Causes of Non-Vaccination of Influenza in Healthcare Workers at Zanjan Educational Hospitals, Iran
Causes of Non-Vaccination of Influenza in Healthcare Workers at Zanjan Educational Hospitals, Iran

Mojtaba Kamali Aghdam; Zahra Shojaeyan; Diana Diaz; Kambiz Eftekhari

Volume 7, Issue 10 , October 2019, Pages 10167-10174

https://doi.org/10.22038/ijp.2019.41274.3483

Abstract
  Background: Influenza is an acute respiratory illness that can cause hospitalization, and confers a high mortality rate, especially in high-risk groups. Influenza vaccination for hospital ...  Read More
The Effect of Educational Intervention Based on Health Belief Model to Decrease and Prevent Mobile Phone Addiction among Female High School Students in Iran
The Effect of Educational Intervention Based on Health Belief Model to Decrease and Prevent Mobile Phone Addiction among Female High School Students in Iran

Mohadeseh Khoshgoftar; Maryam Amidi Mazaheri; Mohammad Javad Tarrahi

Volume 7, Issue 10 , October 2019, Pages 10175-10187

https://doi.org/10.22038/ijp.2019.40785.3438

Abstract
  Background Mobile phone has played an increasingly important role in people’s lives; however, there is a global concern that it may cause adverse effects on health. This study ...  Read More
Investigating the Relationship between Smartphone Addiction and Loneliness and its Impact on Motivation to Progress in High School Students
Investigating the Relationship between Smartphone Addiction and Loneliness and its Impact on Motivation to Progress in High School Students

Fatemeh Taghizadeh; Parisa Reyhani; Nader Molavi; Masoudeh Babakhanian; Masumeh Ghazanfarpour; Firoozeh Mirzaee; Zahra Abdollahi; Aniseh Ahmadi; Fahimeh Khorasani

Volume 7, Issue 10 , October 2019, Pages 10187-10193

https://doi.org/10.22038/ijp.2019.41716.3514

Abstract
  Background: Problematic use of new communication technologies, such as smartphone, declines social relationships and increases loneliness. The purpose of the study was to determine ...  Read More
The Comparison of Desfonak with Desferal in Patients with Beta Thalassemia Major: A Randomized Crossover Clinical Trial
The Comparison of Desfonak with Desferal in Patients with Beta Thalassemia Major: A Randomized Crossover Clinical Trial

Mohammad Reza Golpayegani; Nargece Soraya; Reza Akramipour; Mansour Rezaei

Volume 7, Issue 10 , October 2019, Pages 10195-10204

https://doi.org/10.22038/ijp.2019.41060.3459

Abstract
  Background Beta thalassemia (β-thalassemia) is one of the most common genetic disorders that reduces the amount of specific chain production in hemoglobin. The aim of this study ...  Read More
Cardiac Involvement in Mild Cystic Fibrosis Lung Involvement Assessed by Tissue‐Doppler Echocardiography
Cardiac Involvement in Mild Cystic Fibrosis Lung Involvement Assessed by Tissue‐Doppler Echocardiography

Mehdi Ghaderian; Majid Keivanfar; Shiva Barani Beiranvand; Mohsen Reisi

Volume 7, Issue 10 , October 2019, Pages 10205-10214

https://doi.org/10.22038/ijp.2019.41556.3502

Abstract
  Background:Cystic Fibrosis (CF) is a systemic disease affecting extra pulmonary dysfunction as a result of CF-related lung disease. Because of lack of enough studies in this field and ...  Read More
Evaluation of Maternal Anxiety in Mothers of Infants Admitted to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Evaluation of Maternal Anxiety in Mothers of Infants Admitted to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

Zhilla Heydarpoor Damanabad; Leila Valizadeh; Mohamadreza Mansouri Arani; Mohammadbager Hosseini; Mohammad Asgari Jafarabadi; Morteza Mansourian; Arash Ziapour; Omid Safari; Amin Mirzaei; Babk Rastegarimehr

Volume 7, Issue 10 , October 2019, Pages 10215-10224

https://doi.org/10.22038/ijp.2019.41018.3458

Abstract
  Background: Preterm birth and subsequent admission of the infant to neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) can be distressing for parents and lead to their anxiety. The aim of this study ...  Read More
Decretion of Late Onset Sepsis with Enteral Low Dose Lactulose in Very Premature Infants: A Double-Blind Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Pilot Study
Decretion of Late Onset Sepsis with Enteral Low Dose Lactulose in Very Premature Infants: A Double-Blind Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Pilot Study

Amir-Mohammad Armanian; Nima Salehimehr; Hosein Saneian; Elahe Shirani; Mostafa HajiRezaei

Volume 7, Issue 10 , October 2019, Pages 10225-10233

https://doi.org/10.22038/ijp.2019.41124.3466

Abstract
  Background Neonatal sepsis contributes substantially to neonatal morbidity and mortality, and is an ongoing major global public health challenge. We aimed to evaluate the effects of ...  Read More
Prognostic Factors for Improvement of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
Prognostic Factors for Improvement of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

