methods this cross-sectional study was conducted on 293 nurses working in 24 wards of baqiyatallah hospital in tehran, iran, in 2016. the sampling method was stratified random sampling. data were collected using a self-administered questionnaire, which was classified into 4 subtitles: individual and organizational characteristics, perceived subjective, objective workloads, and some patient safe...

abstract background: in 1958, silverman demonstrated that maintenance ofbody temperature reduces mortality in low birth weight infants. from the early 1990s it was already recognized that adequate environmental warmth was essential in the case of newborns. however, neonatal hypothermia continues to be a significant issue in developing countries. methods: in order to describe the incidence and s...

background and purpose: tuberculosis is a bacterial infection that is commonly caused by mycobacterium tuberculosis. as kurdistan province is close to iraq (risky due to political instability in recent years), the bane city had high interaction with iraq, so the aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of tuberculosis in bane (kurdistan) between 2003 and 2010. materials and methods: thi...

background: iraq fought three wars in three consecutive decades, iran-iraq war (1980-1988), persian gulf war in 1991, and the iraq’s war in 2003. in the nineties of the last century and up to the present time, there have been anecdotal reports of increase in cancer in ninawa as in all provinces of iraq, possibly as a result of exposure to depleted uranium used by american troops in the last t...

esophageal cancer is the second most common malignancy in iranian men; it is the third in women. it is killing about 5800 iranians each year. squamous cell carcinoma (scc) is presently the most common type of esophageal cancer accounting for about 90% of all esophageal cancers in iran. recent studies in iran have shown that there is a gradual increase in the incidence of adenocarcinoma of the d...

background: hepatitis b (hb) is a major global mortality. accurately predicting the trend of the disease can provide an appropriate view to make health policy disease prevention. this paper aimed to apply three different to predict monthly incidence rates of hb. methods: this historical cohort study was conducted on the hb incidence data of hamadan province, the west of iran, from 2004 to 2012....

Background: Phenylketonuria (PKU), is one of the most common metabolic diseases that resulted in mental retardation. The study aimed to investigate the incidence of phenylketonuria in Lorestan province, Iran. Materials and Methods: The study was an observational-descriptive study which included all identified cases of patients from April 2006 to February 2016. The required data were collected f...

background: growth of the world population alongside an increasing adoption of cancer-causing behaviors,particularly smoking and various environmental factors. a variety of cancers data in specialgeographic areas can help define medical programs for treatment and screening of high-risk groups.since cancer types has not been reported within districts and neighbourhoods of tehran city so far,this...