Background. Burnout is a psychological syndrome identified by different degrees of emotional exha... more Background. Burnout is a psychological syndrome identified by different degrees of emotional exhaustion depersonalization and a low sense of personal accomplishment, which is an increasing problem among medical students. Emotional intelligence is a set of noncognitive skills that propagates an individual’s capability to encounter environmental complications, particularly burnout, successfully. This research was conducted to investigate the relationship between emotional intelligence and academic burnout among medical students. Methods. This cross-sectional study was carried out on 136 medical students at Tehran University of Medical Sciences in 2018. Data were collected by a demographic checklist, Siberia Schering’s Emotional Intelligence questionnaire, and Bresso Academic Burnout questionnaire and analyzed by SPSS22 software using descriptive methods and linear regression tests. The significance level was set at a P value <0.05. Results. The study enrolled 136 medical students, ...
Background Obesity or overweight in children is an excessive accumulation of adipose tissue that ... more Background Obesity or overweight in children is an excessive accumulation of adipose tissue that can potentially regress health indicators and increase the likelihood of various diseases. Objectives This model was implemented to improve the nutritional status and lifestyle behavior of children aged 6–12 years with overweight/obesity. Methods A quasi-experimental design with 90 participants in each control and intervention group with a multistage cluster random sampling method after reviewing the literature, and their screening by experts were adopted. Results After 6 months there were significant differences in Body Mass Index and weight for age percentile values of children allocated in control and intervention groups after controlling for beginning values (p = 0.024, Partial eta2 = 0.028, 0.044, Partial eta2 = 0.023), respectively. Although there was an increased rate in BMI and weight for age percentile in both groups this increase in the control group after the 6th month signifi...
Objective Autism spectrum disease (ASD) is not a common diagnosis for children presenting with ne... more Objective Autism spectrum disease (ASD) is not a common diagnosis for children presenting with neurodevelopmental delay before 36 months in Iran. Although recent years have witnessed improvements in diagnosis of pediatrics psychological disorders the role of referral system starting with health care workers (HCW) is not clear. Therefore, we aimed to investigate the common concepts about ASD among pediatricians and HCW. Materials & Methods Pediatricians were randomly selected from four teaching hospital of Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran in 2012-13. HCW were randomly selected from 3 urban health care centers in Tehran, Iran. DSM-IV TR criteria for ASD was used to assess knowledge. Participants were asked to rate sixteen statements on beliefs about autism to assess attitude. Results Overall, 122 pediatricians and 90 HCWs with mean ± SD age of 36±4.7 yr and 76.4% being female recruited. Pediatricians had significantly higher encounter with autistic patients (18% vs....
Background: Febrile seizures are the most common convulsive disorder in children. There is growin... more Background: Febrile seizures are the most common convulsive disorder in children. There is growing evidence that vitamin D can affect gene expression and modulate various cell metabolisms. Also vitamin D may have a role in the etiology of febrile seizures. We aimed to explore vitamin D status in children with febrile seizure. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 40 children with first episode of febrile seizure referring to Children's Medical Center in Tehran, Iran. A 5 ml blood sample was taken from the peripheral veins of each participant. Serum levels of vitamin D, calcium, phosphorus, parathyroid hormone (PTH), and alkaline phosphates (ALP) was recorded. Other variables that were recorded from each case were gender, age, parental consanguinity and family history of febrile seizure. Patients’ skin color was categorized based on Fitzpatrick’s scale. We asked the parents to complete a validated food frequency questionnaire including vitamin D sourc...
Background: Acne is a chronic inflammatory skin disease and a cosmetic problem with considerable ... more Background: Acne is a chronic inflammatory skin disease and a cosmetic problem with considerable emotional and psychological side effects and symptoms, such as pain and pruritus. Some controversies exist concerning the involvement of dietary factors, including glycemic load (GL), in the pathogenesis of acne. Accordingly, we aimed to determine the role of GL and anthropometric measures in acne development among girls aged 12-18 years in Tehran, Iran.Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 99 girls (45 girls without acne and 54 girls with acne) aged 12 18 years completed a threeday food record. Anthropometric measures, such as height, weight, waist circumference, and body mass index (BMI), were also assessed. Additionally, an expert dermatologist scored the severity of acne, and then, anthropometric measures and GL were examined in the groups.Results: The results showed no significant difference in dietary GL, height, weight, BMI, and waist circumference between the groups. Furthermor...
