JOURNAL OF TORBAT HEYDARIYEH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES
Year:2014 | Volume:2 | Issue:3|Papers Count:8

Background & aims: Natural antioxidants increase the stength of plasma antioxidants and decrease the risk of diseases such as cancer, heart attack and stroke. Therefore this study is conducted to investigate the effect of hydroalcoholic extracts of Origanum vulgare on blood-brain barrier (BBB) permeability and neurologic deficits.Methods: This is an experimental study on 35 male Wistar rats which divided randomly into 5 groups of 7 members. Control group received distilled water and 3 groups received hydroalcoholic extract of Origanum vulgare with 50, 75 and 100 mg/kg doses through gavage feeding for 30 days. Sham group received no treatment and Ischemia induction. Two hours after the last gavage feeding of the first 4 groups, Middle Cerebral Artery Occlusion (MCAO) operation was done on the subjects for 60 minutes and blood-brain barrier (BBB) permeability and neurologic deficits were investigated.Results: Findings show that Origanum vulgare extracts in all three doses (50, 75, 150 mg/kg) decrease the blood-brain barrier permeability and neurologic deficits. (P>0.05).Conclusion: It seems that Origanum vulgare extracts has preventive effects on stroke due to having antioxidants compounds.

Background and aims: The purpose of the present study was the determination of the role of HEXACO personality dimensions, D Personality Type and positive and negative emotions in the quality of life of people suffering from cancer.Methods: The present study was a descriptive correlational study. The population of this study involved all the patients suffering from cancer who visited medical centers of Tehran in 2013. Convenient sampling was used in this study. To this end, 100 patients who visited Imam Khomeini Center were selected. They filled Quality of Life Questionnaire, Questionnaire of D Personality Type, Positive and Negative Emotions Scale, and the short from of HEXACO Personality Inventory. The data of the study were analyzed using Pearson Correlation Coefficient and Multiple Regression Analysis.Results: The results showed that there are significant correlations between emotionality (r=-0.289), extroversion (r=0.232), negative affection (r=-.0111) and negative emotionality (r=-0.117), and the quality of life of patients suffering from cancer. In addition, the results of Multiple Regression Analysis showed that 22 percent of the variance of quality of life of patients suffering from cancer was explained by HEXACO Personality Dimensions, positive and negative affections and D Personality Type.Conclusion: According to the findings, it can be concluded that HEXACO Personality Dimensions, positive and negative emotions and D Personality Type have important roles in the quality of life of people suffering from cancer.

Background and Aims: Air pollution is very important because every human being inhales an average of 10 m3 air. Also air pollution has adverse impacts on human health. The objective of this study is to compare of relative risk and attributable proportion exposure to Nitrogen dioxide in the southwest of Iran.Methods: This descriptive study was conducted in Ahwaz, Kermanshah and Bushehr cities during 2012. In this study, Data were collected from Department of Environment (DOE) and analyzed to determine the relative risk (RR) and attributable proportion (AP) of NO2 in three mentioned cities.Results: Based on the results, the total accumulative number of cardiovascular death attributed to exposure with NO2 in Ahwaz, Kermanshah and Bushehr were 43, 48 and 4 cases, respectively. The relative risk of NO2 attributed to cardiovascular death was in a moderate level (1.002). The maximum and minimum number of obstructive pulmonary disease attributed to NO2 was observed in Kermanshah and Bushehr with 21 and 3 cases, respectively.Conclusion: According to this study increasing the NO2 concentration has a direct and significant effect on death rates of cardiovascular and obstructive pulmonary diseases.

Background & aims: Blood pressure is an important sign of cardiovascular, renal and cerebral system function and is the base of making important medical decision. However it is nurses' routine duty, accurate measurement is received little attention. Therefore this study was done to evaluate the quality of blood pressure measuring by nurses.Methods: This is a cross-sectional descriptive study on 400 nurses of Imam Khomeini hospital complex in 2010 which is carried out through convenience sampling. Personal data Questionnaire and blood pressure measuring criteria's checklist were used for data gathering. Validity and reliability were confirmed through content method and Pearson coefficient(r=0.93), respectively. The quality of measured blood pressure scoring by researchers was categorized to 3 groups. Data were analyzed by SPSS 16.Results: There was significant difference (p=0.01) between Systolic blood pressure measured by nurses and researcher with aneroid sphygmomanometer while there was no significant difference in diastolic blood pressure (p=0.2). Most of the nurses (60.5%) earned mean score and others (39.5%) earned high score.Conclusion: According to the findings, the highest percent of blood pressure measurement quality which is an important item to make decision about medical issues was in moderate level. Thus nurses required to be more accurate and pay more attention to measure blood pressure correctly. Also education authorities should hold retraining courses for nurses.

