background: continuous improvement of quality in higher education is the ultimate goal of any medical school. evaluation of research and educational status makes it possible to judge about the quality of educational achievements in a system. thus we evaluated the educational and research status of microbiology and virology department, faculty of medicine in mashhad university of medical science...

BACKGROUND Postoperative (PO) pain interferes with the recovery and mobilization of the surgical patients. The impact of the educational status has not been studied adequately up to now. METHODS This prospective study involved 400 consecutive general surgery patients. Various factors known to be associated with the perception of pain including the educational status were recorded as was the p...

BACKGROUND Socioeconomic status is likely an independent risk factor for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), but little research has been done in China to study this association in a nationwide sample. METHODS We used data from the 2007 China Chronic Disease Risk Factor Surveillance of 49,363 Chinese men and women aged 15-69 years to examine the association between the prevalence of...

INTRODUCTION Most studies of drowning in Bangladeshi populations to date have described mortality and trends. We sought to identify associations between socioeconomic status and child-care practices and nonfatal drowning in rural Bangladeshi children. MATERIALS AND METHODS This community-based case-control study was conducted in rural children aged 1-5 years in Raiganj subdistrict of Banglade...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to evaluate the factors related to anxiety and depression in patients undergoing adrenalectomy. SUBJECTS AND METHODS From October 2011 to October 2014, 220 consecutive inpatients undergoing adrenalectomy were enrolled in this study. Documented informed consent for the study was obtained from each subject. All subjects completed a detailed questionnaires for...

BACKGROUND We have recently reported that the attitude of patients toward risk could be a factor in the progression of diabetic complications. In general, risk preference is closely related to socioeconomic status (SES), which includes factors such as age, sex, income, and educational attainment. OBJECTIVE We aimed to determine the effect of SES and behavioral propensity on the progress of di...

Parents of children with cerebral palsy (CP) must have knowledge about the disease and its management to improve the outcome. This uncontrolled interventional trial was carried out to evaluate the parental knowledge of CP and assess the impact of an educational programme on it. Preset questionnaires were filled before and 1 week after a single session educational programme using an educational ...

The U.S. Armed Forces offer educational and training benefits as incentives for service. This study investigates the influence of status configurations on military enlistment and their link to greater educational opportunity. Three statuses (socioeconomic status of origin, cognitive ability and academic performance) have particular relevance for life course options. We hypothesize that young me...

A study was designed to evaluate the frequency of complementary/alternative therapy (CAM) knowledge and usage in cancer patients. A 23-item survey questionnaire was administered to 494 patients who received chemotherapy in the medical oncology department of three hospitals between June 2011 and December 2011. After giving written informed consent, patients completed a selfadministered questionn...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the associations between the Big-Five personality traits, parental social class, maternal smoking status during pregnancy, childhood cognitive ability, education and occupation, and tobacco use in a longitudinal birth cohort study. METHOD 17,415 babies born in Great Britain in 1958 and followed up at 11, 33, and 50 years of age. Lifelong tobacco use status (ever/never...