Objective We aimed to assess the possible relationship between vitamin D deficiency and gross mot... more Objective We aimed to assess the possible relationship between vitamin D deficiency and gross motor developmental milestones in Iranian children in Tehran City, Iran. Materials & Methods In this cross-sectional study, 186 healthy children of one-yr-old age referring to a children hospital in Tehran, Iran from May 2015 to April 2016, were enrolled. The gross motor developmental milestone of children and their serum vitamin D concentration were evaluated. Results Overall, 186 children, 92 males (49.5%) were studied. Twenty-four patients (12.9%) just were able to sit without support, and 40 patients (21.5%) to stand alone and to sit without support. Besides, 122 patients (65.6%) were able to walk with assistant or alone and to sit without support and stand alone. Vitamin D was sufficient in 148 children (79.6%), insufficient in 32 (17.2%) and deficient in 6 (3.2%). Sufficient vitamin D was significantly correlated with walking ability (P<0.001, OR=3.9, 95%CI=1.9-8.4). Conclusion Con...
Background: Acne is a common chronic inflammatory skin disease predominantly occurring during ado... more Background: Acne is a common chronic inflammatory skin disease predominantly occurring during adolescence; this condition adversely affects a person’s self-esteem and can be associated with metabolic disorders. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of metabolic syndrome and its components in adolescent girls with acne compared to a control group. Materials and Methods: In this cross-sectional study,105 adolescent girls aged 12-18 years were assigned to either the acne (case; n=55) or control group (n=50). The case group was selected from the Dermatology Department of a general hospital in Tehran, Iran, between January and August 2017. Acne lesions were confirmed and graded by a dermatologist. Clinical and biochemical parameters were evaluated for all participants. Results: The prevalence of metabolic syndrome in patients with and without acne was 18.2% and 14%, respectively. As a result, metabolic syndrome was not correlated with acne in adolescent girls (P=0.561). In addi...
International Journal of High Risk Behaviors and Addiction, 2021
Background: Exposure to new communication systems via the Internet and mobile phone can be detrim... more Background: Exposure to new communication systems via the Internet and mobile phone can be detrimental if cyberbullying is the case. Objectives: The present study aimed to investigate the prevalence of cyberbullying and detect its contributing factors. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was performed in four girls’ and boys’ high schools in District 17, Tehran, Iran. About 288 adolescents were selected using the simple random method. The research instrument was a researcher-made questionnaire encompassing three sections (namely, the experience of being cyberbullied, the experience of attempts at cyberbullying, and close friends’ exposure to cyberbullying). Data were analyzed with SPSS software. The Kolmogorov-Smirnov test, the chi-square test, and the Mann-Whitney test were used to analyze the data (P < 0.05). Results: Eighty-five of the respondents (29.82%) had experienced being cyberbullied, 89 persons (30.90%) had made attempts at cyberbullying, and 117 individu...
BACKGROUND: This study was designed to assess the clinical judgment of medical students in surger... more BACKGROUND: This study was designed to assess the clinical judgment of medical students in surgery clinical decision-making by a standard examination after lecture-based learning (LBL) or problem-based learning (PBL). MATERIALS AND METHODS: A prospective randomized trial study on 175 medical students whom were randomly allocated to three groups was performed during November 2017 and January 2018. LBL group (n = 103), PBL group led by an attending (n = 39), and PBL group (n = 33) led by an intern. Chi-squared test and independent student t-test were used to compare between the two groups. All the analyses were performed by the two-sided method using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences software (SPSS version 22; SPSS, Inc., Chicago, IL, USA), and a P < 0.05 set as statistically significant. RESULTS: The students in the PBL group scored significantly higher on the posttraining multiple-choice examination, compared to the LBL group (P = 0.048). However, there was no significant difference between the PBL group led by an attending and the PBL group led by an intern (P = 0.892). CONCLUSION: We concluded that PBL remarkably increased the students’ scores in the problem-solving examination, as compared to the conventional method. We found no significant differences in PBL facilitated by an attending or an intern.
