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- جایگاه : پژوهشی
- مجله: Journal of Oral Health and Oral Epidemiology
- نوع مقاله: Journal Article
- کلمات کلیدی: Education,Hearing Impairment,Oral health,plaque index
- چکیده:
- چکیده انگلیسی: BACKGROUND AND AIM: Poor oral health among children with impaired hearing has been reported frequently due to lack of communication skills and effective health educations. In this study, we assessed the effect of two training methods on short-term oral health outcomes among children with impaired hearing.METHODS: In this experimental study, 80 hearing impairment (HI) student aged 7-19 years old were randomized into two groups, one group watched a guided training video and the other group was educated by a dental model. The training sessions were weekly and continued for 1 month. A trained dentist examined all participants using O’Leary plaque index (PI) at baseline, 1-month, and 3-month visits.RESULTS: At baseline, the difference between the mean O’Leary PI in the video training and dental model training groups was not significant (34.3% vs. 35.6%). In the video training group, sharp decrease was seen at the 1-month visit (reinforcement periods), i.e., 18.7% (P = 0.001), followed by a slight increase at the 3-month visit (non-reinforcement periods), i.e., 19.1% (P = 0.100), respectively. On the other hand, in the dental model, a decreasing trend was seen 24.7% at 1-month (reinforcement periods) and 19.9% (P = 0.001) at 3-month visits (non-reinforcement periods). Overall, there were no significant differences between the two methods of training (P = 0.300).CONCLUSION: Both video and dental model effectively improve the oral health of children with HI in short term. Continuous school-based oral health education programs, particularly for HI children, need to be considered.
- انتشار مقاله: 15-09-1395
- نویسندگان: Shiva Pouradeli,Maryam Alsadat Hashemipour,Farzaneh Zolala,Mohammad Reza Baneshi,Seyed Vahid Ahmadi-Tabatabaei,Raha Habib-Agahi
- مشاهده
- جایگاه : پژوهشی
- مجله: Journal of Oral Health and Oral Epidemiology
- نوع مقاله: Journal Article
- کلمات کلیدی: Network Analysis,Social Networks,Dentistry,Authorship Collaboration,Co-authorship
- چکیده:
- چکیده انگلیسی: BACKGROUND AND AIM: This study aims to explore the co-authorship in School of Dentistry at Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Iran, in three levels; individuals, other schools of KUU, and beyond the university.METHODS: This is a cross-sectional study which is a part of a larger study conducted from September 2014 to December 2014. A comprehensive search in Scopus was conducted to find related articles published in 2013 by following these steps; first of all, a complete list of all faculties, based on the school and the department they worked in, was obtained. Second, all articles indexed with the affiliation of KMU were retrieved, using both keywords of “Kerman Medical University” and KUM Sciences.” The data were analyzed using Social Network Analysis and Visone software.RESULTS: The results showed an inadequate collaboration within departments; only two of them had collaboration. Co-authorship among departments illustrated a more satisfactory picture: although, it still has more rooms for improvement. Regarding collaboration between the Dentistry School and other schools of the university, the School of Dentistry is in a middle position, though it could have had more potential relationships. The School of Dentistry formed a few relationships with the organizations outside of the university.CONCLUSION: Our study suggests that there are more rooms for improvement in the field of collaboration and co-authoring papers, which could consequently not only lead to a higher rate of publication and visibility but also affect the citation rates for authors.
- انتشار مقاله: 05-11-1394
- نویسندگان: Fariba Tohidinasab,Diba Ghonchepour,Mohammad Azami,Sirous Farvahari,Farzaneh Zolala
- مشاهده
- جایگاه : پژوهشی
- مجله: Journal of Kerman University of Medical Sciences
- نوع مقاله: Journal Article
- کلمات کلیدی: Multi-collinearity,High dimension,Penalized regression,Lasso
- چکیده:
- چکیده انگلیسی: Background: Two main issues that challenge model building are number of Events Per Variable and multicollinearity among exploratory variables. Our aim is to review statistical methods that tackle these issues with emphasize on penalized Lasso regression model. The present study aimed to explain problems of traditional regressions due to small sample size and multi-colinearity in trauma and influenza data and to introduce Lasso regression as the most modern shrinkage method.
