Background: Identification of food patterns is of crucial important. As far as we know, no study has been yet carried out in the west of Iran. The aim of this study was to determine staple food patterns among adult persons in Khorramabad city. Materials and Methods: In this cross-sectional study food intake of 973 people (736 women) were gathered by Food Frequency Questionnaire (FFQ 208 food i...

background and purpose: although nutrition has a very important role in individual and society’s health and disease, it has not yet received proper attention in the medical curricula. the objective of this study is to assess the opinions of general physician who worked at private offices in khorramabad city about nutrition course in iranian medical schools. methods: in this cross-sectional stud...

BACKGROUND Torque Teno Midi Virus/Small Anellovirus (TTMDV/SAV) is a member of the Gammatorquevirus genus within the family Anelloviridae. It is detected in healthy, Hepatitis B Virus, Hepatitis C Virus and HIV infected individuals and also patients with acute respiratory disease in different countries, but its role in clinical diseases and its full geographical distribution is still unclear. ...

BACKGROUND There are two fundamental selections for the management of traumatic posterior urethral injury, delayed repair or early primary realignment. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to assess the complications of primary realignment of posterior urethral disruption. PATIENTS AND METHODS This retrospective descriptive cross-sectional study was done at the Shohada-ye Ashayer University...

Introduction Regular physical activity has positive effects on physical, mental and social status of individual especially osteoporosis prevention. Health policy makers have planned to encourage people to do the most physical activity. The trans-theoretical model is identified as a comprehensive model for physical activity behavior. Therefore, this study aimed to determine using a trans-theoret...

Introduction Hypertension in pregnancy is one of the three factors of maternal mortality. Etiology of the disease is unknown, but the many factors contributing to the identification and control of it can be taken a step to prevent and reduce the symptoms of the disease. The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of preeclampsia (high-blood pressure) in different seasons of the ye...

Appendectomy is performed by open surgical technique (McBurney) and laparoscopy. Laparoscopic method is used in 58% of US appendectomies. Incisional hernias, occur to the nearby of surgical site due to previous surgery. Around 10-15% of abdominal Incisions lead to Incisional hernia. Considering the lack of new studies in this area and that no study has compared this two surgical techniques, we ...

Background: The recent coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) epidemic is the worst crisis since World War 2. Because no successful cure for this has been reported, efforts to improve knowledge, perspective, and performance in vulnerable groups, such as heart patients, are very important managing epidemic. Objectives: present study was conducted determine effect of e-learning on COVID-19-related a...