Background and Objective Diabetes is a chronic disease in which patients require lifelong self-care behaviors. The present study offset to determine the effect of educational intervention based on the Health Belief Model (HBM) on promoting self-care behaviors of type 2 diabetes patients in Ilam, Iran 2014. Methods A quasi-experimental research was conducted based on HBM in which 70 type 2 dia...

BACKGROUND In Iran, the number of stray dogs in cities and villages necessitates epidemiologic investigations. This study has undertaken an epidemiologic survey in Ilam, Iran with regard to animal bites during 1999-2009. METHODS This was a cross-sectional descriptive study. The data due to animal bites was collected from patients and analyzed. RESULTS The number of animal bites reported was...

BACKGROUND It is recognized that socioeconomic status (SES) has a significant impact on health and wellbeing; however, the effect of SES on suicide is contested. This study explored the effect of SES in suicide deaths and decomposed inequality into its determinants to calculate relative contributions. METHODS Through a cross-sectional study, 546 suicide deaths and 6,818 suicide attempts from ...

One new genus, Zagrotes gen. nov., and 19 species of ground spiders (Gnaphosidae) are described from Iran: Berinda bifurcata sp. nov. (♂, Bushehr, Khuzestan; southwestern southern Iran), hoerwegi (♂♀, Fars, Ilam, Kermanshah, Kurdistan; western southcentral Berlandina artaxerxes (♂ Yazd; central Cryptodrassus iranicus Kermanshah; Drassodes persianus (♀, Sistan & Baluchistan; southeastern Ech...

Introduction: Mindfulness can be defined as the conscious awareness of the present that is associated with cognitive therapy and based on the presence of mind is a new promise in explaining the approach. On the other hand, adolescence, as a special period of development, is a sensitive and critical period in which people face problems and should find solutions to solve problems and deal with th...

Introduction: Despite numerous studies in the field of home care, role unmarried girls caring for their parents and problems caused by this care them, is still neglected or lost due to study other caregivers. In regard, present aimed investigate pressure resulting from elderly among single Ilam, Iran.

BACKGROUND Workers are more susceptible to stress disorder for several reasons. The aim of this study was to investigate occupational stress among workers and other personnel at the ZardjinBaft Workshop in Ilam, Iran, and to examine the relationship between occupational stress and several parameters, such as age, gender, marital status, educational level, work experience, tobacco use, body mass...

stray dogs are considered as an important health problem in societies because they can carry dangerous diseases such as hydatidosis, toxocariasis and coenurus cerebralis to humans and animals. therefore, the study of helminthes infections in all parts of iran for evaluation of infection state, and provision of the infection control programs is essential. the aim of this study, was to determine ...