JOURNAL OF ILAM UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES
Year:2005 | Volume:12 | Issue:44-45|Papers Count:8

Introduction: Beside conventional therapies using complementary medicine is common among cancer patients. Shark cartilage is one of these compounds. Few documents is available about it's effects on the immune system. In this study we evaluated the effects of shark cartilage on CD4, CDS and IFNY concentration.Methods: The test group patients received shark capsules and the control group starch capsules. After isolating the cells and preparing cell, suspensions as well as their planting a Flowecytometry and ELISA Test was done.Results: A significant increase in CD+ percentage and CD4/CD test used shark cartilage capsules for 12 weeks and significant increase in IFNY levels was seen in all the test group. But no significant change was observed in the control group.Discussion: Shark cartilage strengthens cellular immunity against tumors.

Introduction: As evaluation and management of practiced medical services is considered the first step in the field, hospitals must be exposed to as much as possible measures of assessment due to their significance. Thus, this study was aimed at investigating the consent rate of medical services among patients admitted at Ilam hospitals in 2002.Methods :In this descriptive cross- sectional research, 160patient in three hospitals of Imam Khomeini, Mstafa Khomeini and Taleghani were selected through census. To collect the data, a questionnaire of two parts for individual demographic characteristics and the patients' satisfaction of medical service$ was used. Then the data were statistically analysed.Results: The finds indicated the most inconsent (69%) among jobs of workers. 60% of female and 57% of male urban patients expressed inconsent of t/le services. No significance was proved between residential place, job and sex with the consent.Discussion: It is concluded that more contributions and creative cooperation among the managers and staff is needed to eliminate the causes of such dissatisfaction some of which are as follows: bureaucratic delays at radiologic ward, lack of full description of diseases by physicians, food quality, inappropriate meal times, individual hygiene of kitchen cooks, inconvenience of the wards, excessive rate of visitors and inadequate cleaning of the wards.

Introduction: Adequate diet is an essential factor in maintaining a good health. As there are numerous schools in Iran, a more accurate care must be given to the ways in which this great number of students are - provided with foodstaff. Thus, this study directed at monitoring the hygienic conditions at Esfahan school food- shops in 2003-4 and also experiencing training impacts on the improvement of their keepers, hygienic stance.Methods: In this semi- experimental cross- sectional descriptive research, 310 schools of all the Esfahan's 5673 were selected using an improbable simple sampling. A checklist of 3 parts(personal hygiene, the shop's environmental hygiene and food hygiene) was used to collect the data. The cheklists were filled out under the supervision of trained researchers. The school hygienic condition was studied again and then compared to that of before the training intervention using statistical that analysis. Results: A general view of the finds indicated that 28.7% (89, ones) of the shops were of unsuitable hygienic conditions, 37.7% (117 ones) rather acceptable and 33.6% acceptable. No statistically significance was indicated before and after the inventions on the shop hygienic status. Discussion: It is concluded that the work-place and individual hygienic conditions are not acceptable so that they necessitate more attention. The statistical test also showed that training the shop- keepers was not of much effect on the hygiene of shops applying more executively- supported measures is recommended.

Introduction: Considering the significance of intestinal parasites regarding individual and social health and its high incidence in our country and people,s unwareness on how to deal with this disease, the present study was performed during 2000-2001 to determine the prevalence of intestinal parasites a mong the students of Kashan university of medical sciences.Methods:The descriptive strategy of the present research was performed on 480 students. Individuals were randomly selected for this purpose and their characteristics were recorded in relevant questionnaires and after instructing them, two specimens of faces were collected from each person and tested by formalin-Ether precipitation and direct methods. Then the incidence of intestinal parasites was determined in our population and the final results were reported in frequency distribution tables. The 95% confidence interval (C.I) was estimated in all students.Results: Of all the 480 students, 59% were males and 40/6% were females. 86/3% were single and 13/7% were married. The results showed that the incidence of intestinal parasites in our population was 49/6%. In this regard, the incidence for Blastocystis hominis, Entamoeba coli, Giardia lamblia, Endolimax nana, Iodamoeba buetchlili, Entamoeba histolytica, Entamoeba hartmanni, Chilomastix, mesnili, Enterobius vermicularies, Hymenolepis nana, Ascaris lumbricoides and Taenia were 21/7%, 19/8%, 7/7%, 7/3%, 3/5%, 1/5%, 1/3%, 3/1%, 2/5%, 2/3% and 1/9% respectively. There was no statiscally significance between infection and sex and residence of students.Discussion: The finds also showed that the prevalence of intestinal parasites, especially pathogenic protozoa was high among the students. There fore, it is recommended to perform more researches in this field and under tak necessary procedures to reduce the consequent complications and provide direct-surveillance treatments for affected people.

