Publications by authors named "Seyed Ali Dastgheib"
Article Synopsis
- Sleep disorders are common among Iranian adults, with a study showing that 44.1% of participants experience various issues like insomnia and excessive daytime sleepiness in 2022.
- The study surveyed 6013 individuals using demographic forms and sleep disorder questionnaires, employing statistical analysis to interpret the results.
- Significant relationships were found between sleep disorders and demographic factors, such as age, income, and BMI, indicating that these variables contribute to the prevalence of sleep issues in the community.
Background: Allergic rhinitis is the most common allergic disease. It can accompany psychological disorders such as tic disorders due to the prolonged course of the symptoms of allergic rhinitis. This pioneer case-control study aims to investigate tic disorders in children and adolescents under 18 years of age diagnosed with allergic rhinitis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: Opinions of healthcare professionals may shape their attitudes towards any given condition and patient population. The aim of the current study was to gather the views of healthcare providers on some of the issues on symptomatology and terminology of functional seizures (FS).
Methods: This was a questionnaire study that was sent to all neurologists and psychiatrists practicing in Fars province, Iran.
Objectives: The aim of the current study was to gather the views of healthcare providers practicing in the field of psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES) on the issue of "disability benefits eligibility and PNES".
Methods: This was a questionnaire study that was sent to all neurologists and psychiatrists practicing in Fars province, Iran. The survey included seven questions: one question about professional qualifications, one question on the participants' personal experience with the topic of interest (i.
Objectives: The objectives of this study were 1) to review the literature about "job/employment and psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES)" and 2) to gather the views of neurologists and psychiatrists on the issue of job consultation in patients with PNES.
Methods: Phase one involved a systematic literature review; phase two involved the collection of the views of neurologists and psychiatrists, practicing in Fars province, Iran, on the issue of job consultation in patients with PNES. A questionnaire was designed for the purpose of this study.
Background: About 50% of obsessive-compulsive disorder patients still suffer significant symptoms even after the recommended first-line therapy. This demonstrates the necessity to investigate strategies to improve alleviation of symptoms.
Objective: The main objective of this study was to investigate the efficacy of a 5-hydroxytryptophan 3 receptor antagonist, tropisetron, as an adjuvant therapy to selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, in ameliorating obsessive-compulsive disorder symptoms.
Background: Escitalopram has some unique features among selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors. The aim of this survey is to compare the efficacy of escitalopram with sertraline on obsessive and compulsive symptoms in patients with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD).
Methods: In this 12-week double blind controlled randomized clinical trial, 57 patients with OCD were randomly allocated to receive escitalopram or sertraline.
Efficacy of Nepeta Menthoides Boiss and Buhse Freeze-Dried Aqueous Extract on Anxiety of Patients with Depression: A Double-Blind Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial.
Iran J Med Sci
May 2016
Background: The efficacy and safety of Nepeta menthoides freeze-dried aqueous extract were assessed on the anxiety of patients suffering from depression.
Method: Patients received either N. menthoides formulation (400 mg/BID) or Sertraline (50 mg/BID) for 4 weeks.
Duloxetine Augmentation in Resistant Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: A Double-Blind Controlled Clinical Trial.
J Clin Psychopharmacol
December 2016
Introduction: The aim of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of duloxetine augmentation in treatment of resistant obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).
Methods: This augmentation trial was designed as an 8-week randomized controlled, double-blind study. Forty-six patients experiencing OCD who had failed to respond to at least 12 weeks of treatment with a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (fluoxetine, citalopram, or fluvoxamine) were randomly allocated to receive duloxetine or sertraline plus their current anti-OCD treatment.
Background: Depression is the most common psychiatric disorder in the world. The conventional medications for depression, however, often have significant side effects. These adverse effects of conventional therapies, have motivated researchers to study alternative options including complementary and traditional treatments for solving the problem.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To evaluate and describe the sleep quality in seven subscales among the patients with mild traumatic brain injury (TBI) and compare it with normal patterns.
Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted within a 6-month period from February to August 2014 in Shahid Rajaei trauma center of Shiraz. Participants were selected randomly from all adult (18-60 years of age) patients admitted during the study period with impression of mild TBI (GCS of more than 13).
Background And Objective: Selecting the most effective treatment for major depressive disorder (MDD) is a challenge for clinicians. The aim of this study was to compare the effects of sertraline with duloxetine on major depression signs and symptoms.
Methods: The trial was a 6-week, randomized, controlled, double-blind study.
Background And Objective: Residual sleeping disturbances after improvement of depression in major depressed patients are associated with more functional problems, increased relapses and more risk of becoming resistant to treatment. The aim of this study was to compare the efficacy of gabapentin with clonazepam for treating residual sleeping disturbances.
Methods: This comparative trial was designed as a randomized, controlled, double-blind study.