Massoud Sokouti, Peyman Rezaei, Morteza Ghojazadeh, Mohsen Sokouti, Ramin Sadeghi, Saeid Pashazadeh, Saeid Eslami. Nuclear Medicine Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran; Department of Health Information Technology, School of Health Information Technology, School of Management and Medical Informatics, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran; Liver & ...

Background and Aim: Phonological awareness skills, as part of phonological processing abilities, can predict the extent success in acquiring written reading skills. skills are concern children with severe profound hearing loss, which has been less studied this population. Thus, study aimed to evaluate these Cochlear-Implanted (CI) compare them their healthy counterparts. Methods & Materials...

The prevalence of exercise induced asthma (EIA) in Iran is not known. In the present study the prevalence of EIA among female students of guidance school in the city of Mashhad was evaluated. A total of 1690 female students aged 12-14 years in ten randomly selected schools in north east of Iran (Mashhad) completed an asthma symptoms- specific questionnaire. One hundred forty four randomly selec...

BACKGROUND Weather and climate play a significant role in human health. We are accustomed to affects the weather conditions. By increasing or decreasing the environment temperature or change of seasons, some diseases become prevalent or remove. This study investigated the role of temperature in cardiovascular disease mortality of city of Mashhad in the current decade and its simulation in the f...

Objective Sexual function in patients with breast cancer, especially in younger patients, is an important issue from clinical and psychosocial perspectives. Theory of planned behavior (TPB) is one of the important theories that explain the main process of adopting healthy behaviors. This study investigated the effect of education based on TPB on sexual function of women with breast cancer in Ma...

BACKGROUND Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) infection is one of the major blood-borne infections worldwide. HCV carriers may develop chronic hepatitis leading to liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). There is no overall estimate of the infection prevalence in the northeast of Iran. We have performed this research in order to determine accurately the prevalence and risk factors of HCV infec...

BACKGROUND Pneumonia is the third most common cause of death in the world, and mortality is highest for patients who require hospitalization. OBJECTIVES This prospective observational study is an etiological survey of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) over a 12-month period in the Iranian city of Mashhad. To our knowledge, this is one of the first prospective hospital-based studies to compre...