The epidemiology and treatment outcomes of COVID-19 patients admitted to an intensive care unit in an Iranian hospital in Neyshabur city.

Background And Aims: The COVID-19 pandemic and the infection of numerous individuals from diverse societies have emerged as major global challenges. Given the limited resources in intensive care units, effective bed management and resource allocation require a deep understanding of the disease. This study aimed to assess the epidemiology and treatment outcomes of COVID-19 patients admitted to an intensive care unit in an Iranian hospital in Neyshabur city.

Improving the reproductive health literacy of couples on the verge of marriage through the FOCUS-PDCA model: Mixed-method study.

Background & Aims: Education and counseling during marriage is an opportunity to raise some issues needed by couples on the verge of marriage. This study was conducted with the aim of improving reproductive and sexual health literacy of couples on the verge of marriage.

Methods: This study was a mixed-methods participatory action research conducted based on the Find, Organize, Clarify, Understand, Select-Plan, Do, Check, Act (FOCUS-PDCA) model in nine steps during 2019-2020 in the city of Bandar Abbas.

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.

Educating fathers to improve exclusive breastfeeding practices: a randomized controlled trial.

Background: Fathers' involvement is crucial for promoting breastfeeding. There are a few studies on the effectiveness of fathers' educational programs to promote exclusive breastfeeding. This study aims to assess the effectiveness of a fathers' educational program on their support for breastfeeding, mothers' breastfeeding practice, and exclusive breastfeeding status.

Quality of life among infertile women living in a paradox of concerns and dealing strategies: A qualitative study.

Aim: The current work investigated the issues that cause apprehension in infertile women, the effects of this disquiet on their quality of life and the strategies that they adopt in dealing with their concerns.

Design: The qualitative research.

Method: This qualitative research sampled participants from a training centre in Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences and a privately owned infertility centre in Mazandaran Province, north of Iran.

Relationship between electronic health literacy, quality of life, and self-efficacy in Tehran, Iran: A community-based study.

Background: The concept of electronic health literacy has become a main focus of health-care professionals along with the increasing use of the Internet. In Iran, the Internet not yet has much impact on providing health services, and the physicians' and patients' community are now more willing to use the traditional method for diagnosing disease and prescribing medicines. This study aimed to determine the correlation between electronic health literacy, quality of life (QoL), and self-efficacy among Tehran citizens.

Weight gain during pregnancy and its associated factors: A Path analysis.

Aim: Weight gain during pregnancy is an important indicator in the prediction of morbidity and mortality in infants and mothers. This study aimed to determine the association factors for weight gain during pregnancy.

Design: A longitudinal study.

The prediction of cervical cancer screening beliefs based on big five personality traits.

Aim: The present study was designed with the aim to predict Pap smear screening beliefs based on Big Five personality traits.

Design: The present cross-sectional study was conducted with 235 women over 18 years of age in Tehran (Iran) in 2018.

Methods: The data collection tools included the demographic information questionnaire, Pap Smear Belief Questionnaire (PSBQ) and the 10-item measure of the Big Five personality traits.

Explaining challenges of obstetric triage structure: A qualitative study.

Aim: The purpose of this study was to explain the challenges of the obstetric triage structure.

Design: The present qualitative research was conducted with directed content analysis approach on 21 members of the triage team and the key informant using purposeful sampling in 2018.

Methods: The method of data collection was semi-structured interviews.

Predictors of physical activity following gestational diabetes: Application of health action process approach.

Aim: Regular physical activity can reduce the chance of developing type 2 diabetes in women with a history of gestational diabetes. The present study investigated the relationship between the constructs of the health action process approach and regular physical activity in women with a history of gestational diabetes.

Design: This was a cross-sectional study.

Admitting women in active labour: A randomised controlled trial about the effects of protocol use on childbirth method and interventions.

Aim: To determine the effects of protocol of admitting women in active labour on childbirth method and interventions during labour and childbirth.

Methods: This single-blind randomised clinical trial was conducted in a public hospital in Mazandaran province (Iran) in 2017. Two hundred nulliparous low-risk women were randomly assigned into intervention and control groups.

Urogenital chlamydia trachomatis treatment failure with azithromycin: A meta-analysis.

Background: Chlamydia Trachomatis is one of the most common pathogens transmitted through the genital tract in humans that leads to urogenital infection.

Objective: Given the high prevalence of chlamydia infection and its adverse effects on the health of women and men, the present meta-analysis was conducted to determine the rate of treatment failure with azithromycin.

Materials And Methods: Databases including MEDLINE, ISI - Web of Science, PubMed, EMBASE, Scopus, ProQuest, and Science Direct were searched for articles published between 1991 and 2018.

Iranian version of Pelvic Girdle Questionnaire: Psychometric properties and cultural adaptation.

Background: The Pelvic Girdle Questionnaire (PGQ) is a tool designed to evaluate pain and disability in pregnant women with pelvic girdle pain (PGP). This study was conducted with the aim of translating and determining the psychometric properties of PGQ in pregnant women in Iran.

Materials And Methods: The present methodological cross-sectional study was conducted on 150 pregnant women living in Tehran in 2017.

A qualitative study on individual experiences of chronic hepatitis B patients.

Aim: The aim of this study was to explain the perception of patients with chronic hepatitis B regarding problems in the Iranian society.

Design: Descriptive qualitative research.

Methods: In this qualitative study, 27 patients with chronic hepatitis B in Iran were selected through purposive sampling.