Methods: Two data sets, corresponded to Events Per Variable of 1.5 and 3.4, were used. The outcomes of these two data sets were hospitalization due to trauma and hospitalization of patients suffering influenza respectively. In total, four models were developed: classic Cox and logistic regression models, as well as their penalized lasso form. The tuning parameters were selected through 10-fold cross validation.
Results: Traditional Cox model was not able to detect significance of any of variables. Lasso Cox model revealed significance of respiratory rate, focused assessment with sonography in trauma, difference between blood sugar on admission and 3 h after admission, and international normalized ratio. In the second data set, while lasso logistic selected four variables as being significant, classic logistic was able to identify only the importance of one variable.
Conclusion: The AIC for lasso models was lower than that for traditional regression models. Lasso method has practical appeal when Events Per Variable is low and multicollinearity exists in the data.
- انتشار مقاله: 08-02-1398
- نویسندگان: Abolfazl Hosseinnataj,Abbas Bahrampour,Mohammadreza Baneshi,Farzaneh Zolala,Roya Nikbakht,Mehdi Torabi,Fereshteh Mazidi Sharaf Abadi
- مشاهده
- جایگاه : پژوهشی
- مجله: International Journal of Health Policy and Management
- نوع مقاله: Journal Article
- کلمات کلیدی: Time series,Assessment,Trend,seasonality,Road Accident
- چکیده:
- چکیده انگلیسی: Background
Road traffic accidents and their related deaths have become a major concern, particularly in developing countries. Iran has adopted a series of policies and interventions to control the high number of accidents occurring over the past few years. In this study we used a time series model to understand the trend of accidents, and ascertain the viability of applying ARIMA models on data from Taybad city.
Methods
This study is a cross-sectional study. We used data from accidents occurring in Taybad between 2007 and 2011. We obtained the data from the Ministry of Health (MOH) and used the time series method with a time lag of one month. After plotting the trend, non stationary data in mean and variance were removed using Box-Cox transformation and a differencing method respectively. The ACF and PACF plots were used to control the stationary situation.
Results
The traffic accidents in our study had an increasing trend over the five years of study. Based on ACF and PACF plots gained after applying Box-Cox transformation and differencing, data did not fit to a time series model. Therefore, neither ARIMA model nor seasonality were observed.
Conclusion
Traffic accidents in Taybad have an upward trend. In addition, we expected either the AR model, MA model or ARIMA model to have a seasonal trend, yet this was not observed in this analysis. Several reasons may have contributed to this situation, such as uncertainty of the quality of data, weather changes, and behavioural factors that are not taken into account by time series analysis.- انتشار مقاله: 23-01-1392
- نویسندگان: Alireza Razzaghi,Abbas Bahrampour,Mohammad Reza Baneshi,Farzaneh Zolala
- مشاهده
- جایگاه : پژوهشی
- مجله: Avicenna Journal of Phytomedicine
- نوع مقاله: Journal Article
- کلمات کلیدی: Functional Dyspepsia,IranianTraditional medicine,Apium Graveolens,Trachyspermum Copticom
- چکیده:
- چکیده انگلیسی: Objectives:This study aimed at investigating the effect of Iranian traditional remedy prepared from Apium graveolens and Trachyspermum copticom (AT) on the severity and frequency of symptoms in patients with functional dyspepsia (FD).
Material and Methods:In total, 150 FD patients were included in this randomized double-blind trial, based on the ROME III diagnostic criteria, and they were divided into three intervention groups namely, AT, Placebo and omeprazole. Then, severity and frequency of symptoms during this eight-week trial were measured. Obtained information was analyzed using Chi-square test and repeated measures test.
Result:In general, the severity and frequency of symptoms after the 4th week significantly decreased in the AT group as compared to the omeprazole and placebo groups, and continued to reduce by the end of the eighth week. General reduction of symptom severity and frequency in the omeprazole group was significantly different from the placebo group by the end of the 4th and 8th weeks. With respect to each individual symptom, AT markedly improved symptoms, such as burning, pain, early satiation, fullness, bloating, belching and nausea, as compared to placebo-treated group. Moreover, AT significantly improved symptoms, like vomiting, and nausea, except for pain, as compared to omeprazole-treated subjects.
