Mehdi Noroozi
Social Determinants of Health Research Center, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
[ 1 ] - Associating Factors With Public Preparedness Behavior Against Earthquake: A Review of Iranian Research Literature
Local preparedness against earthquakes has been recently highlighted in research and policies on disaster management and risk reduction promotion in Iran. To advance the understanding of public preparedness and how it can be applied in diverse localities, further information is required about the predictors of people’s adoption of mitigation activities and earthquake preparedness. A synth...
[ 2 ] - Effect of Pilates Exercise on Fear of Falling in Iranian Elderly Women
Objectives: The aim of this study was to determine the effect of Pilates exercise on Fear of Falling (FOF) among elderly women. Methods: The present study is a clinical trial that was conducted on 44 elderly women aged between 60-80 years. Subjects were recruited through the convenience sampling method and were then randomly divided into two groups of inference viz. Pilates exercise group, the...
[ 3 ] - درک از بیماری و ارتباط آن با پایبندی به رژیم درمانی در سالمندان مبتلا به فشارخون بالا
مقدمه: فشار خون بالا، یکی از علل عمده ناتوانی است. ادراک بیمــاری، بازنمایــی شــناختی ســازمان یافتــه بیمــار از بیمــاری خــود می‌باشد و می‌تواند تبعیــت از درمــان بیمــار را تحــت تأثیــر قــرار دهــد. هدف از مطالعه بررسی ارتباط بین پایبندی به رژیم درمانی با درک از بیماری در سالمندان مبتلا به فشارخون بالا بود. روش کار: این مطالعه توصیفی- تحلیلی به صورت مقطعی بر روی ۳۲۵ نفر از سالمندان مبت...
[ 4 ] - طراحی و ارزیابی روایی و پایایی ابزار بیوفیدبک برای افراد سالم در معرض کیفوز پوسچرال
Objective Kyphosis is one of the common abnormalities of the spine. However, correct preservation of the posture can play an important role in preventing and treating kyphosis. Biofeedback systems are among the methods used to prevent postural dysfunction. This study aimed to design a biofeedback tool to prevent kyphosis and evaluated reliability and validity of this tool. Materials & Methods ...
[ 5 ] - Comparing Time-Use Estimates of Two Different Time Diary Methods
Objectives: Time-use has become an important field of research in social and medical sciences. Time diary is the most popular method for measuring time-use that has 2 different methods of administration including yesterday and tomorrow diary. The present study aimed to compare these methods of measuring time-use. Methods: This cross-sectional comparative study was conducted on 256 under 5-yea...
[ 6 ] - Transition from First Drug Use to Regular Injection among People Who Inject Drugs in Iran
Background: The study aimed to evaluate the interval between first drug use and regular injection and factors associated with transition from first injection into premature regular injection among people who inject drugs (PWIDs).Methods: In a multicenter cross-sectional study, we recruited 400 PWIDs using snowball sampling. Age of first drug use, age of initiation of regular injection, and demo...
[ 7 ] - Injecting and Sexual Networks and Sociodemographic Factors and Dual HIV Risk among People Who Inject Drugs: A Cross-sectional Study in Kermanshah Province, Iran
Background: Few studies suggest that social network factors, including size of sexual network may associate with drug-related and sexual high-risk behaviors. The objective of this study is to investigate injecting and sexual networks and sociodemographic factors that might be associated with dual HIV risk (DHR) among people who inject drug (PWID).Methods: The data from a cross-sectional study o...
[ 8 ] - Client-Level Coverage of Needle and Syringe Program and High-Risk Injection Behaviors: A Case Study of People Who Inject Drugs in Kermanshah, Iran
Background: Needle-syringe programs (NSP) have been running in Iran since 2002. However, the coverage of such program among the NSP clients at the individual level was not studies yet. This study aimed to determine the client coverage of NSP and its correlation with high injection-related risk behaviors. Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted in Kermanshah province, Iran, in 2014. 230 ...
[ 9 ] - Determination Changes of Blood Biomarker Levels in Two Treatment status of Antipsychotic Polypharmacy and Aripiprazole Monotherapy in Patients with Long-Term Schizophrenia
Background and objectives: Schizophrenia is a chronic psychiatric disorder, which reduces the patient quality of life. Despite the recommendation for treating this disorder with a minimum dose of medications, antipsychotic polypharmacy has been used experimentally that cause increasing the drug interactions. Aripiprazole has low risk of metabolic has recommended as a first line a treatment fo...
[ 10 ] - Effects of metformin on weight loss and metabolic control in obese patients with schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder: a randomized, double-blind, controlled clinical trial
Abstract Objective: The effect of metformin on weight changes and some metabolic parameters in patients with schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder was investigated in this study. Methods: This study, performed during 2018-2019, was a randomized, double-blind, controlled clinical trial. A total of 66 obese patients (BMI≥27) with schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder, hospitalized in...
[ 11 ] - The Effect Of Selective Neck Muscle Release Techniques On Clinical Indicators of Patients with Migraine Headache: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Objective: Subjects with migraine headache often have stiff posture, especially in the head and neck. Also, these patients often have reduced cervical range of motion, faulty posture, forward head posture, increased sensitivity on the cervical muscles, and myofascial pain syndrome. Myofascial Trigger Points (MTrPs) are considered as the contributing factors to migraine headache. They produce pa...
[ 12 ] - HIV-Related Stigma Among Healthcare Providers in Different Healthcare Settings: A Cross-Sectional Study in Kerman, Iran
Background Stigmatizing attitudes among healthcare providers are an important barrier to accessing services among people living with HIV (PLHIV). This cross-sectional study aimed to assess the status and correlates of HIV-related stigma among healthcare providers in Kerman, Iran. M...