Background. Burnout is a psychological syndrome identified by different degrees of emotional exha... more Background. Burnout is a psychological syndrome identified by different degrees of emotional exhaustion depersonalization and a low sense of personal accomplishment, which is an increasing problem among medical students. Emotional intelligence is a set of noncognitive skills that propagates an individual’s capability to encounter environmental complications, particularly burnout, successfully. This research was conducted to investigate the relationship between emotional intelligence and academic burnout among medical students. Methods. This cross-sectional study was carried out on 136 medical students at Tehran University of Medical Sciences in 2018. Data were collected by a demographic checklist, Siberia Schering’s Emotional Intelligence questionnaire, and Bresso Academic Burnout questionnaire and analyzed by SPSS22 software using descriptive methods and linear regression tests. The significance level was set at a P value <0.05. Results. The study enrolled 136 medical students, ...
Background Obesity or overweight in children is an excessive accumulation of adipose tissue that ... more Background Obesity or overweight in children is an excessive accumulation of adipose tissue that can potentially regress health indicators and increase the likelihood of various diseases. Objectives This model was implemented to improve the nutritional status and lifestyle behavior of children aged 6–12 years with overweight/obesity. Methods A quasi-experimental design with 90 participants in each control and intervention group with a multistage cluster random sampling method after reviewing the literature, and their screening by experts were adopted. Results After 6 months there were significant differences in Body Mass Index and weight for age percentile values of children allocated in control and intervention groups after controlling for beginning values (p = 0.024, Partial eta2 = 0.028, 0.044, Partial eta2 = 0.023), respectively. Although there was an increased rate in BMI and weight for age percentile in both groups this increase in the control group after the 6th month signifi...
Objective Autism spectrum disease (ASD) is not a common diagnosis for children presenting with ne... more Objective Autism spectrum disease (ASD) is not a common diagnosis for children presenting with neurodevelopmental delay before 36 months in Iran. Although recent years have witnessed improvements in diagnosis of pediatrics psychological disorders the role of referral system starting with health care workers (HCW) is not clear. Therefore, we aimed to investigate the common concepts about ASD among pediatricians and HCW. Materials & Methods Pediatricians were randomly selected from four teaching hospital of Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran in 2012-13. HCW were randomly selected from 3 urban health care centers in Tehran, Iran. DSM-IV TR criteria for ASD was used to assess knowledge. Participants were asked to rate sixteen statements on beliefs about autism to assess attitude. Results Overall, 122 pediatricians and 90 HCWs with mean ± SD age of 36±4.7 yr and 76.4% being female recruited. Pediatricians had significantly higher encounter with autistic patients (18% vs....
Background: Febrile seizures are the most common convulsive disorder in children. There is growin... more Background: Febrile seizures are the most common convulsive disorder in children. There is growing evidence that vitamin D can affect gene expression and modulate various cell metabolisms. Also vitamin D may have a role in the etiology of febrile seizures. We aimed to explore vitamin D status in children with febrile seizure. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 40 children with first episode of febrile seizure referring to Children's Medical Center in Tehran, Iran. A 5 ml blood sample was taken from the peripheral veins of each participant. Serum levels of vitamin D, calcium, phosphorus, parathyroid hormone (PTH), and alkaline phosphates (ALP) was recorded. Other variables that were recorded from each case were gender, age, parental consanguinity and family history of febrile seizure. Patients’ skin color was categorized based on Fitzpatrick’s scale. We asked the parents to complete a validated food frequency questionnaire including vitamin D sourc...
Background: Acne is a chronic inflammatory skin disease and a cosmetic problem with considerable ... more Background: Acne is a chronic inflammatory skin disease and a cosmetic problem with considerable emotional and psychological side effects and symptoms, such as pain and pruritus. Some controversies exist concerning the involvement of dietary factors, including glycemic load (GL), in the pathogenesis of acne. Accordingly, we aimed to determine the role of GL and anthropometric measures in acne development among girls aged 12-18 years in Tehran, Iran.Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 99 girls (45 girls without acne and 54 girls with acne) aged 12 18 years completed a threeday food record. Anthropometric measures, such as height, weight, waist circumference, and body mass index (BMI), were also assessed. Additionally, an expert dermatologist scored the severity of acne, and then, anthropometric measures and GL were examined in the groups.Results: The results showed no significant difference in dietary GL, height, weight, BMI, and waist circumference between the groups. Furthermor...
