Background: Eckardt score and Achalasia quality of life (ASQ) are two scoring systems used in achalasia. This study tries to compare these scores assessing the severity disease before 3 months after initiation treatment. Methods: 40 patients newly diagnosed with achalasia cardia were included this study. ASQ calculated at time presentation. Patients underwent either Laparoscopic Heller myotomy ...

The COVID-19 outbreak has exposed healthcare professionals (HPs) to increased workloads and a high risk of contagion. present study aimed at examining the effects on mental health HPs in Italy, investigating role attachment style, personality traits, sociodemographic variables. An online survey was administered from 18 22 March 2020. Respondents were 296 (77% female, 23% male; aged 21–77 years)...

objectives: there are various developmental screening tools that are different in terms of psychometric characteristics and choosing the best one is challenging for the pediatrician. this research was designed to identify the validity and reliability of parents evaluation of developmental status, a developmental screening questionnaire, in 4-60 months-old children in the city of tehran. methods...

INTRODUCTION One of the most common forms of violence against women is the intimate partner violence (IPV). This term includes physical, sexual, and emotional abuse and controlling behaviors by an intimate partner. AIM This exploratory study investigates the relationship between alexithymia, adult attachment styles, depression, and coping strategies in a group of female victims of IPV and a c...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Adequate iodine status and normal thyroid hormone synthesis are important for optimal child development. In this study, we explored whether young children's developmental status is associated with thyroid dysfunction in an area of chronic excessive iodine exposure. METHODS We included 298 children between 18 and 48 months of age residing in Algerian refugee camps. Ear...

While studies have shown the disastrous effects of post-partum depression (PPD) on children's behaviors, there is relatively lack of reliable data in Asian countries. This study examined the relative significance of maternal PPD in children's developmental disabilities at age four. In a longitudinal study design (2009), 1801 pregnant women attending in primary health centers of Mazandaran provi...

BACKGROUND Exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months is assumed to ensure adequate micronutrients for term infants. Our objective was to investigate the effects of prolonged breastfeeding on B vitamin status and neurodevelopment in 80 infants with subnormal birth weights (2000-3000 g) and examine if cobalamin supplementation may benefit motor function in infants who developed biochemical signs of im...

BACKGROUND Objective of the study was to evaluate the diagnostic value of novel ultrasonographic modalities in comparison with simultaneously performed liver biopsy. METHODS The results of simultaneously performed examinations using Acoustic Structure Quantification (ASQ), Virtual Touch Imaging and Quantification (VTIQ) and Virtual Touch Tissue Quantification (VTTQ) were compared with the fin...

We give a progress report on studies of B s and B d mixing with valence NRQCD b quarks and asq-tad light quarks on the MILC configurations including the effect of 2+1 flavours of sea quarks. We explore methods for reducing statistical and systematic errors in the ratio ξ = f B s B B s / f B d B B d .

objective electroencephalogram (eeg) is an easy and non invasive evaluation method for diagnosis and early prognosis in children. our aim was to assess the association between eeg and the patients' developmental quotient (dq) level in phenylketonuria. materials & methods in this study, 94 pku patients (45 boys, 49 girls; mean age: 8.5 6.2 years) who were diagnosed through newborn screening test...