Introduction: Occupation is a part of man's life that apart from financial resources satisfies some other essential needs of his such as mental and physical moves, social contacts and self- appreciation feelings. However, it can be a cause of mental stress. So, to determine any relation between a part of demographic variables with occupational stress and job consent in 2001.Methods :In this analytic- descriptive research, 420 cases were selected through a classical random sampling. Two questionnaires of field worth job consent in stress ful conditions were applied. After the questionnaires were filled out, the data were analysed using consolidation quota statistics of chi & pierson.Results: A descriptive study of the statements indicated that 70% of the case group had expressed relatively job consents, 49% considered their jobs boring, 28.5 showed no consent and 66% indicated a contradiction between organizational and academic roles. The finds proved a negative co-relation occupational stress and consent (1= -0.43).Discussion: It is recommended to determine the causes of occupational stress as well as consent factors under different work environments to promote the job consent, productivity and consequently life satisfaction among the employees. It also seems necessary to train the managers and employees to know, control and predict the stress- causing factors.

Introduction: Protection of staff against occupational health hazards as well as health promotion are considered an important goal of health system. Poisoned patients are remarkable portions of emergency clients whose mortality rate is 1%. A great number of the province residents are engaged in agriculture; therefore, a research was performed on the related factors.Methods: This cross- sectional study was performed during 2001. 540 farmers from different parts of the province were selected in a cluster multi-stage random sampling. Qnestionnaires of 104 items were used as data collecting sampling tools and mean comparision, chi- sequare test and SPSS software were used in analyzing the data.Results: All the studied were male. Of all the clients 25.2% claimed to be poisoned and 10% expressed some other members of their own families as being poisoned.Discussion: There was a Justification between poisoning and the elongated effects of pesticides and co-ordination with other performed researches. Steps should be taken to plan comprehensive studies to decrease pesticides usage, promote staff training, social attitude modification, beside cheap and suitable protection measures.

Introduction: Social health and hygienic behaviors have a direct link with supply and distribution of safe sufficient water. Different diseases can be transmitted to man via contaminated drinking water, However using the common disinfectants such as chlorine and its derivatives, the disease causing microoganisums can be elminated. In this study, the methods of chlorination and their usage in supplying water to rural areas in Ilam in 2000 have been analyzed.Methods :This descriptive cross- sectional study covered whole the villages in Ilam province. Questionnaires on water supply systems in rural parts were used to collect the date.Results: Then, the data was, classified and analyzed. The results show that chlorination in 47% of the villages under coverage was manual, while in 53% of them hypochlorinators were used. The study also shows that 99. 1% of the villages under coverage used perchlorin 70% as the main disinfectant material. In addition, 96.4% of the villages enjoyed chlorination measurement evaluation records and 83.8% have a daily measurement of residual chlorine. 74.7%of these villages have optimum residual chlorine rate. More over, 86.6% of them have recorded unacceptable chlorine residual cares and reported then to the relevant organization.Discussion: As the health of community has a direct link to safe and hygienic water, an effective and creative appropriate management along with accurate organization could reduce the percentage of age of unacceptable chlorine residue to zero in the water supply system in rural and urban areas. Employing competent and trained staff, regular supervision of health experts who work in the health centers and public education of through mass media seems necessary to promote people's awareness of drinking water supply networks and water disinfection at unusual and critical situations.

Introduction: Evaluation is a means to manage human resources. It maintains real interests of a community or organization only if exerted appropriately.Methods: Thus, this descriptive cross sectional study covered all the managers of 66 people ina census method. The data were collected using questionnaires of 3 levels; one for operative managers, one for the middle and one for the high-ranking ones. The data included factors such as occupational precedence, age, sex, educational level and etc. the gained data were then statistically tested and analysed. Results: The finds indicated that only 21.2% of all the 66 managers had attended re-instruction courses or trainings on occupation. The results also showed that 70%of male managers and 62% of female ones achieved high scores in knowledge, attitude and performance. A direct link was indicated between the managers, attitudes, educational majors, knowledge and performances.Discussion: It is concluded that knowledge and attitude play an important role in the managers, performance of evaluating their staff. So, it seems impossible to carry out an accurate evaluation of performance without adequate knowledge as well as the evaluator and evaluated positive attitudes.