Conclusion:According to the results, AT, as Iranian traditional remedy, was more effective than omeprazole and placebo in reducing the symptoms in FD patients.- انتشار مقاله: 18-09-1395
- نویسندگان: Maryam Azimi,Mohammad Javad Zahedi,Mitra Mehrabani,Haleh Tajadini,Farzaneh Zolala,Mohammad Baneshi,Rasool Choopani,Fariba Sharififar,Ali Asadipour,Mohammad Hayatbakhsh,Bijan Ahmadi
- مشاهده
- جایگاه : پژوهشی
- مجله: Addiction and Health
- نوع مقاله: Journal Article
- کلمات کلیدی: Drivers,Trucks,Drug abuse,Alcoholism,Network scale up
- چکیده:
- چکیده انگلیسی: Background: Heavy vehicle drivers spend a great deal of time away from their families. This issue and other difficulties around their job may increase risky behaviors among them. The current study aims to investigate the prevalence of opium drugs, stimulants, cannabis, and alcohol use 12 hours before driving among heavy vehicle drivers. Methods: We selected two sites that were in charge of medical examination of drivers and recruited 363 drivers of heavy vehicles (trucks, trailers, and buses). We asked drivers about total number of drivers they knew and number of drivers who experienced use of different types of drugs. The data were analyzed using Network Scale Up Method (NSUM). Findings: Mean of age and job experience was 43.28 ± 10.04 years and 16.07 ± 9.67 years, respectively. The highest and lowest prevalence of drug use related to opium-based drugs at 12.8% to 14.0% and simulants at 1.97% to 2.84%, respectively. The prevalence of alcohol use 12 hours before driving was 4%. Conclusion: 12-hour before driving prevalence of opium-based drugs among drivers was high. This might put them in higher risk of road accidents. There is a need to design appropriate educational programs for them.
- انتشار مقاله: 25-10-1398
- نویسندگان: Milad Ahmadi-Gohari,Farzaneh Zolala,Abedin Iranpour,Mohammad Reza Baneshi
- مشاهده
- جایگاه : پژوهشی
- مجله: Addiction and Health
- نوع مقاله: Journal Article
- کلمات کلیدی: Homeless youth,alcohol drinking,Injections,Logistic models
- چکیده:
- چکیده انگلیسی: Background: Alcohol use and drug injection are prevalent among homeless youths. The aim of this study was
to identify the associated factors of alcohol consumption and drug injection among homeless youths aged
18-29 years.
Methods: Data on 202 homeless youths (111 males and 91 females) were collected using a standardized
questionnaire and face-to-face interview. Lasso logistic regression was applied to determine the impact of
associated factors on alcohol consumption and drug injection.
Findings: The mean age of the participants was 26.30 ± 3.19 years. Also, the prevalence of alcohol
consumption and drug injection was 33.0% [95% confidence interval (CI): 30-36] and 4.0% (95% CI: 0-8),
respectively; 6 people (3.0%) consumed alcohol and injected drugs at the same time. Correlates of alcohol
consumption and drug injection were male sex [odds ratio (OR)Alc = 5.7], age (ORAlc = 0.96 and ORDI = 0.98),
bachelor or higher education level (ORAlc = 1.34), non-Iranian nationality (ORAlc = 0.05 and ORDI = 0.18),
food score (ORDI = 0.92), smoking (ORAlc = 2.05), substance use (ORAlc = 1.12), opposite sex relationship
(ORAlc = 1.6), homosexual relationship (ORAlc = 3.56 and ORDI = 2.69), and mental disorder (ORAlc = 0.99).
Conclusion: Based on our findings, it seems that the homeless youth are more desired to use alcohol and drug
injection, whereas the prevalence of alcohol consumption and drug injection in homeless youth was higher
than general youth population in Iran. Therefore, some suitable solutions are needed to prevent the
homelessness. Also, the effective variables that were identified in this study for alcohol use and drug injection
can help design and implement beneficial interventions.
- انتشار مقاله: 17-09-1398
- نویسندگان: Abolfazl Hosseinnataj,Abbas Bahrampour,Mohammad Reza Baneshi,Samira Poormorovat,Glayol Ardalan,Farzaneh Zolala,Naser Nasiri,Jasem Zarei,Ghazal Mousavian,Abedin Iranpour,Hamid Sharifi
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