Epidemiology
Ameneh Nasiri; Bahareh Gholami Chaboki; Seyed Soheil Saeedi Saravi; Mojgan Nazari
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Background and aims: Patient information leaflets (PILs) are the best form of written information transfer. The aim of this study was to investigate the sources of drug information and the reading rate of PILs among medical sciences students. Methods: Three hundred students were entered ...
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Background and aims: Patient information leaflets (PILs) are the best form of written information transfer. The aim of this study was to investigate the sources of drug information and the reading rate of PILs among medical sciences students. Methods: Three hundred students were entered in this cross-sectional study via simple random sampling at the Faculty of Paramedical, Nursing and Midwifery of Guilan University of Medical Sciences in 2018. Results: The participants considered the physician as the most reliable source for receiving drug information. Pharmacists, PILs, and the Internet were mentioned as the next sources, respectively. About 15.3% of people always read PILs. Students used PILs along with other sources of drug information. Conclusion: The type of medication and the individuals’ need for the type of information, along with the structure and presentation of the materials in the PILs, are all contributing factors.
Zahra Karimi; Elahe Tavassoli; Akbar Babaei Heydarabadi
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Background and aims: Given that computer games have positive and negative functions and mayaffect the mental health of individuals, the present research aimed to study the relationship betweenthe tendency to playing computer games and the mental health of junior high school students inShahr-e Kord.Methods: ...
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Background and aims: Given that computer games have positive and negative functions and mayaffect the mental health of individuals, the present research aimed to study the relationship betweenthe tendency to playing computer games and the mental health of junior high school students inShahr-e Kord.Methods: The current cross-sectional descriptive-analytical study was conducted on 245 boy and girljunior high school students of Shahr-e Kord in 2016. The participants were selected using a randomcluster sampling method. The required data were collected using questionnaires of demographicvariables, the standard 28-item General Health Questionnaire, and an author-made questionnaire onthe tendency to computer games. Finally, the data were statistically analyzed using descriptive andanalytic tests in SPSS-18. Participation in the study was voluntary.Results: The results showed that 31.8% of the students aged 14 years old. In addition, the tendencyto computer games was higher in girls (0.027) and their level of mental health was lower comparedto boys (P = 0.032). There was a significant relationship between the tendency to computer gamesand the age of the students (P = 0.023). Eventually, age (P = 0.025) and gender (P = 0.09) represented asignificant relationship with the mental health of the students.Conclusion: Based on the low level of mental health in girls, it is necessary to pay special attention tothe symptoms of depression and anxiety and social functions in adolescents, control the time spent onplaying the computer games, plan carefully for their leisure time, direct adolescents toward readingbooks, and promote their health using educational patterns.
Nursing
Babak Moeini; Hamid Abasi; Maryam Afshari; Morteza Haji Hosseini; Ali Ghaleiha
Volume 5, Issue 3 , Summer 2018, , Pages 73-79
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Background and aims: Students are exposed to multiple mental disorders. One of the most important things that students face to is homesickness and depression that causes reduction happiness in them. This study was conducted to determine the relationship between homesickness with depression and happiness ...
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Background and aims: Students are exposed to multiple mental disorders. One of the most important things that students face to is homesickness and depression that causes reduction happiness in them. This study was conducted to determine the relationship between homesickness with depression and happiness in dormitory students in Hamadan University of Medical Sciences.Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted at on 387 dormitory students of Hamadan University of Medical Sciences from January to April 2016. The sampling was stratified random with proportional allocation. Data collection was completed through self-reporting, and the use of four informational demographic questionnaires, homesickness Benfleet questionnaire, student's depression questionnaire (USDI), and oxford happiness questionnaire. Analysis was performed using SPSS23 software Results: Results showed that depression had inverse (-0.6) relationship with happiness, so that with increasing depression scores happiness decreases. Depression had significant direct relationship with homesickness (0.3), therefore with increasing homesickness scores, depression scores also increases. As well as homesickness has a significant inverse relationship (-0.2) with happiness score, and with increasing homesickness, happiness decreases.
Reza Heidari-Soureshjani; Farnaz Kargaran Dehkordi; Tayeb Mohammadi
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Background and aims: Anxiety can be defined as a state of fear and worry. Test anxiety is one ofthe students’ constant fears that produces destructive and negative effects on students’ educationalperformance and mental condition. There is not an exception among students with learning disordersand ...
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Background and aims: Anxiety can be defined as a state of fear and worry. Test anxiety is one ofthe students’ constant fears that produces destructive and negative effects on students’ educationalperformance and mental condition. There is not an exception among students with learning disordersand they all experience such type of anxiety. Therefore, in this research the test anxiety was comparedin these two mentioned types of students.Methods: The present analytical-descriptive study was conducted on a sample of 129 studentscomposed of 86 normal and 43 cases with learning disorders in Lordegan county. The cases wereselected by simple random sampling and Sarason Anxiety Questionnaire was used for gathering dataand finally the collected data was analyzed via analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) and SPSS 16.0.Results: The mean of anxiety level among students with learning disorders was 24.21 (±4.33) and20.65 (±6.81) before and after the test respectively, and the measured mean for normal students was18.52 (±5.56) before the test and 16.7 (±5.47) after the test. This result showed a significant differencebetween these two types of students (P < 0.001), but there were no significant differences betweencontrol and test groups’ sex and anxiety level (P > 0.05).Conclusion: In these 2 studied groups, the test anxiety was decreased sharply after the test incomparison with that before it. As well, it was concluded that the normal students’ anxiety was lessthan the anxiety of students with learning disorders in both phases.
Epidemiology
Soheil Hassanipour Azgomi; Reza Daryabeygi Khotbesara; Ali Akbar Soheili Azad
Volume 3, Issue 4 , Autumn 2016, , Pages 318-323
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Background and aims: Obesity is one of the most important problems of modern society, and body mass index (BMI) is a tool to indicate overweight and obesity in adults. Obesity is directly associated with many non-communicable diseases. So for this reason, it was designed a study to assess overweight ...
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Background and aims: Obesity is one of the most important problems of modern society, and body mass index (BMI) is a tool to indicate overweight and obesity in adults. Obesity is directly associated with many non-communicable diseases. So for this reason, it was designed a study to assess overweight and obesity in Kooy dormitory students of Tehran University of Medical Sciences in 2015. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted on 342 students (210 girls and 132 boys) selected by random cluster sampling. Students' height and weight were measured and other data were collected by questionnaire and finally analyzed using SPSS. Results: The average age of girls and boys was 23.27±3.09 and 22.58±5.08, respectively. Findings showed that girls’ average BMI was 21.40±3.32 and boys’ one was 23.6±2.82, with significant difference between sexes (P<0.001). From all students who participated in the study 9.3% were underweight, 73.8% normal, 15.2% overweight and 1.5% obese. Smoking and sleeping hours were correlated positively with BMI, while that of meal frequency was negative. Conclusion: Results indicate that university students would benefit from a nutrition and health promotion program to reduce the likelihood of overweight and obesity among them.