Reproductive health needs of HIV serodiscordant couples: a systematic review.

Objectives: HIV is closely linked to reproductive and sexual health. HIV Serodiscordant couples face significant social, reproductive, and sexual challenges. This systematic review aimed to identify their reproductive health needs.

The effect of increasing duration of family members' presence on sleep status in patients with acute coronary syndrome in cardiac care unit: A randomized controlled trial.

Aim: To investigate the effect of increasing duration of family members' presence on sleep status in patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) admitted to the cardiac care unit.

Design: Randomized controlled trial.

Methods: Ninety patients with ACS randomly assigned into two groups.

Comparing the effect of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation and massage therapy on post laparoscopic shoulder pain: a randomized clinical trial.

Background: Shoulder pain is a common clinical problem after laparoscopic surgeries. The use of non-pharmacological massage and transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) as an adjunct to routine treatment is increasing to provide optimal pain relief. Therefore, we aimed to determine the effect of TENS and massage therapy on post laparoscopic shoulder pain (PLSP).

Designing and implementing an OMMID midwifery professional competence mixed test: A multimethod, multiphasic study.

The assessment of professional competence is essential to ensure the achievement of competence standards. The goal of this study is to design and implement a professional competence test model to make the test unified, comprehensive, and fair. This research was a multimethod, multiphasic study.

Effect of couples' online training on maternal-fetal attachment in pregnant women.

Background: Due to the importance of maternal fetal attachment (MFA) in women mental health improvement and considering the fathers' role in MFA promoting, this study conducted to investigate the effect of couple education on maternal fetal attachment.

Materials And Method: This randomized controlled trial was conducted on 100 pregnant women and their husbands referred to six health centers in Sari from May to June 2021. The sampling method was stratified random sampling.

Maternal Health Literacy, Health information-seeking Behavior and Pregnancy Outcomes Among Iranian Pregnant Women: A Cross-Sectional Study.

 Maternal health literacy (MHL) and health information-seeking behavior (HISB) could impact maternal health and pregnancy outcomes. This cross-sectional study investigated MHL, HISBs, and pregnancy outcomes in Iranian pregnant women. This study was also aimed to determine the predictors of MHL and pregnancy outcomes.

Effect of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation of acupoints on respiratory outcomes of COVID-19 patients with moderate pulmonary involvement: A parallel randomized clinical trial.

Background And Aims: Experiencing respiratory symptoms, especially dyspnea and decreased oxygen saturation (SpO) level in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is associated with increased mortality. The present study was conducted to investigate the effect of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation of acupoints (Acu-TENS) on the respiratory outcomes of COVID-19 patients with moderate pulmonary involvement.

Methods: In these three-blind parallel randomized clinical trials, 84 patients with COVID-19 admitted to a referral hospital were selected by the convenience sampling method.

The relationship between teamwork, moral sensitivity, and missed nursing care in intensive care unit nurses.

Background: Teamwork, moral sensitivity, and missed nursing care are important healthcare challenges for Intensive Care Unit (ICU) nurses and the existence of a relationship between these variables can be useful for developing better care improvement strategies. This study aimed to determine the relationship between teamwork, moral sensitivity, and missed nursing care in ICU nurses.

Methods: This is a descriptive cross-sectional study conducted on a total of 200 ICU nurses working at teaching hospitals affiliated to Semnan and Shahroud Universities of Medical Sciences, Semnan, Iran in 2022.

COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths after vaccination: a cohort event monitoring study, Islamic Republic of Iran.

Objective: To investigate the incidence of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases, hospitalizations and deaths in Iranians vaccinated with either AZD1222 Vaxzevria, CovIran® vaccine, SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine (Vero Cell), Inactivated (lnCoV) or Sputnik V.

Methods: We enrolled individuals 18 years or older receiving their first COVID-19 vaccine dose between April 2021 and January 2022 in seven Iranian cities. Participants completed weekly follow-up surveys for 17 weeks (25 weeks for AZD1222) to report their COVID-19 status and hospitalization.

Risk Factors Associated with Mortality in COVID-19 Patient's: Survival Analysis.

Background: The effect of related factors on recovery or death rates may vary from country to country. Therefore, we aimed to investigate the relationship between demographic, clinical, laboratory factors on the survival rates of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Shahroud, Iran.

Methods: This is an analytical study of the estimation of the survival of patients with COVID-19.

Assessment of Medicalization of Pregnancy and Childbirth in Low-risk Pregnancies: A Cross-sectional Study.

Background: Medicalization may lead to over-testing during pregnancy and increased cesarean section (CS). This study investigated the medicalization of low-risk pregnancies and childbirths in Rasht, Iran.

Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 337 postpartum women completed a demographic questionnaire and the Medicalized Pregnancy and Childbirth checklist.

Effectiveness of nurse-led counselling and education on self-efficacy of patients with acute coronary syndrome: A randomized controlled trial.

Aim: Adherence to lifestyle recommendations, medical regimens and cardiac rehabilitation is poor among patients with acute coronary syndrome. The aim of this study was to examine the effect of nurse-led counselling and education using a person-centred care approach on short-term cardiac self-efficacy in patients with acute coronary syndrome.

Design: A parallel, two-armed, randomized controlled trial was conducted.

The effect of zinc supplementation on fatigue among elderly community dwellers: A parallel clinical trial.

Background And Aims: Fatigue is one of the most common complaints of the elderly. This study was conducted to assess the effect of zinc supplements on fatigue among the elderly.

Methods: This randomized clinical trial was conducted on 150 elderly aged ≥60 years who were recruited from the health centers (Kashan, Iran) with a convenience sampling method.

Epidemiological patterns of syndromic symptoms in suspected patients with COVID-19 in Iran: A Latent Class Analysis.

Background: Early diagnosis and supportive treatments are essential to patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Therefore, the current study aimed to determine different patterns of syndromic symptoms and sensitivity and specificity of each of them in the diagnosis of COVID-19 in suspected patients.

Study Design: Cross-sectional study .

Evaluating the effect of prenatal interventions on maternal-foetal attachment: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Aim: This study aimed to evaluate the effect of prenatal interventions on maternal foetal attachment.

Design: Systematic review and meta-analysis.

Methods: In this study, a comprehensive review was performed to find articles published from January 2000 - December 2019 in the form of randomized and non-randomized clinical trials.

Factors affecting triage accuracy in patients with a definitive diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction.

Background: Triage is important to identifying patients with patients acute myocardial infartction (AMI) patients' triage accuracy, this research aims to study it in the ED, regarding factors affecting it.

Methods: This retrospective study analyzed data from patients with an ultimate diagnosis of AMI who had been admitted to the ED of Imam Hossein Hospital in Shahroud, Iran, over the last three years and had met the study criteria. Data were collected from the hospital archives.

Survival Prediction and Feature Selection in Patients with Breast Cancer Using Support Vector Regression.

The Support Vector Regression (SVR) model has been broadly used for response prediction. However, few researchers have used SVR for survival analysis. In this study, a new SVR model is proposed and SVR with different kernels and the traditional Cox model are trained.

Application of mixture models for estimating the prevalence of cigarette smoking in hamadan, iran.

Background: So far, several studies were conducted to estimate the prevalence of cigarette smoking in Iran, but none of them used a statistical model to deal with unobserved smokers. The present study planned to estimate the accurate prevalence of cigarette smoking using mixture of truncated Poisson distribution.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in Hamadan, west of Iran in 2009, using cluster sampling and 1146 men and women aged ≥18 years were enrolled.