Preventive behaviors of COVID-19 in the Iranian adult population during the pandemic: Integrated effect of the health belief model and the planned behavior intention using causal path analysis.

Background: This study aimed to investigate the integration of the health belief model (HBM) and the theory of intention to plan preventive behavior for COVID-19 during the pandemic.

Methods: In a cross-sectional study, a sample of 480 adult participants from different outpatient clinics were recruited in the studyhe participant responded by self-report; the health belief model (HBM) scale, preventive behavior scale, subjective norms scale, the intention of planned behavior scale, and perceived control behavior scale were measured. The hypothesized causal path models were examined using SEM analysis.

Reboxetine Combination Therapy With Fluoxetine in Moderate to Severe Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: A Placebo-Controlled, Double-Blind, Randomized Trial.

Objectives: Reboxetine is a potent and selective norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor that was effective in combination with citalopram for resistant obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). This study aims to assess its effectiveness and tolerability in combination with fluoxetine in treating OCD.

Methods: In this 2-center, placebo-controlled, and double-blind, randomized clinical trial, 76 patients with OCD were assigned into 2 parallel groups to receive fluoxetine (up to 80 mg/d) plus placebo (F + P) or fluoxetine (up to 80 mg/d) plus reboxetine (F + R) (10 mg twice daily) for 10 weeks.

Association of social support, spirituality with psychological factors in Iranian breast cancer survivors: An evidence from a cross-sectional study.

Aims: The aim of this study was to explore the protective role of social support and spirituality in the prevention of depression, anxiety and fatigue severity.

Design: In a cross-sectional study, 305 women of breast cancer survivors were recruited in the study.

Methods: The participants answered a self-reported the hospital anxiety and depression scale, fatigue severity scale (FSS), social support and spiritual health questionnaires.

Factor structure and reliability of Persian version of hospital anxiety and depression scale in patients with breast cancer survivors.

Introduction: Anxiety and depression are significant concerns in breast cancer patients, and it may remain for a long term after primary treatments. The hospital anxiety and depression scale (HADS) is widely used to measure depressive and anxiety symptoms in clinical practices. The purpose of this study was to assess the psychometric properties of the Persian version of this scale in Iranian breast cancer survivors.

Is educational level associated with breast cancer risk in Iranian women?

Background And Objective: A high educational level has been found to be a risk factor of breast cancer. However, it is not clear whether such association persists after adjustment for individual risk factors of breast cancer such as parity in Iranian women.

Methods: We conducted a case-control study of 100 histologically confirmed breast cancer cases and 200 age-matched controls in a genetically homogenous population, in Babol, northern Iran.