Hoda Shirafkan; Akbar Fotouhi; Javad Mahmoudi-Gharaei; Seyyed Ali Mozaffarpur; Mostafa Hosseini; Mehdi Yaseri

Volume 7, Issue 10 , October 2019, Pages 10235-10242

https://doi.org/10.22038/ijp.2019.42692.3578

Abstract
  Background Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is usually accompanied with other comorbidities that make treatment suboptimal and results in inadequate outcomes. Investigating ...  Read More
Using Social Cognitive Theory to Investigate the Risk Factors of Waterpipe Smoking among Southeastern Iranian Adolescents
Using Social Cognitive Theory to Investigate the Risk Factors of Waterpipe Smoking among Southeastern Iranian Adolescents

Mohammadreza Rajabalipour; Hadi Khoshab; Mohammad Reza Baneshi; Nouzar Nakhaee; Hamid Sharifi; Fateme Tavakoli; Abedin Iranpour

Volume 7, Issue 10 , October 2019, Pages 10243-10253

https://doi.org/10.22038/ijp.2019.40663.3429

Abstract
  Background: Explaining the risk factors of waterpipe smoking (WS) is very necessary in prevention programs. The aim of this study was determining the risk factors and the prevalence ...  Read More
Tumor Necrosis Factor alpha, N-terminal Pro Brain Natriuretic Peptide and Interleukin-6 Correlations with Doppler Tissue Imaging findings in Major Thalassemia Patients
Tumor Necrosis Factor alpha, N-terminal Pro Brain Natriuretic Peptide and Interleukin-6 Correlations with Doppler Tissue Imaging findings in Major Thalassemia Patients

Noor Mohammad Noori; Alireza Teimouri; Maryam Nakhaee Moghadam; Hossein Bagheri

Volume 7, Issue 10 , October 2019, Pages 10255-10268

https://doi.org/10.22038/ijp.2019.40837.3445

Abstract
    Background   In respect to abnormalities in thalassemia patients and the effects of TNF_α, IL_6, and NT-pro-BNP on echocardiography findings the study aimed to investigate ...  Read More
Study of the Spatial Pattern of Malnutrition (Stunting, Wasting and Overweight) in Countries in the World Using Geographic Information System
Study of the Spatial Pattern of Malnutrition (Stunting, Wasting and Overweight) in Countries in the World Using Geographic Information System

Ali Almasi; Alireza Zangeneh; Shahram Saeidi; Samira Rahimi Naderi; Maryam Choobtashani; Fariba Saeidi; Mohammad Reza Salahshoor; Mahnaz Solhi; Arash Ziapour

Volume 7, Issue 10 , October 2019, Pages 10269-10281

https://doi.org/10.22038/ijp.2019.40204.3410

Abstract
  Background: Malnutrition is a great challenge for the public health system. Therefore, this study aimed to study the spatial pattern malnutrition using GIS in the world's countries. ...  Read More
Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome
Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome

Jhon Camacho-Cruz; Luz Dary Gutiérrez-Castañeda; Daniela Pulido; Catalina Echeverri; Betty Bernal; Luisa Bautista; Lizeth Angarita; Andrés Villamil; Laura Guarin; Vanessa Benavides; Natalia Lancheros; Juan Pardo; Monica Bautista

Volume 7, Issue 10 , October 2019, Pages 10283-10289

https://doi.org/10.22038/ijp.2019.42913.3592

Abstract
  The Hutchinson-Gilford syndrome or progeria is a laminopathy generated by mutations that affect LMNA gene. This produces an abnormal protein named progerine which alters the formation ...  Read More
Identification of a Novel Intragenic Deletion of the PHKD1 Gene in a Patient with Autosomal Recessive Polycystic Kidney Disease
Identification of a Novel Intragenic Deletion of the PHKD1 Gene in a Patient with Autosomal Recessive Polycystic Kidney Disease

Leandros Lazaros; Danai Palaiologou; Amelia Pantou; Chaido Koumanzeli; Ioannis Kapetanakis; Emmanouel Kanavakis

Volume 7, Issue 10 , October 2019, Pages 10291-10297

https://doi.org/10.22038/ijp.2019.42674.3576

Abstract
  Background Autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease (ARPKD) is caused by mutations in the PKHD1gene. In the present study, we describe a severe case of ARPKD carrying a point mutation ...  Read More
The Effect of Iron Replacement Therapy on Electrocardiographic Consequences in Pediatric Patients
The Effect of Iron Replacement Therapy on Electrocardiographic Consequences in Pediatric Patients

Vahid Shahriari; Fatemeh Taheri; Forod Salehi Abarghouei

Volume 7, Issue 10 , October 2019, Pages 10299-10309

https://doi.org/10.22038/ijp.2019.41543.3504

Abstract
  Background Sudden cardiac death is an important problem, because the patients have no opportunity to receive medical service. Recently some electrocardiogram (ECG) parameters are used ...  Read More