background: spinal cord injury (sci) imposes a significant burden on the social and marital life. here, we assessed the divorce rate and changes in marital status among a sample of iranian individuals with sci. methods: referred patients to brain and spinal cord injury research center were invited to participate in this cross-sectional investigation. the main exclusion criteria were coincidenta...

background : this study was to investigate the health literacy and influencing factors of older population in pension institution of xinjiang, china. methods : elderly people were selected from 44 pension institutions in urumqi, changji, karamay and shihezi and from september 2011 to june 2012 using random layer sampling method. the investigation was carried out by chi-nese citizen health liter...

background: the prevalence of diabetes mellitus among iranian aged 25-64 estimated to be about 7.7%. the aim of current study was the assessment of socioeconomic status of diabetic patients and their complications. methods: a cross sectional study was conducted on type 2 diabetic patients with complications in four major teaching hospitals affiliated to tehran university of medical sciences (tu...

ess the relationship between umbilical cord blood gases at birth and morphology of umbilical cord, in a prospective study of 200 consecutive term delivery, we investigated the relationship between umbilical cord morphology characteristics (umbilical crd length, number of vascular coil, coiling index) and color of amniotic fluid and umbilical vessel blood gases. statistically significant linear ...

objective: to identify the effects of community-based interventions on the neonatal health index in one district of tehran-iran. materials and methods: a community and healthcare center-based study was carried out from january 2011 through september 2014. the population of the study included newborns from mothers residing in the 4 th district of tehran, iran. demographic data of mothers and inf...

this study was conducted to investigate the effect of different levels of savory (satureja hortensis) powder and its essential oil on performance and antioxidant status of broiler chickens under heat stress (34±2 ˚c for 8 hours per day). a total of 336 one-day-old male broiler chicks (ross-308) were divided into 6 treatments and 4 replications (14 birds per replicate). experimental diets were a...

background:childhood and adolescence injuries are still frequently occuring in developing countries. this study aims to assess the association  of socio-economic status (ses) with injuriesin iranian children and adolescents. materials and methods: this multicentricsurvey was part of a national surveillance program, which was conducted in 2011-2012 amongst 14,880 students aged6-18 years. partici...

background: nutritional health and adequate physical activity (pa), especially in childhood and grow periods, have a substantial role in health. this study assessed the association of dietary behaviors (main courses and snacks intake) with pa in children and adolescents. materials and methods: using multistage random cluster sampling method, a representative sample of 14,880 school students wer...

sexual health and rights indicators provide essential tools for monitoring the status of individuals’ sexual health and its rights, in various countries. this paper discusses sexual health and rights indicators in iran. the indicators under study are derived from similar indicators developed by asian-pacific resource and research center for women, for the 15th anniversary of the international c...

results the mean age of the respondents was 52.27 years (sd = 3.84). the average scores of their vasomotor, psychosocial, physical, and sexual dimensions were 3.86, 2.30, 2.44, and 1.35, respectively. sociodemographic dimensions, such as smaller age, being married, having a lower education level, and having a higher number of children, were related to sexual symptoms. vasomotor symptoms were re...