Mental Health Status of Healthcare Workers During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic: A Survey of Hospitals in Shiraz, Iran.

Background: Healthcare workers (HCWs) directly or indirectly involved in the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) treatment process may experience severe mental consequences of the pandemic. Hence, this study aimed to evaluate the mental health status of HCWs in hospitals affiliated with Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Iran.

Materials And Methods: This cross-sectional study was performed on 503 HCWs from five hospitals in Shiraz, including one COVID-19 front-line hospital, two COVID-19 second-line hospitals, and two without COVID-19 wards.

Requirements for improving social capital among faculty members of medical universities: A multicenter qualitative study.

Introduction: Social capital is critical to organizational dynamics, particularly in developing countries. This study explored strategies for enhancing social capital among faculty members at seven medical universities in the south of Iran.

Methods: This qualitative study was conducted in 2021.

Association between prenatal period exposure to ambient air pollutants and development of postpartum depression: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

There is body of evidence supporting a role for maternal exposure to ambient air pollutants and postpartum depression (PPD). We attempted to review the literature systematically to assess the association between exposure to both ambient air particulate matters within pregnancy and PPD. The effect estimates extracting across each study were standardized to a 10 μg/m3 change.

A fresh look at the role of spiramycin in preventing a neglected disease: meta-analyses of observational studies.

Purpose: We aimed to investigate the effect of antepartum treatment with spiramycin with or without subsequent pyrimethamine-sulfonamide-folinic acid, compared to no treatment, on the rate of mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii) and incidence/severity of sequelae in the offspring.

Methods: Embase and PubMed were searched for literature on spiramycin in pregnant women suspected/diagnosed with T.

Effect of educational- counseling program based on precede-proceed model during Pregnancy on postpartum depression.

Aim: To explore the effects of an educational- counselling programme based on the precede-proceed model during pregnancy on preventing post-partum depression.

Design: A randomized clinical trial (RCT) study.

Method: 130 pregnant women were selected and randomly assigned to intervention and control groups.