INTRODUCTION The length of stay (LOS) in hospitals is a widely used and important criteria for evaluating hospital performance. The aim of this study was to determine factors affecting LOS in teaching hospitals of Qazvin Providence. METHODS In this cross-sectional study, patients' health records were randomly selected from archives in teaching hospitals of Qazvin in 2013. Data were collected ...

cholera is an acute intestinal infection caused by consuming food or water contaminated with the bacterium vibrio cholerae. two main epidemiological characteristic of disease is tendency for create of sudden outbreaks and the ability to causing a pandemic. the objective of this study is to describe the epidemiology of the disease. this survey is a descriptive cross-sectional study based on repo...

Distance is a recognized key determinant of walking. Pedestrians tend to choose the shortest route between two points. Shortest routes can be spatially described in terms distances points or topologically as number turns/directional changes these This paper presents methodology evaluate conditions provided by street network pedestrians, using space syntax measures. Accessibility was calculated ...

with its favorable geographical location, qazvin has long been a center of civilization in the iranian plateau. due to its strategic importance and being situated on the way to routes going to west and east, qazvin has always enjoyed military and political significance in both the pre-islamic and the islamic period. after the muslim arabs’ conquest of persia, qazvin became one of the borders of...

BACKGROUND Organizational learning has been identified as necessary for different organizations to improve their performance in the changing and competitive environment. PURPOSE The main purpose of this research was to specify the learning organization profile of educational and health centers of Tehran and Qazvin Universities of Medical Sciences in Iran. METHODOLOGY The present research wa...

Introduction: Hospitals may have an adverse effect on the environment. The World Health Organization (WHO) introduced concept of Green Hospital to reduce these complications while also improving purpose this study was assess how many hospitals in Qazvin met standards.Methods: This descriptive-observational carried out all that were included via census sampling method. standard green hospital qu...

Health related quality of life (HRQOL) is an important indicator of health status. Knowledge about factors related to HRQOL among military personnel may assist in designing programs to maximize their fitness and readiness for action when called upon. The aim of present study was to assess the HRQOL of military personnel in Iran, compare it to that of other populations in Iran and the U.S., and ...

Raw milk is a valuable food which its quality is important regarding both milk consumption itself and manufacturing of other dairy products. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of different seasons on the variations of raw milk composition. To do so different samples of raw milk were taken during summer and winter from Qazvin province and their physicochemical properties includi...

Abstract Background Academic stress can cause mental and physical problems affect adolescents’ healthy development. This study aimed to estimate academic explore its sources at the individual- school levels among school-going adolescents in city of Qazvin, Iran. Results cross-sectional used a stratified cluster sampling recruit 1724 students aged 12–19 years from 53 schools Qazvin City. Data we...