background: influenza disease is one of the oldest medical problems that can cause severe illness and high mortality rates, worldwide. in flu pandemics, medical and dental students’ knowledge, attitudes, and practices (kap) is critical to save patientslife.the aim of this study was to determine the score  of kap toward the pandemic h1n1 and their predictor factors among the medical and dental r...

background: adverse drug reactions (adrs) are one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality and contribute to excessive health care costs. detection and reporting of adrs could decrease these consequences. the present study was designed to assess the knowledge, attitude and practice (kap) of pharmacy students towards adrs monitoring and reporting. methods: a questionnaire was prepared to...

background: pain has been one of the most debilitating symptoms of cancer. the aim of this study was to evaluate residents' knowledge, attitude, and practice regarding pain control in cancer patients. methods: in a descriptive study, 69 randomly selected third-year various residents practicing in teaching hospitals of shahid beheshti school of medicine participated in this study. they have prov...

conclusions this study revealed a low level of knowledge and practice regarding post-exposure prophylaxis, with the mean score of some respondents being below 50%. objectives this study was conducted with the aim of demonstrating the level of knowledge and practice amongst general dental practitioners in hamadan city, iran in 2013 - 14, in terms of prevention after dealing with blood-borne path...

background and aims. infection control is an important issue in dentistry, and the dentists are primarily responsible for observing the relevant procedures. therefore, the present study evaluated knowledge, attitude, practice, and status of infection control among iranian dentists through systematic review of published results. materials and methods. in this systematic review, the required data...

background: because of educational responsibilities and direct contact with people, health personnel (known as behvarzes in iran) need to be properly educated. therefore, educating and empowering the instructors of health centers (or behvarzi centers) regarding teaching and learning processes, such as selection of educational objectives and using appropriate educational technology, can positive...

objective: the pap smear is a reliable, inexpensive and effective screening test for cervical cancer; the second most common cancer among women worldwide. we aimed to determine women’s knowledge, attitudes and practice towards pap smear and barriers for the screening in a public hospital. materials and methods: this study, was carried out on 350  outpatient married women reffering for a visit a...

background: due to the increasing global use of nutritional supplements, dietitians play a key role in raising consumer awareness and reducing supplementary side effects. hence, determination of the states of knowledge, attitudes and practices of this group as to common dietary supplements is important.   methods: a list of all the dietitians employed in the health centers, nutrition clinics an...

the aim of this study was to evaluate knowledge, attitude and practice of herbal remedies (hrs) in infertile patients. this was a cross sectional study in a referral infertility care center. three hundred and six outpatients, both women and men, presenting for the first time with complaint of infertility at arash hospital, were recruited. verbal consent for participation was received. a self ad...

absence of nutritional knowledge is one of the most important reasons of nutritional deficiencies. the aim of this study was to evaluate knowledge, attitude and practices of women about iron deficiency anemia in yazd and orumiyeh. this cross-sectional study was performed on 298 and 242, 15-49 year- old women in yazd and orumiyeh, respectively. questionnaires were prepared to collect the partici...