Jentashapir Journal of Cellular and Molecular Biology
Year:2012 | Volume:2 | Issue:4 (5)|Papers Count:9

Background: Using home remedies has a long history among many of ethnic groups. The Turkmen people have their own special home remedies too. The aim of this research was to study beliefs and behaviors of the Turkmen people of Golestan province about dysmenorrhea remedies.Methods: In this micro-medical ethnography study using purposeful sampling, the semi-structured interviews conducted with 50 traditional healers and elderly people. The observation also used as gathering tool. All of the interviews were recorded, transcribed verbatim, coded and categorized.Results: The informants believed dysmenorreah as a sign of physical health and reproduction which removes dirty blood from body. Herbal medicine, special foods with butter, egg and cane, using a necklace made of stone were some of common remedies to relife dysmenorrheal. Avoid of shower and baths also were one of prominent behavior during this period.Conclusion: Some of beliefs and behaviors of the Turkmen people about dysmenorrhea were beneficial and some harmful. Recognizing these behaviors and attempting for strengthening the healthy beliefs and behaviors are recommended in integrating folk medicine with current health care services to promote people’s health.

Background: Considering the opportunities and over time nurses communicate with patients; this responsibility is greater for nurses. But despite this, nurses unfortunately make less attention to the important role and performance that his. The purpose of this study the performance and responsibility of nurses, patient education are compared.Methods: This was a descriptive cross-sectional study. The study population included 200 nurses employed at Golestan University of Medical Sciences hospitals in 2010, which were sampled. A three-part questionnaire was prepared that based on demographic data, performance and the responsibility of nurses. Analysis was performed by SPSS statistical software version 16 and descriptive and analytical tests.Results: Findings from research Mean Nurses’ Perception of Performance and Responsibility of Patient Education 2/97 indicated. Mean and standard deviation in the area of education in preparation of patients receiving care 19.8 (3.93) and education in preparation of patients for discharge 20.26 (3.66) compared with other areas of the levels were upper. The finding showed that there were significant differences between hospital and course with performance of nurses to patient education.Conclusion: Since patient education is important that valuable and beneficial effects on several different studies are presented. Responsibility. So developing training programs conducted in recent years has been helpful.

Background: Although fecundity is reduced in late reproductive ages, fetal and maternal complications and unwanted pregnancy in this age group is higher. Limited researches have focused on the pattern of contraceptive methods choices in women aged 35 and older. The aim of this study was determinants of contraceptive choices pattern in this age group and related factors in womenattending health centers of Ahvaz.Methods: In a descriptive –analytic study 384 women aged 35 years or older attending 6 health centers of Ahvaz city in 2011 were studied. Data was collected through filling a questionnaire by trained questioner. Data was analyzed by SPSS version 16. The frequency table and Chi Square test were used for data analysis.Results: The mean age of women was 39.1±3.4 years and the mean age of marriage 20.2±5.3 years. The most common contraceptive methods used in these age group women were condoms, oral contraceptive pills and tubal ligation, 31.3%, 22.7% and 19.3% respectively. Vasectomy was using only in 0.5% of participants. A significant association were found between use of less effective contraceptive methods and women’s age (p=0/011), age of marriage (p<0/001), BMI (p=0/001), gravida (p<0/001) and parity (p<0/001). Conclusion: This study determined that use of less effective contraceptive methods in this population is high. Due to the risks of unwanted pregnancy and maternal complications of pregnancy in this age, family planning education and counseling should be given priority in health centers.

Background: The effective role of using hospital information system in improving the quality of medical services, increasing satisfaction and improvement of treatment economic is undeniable. As for the role of hospital information system on informing health care providers and hospital managers, the aim of this research was to identifying it's abilities and determining the effects it has on hospitals performances. Methods: This study was an applied research done by analytic method. Data gathering was performed by observing the Razi hospital medical record department and records review and statistics analysis. Data analysis carried out by descriptive statistic and t-test. The research population includes only one hospital in Ahvaz.Results: By using hospital information system, the total cost mean of diseases increased (27.41%). The mean of patient's length of stay in both manual system and HIS was paralleled. bed occupancy percentage hadn’t major change.Conclusion: The findings of this study showed using hospital information system had no considered effect on reducing patient care processes.

