.

[ 1 ] - Measuring Dimensions of Lumbar Intervertebral Discs in Normal Subjects

Introduction: Disc degeneration is a natural aging process characterized by changes in appearance and chemical structure of the disc. This degeneration leads to back pain. In regard to the limitation of current therapeutical methods for patients with degenerated discs, arthroplasty has been suggested as an alternative method. To manufacture artificial discs for Iranians, determining normal lumb...

[ 2 ] - Adolescent students’ high-risk behaviors

One of the most serious health threat, which in recent years as one of the most important problems in society is considered due to rapid changes in society, from health organizations, law enforcement and social policy makers, the prevalence of risky behaviors are adolescents. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of risky behaviors in adolescents in high school in 1390 was Ghorveh. Met...

[ 3 ] - The Impact of the Clinical Miscoding on Inpatient Reimbursement

Background: The purpose of this study was to investigate the rate of coding errors and its effect on the amount of correct reimbursement to patients. Methods: This descriptive and cross-sectional study was performed in 2018. Research resources were records in compensation units in medical documents center of social security organization. A total of 546 re...

[ 4 ] - How to Become a Biostatistician: A study guide of Master's Degree in BioStatistics

Introduction: The aim of this study was to design of the study guide for the Master of BioStatistics program.  Methods: In order to develop the study guide, the literature was reviewed and the first draft of the study guide was compiled using the opinions of experts. Then the face and content validity of the index was assessed from the perspective of the faculty members of Biostatistics across...

[ 5 ] - The Effect of Blended Learning in Teaching Applied Biostatistics for Postgraduate Medical Students

Introduction: Unlike the face-to-face courses offered on campus, online courses are predominantly asynchronous, where students basically decide when they can attend online courses. There is also an intermediate method referred to as blended learning (BL) that combines the merits of both methods. This study investigates the effect of blended learning on attitude and learning applied Biostatistic...