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the study of the rate of depression in allied health faculty students of kashan university of medical sciences in 2008 m karami , msc received: 14 april, 2009 accepted: 27 july, 2009 abstract background & aims: depression is one of the most important psychiatric disorders whose symptoms often begin in adolescence and early youth. the present study was done to investigate levels of depression on...

Background: Improving quality of work life (QWL) is a comprehensive process and is essential to attracting and retaining employees, especially in health care. Objectives: The purpose of the present study was to determine quality of nursing work life and its related factors in intensive care units in Kashan city hospitals in 2014. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 157 critical...

The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence and molecular characterization of plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance (PMQR) genes (qnrA, qnrB, qnrS, aac(6')-Ib-cr, and qepA) among ESBL-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates in Kashan, Iran. A total of 185 K. pneumoniae isolates were tested for quinolone resistance and ESBL-producing using the disk diffusion method and double disk...

AIM To investigate if there is an association between M235T polymorphism of angiotensinogen gene and myocardial infarction (MI) risk and perform a meta-analysis and an in silico approach. METHODS This case-control study included 340 participants (155 MI patients and 185 controls) examined at Kashan University of Medical Sciences (Kashan, Iran) between 2013 and 2015. Meta-analysis included 25 ...

INTRODUCTION Studies indicate that hypertension is prevalent in Iran, however, the reports are heterogeneous. The aim of this study was to estimate the incidence of hypertension and the rate of follow-up in a sample of population over 30 years old in Kashan city. METHODS A descriptive study was conducted on people screened for hypertension in the project of "monitoring the health of Iranian p...