Caring for the mental health of Afghan refugee youth through a decolonial paradigm: A qualitative analysis of distress, coping mechanisms, and priorities for treatment.

Despite the compounded adversities that displaced youth must navigate throughout their forced migration, they consistently exhibit steadfastness in caring for themselves and their families. Extant scholarship, however, often frames these individuals as needy and inept at informing the models of mental health care they are offered. In this study, we use semistructured interviews to learn from the experiences of Afghan refugee youth (N = 34; M age = 19; range 18-24) who were resettled in the United States after the United States withdrawal from Afghanistan in August of 2021 and explore their insights that can inform decolonial and equitable mental health services.

Unlocking the Potential: How Flavonoids Affect Angiogenesis, Oxidative Stress, Inflammation, Proliferation, Invasion, and Alter Receptor Interactions in Endometriosis.

Endometriosis, though not classified as a carcinogenic condition, shares features such as oxidative stress, migration, invasion, angiogenesis, and inflammation with tumor cells. This study aims to review the effects of flavonoids on these processes and their molecular mechanisms in preventing and treating endometriosis. A comprehensive review was conducted, involving a literature search in online databases using keywords like "endometriosis," "endometrioma," and "flavonoid.

The effect of educational intervention through sending emails on improving physical posture in female computer users of Eastern Iran: a quasi-experiment study.

Background: Musculoskeletal disorders are among the most common occupational injuries and disabilities in developing and industrialized countries. This study aims to determine the effectiveness of e-mail training to improve the physical posture of female computer users at Birjand University of Medical Sciences in Iran.

Methods: The present interventional research explores the effect of email-based training to correct the body posture of female computer users in Birjand, Iran.

Evaluation of the Relative Frequency of Preinjury Activity Recovery in Anterior Cruciate Ligament Replacement Patients: A Cohort Study.

Background: Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury has an incidence of 0.05-0.08 per thousand.

Effects of combining sensory-motor exercises with transcranial direct current stimulation on cortical processing and clinical symptoms in patients with lumbosacral radiculopathy: An exploratory randomized controlled trial.

Background: Chronic low back pain (CLBP) is linked to reduced excitability in the primary motor (M1) and sensory (S1) cortices. Combining sensory-motor exercises with transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) to boost M1 and S1 excitability may improve treatment outcomes. This combined approach aligns with the neurophysiological mechanisms underlying CLBP and may target the neuroplastic changes induced by low back pain.

Predictors of treatment adherence in patients with type 2 diabetes: a cross-sectional study in Southern Iran based on Pender's Health Promotion Model using structural equation modelling.

Objectives: Treatment adherence in type 2 diabetes (T2D) is an important factor in optimal diabetes control and prevention of mortality. The present study aimed to determine the predictability of Pender's Health Promotion Model (HPM) constructs in T2D treatment adherence behaviour.

Design: The present cross-sectional and analytical study was conducted from November 2022 to January 2023.

Psychometrics evaluation of the Persian version of Attitudes toward Patient Safety Questionnaire (APSQ-III) in nursing students.

Background: The topic of patient safety and attitudes toward patient safety among health professionals is a main priority of healthcare systems globally. This study aims to investigate the psychometric properties of APSQ-III among Iranian nursing students.

Methods: There were 307 undergraduate nursing students who participated in the cross-sectional methodological study, from December 2022 to January 2023.

The Effectiveness of Educational Intervention in Promoting Preventive Behaviors of Dengue Fever in Southern Iran: Applying Health Belief Model (HBM).

Background And Aims: Diseases transmittable by Aedes mosquito affect the health of millions of people every year, however, they can be effectively prevented. This study aimed to apply the Health Belief Model (HBM) in promoting preventive behaviors against dengue fever in southern Iran.

Methods: In this quasi-experimental study, 320 people were randomly selected through multi-stage cluster sampling in 2022 (161 in the intervention group and 159 in the control group).

Lipid variability in drug-naïve individuals affected with Major Depressive Disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Background: This study aimed to provide a comprehensive synthesis of the evidence examining lipid profiles in drug-naïve MDD patients.

Materials And Methods: We searched PubMed, Scopus, and ISI Web of Science up to August 2023 for total cholesterol, HDL-C, LDL-C, and triglyceride levels in drug-naïve MDD patients.

Results: A total of 17 articles comprising 2174 individuals including drug-naïve MDD subjects and controls were included.

Comparison of radial artery occlusion between traditional radial access and distal radial access for coronary angiography and intervention: A prospective cohort study.

Background: The radial approach is now recommended as the default strategy in diagnostic coronary angiography and percutaneous coronary intervention. Radial artery occlusion (RAO) is the most common complication that limits subsequent angiographic procedures through this access. Recently, distal radial access (DRA) has been recommended as an alternative access site.

Prediction of physical activity and nutritional behaviors based on social cognitive theory in middle-aged population at risk of coronary artery disease in Bandar Abbas.