Background: Quality of life is a broad concept of health and is linked to physical health, psychological status, level of independence, social relationships, individual personal beliefs and environmental factors, complexly and has become important in recent years. In this context, evaluation of quality of life of students as future builders of society is essential. This study was done to determine the quality of life domains in Ahvaz Azad university students.Methods: This is a cross sectional descriptive and analytical study which was done on 400 students of Ahvaz Azad University in 2010. Demographic and WHOQOL-BREF questionnaires were used for data collection. After calculating, any domain score was transformed to the range of 4-20. Data were then analyzed.Results: The mean of age was 23.2 with standard deviation of 4.7 years. 61.1% of students were female and 38.9% were male. The highest Score was related to physical health with 14.9±2.3 and the lowest score was related to environmental health with 12.3±2.8. The female students had earned more points at environmental health, significantly (P<0.0001). There were no significant differences in other dimensions between male and female. Social health of married students was higher than single students (P<0.0001). There were no significant differences in other dimensions between married and single students. The environmental health of the students living in dormitories was lower than others (P=0.02).Conclusion: Planning to improve various dimensions of quality of life of students is essential.

Background: One important factor in education, particularly in medical education is studying and learning approaches. Considering students' learning styles may change teaching methods in accordance with their learning styles and consequently improve the educational outcome. The aim of this study was to investigate learning styles of medical students in Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical SciencesMethods: This descriptive study was performed during the academic year of 2009-2010 in Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences. 182 Nursing and medical students were selected through multi-stage cluster random sampling method as study samples. ASSIA questionnaire was used as the research tool. Data was analyzed by SPSS-15 software using descriptive and inferential statistics.Results: The most preferable one among medical students were deep approach (40.2%) and nursing students were strategic approach (45%). At the clinical stages, use of deep approach to the study of medical students increased and the surface approach is significantly reduced. There is weakly correlation between GPA and deep and strategic approaches, that was significant only for strategic approach (r=o.161, p=0.033).Conclusion: Improving educational quality requires for paying attention to learning style in teaching and educational technology. Teachers and educational technologists are recommended to make use of media and various technologies.

Background: Most birds probably can carry Listeria spp. asymptomatically in their intestines with varying prevalence and can transmit the pathogens to humans. The genus-Listeria has two pathogenic species namely, Listeria monocytogenes and Listeria ivanovii. Of these, L. monocytogenes is a well-known cause of abortion, encephalitis and septicaemia in man and animals. Listeria ivanovii is an animal pathogen and in rare cases cause human infection. Hence, a study was conducted to determine the occurrence of pathogenic Listeria monpcytogenes and Listeria ivanovii in cage birds faeces from Yazd.Methods: Altogether 180 (150 canaries and 30 lovebirds) samples of bird faeces were collected with sterile cotton swabs from different areas of Yazd, Iran. Swabs were placed directly into Listeria enrichment broth. Secondly enrichments were streaked on Palcam agar. Then evaluated to detect Listeria monocytogenes and Listeria ivanovii by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) method.Results: Considering although overall prevalence of Listeria species in canaries were 4% (6 out of 150), no L. monocytogenes and no L. ivanovii found in our study.Conclusion: The origins of Listeria spp. in birds are the foods they eat and living environments. Nutritions and living environments hygiene level of pet birds is higher than other birds, no L. monocytogenes and no L. ivanovii found in any samples. The present result is suggesting that cage birds are not source of Listeria monocytogenes and Listeria ivanovii in the region.

Bakhtishu’ Dynasty is among the greatest of Jundishapur dynasties known for their knowledge-seeking. Six generations of this dynasty taught and offered services in medical treatment. Their expertise made Abbasid caliphs employ them for their own medical treatment, as well as translation and writing on sciences especially medicine. They had an impact on medicine in Islamic civilization.It is theoretical with a descriptive analytical approach.Research shows that Bakhtishu’ Dynasti proved efficient as physicians for the Abbasid caliphs. The latter group wrote and translated valuable books.Their academic and practical activities in different branches of medicine, over several centuries, made them the academic inheritors of Jondi Shapour University, connecting ancient medicine to Islamic medicine.