Relationship between nurses' social responsibility and the quality of delivered nursing services to patients in Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Iran.

The quality of nursing services is one of the challenges of health systems and nurses are responsible for providing quality care to patients. The purpose of this research is to study the relationship between nurses' social responsibility and the quality of nursing delivered services in educational and treatment centers. This study used a descriptive and correlational method.

Risk factors of congenital hypothyroidism using propensity score: a matched case-control study.

Background: The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between congenital hypothyroidism and several variables using two different adjustment methods.

Methods: This matched case-control study was conducted in Hamadan Province, the west of Iran, in 2012 enrolling neonates born between 2005 and 2011 and covered by screening program for congenital hypothyroidism. The neonates with TSH titer more than 10 mU/l or T4 titer less than 6.