unfortunately, the prevalence of cesarean section has increased in recent years. whereas awareness of the prevalence and causes is inevitable for planning and effective interventions, so aim of this study has designed and conducted for reviewing of systematic prevalence and caesarean causes in iran. in this meta-analysis, the required information have been collected using several keywords which...

background: smoking has physical, psychological, and social impacts on women’s health and subsequently the community’s health. therefore, it is important to have an estimation of smoking among iranian women. since comprehensive data are not available in this respect, the authors performed a systematic review and metaanalyzed all high-quality studies in this field.   methods: all available elect...

how to cite this article: sayemiri k, tavan h, sayemiri f, mohammadi i, carson kv. prevalence of epilepsy in iran : a meta-analysis and systematic review. iran j child neurol. 2014 autumn; 8(4):9-17. abstract objective epilepsy is one of the most common diseases in iran contributing to an array of health problems. in light of this, the aim of the present study is to examine the prevalence of ep...

background: cytomegalovirus (cmv), a problematic virus in solid organ transplant recipients (sotr) such as liver, can worsen overall mortality and transplant outcome, so its prevention and treatment is a key of success in such patients. this study is aimed to compare the efficacy of ganciclovir (gcv) and valganciclovir (vgc) for prevention and treatment of infection with cmv. materials and meth...

background: the aim of this study was to directly compare efficacy of atomoxetine and methylphenidate in treatment of children and adolescents 6- 18 years.   methods: all published, randomized, open label or double blind trials, comparing the efficacy of methylphenidate with atomoxetine in treatment of children diagnosed with adhd, using dsm-iv criteria were included in this study; adhd rating ...

conclusions: about half the population in iran is infected with helicobacter pylori, the pollution in different areas and preventive strategies should be carried out to control this infection. the prevalence rate of helicobacter pylori infections in iran showed only little changes during the years 1994 to 2011. results: among the 30 studies evaluated, the prevalence rate of helicobacter pylori ...

background: acute appendicitis is one of the common and urgent illnesses among children.  children usually are unable to help the physicians completely due to weakness in describing the medical history. moreover, acute appendicitis overlaps with conditions of other diseases in terms of symptoms and signs in the first hours of presentation. these conditions lead to unwanted biases as well as err...

to establish a comprehensive picture of the relationship between glutathione s-transferase omega 2 (gsto2; mim: 612314) gene n142d variant (rs. 156697) and breast cancer risk, the present meta-analysis was carried out. studies published up to july 2012 with information about gsto2 polymorphism and breast cancer risk were identified using several electronic databases. we identified 4 eligible st...

this study aimedat investigating the difference between male and female iranian upper-intermediate efl learners in terms of critical thinking, meta-cognitive awareness listening strategies, and selection of meta- cognitive listening strategies. to this end, one hundred and fifty language learners (including males and females with average age of 26.5) were selected through homogenised process to...

background & aim: a meta-analysis refers to the statistical synthesis of results from a series of studies and has been used to estimate pooled prevalence of human diseases. in this study, we review some statistical issues regarding the meta-analysis of the prevalence of human diseases such as statistical software and programs, transformations of prevalence rate, assessment of heterogeneity, and...