results two hundred eighty nine hiv infected patients were interviewed by the trainers, out of which 90.3% and 9.7% were male and female, respectively. most participants (47.8%) were in 30 - 39 years old age group. sixty two point two percent of participants experienced external stigma and 98.62% subjects reported internal stigma. significant associations between the cities and some items inclu...

introduction: elder abuse is among the major social health problems in today`s communities, and has significant effect on decreasing the health and security level in this group. the current study aimed to evaluate the prevalence and associated factors of abuse among the elderly in kashan, iran. materials and methods: this cross sectional study was conducted on 500 people over 60 years old in ka...

background and objectives: globally, the prevalence of overweight/obesity is increasing at an alarming rate. according to the world health organization (who), about 1.9 billion adults worldwide are overweight, and of these, over 600 million are obese. the purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of overweight and obesity in west azerbaijan, iran, in 2014. materials and methods: dat...

background: this study aimed at investigating the prevalence and risk factors of bovine thelaziosis, performed in the southeast of iran, an endemic area for iranian sistani cattle. methods: between september 2012 to october 2014, 1924 cattle, sistani breed (n= 1235) and brahman breed (n=689) of all sex and age groups collected from sistan and baluchestan province were examined using visual obse...

methods a cross sectional survey of 156 archers (m = 91, f = 65) mean age = 20.27 ± 2.31 (range 15 - 28 years) was conducted during all india inter university archery tournament 2013. study consisted of two parts - schedule interview and clinical examination of both shoulders. t test, odds ratio and cross tabulation with chi square (χ2) test were the tool of statistical analysis. results the po...

introduction: salivary gland tumors are relatively rare and constitute 3-4% of all head and neck neoplasms. the majority (70%) of salivary gland tumors arise in the parotid gland. recommended treatment for a parotid mass is surgical excision with a surrounding cuff of normal tissue to prevent recurrence. materials and methods: this is a retrospective study of 300 patients who were operated by a...

objectives: one of the issues that have consistently been the concern for the health affair specialists and cure and massive social governors in health fields is the rate of disorders prevalence, diseases and the related subjects to epidemiology. purpose of this study was to estimate the prevalence of mathematic disability amongst primary schools of karaj. methods: totally 432 students were sel...

background burnout is a common syndrome associated with job stresses in the health sector personnel, especially female nurses. objectives the aim of this study was to investigate burnout and its association with types of capital among female nurses in educational hospitals of kermanshah university of medical sciences. patients and methods this was a retrospective cross-sectional study. the stud...

background: head lice infestation is one of the most common parasitic infections with a long history in the world . the purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of head lice infestation among 3-6 years old children going to nursery schools in kashan, iran in 2009.   materials and methods: this cross-sectional study was performed on 1200 children having the age range of 3-6 years ol...

aim : since data about prevalence of jc virus in iranian population is scarce, this study was designed to evaluate the prevalence of jc virus in healthy individuals who had attended fajr hospital and farjam clinical laboratory in tehran, iran. background : jc virus is the causative agent of progressive multifocal encephalopathy (pml) in individuals with suppressed immune system. there are some ...