OBJECTIVES Limited research has been undertaken on suicide in developing countries. This paper aims to investigate characteristics of suicide attempts in Hamadan district of Iran. METHODS A prospective study was conducted in all university hospitals in the Hamadan district of Iran and patients admitted for attempted suicides were included. All cases were assessed by psychiatrists and visited ...

BACKGROUND Prostate cancer is the fourth most common cancer worldwide and is the second most lethal cancer. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to investigate psychological predictors of prostate cancer screening behaviors among men over 50 years of age in Hamadan. MATERIALS AND METHODS This cross-sectional study was carried out on 200 men over 50 years of age in Hamadan, west of Iran. Par...

BACKGROUND Cryptosporidium is a protozoan parasite causes cryptosporidial diarrhea, which is typically a short-lasting benign infection, but can become severe and non-resolving in immunocompromised individuals. The aim of the present study was to determinate the prevalence of Cryptosporidium infection in livestock and humans that were in contact with livestock in Hamadan district, Iran. METHO...

BACKGROUND Adiposity is correlated with metabolic complications, such as insulin resistance, glucose intolerance, hypertension etc. that finally can lead to coronary heart disease (CHD). Physical activity plays an important role in prevention of these diseases. We aimed to study body fat and plasma lipids and lipoproteins in different levels of physical fitness; also to examine any relationship...

BACKGROUND Water is considered as the main source of life but water resources are limited and nonrenewable. Different factors have caused groundwater to decrease. Therefore, modeling and predicting groundwater level is of great importance. METHODS Monthly groundwater level data of about 20 years (October 1991 to February 2012) from the Hamadan-Bahar Plain, west of Iran were used based on peiz...

consumption of leaded gasoline in iran cause to emit lead compounds in ambient air of gasoline stations and is known to effect on workers health in these locations. the objectives of this study were assessment of ambient lead levels and blood lead levels of gasoline station workers in hamadan city, iran. for this purpose, 82 samples were obtained in ambient air of gasoline station locations. se...

background: tinea pedis is probably the commonest form of dermatophy10ses in developed countries and is one of the public heath problems. the wearing of shoes and resultant maceration of toe cleft predisposes to this condition. the aim of this survey was study of conditions and prevalence or tinea pedis in health stave of hamadan, sina hospital. methods: a quality descriptive cross sectional st...

BACKGROUND Pediculosis capitis is a problem in children and has worldwide distribution. The aim of the present study was to determine the prevalence of pediculosis degree and its relevant factors in the secondary schools in Hamadan west of Iran. METHODS The study was carried out in two phases. A cross-sectional procedure was used to determine the prevalence of pediculosis, and the case study ...

BACKGROUND Spouse abuse so called intimate partner violence (IPV) is a common problem in the world. This survey was conducted to identify IPV prevalence and related factors in district health centers in Hamadan, western Iran, in hope that, by identifying risk factors, preventive guidelines could be understood. METHODS In this descriptive analytic cross sectional study, 600 married women from ...

The objective of this cross-sectional study is to compare bone-conducted low-frequency hearing thresholds (BClf) to cervical vestibular evoked myogenic potentials (cVEMPs) findings in prelingual adult deaf patients. The fifty participants (100 ears) included twenty healthy controls and thirty other subjects selected from patients who presented with bilateral prelingual deafness to Department of...