BACKGROUND Design of school furniture is one of the contributing factors to back pain among pupils. Research has implicated that mismatch between school furniture and body size may be regarded as a causative factor for muculoskeletal disorders amongst pupils. To investigate the fitness between school furniture and pupils this study was designed and implemented in Hamadan City, west of Iran. M...

BACKGROUND Noise pollution can contribute to adverse health effects in humans. Noise annoyance and related problems, caused by noise emission during the progress of building construction, have become increasingly important. These problems can influence the exposed workers, as well as vicinity residents. The goal of the present study was to assess the noise annoyance due to noise from constructi...

BACKGROUND Evaluation of exposition to Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) and compare urinary level of urinary biological exposure index in sweepers in West of Iran. METHODS This study was carried out on 40 street sweepers and 40 non-exposed as control group living in Hamadan City, west of Iran. VOC was analyzed using gas chromatography equipped with a Flame Ionization Detector (FID). The urina...

Background: Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) has various strains associated with human infections. H. pylori, heilmannii, and felis are the most common in humans. is several diseases such as chronic gastritis, peptic ulcer, mucous membrane lymphoma, gastric adenocarcinoma. This study aimed to determine prevalence rates of heilmannii effect co-infection biopsy specimens patients. Methods: Totally...

Background: Recent data from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) confirm that diabetes, along with advanced age, is an important risk factor for adverse prognosis. Therefore, the present study aimed to determine status of COVID-19 prevention behaviors and related beliefs among diabetic patients in Hamadan province using protection motivation theory (PMT). Methods: This cross-sectional descripti...

Background and Objective: Organizational commitment of employees is one the important variables in effectiveness organizations. One effective factors nurses' organizational culture health centers. The present study aimed to investigate correlation between nurses at Hamadan University Medical Sciences. Materials Methods: This descriptive correlational was conducted based on an analytical design....

Background: Antibiotic prophylaxis is often used by surgeons to prevent surgical site infection (SSI) following operations. Despite the availability of several national guidelines for proper antibiotic prophylaxis, adherence guideline recommendations, especially in developing countries, still sub-optimal. This study aimed assess American Society Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) prophylactic use...

BACKGROUND Childbirth preparation training courses on maternal and neonatal health increase awareness, and capability of pregnant women in overcoming fear and anxiety and managing labor pains. OBJECTIVE To identify the affecting factors and barriers of these courses from the perspective of their instructors. METHODS This qualitative study of the content analysis type, has been conducted on ...