Zeenat Mahmodi; Kourosh Sayehmiri
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Background and aims: Prayer means reading and asking for help and satisfying the need. The prevalence of mental diseases has had an increasing trend in Iran. The aim of this study was to know the role of attitudes and praying-related behaviors in the treatment of patients with depression in Iran. Methods: ...
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Background and aims: Prayer means reading and asking for help and satisfying the need. The prevalence of mental diseases has had an increasing trend in Iran. The aim of this study was to know the role of attitudes and praying-related behaviors in the treatment of patients with depression in Iran. Methods: By searching in the databases such as SID, Magiran, Medlib, Iranmedex, Google Scholar, Web of Science, Scopus, and PubMed, 16 relevant articles were extracted. Data were analyzed by using meta-analysis (random effects model). Moreover, heterogenecity of the studies was checked using Q and I2 statistics. Results: To examine the relationship between the rate of depression and praying, it analyzed in both case and control groups as pretest and posttest. It was reported that the rate of depression before the test in the case group was 49.4 (95% CI: 34.04-64.04) and in the control group was 27.51 (95% CI: 15.51, 39.51). For the case group, it was reported that the rate of depression decreased to 12.43 (95% CI: 2.4-22.4) and for the control group it was 19.83 (95% CI: 11.8-27.83). Conclusion: The attitude and the praying-related behavior had positive effects on the depression of individuals and it could cause the depression level diminishing. Therefore, this therapeutic approach can be considered as a common method in the treatment of mental disorders and the psychologists and the therapists can use this method for the treatment of their patients in therapeutic centers.
Sattar Kikhavani; Shaban Roshani; Salahedin Aj; Kourosh Sayehmiri
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Background and aims: Internet is one of the new technologies whose users are increasing, and internetaddiction is defined as the excessive use of internet. One of the factors that influence internet addictionis depression. The purpose of our study was to investigate the relationship between internet ...
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Background and aims: Internet is one of the new technologies whose users are increasing, and internetaddiction is defined as the excessive use of internet. One of the factors that influence internet addictionis depression. The purpose of our study was to investigate the relationship between internet addictionand depression in Iranian users using meta-analysis.Methods: In our systematic review and meta-analysis, a total of 10 articles in Persian and English,published in local and international journals between 2008 and 2014 were selected through searchingin PubMed, Scopus, Google Scholar, SID, Magiran, Medlib, and Irandoc databases, and the informationwere analyzed using a method of meta-analysis (random effects model). I-square test was used toexamine heterogeneity. Data were analyzed by STATA version 11.2.Results: There were significant correlations between internet addiction and depression (P < 0.05).Hence the mean risk differentiating criteria were estimated to be 0.55 (95% CI: 0.14 to 0.96). Subgroupanalysis showed that the value of a university student was 0.46 (95% CI: 0.04 to 0.88) and of a highschool student was 1.12 (95% CI: 0.90 to 1.34).Conclusion: Our results indicated positive significant correlation between internet addiction anddepression in adolescents and young adults in Iranian users. There was a positive correlation betweeninternet addiction and depression as one of the most important psychological disorders. This issuerequires further attention and study.
Biostatistics
Kourosh Sayehmiri; Zahra Darvishi; Mohammad Reza Hafezi Ahmadi; Milad Azami
Volume 2, Issue 4 , Autumn 2015, , Pages 221-232
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Background and aims: The prevalence of iron deficiency anemia (IDA) in pregnant women is in Variable between 40-80% in developing countries. There are some differences among different studies on this disorder. So, this present study is been performed for evaluating the prevalence of IDA among pregnant ...
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Background and aims: The prevalence of iron deficiency anemia (IDA) in pregnant women is in Variable between 40-80% in developing countries. There are some differences among different studies on this disorder. So, this present study is been performed for evaluating the prevalence of IDA among pregnant Iranians with systematic review and meta-analysis method.Methods: This study is based on received information achieved from Magiran, Iranmedex, SID, Med Lib, Iran Doc, Scopus, Pubmed, Science Direct, Cochrane, Embase, Medline, Springer, Online Library Wiley and Google Scholar in chronological order of 1 January 1991 to 31 march 2015 with using standard key words. Search and extraction of data were done by two independent reviewers. Using random effects model and meta-analysis, the data were analyzed through SPSS.Results: In the 32 eligible studies, the 63372 individuals have been evaluated. The prevalence of anemia among pregnant Iranians was estimated to be 14.2% (95% CI: 12-16.3%). Most prevalence of anemia was seen in the study, the samples of which were collected in several parts of country, (21.5%) and the lowest prevalence was seen in the West of the country (7%). The prevalence of anemia in urban and rural pregnant women was estimated 13.7% and 20% approximately, respectively.Conclusion: The prevalence of anemia among pregnant Iranians in the recent 24 years according to WHO system reported to be low in developing countries, that it was related to appropriate planning and caring in pregnancy period in countries.
Women's Health
Ashraf Direkvand-Moghadam; Kourosh Sayehmiri; Ali Delpisheh; Azadeh Direkvand-Moghadam
Volume 1, Issue 1 , Autumn 2014, , Pages 35-43
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Background and aims: Infertility is one of the most important conditions in reproductive system and there is no reliable estimates for global prevalence of infertility. Therefore, knowing the prevalence of infertility is important and can be effective in decision making. Methods: We systematically reviewed ...
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Background and aims: Infertility is one of the most important conditions in reproductive system and there is no reliable estimates for global prevalence of infertility. Therefore, knowing the prevalence of infertility is important and can be effective in decision making. Methods: We systematically reviewed all published papers in Medline database and Scopus (1988–2010). Univariate and multivariate approaches were applied to assess the causes of heterogeneity among the selected studies. Meta-regression was used to examine the relationship between the prevalence of infertility and the year of study. Data manipulation and statistical analyses were performed using Stata 11.1. Results: The study population was not similar in all papers. Studies evaluated the prevalence of infertility in the general population, the total female population, women and couples. Some studies defined infertility as failure to conceive within 12 months of regular sexual life without contraception methods while other studies defined it as failure to conceive within 24 months of regular sexual life without contraception methods. Overall, 52 studies met our inclusion criteria and the pooled worldwide of infertility was obtained about 10%. The correlation between prevalence of secondary infertility and year of study was significant (P=0.039). Conclusions: Approximately 10% of the world's population suffers from infertility. Due to the negative impact of infertility on couples in various aspects of life, and the need for treatment and support programs, accurate estimate of infertility is essential worldwide.