Introduction: The goal of this research was to assess the stress factors among the elderly living in nursing homes (Eram and Mother) in Kermanshah, in 2015. Research method: This was a descriptive - cross analysis and was performed in the first half of 2015 in a sectional way. The statistical population included 150 elderly men and women aged 60 to 74, and the sample size was selected from 108 ...

OBJECTIVE Tuberculosis (TB) is an important infectious disease worldwide. Tuberculin skin test (TST) is the standard test for diagnosis of tuberculosis infection; Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccination at birth has effects on this test. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of positive TST cases among 7- to 11-year-old primary school children and also to follow test-positive...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the frequency of fatigue and its association with demographic variables and disease specific variables in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients. METHODS In this study, 300 patients (72% female, 28% male) with clinically definite MS admitted to the outpatient MS clinic of Imam Reza Hospital, affiliated to Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran, were evalua...

The beta-casein locus with different allelic forms of A1 and A2 has been reported among many breeds of dairy cattle. These allelic forms produce beta-casein variants of A1 and A2. The bioactive peptide of beta-casomorphin-7 is produced from proteolysis of beta-casein A1 variant. Beta-casomorphin-7 has morphine like activity and results in some diseases including type 1 diabetes mellitus, cardio...

INTRODUCTION The main mission of hospitals in any health system is to deliver high quality healthcare for patients and meet their needs and expectations. The aim of the current study was to assess the quality of the service of educational hospitals affiliated with Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences in 2015, from the perspective of patients. METHODS In this cross-sectional study, the pe...

INTRODUCTION Self-medication is consumption of one or several medications without the physician's prescription. Given the risks of self-medication, this study was carried out to assess the prevalence of self-medication and its related factors among the elderly in Kermanshah-Iran METHOD In this descriptive cross-sectional study, 272 elderly visiting the private offices in Kermanshah were selec...

OBJECTIVE Comparing the antidepressant effects of Citalopram with Fluoxetine and their effect on glycemic control in diabetic patients. METHODS Forty patients attending the Diabetes Research Center in Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran from September 2006 to October 2007 with type II diabetes and suffering from major depression were randomly assigned to 2 groups (n=20...