background: the primary agricultural product in egypt is the cotton crop. children and adolescents work seasonally in the cotton fields applying pesticides. objectives: to examine the effect of pesticide exposure on clinical and biochemical parameters in children and adolescents applying pesticides. methods: male children currently applying pesticides and aged between 9 and 19 years (n = 50) we...

Background: Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori), is the major known infectious cause of gastric diseases in children and adults. The rate of antibiotic resistance to H. pylori treatment regimens has rapidly increased. We aimed to determine the sensitivity of helicobacter pylori in gastric tissue samples of children and adolescents to various antibiotics in Isfahan, Center of Iran. Materials and Met...

BACKGROUND Theory and treatment of anxiety disorders in young people are commonly based on the premise that interpretation biases found in anxious adults are also found in children and adolescents. Although there is some evidence that this may be the case, studies have not typically taken age into account, which is surprising given the normative changes in cognition that occur throughout childh...

Background: The present research aimed at determining the reliability and validity of Persian version of emotional self-efficiency scale (ESES) for adolescents of Isfahan city. This study was conducted using a developmental research method. The statistical population consisted of all the first round high school students of Isfahan city in 2018 (n=59396). Methods: A total number of 280 students...

background and aims. children and adolescents with disabilities appear to have poorer oral health than their non-disabled counterparts. the aim of this study was to assess the frequency and severity of oral diseases and treatment needs using world health organization criteria of caries, periodontal disease and malocclusions in a selected population of children with disabilities in mashhad, iran...

objective: the aim of the present study was to investigate the epidemiology of psychiatric disorders in ‎children and adolescents in five provinces of iran: tehran, shiraz, isfahan, tabriz and mashhad.‎ method: in the present study, we selected 9,636 children and adolescents aged 6-18 years through ‎multistage cluster random sampling method from tehran, shiraz, isfahan, tabriz and mashhad. ‎we ...

Background: Thalassemia constitutes a major public health problem causing a significant burden on children and their families. Zinc deficiency plays an important role in many thalassemia-related complications like growth retardation, hypogonadism and delayed puberty which are frequently noted in adolescent age. Although zinc is supplemented to thalassemic patients visiting Day Care Center, Yang...

Background: Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a collection of various interrelated risk factors that appear to have an impact as development of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (CVDs). Epidemic of childhood and adolescent’s obesity has increased interest in the metabolic syndrome (MS) due to the potential projection into adulthood. The prevalence of MS in adolescents has been estimated t...

Results 198 children and adolescents were examined, (56% male, 44% female). Median age was 7.2 years (0.6-18.6 years); 26% were adolescents (i.e. age ≥ 12 years). The average Beighton score for adolescents was 2 (0-6), which was significantly lower than that recorded for children, 4 (0-9) (p<0.001). There was no significant difference in the number of orthopedic conditions observed in children ...