ôbjective: the mood disorder questionnaire (mdq) has been designed as a screening self-report inventory for diagnosing bipolar mood disorders. this study investigated the validity and the optimal cut-off threshold of the persian version of mdq in a group of ïranian depressive patients. methods: ône hundred and twenty patients with probable diagnosis of mood disorders attending psychiatric clini...

AIM To determine the diagnostic accuracy of physical examination by office based (general practice) paediatricians in the evaluation of heart murmurs. DESIGN Each of 30 office based paediatricians blindly examined a random sample of children with murmurs (43% of which were pathological). Sensitivity and specificity were calculated and were related to paediatricians' characteristics. RESULTS...

objective: depression is the most common co-morbid psychiatric disorder in patients with epilepsy. yet it remains under recognized and under-treated. for depression screening in this patient need to a convenient questionnaire for patients with epilepsy. this questionnaire has shown high sensitivity for depression screening in many studies. the center for epidemiological studies depression scale...

purpose: uncorrected visual acuity is the only variable measured in vision screening programs in many countries worldwide. the aim of this study was to calculate the sensitivity, specificity, and predictive value of the uncorrected visual acuity in the screening programs for the diagnosis of refractive errors. methods: in this cross-sectional study, of 4,157 students in the first year of primar...

background: to determine the sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (ppv), and negative predictive value (npv) of the national vision screening program for 7 yr old children in iran. methods: in this cross-sectional study, eight cities in iran were selected through multistage cluster sampling. selected cities were sari, birjand, ardabil, mashhad, bandar abbas, dezful, yazd, and ara...

background: considering that elisa method presently is the test of choice for diagnosis of fasciolo­sis, the present study was undertaken to evaluate the maximum validity of coated plates at dif­ferent temperatures and different times during one year of evaluation. methods: serum samples of patients infected with fasciolosis (n=10), hydatidosis (n=5), toxocaria­sis (n=5), and negative control s...

hyperbilirubinemia is a common problem in neonates and causes serious complications. thus, serial measurements of bilirubin should be done. this assessment is done through two methods of laboratory measurement in serum sample and transcutaneous bilirubinometer. this descriptive study compared transcutaneous bilirubin assessment and laboratory serum bilirubin. bilirubin level was assessed among ...