geographic tongue is a benign disorder involving the dorsal surface of the tongue characterized by depapillated areas with leading and folded edges in yellowish or grayish white color and sometimes with unclear borders. many studies have reported a relationship between such condition and different risk factors. this study aimed to investigate the prevalence rate and the risk factors of geograph...

background: burn injuries and their complications are still considered major threats to society’s health standards. the aim of this study was to describe the epidemiological profile, outcome, and factors associated with children’s burn injuries in shahroud (northeastern iran). methods: this cross-sectional study was performed over a three-year period (2013–2015) on children 12 years and under w...

objective: the world population will likely increase by 2.5 billion over the next 43 years, passing from the current 6.7 billion to 9.2 billion in 2050. only limited information about the contraceptive practices especially modern contraceptive use is available. the aim of this study is to determine the prevalence of contraceptive methods and factors associated with modern contraceptive in use m...

background :although the incidence of animal bite is increasing in iran, there is no sufficient knowledge about delayed post-exposure prophylaxis (pep). hence, the aim of this study was to evaluate delayed pep and its associated factors in bitten people.   methods : this cross-sectional study was conducted in tuyserkan district of hamadan province (west of iran) from february 2011 to february 2...

background and aims: nowadays miniscrews are widely used as skeletal anchorage in orthodontics. however the success rate of miniscrews is less than that of osseointegrated implants. the aim of this retrospective study was to evaluate factors influencing the success rate of orthodontic miniscrews. materials and methods: data of 244 miniscrews in 122 patients (99 females and 23 males, with a mean...

objective: the study focuses on psychosocial variables related to suicide ideation in young soldiers. method: 1329 soldiers were randomly selected from the infantry forces in different regions. all the soldiers were requested to complete the beck scale for suicide ideation (bssi) as well as general health questionnaire (ghq-28). data were analyzed using correlation tests. results: the results r...

to estimate the prevalence and analyze factors associated with both public and private health services utilization in women population in a western district of iran.a cross-sectional study with 1200 individuals aged 18-49 years carried out in different districts of sanandaj city, western iran, in 2012. the main outcome variable was use of health service in the previous 12 months. the in-depende...

emergency physicians are at risk of burnout, which can affect their mental health, as well as patient care. we assessed burnout level among iranian emergency physicians and investigated demographic, work-related factors and stressors associated with higher burnout.in a cross-sectional study, we surveyed all 188 emergency medicine residents and practitioners in iran. we measured burnout using 22...

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