Coronary artery disease (CAD) is the most common cardiovascular disease and the main cause of mortality in developing countries. Since physical activity and nutritional behaviors are modifiable risk factors in people at risk of CAD, the present study aims to explore the effect of an intervention based on the social cognitive theory (SCT) on physical activity and nutritional behaviors in middle-aged population at risk of CAD in the city of Bandar Abbas. The present cross-sectional study was conducted on 519 middle-aged subjects who visited the healthcare centers in Bandar Abbas, southern Iran, in 2023.

Effect of an educational intervention based on health belief model on preventive behaviors against malaria in over 18-year-old Afghan immigrants living in Parsian.

Background: Malaria disease is one of the most dangerous protozoan parasitic infections with a high mortality rate in developing countries. Malaria is a public health issue, especially in Hormozgan province, and is highly affected by foreign immigrants (Pakistani and Afghani); thus, the present study aimed to evaluate the effect of an intervention based on the health belief model (HBM) on the promotion of malaria prevention behaviors in Afghani immigrants over the age of 18. The participants resided in Persian city in Hormozgan province.

Investigating the correlation between health-promoting lifestyle and health hardiness with quality of life.

Introduction: Quality of life (QOL) is a key concept in the field of health and future human life depends on understanding the factors affecting the QOL. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between health hardiness and health-promoting lifestyle with QOL among residents of Bastak city.

Methods: The present cross-sectional study was conducted on the adult population above the age of 18 years living in Bastak city in Hormozgan province.

Predictors of self-care behaviors in patients with hypertension: The integrated model of theories of "planned behavior" and "protection motivation".

Background: Assessment of self-care behaviors in patients with hypertension may provide clinicians and practitioners with important information about how to better control hypertension. Therefore, the present study aimed to explore the predictors of self-care behaviors in patients with hypertension based on an integrated model of theories of planned behavior and protection motivation.

Materials And Methods: The present cross-sectional study was part of a larger study, conducted in 2022 on 344 hypertensive patients from Khamir County in Hormozgan Province in Iran.

Home, School, and Community-based Services for Forcibly Displaced Youth and Their Families.

Forced displacement can expose youth to unimaginable levels of traumatic life events. We discuss how home-based, school-based, and community-based services can be strategically situated to address the psychological sequelae of such events. Given the systemic challenges that refugee youth face when establishing trust in their new environments, are often from collectivist cultural backgrounds, espouse stigma towards professional help seeking, and must prioritize accessing services for their basic needs, these types of settings can be particularly relevant.

Clinical outcomes of transcatheter closure of congenital coronary artery fistula in 28 cases.

Most cases of congenital coronary artery fistula (CAF) resolve spontaneously, symptomatic patients with severe shunting require surgical intervention. Our aim is to evaluate success rate and outcome of CAFs treatment using transcatheter interventional methods.This retrospective study conducted on 28 CAF patients who were referred to Rajaie Cardiovascular Medical and Research Center in Tehran between 2015 and 2020.

Psychometrics properties of type 2 diabetes treatment adherence questionnaire (DTAQ): a study based on Pender's health promotion model.

Background: Management of type 2 diabetes (T2D) as a chronic disease requires treatment adherence such as controlling the blood glucose level and adopting a healthy lifestyle. The present study aimed to develop and psychometrically evaluate a questionnaire based on the Pender's Health Promotion Model (HPM) to measure treatment adherence and the associated factors among T2D patients.

Methods: The present study was conducted in qualitative and the quantitative phases between March 2022 and March 2023.

Percutaneous versus surgical closure of paravalvular leaks in prosthetic valves: A cross-sectional comparison of clinical outcomes.

Background And Aims: Paravalvular leak (PVL) is a serious complication of prosthetic valve replacement. Both surgical and percutaneous closure techniques are used for PVL closure, but optimal strategies and comparative outcomes are uncertain. This study aimed to compare the efficacy and safety of percutaneous versus surgical PVL closure by analyzing changes in leak severity, functional status, echocardiographic parameters, and clinical outcomes.

Interactions Between Oral Microbiota and Cancers in the Aging Community: A Narrative Review.

The oral microbiome potentially wields significant influence in the development of cancer. Within the human oral cavity, an impressive diversity of more than 700 bacterial species resides, making it the second most varied microbiome in the body. This finely balanced oral microbiome ecosystem is vital for sustaining oral health.

A health promotion model-based intervention to enhance treatment adherence in patients with type 2 diabetes.

Background: The present study aimed to determine the effect of an intervention based on Pender's health promotion model (HPM) on treatment adherence in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D).

Methods: The present quasi-experimental study with a 3-month follow-up was conducted in Bandar Abbas, a city in the south of Iran in 2023. The intervention group (IG) with a total number of 95 T2D patients was selected from Hormuz diabetes clinic and the control group (CG) with 95 T2D patients was selected from comprehensive health centers through a clustering sampling method.

Green-synthesized copper oxide nanoparticles induce apoptosis and up-regulate and in pancreatic cancer cells.

CuO nanoparticles were synthesized using an extract from algae (SLCuO NPs). Their effect on PANC-1 cells and the expression of two drug resistance-related lncRNAs were evaluated in comparison with Arsenic trioxide. SLCuO NPs were characterized using XRD, SEM, and TEM microscopies.