A Burden Assessment of Occupational Exposures in Iran, 1990-2010: Findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010.

Background: The present study describes the burden of occupational diseases in Iran based on the results of the Global Burden of Disease study conducted in 2010 (GBD 2010). This study aimed to determine the burden of occupational diseases in Iran based on the results of GBD 2010. It is a cross-sectional study.

Diseases and Health Outcomes Registry Systems in I.R. Iran: Successful Initiative to Improve Public Health Programs, Quality of Care, and Biomedical Research.

Registration systems for diseases and other health outcomes provide important resource for biomedical research, as well as tools for public health surveillance and improvement of quality of care. The Ministry of Health and Medical Education (MOHME) of Iran launched a national program to establish registration systems for different diseases and health outcomes. Based on the national program, we organized several workshops and training programs and disseminated the concepts and knowledge of the registration systems.

Impact of rural family physician program on child mortality rates in Iran: a time-series study.

Background: The rural family physician program and social protection scheme were started in Iran about 10 years ago, and no comprehensive study has been carried out to investigate the effects of this program on mortality-related health indicators yet. The present study aims to examine the impacts of implementation of the family physician program and rural insurance program, which was launched in June 2005, on neonatal (NMR), infant (IMR), and under-5-year (U5MR) mortality rates in rural areas of Iran between 1995 and 2011, using a time-series analysis.

Methods: Three segmented regression models were built to evaluate the effects of the program on NMR, IMR, and U5MR, and several independent variables were entered into the models, including annual incremental effect of the program (variable of interest), time effect, behvarz density, effect of the family physician and rural insurance programs, as well as socioeconomic variables including years of schooling, wealth index, sex ratio, and logarithmic scales of rural population size in each area.

Cilostazol adjunctive therapy in treatment of negative symptoms in chronic schizophrenia: Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study.

Objective: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of cilostazol, a selective inhibitor of phosphodiesterase III, as an adjunctive to risperidone in alleviating the negative symptoms of schizophrenia.

Methods: Eighty-four in-patients with diagnosis of chronic schizophrenia participated in a randomized, placebo-controlled trial and underwent 8 weeks of treatment with either cilostazol (50 mg twice a day) or placebo as an adjuvant to risperidone. Participants were assessed using the positive and negative syndrome scale (PANSS) at baseline and at weeks 2, 4, 6, and 8.

Birth seasonality in rural areas of Iran, analysis of 5,536,262 births from 1992 to 2007.

Purpose: We conducted this study to investigate birth seasonality in rural parts of Iran.

Methods: In this study, patterns of 5,536,262 live births in rural parts of Iran between 1992 and 2007 were studied. Information about birth numbers, environmental factors, and sociocultural status of participants was obtained from previous works.

Evaluation of Appropriateness Admission and Hospital Stay at Educational Hospital.

Background: Appropriate admissions and patients' length of stay are two of the most important indicators of efficient health care delivery in hospitals. Paying due attention to these indicators may lead to optimal use of hospital resources as well as provision of ambulatory services to a larger population of patients. The purpose of the current study is to quantify the rate of inappropriate hospital admissions and days of hospital stay to identify factors affecting them.

Evaluation of a critical care outreach service in a middle-income country: A stepped wedge cluster randomized trial and nested qualitative study.

Purpose: This trial evaluates implementation of critical care outreach in a middle-income country.

Materials And Methods: Critical care outreach delivered by a team of intensive care nurses was implemented across general hospital wards in an Iranian university hospital. The order of implementation was randomized with wards stratified by predicted mortality rates.

Epidemiological Profile of Hepatitis B Virus Infection in Iran in the Past 25 years; A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of General Population Studies.

BACKGROUND Chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is one of the most important health problems worldwide with a high rate of morbidity and mortality. It is a major risk factor for cirrhosis and liver cancer. Currently, Iran is located in the intermediate HBV zone; however, recent studies have provided some evidence indicating an epidemiological change in the country.

Effect size of contributory factors on adverse events: an analysis of RCA series in a teaching hospital.

Background: One of the most important concerns of health care systems in the world is the patient safety issues. Root Cause Analysis is a systematic process for identifying root causes and contributory factors of problems or events. The objective of this study is to review RCA reports to determine the effect size of contributory factors on adverse events through an organizational perspective.

Emotional labour of caring for hematopoietic stem cell transplantation patients: Iranian nurses' experiences.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to describe the emotional labour experienced by nurses who care for hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) patients in Iran.

Methods: Eighteen nurses participated in semi-structured interviews. The interviews were analyzed using qualitative content analysis methods.

Life in limbo: experiences of Iranian hematopoietic stem cell transplantation recipient patients and nurses in a qualitative study.

Background: This study explored the state of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) recipient patients and problems experienced by them and nurse about these state and problems, in Iran.

Methods: Qualitative content analysis was used for analyzing semi-structured interviews with 12 HSCT recipient patients and 18 nurses.

Results: THREE MAIN CATEGORIES DESCRIBED THE HSCT STATE AND PROBLEMS: shadow of death, living with uncertainty, and immersion in problems.

Views of patients undergo hematopoietic stem cell transplantation on their basic needs.

Background: Today, hematopoietic stem cells transplantation (HSCT) has been accepted as a therapeutic approach and is widely applied in many patients with disorders of hematopoietic systems or patients with malignancies. Concomitant use of this therapeutic approach with long term chemotherapeutic procedures and hospitalization requires special care. This study was conducted to examine basic needs of patients after HSCT.

Truth-telling and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: Iranian nurses' experiences.

Background: Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation is a potential cure for a range of life-threatening diseases, but is also associated with a high mortality rate. Nurses encounter a variety of situations wherein they are faced with discussing bad news with hematopoietic stem cell transplantation patients.

Research Objective: The aim of this study was to explore the experiences and strategies used by Iranian nurses related to truth-telling and communicating bad news to hematopoietic stem cell transplantation patients.