Barriers to physical activity in the Iranian population: findings from the STEPwise surveillance 2021.

Background: Physical inactivity is a critical predictor of all-cause mortality and many non-communicable diseases (NCD) including coronary heart disease, diabetes, hypertension, dementia, and several cancers. The main objective of this study was to determine the main barriers to physical activity based on the STEPwise Surveillance in Iran in 2021, to guide policymakers in developing the most effective physical activity increasing strategies.

Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 27,515 female and male individuals aged over 18 years from the STEPwise Surveillance 2021.

Barriers and enablers of adherence to high-intensity interval training among patients with cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Objective: Physical activity confers physical and psychosocial benefits for cancer patients and decreases morbidity and mortality, but adherence varies. High-intensity interval training (HIIT) is time-efficient and may improve adherence. Our aim was to determine barriers and enablers of adherence to HIIT in patients diagnosed with cancer.

Evaluating the association between lifetime physical activity and oral squamous cell carcinoma: A case-control study.

Purpose: Oral cancers are the 6th most common malignancy worldwide and oral squamous cell carcinoma, comprises over 90% of oral cancers. This study investigates the relationship between physical activity level during the lifetime and oral squamous cell carcinoma risk.

Methods: 100 oral squamous cell carcinoma patients and 200 healthy individuals participated in this case-control study.

Increasing Burden of Lower-Extremity Fractures in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA): A 30-Year Epidemiological Analysis.

Background: Lower-extremity fractures (LEFs) account for >30% of all skeletal injuries, contributing to the global health and economic burden. Fracture epidemiology in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region has been studied little. Health factors and disease epidemiology differ greatly among populations in MENA despite cultural, political, and economic similarities among the region's countries.

Comparison of the physical activity levels between shift workers and non-shift workers in a large-scale cross-sectional study in Iran.

Background: Shift work has been related to adverse health outcomes that can partially be attributed to physical inactivity. However, our knowledge of the influence of shift work on physical activity and sedentary behavior is inconclusive. Therefore, this study aimed to assess physical activity levels among shift and non-shift workers among a sample of Iranian adults.

The role of moderate- and high-intensity supervised aerobic training in reducing steatosis and hepatic fibrosis in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease; a randomized controlled trial.

Aim: This study aimed to compare the effect of the same volume of moderate- and high-intensity aerobic exercise on patients' liver steatosis and fibrosis.

Background: Exercise is known strategy to deal with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD).

Methods: This Randomized Control Trial was performed on 60 patients randomly assigned to three arms of the study (1:1:1).

Translation, Cross-Cultural Adaptation, and Validation of the Persian Version of the Lifetime Total Physical Activity Questionnaire.

Background: This study aimed to translate and cross-culturally adapt the Lifetime Total Physical Activity Questionnaire (LTPAQ) for use in Persian-speaking countries as well as evaluate its validity and reliability.

Methods: There were 3 stages to this study. First, a forward-backward translation method was used to develop a Persian version of the LTPAQ.

Conceptualization and development of a questionnaire to determine physical activity barriers.

Purpose: Considering the role of physical activity on public health and the high prevalence of physical inactivity worldwide, determining physical activity barriers is critical and will be a road map for future planning. This study aimed to develop a comprehensive questionnaire to determine physical activity barriers.

Methods: By reviewing previous studies, the main domains of the questionnaire were established.

The effect of exercise rehabilitation on COVID-19 outcomes: a systematic review of observational and intervention studies.

Purpose: Disturbance to physical and psychological characteristics among COVID-19 survivors are not uncommon complications. In the current systematic review, we aimed to investigate the role of exercise rehabilitation programs, either in acute or post-acute phase, on COVID-19 patients' outcomes.

Methods: A systematic search was conducted in November 2021 of Web of Sciences, PubMed-Medline, Google Scholar, and Scopus.

Iranian National Clinical Practice Guideline for Exercise in Patients with Diabetes.

Context: Growing evidence highlights the importance of physical activity as a critical element for the prevention and control of diabetes. However, there is no clinical practice guideline focusing on the different aspects of exercise in patients with diabetes, especially for the Iranian population.

Objective: We aimed to prepare and adopt a clinical practice guideline to provide well-defined, simple, and concise responses to certain questions related to physical activity and exercise in all patients with diabetes, including type 1, 2, and gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM).

Filaggrin single nucleotide polymorphisms in atopic dermatitis.

Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a relapsing chronic pruritic inflammatory disease of skin for which no monogenic cause has been identified so far. Meanwhile, the filaggrin (FLG) gene is considered as the most important gene associated with predisposition to the disease. One hundred and six patients with AD and 105 healthy individuals were enrolled in this study.

Hemostatic profile in healthy premature neonates; does birth weight affect the coagulation profile?

Context: There are limited studies assessing the neonatal hemostatic factors in relation to birth weight.

Aims: This study aims to compare the coagulation factors between three groups of neonates with different birth weight for gestational age (GA).

Settings And Design: In a cross-sectional study, 74 healthy premature neonates were involved.

Status of immunity against PVB19 in HIV-infected patients according to CD4(+) cell count, and antiretroviral therapy regimen groups.

Background: Human Parvovirus B19 (PVB19) is among the aetiology of aplastic crisis in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients. Several studies have indicated the importance of an infection agent in bringing about complications in immuno-compromised patients. The current study aims to determine the seroprevalence of IgM and IgG antibodies to PVB19 among HIV-positive patients and its association with clinical and epidemiological factors.

Serum thyroid stimulating hormone, total and free T4 during the neonatal period: Establishing regional reference intervals.

Context: Congenital hypothyroidism (CH), the most common etiology of preventable mental retardation in children, is estimated to be more prevalent among Asian population.

Aims: Since thyroid function tests (TFTs) varied among different ages and geographical regions, in this study, the neonatal thyroid reference intervals in a healthy neonatal population is determined for the first time in Iran.

Settings And Design: A cross-sectional study performed on 246 healthy term newborns aged between 2 days and 1 month.