BACKGROUND The symptoms related to depression in patients with cancer are amajor problem and could influence the treatment and survival of patients. This disorder is varied in different populations and in different studies. METHODS We evaluated the prevalence of depression with Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) scale in 400 patients with cancer. This measurement was after the diagnosis of malig...

BACKGROUND Oral carcinoma is one of the common types of cancer and one of the 10 leading causes of death around the world. This study was conducted to evaluate senior dental student knowledge about oral cancerous lesions in Zahedan Dental School. MATERIALS AND METHODS In this cross-sectional research, all the students in the last academic year at the School of Dentistry were studied during ye...

BACKGROUND Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) is one of the most common and life-threatening diseases in both developed and developing countries and a close correlation has been found between different types of obesity and CHD. OBJECTIVES The current study investigated the relationship between central obesity and coronary heart disease risk factors in CHD referral outpatients to Khatam Clinic, Zahe...

the effect of supportive companionship on length of labor and desire to breastfeed in primiparous women    samieizadeh toosi t [1] *, sereshti m [2] , dashipur ar [3] , mohammadinia n [4] , arzani a [5]    received : 14 april , 2011 accepted: 10 june , 2011    abstract  background & aims: child birth is the most significant life change experience for primiparous women with lifelong effects on t...

OBJECTIVE Paraoxonase (PON) is associated with high-density lipoprotein and protects serum lipid from oxidation. The aim of this study was to determine serum PON, arylesterase (ARE) activities, and total antioxidant capacity (TAC) in metabolic syndrome (MES). METHODS This case-control study was performed on 106 patients with MES and 231 healthy subjects. Serum PON and ARE activities were dete...

We conducted a cross-sectional survey among 74 community health workers in rural health houses to investigate overall job satisfaction and satisfaction with 8 aspects of the job (work itself, co-workers, management, workload, promotion, organizational structure, working conditions, and payment and benefits). Data were collected by a self-administered questionnaire based on the Job Descriptive I...

This study aimed to determine the barriers to implementation of EBP among nurses. This cross-sectional study was conducted in Zahedan City, South East of Iran, in 2014. The questionnaire of barriers to implementation of EBP consists of 27 statements which was distributed among 280 nurses. More than half of the participants agreed that 56% and 57% of barriers to implementation of evidence based ...