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Dr Narges Shams Alizadeh , Dr Abdolrahim Afkhamzadeh, Dr Bezad Mohsenpour, Dr Bayan Salehian,
Volume 15, Issue 1 (6-2010)
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ABSTRACT
Background and Aim: Suicide is one of the most important community health problems which is related to many different factors in different communities.
Methods and Materials: This was a case-control study and patients with suicide attempt admitted in Sanandaj hospitals were regarded as the case group. Control group was selected and matched for age. Data were introduced into SSPS 12.0 software and were analyzed by means of x2 test.
Results: Suicide attempt was more frequent in females (71.1%), in those with age of 20-24 years (31.1%) and in those with high school education (56.1%). There was a significant relationship between number of family members and life events with suicide attempt (P=0.01, P<0.05 respectively). No significant relationship was found between suicide attempt and marital status. The most common ways for suicide attempt were by using drugs and poisons. 6.7% of patients attempted suicide by self-burning. Self-burning was more frequent in married women and had 100% mortality.
Conclusion: High frequency of suicide attempts in young women calls for attention to mental health in this group. Preventing suicide attempts by self-burning, particularly in married women indicates the importance of public education as well as reassessing marital condition, and family life training and education about handling interpersonal problems within families.
Key words: suicide, self-burning, kurdistan.
Conflict of Interest: Nill
Received: March 9, 2010 Accepted: Jul 8, 2010
Habibollah Hasanzadeh, Dr Mozhdeh Bahramrezaie, Dr Arash Pooladi, Abdollah Hasanzadeh,
Volume 18, Issue 3 (10-2013)
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ABSTRACT
Background and Aim: Use of different teaching styles & different training methods with supervision on the different needs of the learners during the teaching-learning process can be encouraging to the students for lifelong learning (LLL). The aim of this study was to determine teaching styles of faculty members of Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences for theoretical lessons, to provide information on educational planning & development of combined teaching styles & training methods and adjustment of these styles to learning styles of the trainees in the future.
Material and Method: This was a descriptive-analytical study. Statistical population included all of the faculty members of Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences (135 faculty members), but only 124 (~92%) participated in the study. Data collection tool was the Richman-Grasha teaching style inventory. Data were introduced into SPSS software 19th version and analyzed by ANOVA and chi-square statistical tests.
Results: The results indicated that the most frequent styles were the “Delegator Style” (60.5%) and the “Formal Authority Style” (33.9%). The least frequent styles were “Facilitating Style” (0.8%) and “Personal Model Style” (1.6%). 3.2% of the participants used the “Expert Teaching Style”. The demographic characteristics of the faculty members such as age, teaching background, gender, college or department, educational level and academic rank showed no relationship with their teaching styles.
Conclusion: Based on the results of this study, the dominant teaching style of the participants was not related to their demographic data. Other factors like psychological characteristics & training models could be associated with the teaching styles.
Key word: Teaching styles, Faculty members, Medical sciences, Theoretical lessons, Kurdistan.
Received: Jul 22, 2012 Accepted: Jun 8, 2013
Conflict of interest: None declared
Nasrollah Veisi, Mohammad Karimi, Dr Namamali Azadi, Khaled Rahmani,
Volume 20, Issue 3 (7-2015)
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Background and Aim: As a chronic bacterial disease, tuberculosis is one of the global major health problems. Curb of this disease is one of the Millennium Development Goals. The aim of this study was to evaluate the trends of tuberculosis and its management from 2000 to 2012 in the Kurdistan province, Iran. Materials and Methods: In this study national surveillance system data of TB was used. Results: The mean incidence rate of TB in Kurdistan from 2000 to 2012 was 13.6 per one hundred thousand populations. These rates were 5.13, 2.8, and 5.3 in a hundred thousand for positive and negative smears and extra pulmonary cases respectively. The highest incidence rates of TB were 26 and 18.8 per hundred thousand people between years 2000 and 2001 respectively. There was a rapid decline from 2000 to 2003 in TB incidence reaching 10.8 in 2003. A steady state trend was seen in TB incidence since 2003 and it was 10.5 cases in a hundred thousand in 2012. The average incidence of TB in women during these years was 3.1 times more than men. Based on treatment success indicators, negative smears percent after three months and recovery of positive smears were 60.27 and 87.69 percent in year 2012 respectively. The percentage of failures in this year was 4.69. Conclusion: Decrease of TB incidence from 2000 to 2003 has been impressive. However, this decline was not very sensible since 2003. Indicators of success in treatment have not changed a lot during these years. Since the nation-wide targets for TB prevention include identifying of 8 cases with positive-smear in one hundred thousand at least, recovery of 90% of the infected cases, and less treatment failure than 2%, there is still a lot of room for progress toward achieving these targets in Kurdistan province. Keywords: Tuberculosis, Trend, Treatment success, Kurdistan. Received: May 11, 2014 Accepted: Apr 13, 2015
Soraya Amani, Dr Khaled Rahmani, Dr Ebrahim Ghaderi , Dr Farzam Bidarpour, Dr Ardeshir Rahimzadeh, Shayesteh Rasaeian,
Volume 22, Issue 4 (9-2017)
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Background and Aim: Determination of prevalence of non-communicable diseases (NCD) risk factors is the key factor for designing any intervention program for the control and prevention of these diseases. The aim of this study was to determine NCD risk factors among rural areas population in Kurdistan Province, in Iran, in 2015.
