A Comparison between Serum 25-Hydroxyvitamin D3 Levels and Serum Ferritin in Children and Adolescents with Iron Deficiency Anemia, Thalassemia Minor, Thalassemia Major and Healthy People.

Background: We aimed to determine the level of serum vitamin D and serum ferritin in four groups' children and adolescents.

Methods: This descriptive/analytical study was conducted in 2019 on children and adolescents with thalassemia aged 7-18 years in Ahvaz, Iran. Overall, 160 patients with the target inclusion and exclusion criteria were assigned into four groups (n=40) of people with thalassemia minor, thalassemia major, iron deficiency anemia and healthy individuals.

The effect of self-care training based on e-learning and teach-back methods on the performance of patients with type 2 diabetes.

Introduction: Due to the chronic nature of the diabetes, patients who suffer from this disease need education to take care of themselves and increase self-care. Therefore, the present study was conducted with the aim of comparing the effect of e-learning and teach-back methods on the performance of diabetic patients.

Methods: In this study, 144 patients with type 2 diabetes were selected based on purposive sampling.

Evaluating the awareness of ordinary people about relief operations and cardiopulmonary resuscitation when facing out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.

Introduction: The aim of this paper is to evaluate the awareness of ordinary people about relief operations and accurate cardiopulmonary resuscitation when facing out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.

Methods: This was a cross-sectional study including 500 ordinary people who were randomly selected over a 3-month period in Ahvaz County, Ahvaz, Iran, and then asked to perform resuscitation operation on medical moulages. Their performance was then evaluated using a 21-item checklist.