background and purpose: after lung cancer, breast cancer, among the prevalent cancers of the world is of the most widespread disease among women. it is the most common cause of mortality among women. this study aimed to analyze the results using breast cancer screening methods among women over 20 years old. materials and methods: the present study is a cross-sectional-descriptive research. the ...

objective: to assess the level of awareness on breast cancer among women of reproductive age. materials and methods: a cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted in opd of dhaka medical college hospital among the 175 respondents by face to face interview using pretested semi structured questionnaire. results: one forth (23%) aged 21-25 years, mostly muslim (86.3%), housewives (72.57%), had...

in this research 600 staff of an educational office (distric seven) were being studied before and after they were educated about breast self-examination. necessary information was gathered before and after they were educated through questionnaires. the result of the study showed that the average scores of their awareness before and after they were educated was 42.3 and 44.2, respectively. hence...

background: because nerve stimulators are not always available for brachial plexus block, fmding the right injection spot for nerve blocks is important. in this study we used physical examination to determine the appropriate spot for injection. methods: all patients who were candidates for upper extremity surgery and were either in class asa i or asa ii, were selected. paresthesia was elicited ...

objectives thereby the prevalence, distribution characteristics and correlative factors of oa in mongolian middle-aged and senior residents in the inner mongolia autonomous region were investigated in this study. materials and methods rural and urban residents in hohhot, baotou and erdos were selected using stratified, multi-stage and cluster random sampling. 2000 residents aging over 45 filled...

introduction: assessment tools of academic achievement in the field of surgery have always been received considerable attention. the issue that has received less attention is that which one of these methods has higher efficiency to cover appropriately educational objectives in surgical groups. this survey aimed to evaluate the results of three examinations (including osce, in-group educational ...

the aim of this study was to compare the level of agreement between four operators with different levels of experience for two methods of detecting secondary enamel and dentin carious lesions in composite restored teeth.sixty teeth of 40 patients with with secondary carious lesions in the composite resin were selected. the teeth were examined by two methods; visual inspection and a laser fluore...

ôbjectivity, reliability and validity of examinations in psychiatry have always been one of the major concerns of experts in this discipline. recently, objective structured clinical examination (ôsçë) for its unique approach and by providing the requirements of psychiatric examinations has been a topic of interest. ïn ïran, an ôsçë has been replaced the individual patient assessment (ïpâ) for e...