[ 13 ] - The Effectiveness of Self-Management Program Based on 5A Model on patient care burden for stroke patients
Objective: Chronic diseases around the world are rapidly increasing. One of these chronic diseases is stroke. Given the multiplicity of problems in this disease, it needs to be managed and provided with appropriate education and support services to the patient and family to achieve self-management ability to maximize functions, feel good, reduce care burden, and improve quality of life. The pur...
[ 14 ] - The Effect of Cognitive-Behavioral Group Therapy on Depression, Stress, Anxiety of Male to Female Transsexuals
Introduction: Depression, anxiety, and stress can be mentioned as common psychiatric disorders in transsexual people. Depression, followed by stress and anxiety, is associated with decreased self-esteem and increased incidence of other psychiatric comorbidities in this minority group. One of the psychotherapy approaches that has been proven to be effective in treating these disorders is cogniti...
[ 15 ] - Investigation of DRD2 and HTR2A mRNA Expression in Two Therapeutic States of Antipsychotic Polypharmacy and Aripiprazole Monotherapy in the Peripheral Blood of Patients With Schizophrenia
Objectives: Schizophrenia is a severe psychiatric disorder that has profound effects on both individuals and the community. Notwithstanding the suggestion for treating schizophrenia with a minimum dose of drugs, antipsychotic polypharmacy increases the patient’s care costs and drug interactions. Aripiprazole reduces the metabolic side effects of antipsychotic polypharmacy treatment. DRD2 and HT...
[ 16 ] - The Relationship between Care Burden, Care Preparedness and the Quality of Life in the Home Caregivers of the Elderly with the Alzheimer's Disease in Iran Alzheimer’s Association
Objectives: Care provision for Alzheimerchr(chr('39')39chr('39'))s patients is associated with many challenges. Caregivers face high levels of care burden which leads to their reduced quality of life. Therefore, the current paper aims to investigate the relationship between care burden, care preparedness and the quality of life in the home caregivers of the elderly with the Alzheimerchr(chr('39...
[ 17 ] - Investigation of the relationship between pharmacological knowledge of anticoagulants with medication adherence in the elderly patients with atrial fibrillation
Introduction and Aim: In the elderly, the rate of adherence to the medication regimen and the rate of remembering how to correctly prescribe medication is low due to old age and memory loss, which leads to poor therapeutic results. The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between anticoagulants knowledge and adherence to treatment in elderly cardiac patients with atrial fibrillat...
[ 18 ] - The Effect of Performing the Modified assessment step of Nursing Process on Clinical Self-efficacy of Working Nurses in Rofiydeh Rehabilitation Hospital
Introduction and Aim: A nurse is a professional, efficient and effective person when she/he can implement standards of care in practice. One of these standards is the use of the nursing process. Due to the shortcomings of the nursing process evaluation method in rehabilitation patients, the training of the evaluation phase of the modified rehabilitation nursing process and the effect of its imp...
[ 20 ] - Investigating the relationship between health literacy and quality of life on hemodialysis patients in selected medical centers under the auspices of Ardabil University of Medical Sciences
Introduction and Aim: This study was conducted to investigate the relationship between health literacy and the quality of life of hemodialysis patients. Methods: The present study was conducted by descriptive-correlation and cross-sectional method in 1399 in Ardabil, Iran. The statistical population included 450 hemodialysis patients covered by Ardabil University of Medical Sciences, from whic...
[ 21 ] - Evaluation of Women's Reproductive Health Status after Kermanshah Earthquake
Objective: Women are more at risk of dying during disasters than men due to physical, biological, psychological, and cultural differences. In the aftermath of a disaster, women experience more than usual miscarriages, premature births, inadequate fetal growth, low birth weight, sexual violence, and unwanted pregnancies. This study aimed to evaluate the reproductive health status of women affe...
[ 22 ] - A Critique of Studies on The Combined Effect of Dust Storms and Meteorological elements on Cardiovascular, Cerebrovascular, and Respiratory Diseases
Brief policy The studies reviewed in this section are from PubMed, ISI, Science Direct, Google Scholar, and Scopus databases using the following keywords: dust storm, meteorological elements, temperature, heat wave, cold wave, relative humidity, wind blow, atmospheric pressure, cardiovascular diseases, respiratory diseases, cerebrovascular diseases, myocardial infarction (MI), stroke (CVA), l...
[ 23 ] - Access to physical rehabilitation services among people with disabilities: Results of a national study in Iran
Introduction: There is little evidence of access to health services among people with disabilities (PWD) in low- and middle-income countries. This study aimed to examine access to physical rehabilitation services among PWD in Iran. Materials and Methods: A population-based cross-sectional survey of 2177 PWD was conducted in all provinces of Iran using a multistage cluster sampling method in 201...
[ 24 ] - The effectiveness of rehabilitation nursing program on sexual function and sleep quality in elderly women with urinary incontinence
Introduction: The growing trend of the elderly population has caused the issue of elderly health to be of special importance and on the other hand maintaining the health of the elderly is one of the main problems in most societies.The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of urinary incontinence rehabilitation nursing program on sexual function and sleep quality of elderly women refer...
[ 25 ] - Investigating the level of knowledge and attitude of pressure ulcer prevention among rehabilitation team members
Introduction: pressure ulcer (PU) as one of the serious complications of hospitalization in health care centers increases the caregiver burden, morbidity and mortality of patients, the frequency and duration of hospitalization, and reduces the quality of treatment, and imposes huge costs on health systems and increase the pain and suffering of patients. Therefore, the present study was conducte...