background & objective: patient satisfaction is the main indicator of the quality of healthcare systems. usually in pediatric works parents are questioned due to lack of appropriate scale. therefore, this study was done to assess the children’s satisfaction themselves by drawing which is an applicable scale for them.patients & methods: this study was done with 20 hospitalized children aged 6-12...

background: streptococcus pneumoniae and haemophilus influenzae type b (hib) is a leading cause of bacterial pneumonia, meningitis, and sepsis in children under 5-year of age. this study aims to estimate potentially preventable number of cases and deaths caused by hib and pneumococcal in iran.materials and methods:we used the burden of diseases model estimates of the world health organization (...

trauma is a leading cause of death and disability especially amongst young people. road traffic crash–related death, injury, and chronic disability continue to be a major worldwide burden to drivers, pedestrians and users of mass transit, especially in low- and middle-income countries(lmic). projections predict worsening of this burden, and while motorization of lmic increases exponentially, a ...

Abstract Acute diarrhea with severe dehydration has been a major worldwide cause of death in children younger than 5 years of age. Etiological studies of gastroenteritis have shown that rotavirus causes 40–50% of acute diarrhea among infants and children in both developing and developed nations. Numerous epidemiologic studies in the US and the World Health Organization have docu...

OBJECTIVE The current study investigated whether factors associated with quality of life (QOL) in children with asthma (e.g., family functioning, asthma routines, asthma severity) differed by child age. METHODS Participants included 192 children with asthma (5-12 years) and their caregivers. Both children and caregivers completed questionnaires at an initial research session. Family functioni...

OBJECTIVE The main objective of this study was to examine variability among states for 3 indicators of the family financial burden related to caring for children with special health care needs. METHODS Data were from a 2001 national survey of households with children (<18 years of age) with special health care needs, with a representative sample from each state. The outcomes examined included...

Dear Editor, The access to medical care is unacceptably low worldwide in spite of the increasing demand for medical care due to population aging and increasing burden of non-infectious diseases...

OBJECTIVE The burden of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) illness is not well characterised in primary care. We estimated the burden of disease attributable to RSV in children in the UK between 1995 and 2009. DESIGN Time-series regression modelling. SETTING A multiple linear regression model based on weekly viral surveillance (RSV and influenza, Public Health England), and controlled for no...