Materials and Methods: In this population-based study, we investigated the prevalence of main NCD risk factors among 13710 adults above 20 years of age selected by systematic random sampling method from rural areas of Kurdistan Province, in the north-west of Iran. Data were collected by using a standard questionnaire. SPSS version 22 software was used for data analysis.
Results: The results showed that 10.6% (9.0-12.2%) of the participants were current daily tobacco smokers and 32% (31.5-33.0%) of them had passive smoking. 54.9% (54.1-55.8%) used solid oils as the main consumed oil by the households. The prevalence rate of overweight/obesity was 17.2% (16.5-17.8%). Mean daily fruit and vegetable consumption and also mean hours of exercise or vigorous physical activity per week were 1.6±0.9 servings and 2.8±3.5 hours, respectively. The prevalence rates of hypertension and hyperlipidemia were estimated 8.2% (7.8-8.7%) and 3.3% (3.0-3.7%), respectively. The prevalence rats of stroke, various cancers, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), depression and diabetes were 0.6% (0.5-0.8%), 0.4% (0.3-0.6%), 1.1% (0.9-1.3%), 1%(0.8-1.1%), 1.5% (1.3-1.7%) and 2.5% (2.2-2.7%), respectively. Different cities of the province showed significant differences in the prevalence rates of the most of the risk factors (P<0.05).
Conclusion: This population-based study provided the real figures of NCD risk factors among the population living in the rural areas of Kurdistan Province. We recommend use of the results of this study for designing any intervention program for control and prevention of NCD in this region.
Keywords: Non-communicable diseases, Risk factors, Prevalence, Rural areas, Kurdistan.
Received: Jan 16, 2017 Accepted: May 17, 2017
Dr Anvar Mohammadi Baneh, Dr Ezatollah Rahimi, Dr Delpak Mahmoodnejad,
Volume 23, Issue 1 (4-2018)
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Background and Aim: Peritoneal dialysis is one of the most important issues in nephrology. The aim of this study was to assess the possibility of performance of peritoneal dialysis and its associated factors in the patients chronic renal failure.
Material and Methods: This cross-sectional study included 146 patients with chronic kidney disease requiring hemodialysis between 2013 and 2014. Data were collected by interviewing patients and review of the patients' records and visiting the life places of the patients. Data were analyzed by inferential statistic including t-test and chi- square.
Result: The results showed that 58.9% of the patients were men and 41.1% were woman. The mean age of the participants was 58.06±13.22. 78 (53.4) patients were eligible for peritoneal dialysis. There was a significant relationship between eligibility of the patients for peritoneal dialysis and their blood pressures (p<0.05).
Conclusion: We concluded that eligibility of the patients for peritoneal dialysis does not comply with the demographic variables. But physical and psychological condition of the patients can affect it.
Keyword: Peritoneal dialysis, kidney disease, Kurdistan.
Received: Jan 16, 2017 Accepted: Nov 6, 2017
Dr Ghobad Moradi, Mohammad Aziz Rasouli, Faez Fathi, Dr Bayazid Ghaderi, Dr Bahram Nikkhoo, Dr Daem Roshani, Dr Borhan Moradvaisi, Dr Jafar Soltani,
Volume 23, Issue 2 (6-2018)
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Background and Aim: In recent decades, the survival rates of the children with cancer have improved significantly and their five-year survival rates have reached 80%, but there are still many concerns about the survival of adolescents and young people.
Methods and Materials: In this retrospective study, the data of 310 children and adults with leukemia in Kurdistan Province were extracted from their medical records. Univariate and multivariate survival analysis were performed through calculating hazard ratios using Cox relative risk model. Data analysis was carried out using Stata 12 software.
Results: This study included 201 adults with mean age of 50.8 years and 109 children with mean age of 5.2 years. The frequency of AML was higher in the adults (30.8%), while the frequency of ALL cases was higher in the children (86.2%). The respective one-year and five-year survival rates, were 94.4% and 49.5% in the adults, and 92.6% and 83% in the children. The hazard ratios (HR) were 5.18 (95% CI: 2.60-13) in the adults with ALL and 4.11 (95% CI: 1.55-10.4) in the adults with AML, and 2.78 (95% CI: 1.05-7.37) in the patients with CML. Based on the results of multivariate analysis, the rate of mortality in children with ALL was lower (HR=0.26, 95% CI: 0.08-0.77).
Conclusion: Timely diagnosis and provision of treatment services for the patients are recommended. Considering the high rate of survival in the patients with ALL especially in children, we recommend provision of appropriate treatment facilities and palliative care services, similar to those in other countries, for the patients with different types of leukemia with high rates of mortality.
Keywords: Survival rate, Related factors, Leukemia, Children, Adults, Kurdistan.
Received: Apr 26, 2017 Accepted: Feb 12, 2018
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