Objective We aimed to assess the possible relationship between vitamin D deficiency and gross mot... more Objective We aimed to assess the possible relationship between vitamin D deficiency and gross motor developmental milestones in Iranian children in Tehran City, Iran. Materials & Methods In this cross-sectional study, 186 healthy children of one-yr-old age referring to a children hospital in Tehran, Iran from May 2015 to April 2016, were enrolled. The gross motor developmental milestone of children and their serum vitamin D concentration were evaluated. Results Overall, 186 children, 92 males (49.5%) were studied. Twenty-four patients (12.9%) just were able to sit without support, and 40 patients (21.5%) to stand alone and to sit without support. Besides, 122 patients (65.6%) were able to walk with assistant or alone and to sit without support and stand alone. Vitamin D was sufficient in 148 children (79.6%), insufficient in 32 (17.2%) and deficient in 6 (3.2%). Sufficient vitamin D was significantly correlated with walking ability (P<0.001, OR=3.9, 95%CI=1.9-8.4). Conclusion Con...
Background: Acne is a common chronic inflammatory skin disease predominantly occurring during ado... more Background: Acne is a common chronic inflammatory skin disease predominantly occurring during adolescence; this condition adversely affects a person’s self-esteem and can be associated with metabolic disorders. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of metabolic syndrome and its components in adolescent girls with acne compared to a control group. Materials and Methods: In this cross-sectional study,105 adolescent girls aged 12-18 years were assigned to either the acne (case; n=55) or control group (n=50). The case group was selected from the Dermatology Department of a general hospital in Tehran, Iran, between January and August 2017. Acne lesions were confirmed and graded by a dermatologist. Clinical and biochemical parameters were evaluated for all participants. Results: The prevalence of metabolic syndrome in patients with and without acne was 18.2% and 14%, respectively. As a result, metabolic syndrome was not correlated with acne in adolescent girls (P=0.561). In addi...
International Journal of High Risk Behaviors and Addiction, 2021
Background: Exposure to new communication systems via the Internet and mobile phone can be detrim... more Background: Exposure to new communication systems via the Internet and mobile phone can be detrimental if cyberbullying is the case. Objectives: The present study aimed to investigate the prevalence of cyberbullying and detect its contributing factors. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was performed in four girls’ and boys’ high schools in District 17, Tehran, Iran. About 288 adolescents were selected using the simple random method. The research instrument was a researcher-made questionnaire encompassing three sections (namely, the experience of being cyberbullied, the experience of attempts at cyberbullying, and close friends’ exposure to cyberbullying). Data were analyzed with SPSS software. The Kolmogorov-Smirnov test, the chi-square test, and the Mann-Whitney test were used to analyze the data (P < 0.05). Results: Eighty-five of the respondents (29.82%) had experienced being cyberbullied, 89 persons (30.90%) had made attempts at cyberbullying, and 117 individu...
BACKGROUND: This study was designed to assess the clinical judgment of medical students in surger... more BACKGROUND: This study was designed to assess the clinical judgment of medical students in surgery clinical decision-making by a standard examination after lecture-based learning (LBL) or problem-based learning (PBL). MATERIALS AND METHODS: A prospective randomized trial study on 175 medical students whom were randomly allocated to three groups was performed during November 2017 and January 2018. LBL group (n = 103), PBL group led by an attending (n = 39), and PBL group (n = 33) led by an intern. Chi-squared test and independent student t-test were used to compare between the two groups. All the analyses were performed by the two-sided method using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences software (SPSS version 22; SPSS, Inc., Chicago, IL, USA), and a P < 0.05 set as statistically significant. RESULTS: The students in the PBL group scored significantly higher on the posttraining multiple-choice examination, compared to the LBL group (P = 0.048). However, there was no significant difference between the PBL group led by an attending and the PBL group led by an intern (P = 0.892). CONCLUSION: We concluded that PBL remarkably increased the students’ scores in the problem-solving examination, as compared to the conventional method. We found no significant differences in PBL facilitated by an attending or an intern.
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