background: studies show that most students do not have sufficient scientific spirit and motivation and usually do not have the right attitude toward their chosen field of study. the aim of this study was to investigate the attitudes of students in occupational and environmental health at ardabil university of medical sciences, iran, toward their disciplines. materials and methods: this cross-s...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The diagnosis and treatment of isolated greater tuberosity fractures of the proximal humerus is not clear-cut. We retrospectively assessed the clinical and radiographic outcome of isolated greater tuberosity fractures. PATIENTS AND METHODS 30 patients (mean age 58 (26-85) years, 19 women) with 30 closed isolated greater tuberosity fractures were reassessed after an aver...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSA) affects the quality of life (QOL) due to the effects on the patient's physical and mental function. QOL in sleep apnea may improve under continuous airway positive pressure (CPAP) therapy. The purpose of this study was to assess the OSA patients QOL before and after 3 months of CPAP therapy using Calgary Sleep Apnea Quality of Life Inde...

Background: Chronic skin diseases such as vitiligo and psoriasis can impair the quality of life in the patients with these diseases. The impact of chronic and/or severe skin diseases on the lives of family members of the affected patients has only recently been addressed. The tool used for this assessment is the Family Dermatology Life Quality Index (FDLQI). The aim of this study was to use the...

Background: Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is one of the most debilitating disease among young adults. Understanding the disability score (Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS)) of these patients is helpful in choosing their treatment process. Calculating EDSS takes a lot of time for Neurologists, so having a way to estimate EDSS can be helpful. This study aimed to estimate the EDSS score of MS pati...

background and aims: the aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between brain waves and beck depression inventory(bdi) score in clinical cases with depression. methods: in this study, eeg was taken using neurofeedback device at the point f4 of dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (dlpfc) of the brain of 60 depressed patients referred to psychiatric clinic. at the same time, beck depres...

professionalism is the foundation of trust on which the doctor-patient relationship is built. this study was performed to measure professionalism in iranian physical medicine and rehabilitation residents as a baseline assessment tool for future studies. this was a descriptive study. the persian version of the american board of internal medicine (abim) questionnaire was distributed among all the...

introduction: the aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of measurement of coronary artery calcification score (cac) in patients with suspected coronary artery disease (cad) and a normal myocardial perfusion scan. methods: in a prospective study we measured the calcium score of 74 patients (29 m, 45 f, mean age 58.7 (m) and 64.4 (f)) with suspicion of cad and a normal perfusion scan. in ...

PURPOSE Monozygotic (MZ) twin pairs discordant for disease allow careful examination of environmental factors whilst controlling for genetic variation. The purpose of this study was to examine differences in environmental risk factors in MZ twins discordant for myopia. METHODS Sixty four MZ twin pairs discordant for refractive error were interviewed. Discordant twins were selected from 1326 M...

introduction: note taking while attending a ppt requires high activity of memory and writing process which ultimately leads to what is called “death by power point” referring to boredom and fatigue. to overcome this we planned to evaluate the impact of utilisation of uncompleted handouts given prior to ppt presentations. methods: final year mbbs students were divided in 2 batches, batch a and b...