objectives: the object of this research was to investigate the «quality of life» and relation to demographic characteristics in elderly peopel of tehran. methods & materials: the method of this research was a descriptive-correlation. in this research 243 of elder were selected with accessible sampling from people who referred to elder centers, cultural centers, and public parks in deferent dist...

aim and background: the purpose of this study was to compare patients with functional gastrointestinal disorders (fgid) and normal persons in terms of alexithymia, severity of gastrointestinal symptoms, and demographic variables. methods and materials: this causal-comparative research included 129 fgid patients who were referred to a psychosomatic disorders clinic in isfahan, iran. a matched gr...

ABSTRACT Objective: To identify and analyze the point prevalence of medical adhesive-related skin injury in patients hospitalized cardiac Intensive Care Units demographic clinical factors associated to their occurrence. Method: Cross-sectional study conducted two public hospitals, reference centers for cardiology, located São Paulo city, with 123 patients. Demographic data from patients’ record...

two simple, accurate and precise methods for simultaneous estimation of esomeprazole and itopride in bulk drug and tablet dosage form have been described. method-a employs formation and solving of simultaneous equation using 231 and 370 nm as two analytical wavelengths. method -b is absorption ratio method, which uses 308 and 331 nm as two analytical wavelengths.beer’s law was obeyed in the con...

background: streptokinase is a potent activator of plasminogen to plasmin, the enzyme that can solubilize the fibrin network in blood clots. streptokinase is currently used in clinical medicine as a thrombolytic agent. it is naturally secreted by β-hemolytic streptococci. methods: to reach an efficient method of purification, an immunoaffinity chromatography method was developed that could puri...

background: there are few articles studding the factors associated with successful smoking cessation in iranian smokers. the aim of this study is to clarify the association between socio‑demographic factors and smoking behavior, such as number of failed smoking cessation and duration of abstinence in iranian population. methods: a self‑administered questionnaire survey of 673 participants was c...

background: the main objective of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of the obesity and the related risk factors in the north of iran. methods : this was a population-based cross-sectional study that enrolled 2495 subjects (1247 males and 1248 females) using stratified cluster sampling. interviewers recorded the data using a multidimensional questionnaire including anthropometric indexes...

background: estimating the burden of non-communicable diseases particularly cardiovascular disease (cvd) is essential for health management and policymaking. in this paper, we used a regression model to estimate the future impact of demographic changes on the burden of cvd in iran during the next two decades. methods: disability-adjusted life years (daly) were used to estimate the future burden...

childhood obesity and overweight are a general public health concern in a transition society. thus, the objective of the study was to determine the prevalence of overweight, obesity and their correlates with socio-demographic and life style related factors.this cross-sectional study was conducted on 760 representative samples of preschool children aged 2 to 5 years in urban area of babol, north...