Publications by authors named "Solaiman Afroughi"

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  • SARS-CoV-2, the virus behind COVID-19, has evolved into several variants since its emergence in late 2019, including the notable Omicron and Delta variants.
  • A systematic review assessed the differences between these variants by analyzing 58 articles and over 10,000 pieces of evidence.
  • Findings indicate that Omicron is linked to lower hospitalization and severity rates compared to Delta, highlighting the need for ongoing monitoring and updated vaccination strategies.
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Introduction: Dental caries is the most common oral health disease of school-aged children around the world. In this study, we aimed to assess the prevalence and associated factors of dental caries in primary schoolchildren in Yasuj township, Iran.

Methods: In this cross-sectional study, a total of 460 children aged 7-12 years were investigated.

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Psychological education for families in the form of a model is one of the effective approaches in managing problems caused by mental health problems. The present study aimed to determine the effect of using the participatory care model on the caregiver burden and resilience of home caregivers of patients with mental disorders. In this clinical trial, 66 households with psychiatric patients hospitalized at Shahid Rajaee Psychiatric Hospital in Yasuj during 2014-2015 were selected and assigned into 2 groups of experimental and intervention based on convenience and simple random sampling.

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Objectives: The main objective of this study was modelling experienced caries of deciduous teeth in 3- 5-years-old children treated in Children's Department of Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran, using the spatial autologistic regression. The other objective was identifying a risk pattern of decayed dents of these children.

Materials And Methods: The study group consisted of 400 children (3- 5-years-old).

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