Background and Aims: Recording of medical information in hospital is documentation of medical team`s activities. Regarding the special position of records in patient's medical history and its importance in making decision, recording the information in a correct way is substantial. This study carried out to compare the status of documentation in surgical forms of discharged patients in educational hospitals of Zabol and Torbat-e-jam cities in2011.Methods: In this cross-sectional study 740 medical records of Zabol and Torbat-e-jam hospitals (each hospital 370 cases) were studied by systematic sampling. Data were collected using a check list and analyzed by SPSS software through descriptive statistics.Results: The survey indicates that 36.4 and 62.9 percent of the data were not documented in surgical forms in Zabol and Torbat-e-Jam educational hospitals, respectively. The rate of data completion in preoperative care sheets, anesthesia sheets, surgery report and postoperative care sheets were 54, 78, 63 and 73.4 percent, respectively in Torbat-e-Jam educational hospital. These amounts in Zabol educational hospitals were determined 32, 43.3, 49 and 0 percent respectively.Conclusion: As can be concluded from the results, the medical records documentation had serious defects. This can lead to loss of patients’ data and adverse effects on the treatment process as well. Regarding the importance of surgical forms, proper solutions should be adopted to eliminate data incompletion.

Background & Aims: Nowadays the world is faced with the phenomenon of population aging. Assessing health status and health promoting behaviors in elderly as a high risk population have especial importance. Therefore, this study carried out to assess the viewpoints of elderly about their health and its related behaviors in south of Kerman province in 1392.Methods: This study is a cross- sectional study with descriptive- analytical approach that has been done upon 710 elderly people in a south town of Kerman province in 2013 by combined sampling (random and systematic), through a researcher made questionnaire that approved its validity and reliability with test-retest method. The data were analyzed through descriptive statistics and chi-square tests by SPSS v18.Results: Findings showed there were 359(50.6%) females and 351(49.4%) males with the mean age of 72.12±13.25 years. The most common physical and psychological complaints and problems in the elderly is related to musculoskeletal disorders (57.5%), sleep disorders (39.9%), cardiac problems and hypertension (35.6%), respectively. In terms of health promoting behaviors, the following results obtained: regular physical activity (18.7%), checking blood sugar in at least every six month (23.2%), consumption vegetable oil (33.8%) and consumption of vegetable and fruits in daily diet (36.6%). There is a statistically significant difference among age and physical complaints and problems and health promoting behaviors (p<0.05) whereas among daily tasks, visual and hearing disorders, no statistically significant difference was observed.Conclusion: Results of this study showed that skeletomuscular disorders, sleep disorders, cardiac problems, hypertension, and accomplishment of some health promoting behaviors is not in optimal condition. This requires health education programs and socioeconomic support.

Background and aims: Intestinal parasitic infection is one of the most important health problems in our society, especially among food retailers. In previous studies, different types of intestinal parasites have been reported in Iran. The purpose of this study was to determine intestinal parasitic infections among food vendors in Gonbad-e-kavus in 2013. Methods: In this study, stool samples were collected from food vendors in sterile containers then the samples were tested using three different methods namely Direct, Formalin-ether, and Rapid Safranin. Data were analyzed by SPSS 16.Results: In the present study no parasites were found in 100 samples using both Direct and Rapid Safranin methods whereas only 1 case of Hymenolepis nana (1%) was found by formalin– ether method.Conclusion: According to the results, regular periodic monitoring of health centers and applying conventional and supplementary methods to diagnose parasitic infections is essential.

Background and Aims: Allergic diseases cause disability in many people and impose significant expenses on health systems in different countries. Therefore, Due to the increasing number of susceptibility to food and non-food substances and appearance of various symptoms after exposure to an allergen, this study was conducted to identify the prevalent non-food allergens among residents of Gonabad.Methods: This descriptive study was carried out on 339 of students of Gonabad universities and people living in Gonabad in 1390 through stratified sampling. International study of asthma and allergies in childhood (ISAAC) questionnaire was used to collect data. Data were analyzed by descriptive statistics and SPSS version 16.Results: Findings show the participants of the study are included: 57.2% native population of Gonabad, 35.4% native population and 7.4% non-native population of Khorasan. The frequency of males and women are 152 with average age of 25.1 and 187 with average age of 21.1, respectively. The most frequent allergens were dust (40.7%), fungal spores (28.3%), sweeping (25.4%), cold (15.9%), deodorant (14.5%), dead insects (14.2%) and cosmetics (6.2%). In people under 20, the most frequent allergic reactions were related to cold (25.4%), dust (10%) and spores (6.5%).Conclusion: Considering the most frequencies of allergic reaction to cold, dust and spores allergens in people under 20, it is recommended to conduct prospective studies to evaluate the changes in clinical status of age group under 20.