Unmet Needs, Pain, Shame, Regret, and Loss of Identity among Men with Urethral Injuries Resulting from Traffic Accidents; A Qualitative Study.

Introduction: Urethral injuries are the most severe injuries caused by high-energy mechanisms such as traffic accidents, which have significant long-term serious consequences on the quality of life of the injured.

Objectives: Exploration of lived experiences of urethral injury in traffic accident victims is the main goal of this study.

Methods: This is a phenomenological qualitative study among men suffering from urethral injuries due to traffic accidents and referred to hospitals for urethroplasty in Iran.

Prevalence of substance use among Iranian male adolescents: Systematic review and meta-analysis.

Background And Aims: Substance use among adolescents is one of the most challenging behavioral disorders with direct consequences. It is of the essence (that) the prevalence of substance use is investigated among Iranian male adolescents.

Methods: The present study is a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Mediated effects of insomnia, psychological distress and medication adherence in the association of eHealth literacy and cardiac events among Iranian older patients with heart failure: a longitudinal study.

Background: Given the importance of improving health for patients with heart failure, the present study examined the temporal associations between eHealth literacy, insomnia, psychological distress, medication adherence, quality of life and cardiac events among older patients with heart failure.

Methods: With a longitudinal design older patients with echocardiography verified heart failure (=468; 50.4% New York Heart Association class II, mean age 69.

Psychometric evaluation of the Persian Internet Disorder Scale among adolescents.

Background And Aims: Given the growing epidemiological research interest concerning Internet addiction, brief instruments with a robust theoretical basis are warranted. The Internet Disorder Scale (IDS-15) is one such instrument that can be used to quickly assess the Internet addiction in an individual. However, only two language versions of the IDS-15 have been developed.

First report of Tasmanian sheep strain (G2) genotype isolated from Iranian goat using the high resolution melting (HRM) analysis.

Aim: The present study was aimed to evaluate genotypes isolated from goats using HRM analysis in Isfahan province.

Background: Cystic echincoccosis, so-called hydatidosis, is widespread infection caused by the larval stage of . This is an important zoonotic disease worldwide, especially in the developing countries such as Iran.