Background and Objective: Epilepsy is a one of the most common diseases causing many problems in Iran. Hence, this study was an attempt to assess the prevalence of epilepsy using meta-analysis and systematic review methods in Iran. Materials and Methods: Nine Iranian papers published in time period of 2002 to 2010 were selected using valid keywords and searching in the SID, Google scholar, PubM...

Background and Aim: Iranian physicians and nurses are not aware of the total extent of  HB vaccination, as the most effective way of preventing HBV infection. The current review study aimed at determining the extent of HB vaccination in these two groups. Materials and Methods: The current study was done on the basis of received information from Magiran, Iran medex, IranDoc, SID, Medlib and i...

زمینه و هدف: کاهش مدت اقامت نامناسب بیماران در بیمارستان‌ها موجب ارتقای کارایی بیمارستان‌ها می‌شود. هدف این پژوهش شناسایی متوسط اقامت نامناسب بیماران در بیمارستان‌های کشور و عوامل مؤثر بر آن بوده است. روش کار: برای انجام این پژوهش مروری منظم، کلیه مقالات مرتبط با سنجش متوسط اقامت نامناسب بیمار در بیمارستان‌های ایران منتشر شده در بازه زمانی (۱۳۸۵-۱۳۹۶) در ۸ پایگاه داده‌ای جستجو، جمع‌آوری و...

Background: Patients are the raison d'etre of the hospitals therefore satisfying their needs and expectations is one of the most important duties of the hospitals. Consequently in recent decades patient satisfaction has been considered as a reliable measure for studying the quality of care and treatment. Hence in the present study, documents related to patient satisfaction in Iran was surveyed ...

Background and Aim: Anemia in pregnant women is a common disease in developing countries, the prevalence ranging between 35% and 100%. Based on a systematic review in 2005 anemia prevalence among Iranian pregnant women was estimated to be 12.4%. The objective of the present systematic review and meta-analysis was to determine anemia prevalence among Iranian pregnant women between 2005 and 2016....

Background: Spasticity is a clinical deficit of upper motor neurons lesions that presented immediately or at delayed times after lesions and occurs in about 38% of stroke patients. Extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT) has been recently reported as a safe and effective method for reducing spasticity in stroke patients. In the present study, we sought to investigate the impact of the ESWT on ...

Background: In the last few years several polymorphisms variants with significant association to power and sprint performance of elite athletes have been verified. Meantime, the IL-6 gene was introduced as a proper candidate to imply a person alteration into an elite athlete. Therefore, the goal of the present study is to examine the association between IL6 gene polymorphism and power sport usi...

Introduction: Lead exposure is considered as a global health problem. The irreparable harmful effects of this heavy metal on human have been proven in various studies. Comparing to general population, workers in related industries are more exposed to lead. Several studies have investigated lead occupational exposure and its biological evaluation in Iran; however there is no overall estimate. Th...

Abstract Background: Esophageal cancer is often diagnosed at a stage in which the opportunity to completely cure the patients is long gone and the patient’s survival chances are very low. Different studies have estimated very different survival times for patients suffering from esophageal cancer in different parts of the country hence there is no common estimation about the survival time for c...