BACKGROUND In Iran, the number of stray dogs in cities and villages necessitates epidemiologic investigations. This study has undertaken an epidemiologic survey in Ilam, Iran with regard to animal bites during 1999-2009. METHODS This was a cross-sectional descriptive study. The data due to animal bites was collected from patients and analyzed. RESULTS The number of animal bites reported was...

BACKGROUND It is recognized that socioeconomic status (SES) has a significant impact on health and wellbeing; however, the effect of SES on suicide is contested. This study explored the effect of SES in suicide deaths and decomposed inequality into its determinants to calculate relative contributions. METHODS Through a cross-sectional study, 546 suicide deaths and 6,818 suicide attempts from ...

BACKGROUND The postpartum period is a critical stage of life with major changes in the quality of life. Therefore, special consideration is needed to this issue. OBJECTIVE To determine the effect of a self-care program based on the Teach Back method on the postpartum quality of life. METHODS This experimental study was conducted on eighty postpartum women who had given birth in health cente...

OBJECTIVE To develop and test a statistical model which correctly predicts the approval of outpatient referrals when reviewed by a specialty service based on nine discriminating variables. DESIGN Retrospective cross-sectional study. SETTING Large public county hospital system in a southern US city. PARTICIPANTS Written documents and associated data from 500 random adult referrals made by ...

BACKGROUND The self-consciousness and practicality of preferentially prescribed essential medicines (EMs) are not high enough in county hospitals. The purposes of this study were to use the information-motivation-behavioral skills (IMB) model to identify the predictors of essential medicines prescribing behavior (EMPB) among doctors and to examine the association between demographic variables, ...

One new genus, Zagrotes gen. nov., and 19 species of ground spiders (Gnaphosidae) are described from Iran: Berinda bifurcata sp. nov. (♂, Bushehr, Khuzestan; southwestern southern Iran), hoerwegi (♂♀, Fars, Ilam, Kermanshah, Kurdistan; western southcentral Berlandina artaxerxes (♂ Yazd; central Cryptodrassus iranicus Kermanshah; Drassodes persianus (♀, Sistan & Baluchistan; southeastern Ech...

Introduction: Despite numerous studies in the field of home care, role unmarried girls caring for their parents and problems caused by this care them, is still neglected or lost due to study other caregivers. In regard, present aimed investigate pressure resulting from elderly among single Ilam, Iran.

BACKGROUND Workers are more susceptible to stress disorder for several reasons. The aim of this study was to investigate occupational stress among workers and other personnel at the ZardjinBaft Workshop in Ilam, Iran, and to examine the relationship between occupational stress and several parameters, such as age, gender, marital status, educational level, work experience, tobacco use, body mass...

BACKGROUND One of the most prevalent problems in hemodialysis patients is sleep disturbance. Poor sleep quality has unpleasant bio-psycho-social outcomes. The positive effects of implementing the continuous care model (CCM) were verified with different variables, including sleep quality. This study was done with different populations, using two groups. OBJECTIVES This study aims to identify t...