Nazari H1, Namdari P2, Tarrahi MJ3, Badrizadeh A4 1. Assistant professor, Department of psychology, Faculty of medicine, Lorestan University of medical sciences 2. Instructor, Department of social medicine , Faculty of health, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences 3. Instructor, Department of Epidemiology, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences 4. Bachelor of science, Nursing, Lore...

background: depression is common in chronic medical illnesses including hf. it has been established that depression has different rates in different races and the reported depression rates among hospitalized patients range from 13% to 77%; nevertheless, there is remarkably little information on the prevalence of depression and the   impact of demographic and health status in the north of iran ....

OBJECTIVE We aimed to investigate the prevalence of depression in cancer patients assessed by diagnostic interviews and self-report instruments, and to study differences in prevalence between type of instrument, type of cancer and treatment phase. METHODS A literature search was conducted in four databases to select studies on the prevalence of depression among adult cancer patients during or...

Background. Blood pressure (BP) control is poor among hypertensives in many parts of sub-Saharan Africa. A potentially modifiable factor for control of BP is medication nonadherence (MNA); our study therefore aimed to determine factors associated with MNA among hypertensives in Ghana and Nigeria. Methodology. We conducted a multicenter cross-sectional study. Patients were recruited from Korle-B...

Biomechanical and psychosocial stresses are capable of destabilizing any health care professional. The current health sector reform in Nigeria, which lays emphasis on service delivery on a background of very few radiographers, may lead to an increase in stress level. This study investigated the incidence of occupational stress among radiographers in southeastern Nigeria. 50 self-completion ques...

In Nigeria the current prevalence of HIV is 4.1% with over 3.5 million infected and estimated 1.5 million in need of anti-retroviral treatment. Epidemiological and implementation studies are necessary for monitoring and evaluation of interventions. To define research areas which can be addressed by participants of the Nigeria Field Epidemiology and Training Programme (NFELTP) a workshop was hel...

introduction: depression and anxiety, in particular panic disorder are considered common psychological problems associated with major functional disorders. on the other hand, some medical disorders such as thyroid disease may have the same manifestation or accelerate the process. this following is a closer examination of the issue trough the study of a group of patients referred to a psychiatri...

BACKGROUND Prelacteal feeding (PLF) is a barrier to exclusive breast feeding. OBJECTIVE To determine factors associated with PLF in rural and urban Nigeria. METHODS We utilized data from the 2013 Nigerian Demographic and Health Survey. Bivariate and multivariate analyses were used to test for association between PLF and related factors. RESULTS Prevalence of PLF in urban Nigeria was 49.8%...