in order to determine the frequency of migraine and depression and the realtionship between them a study was carried out among 238 randomly selected medical students of Kerman university of medical sciences during April 1995.back depression inventory(BDI) questionaire was used to determine deoression.in addition a questionaire in relation to migraine based on the international classification...

The aim of this paper is establish levels of caries and periodontal diseases among 11-15year-olds school population in central Nigeria and to relate the results to studies reported over the past thirty years or so in Nigeria. A population of 642 students were surveyed and examined for caries and periodontal diseases following WHO criteria for estimation of possible levels. Healthy periodontal c...

Introduction: Covid-19 pandemic has imposed a significant effect on mental health of the health care workers. The present systematic review and meta-analysis aimed at determining the pooled prevalence of anxiety and depression among Iranian health care workers during the Covid-19 pandemic. Material and Methods: To conduct this systematic review and meta-analysis, Web of Science, Scopus, Medlin...

Background: The prevalence of antenatal depression (AND) is consistently higher in urban areas developed counties while the reverse case developing countries. This highlights that socioeconomic gaps and health disparities between different settings could have important implications on perinatal mental health. Nigeria, most populous nation Africa, home to multiple ethnic cultural groups about ha...

BACKGROUND Cardiac complications of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection are important causes of morbidity and mortality. We set out to determine the electrocardiographic (ECG) abnormalities in treatment-naïve HIV-positive patients in Enugu, south-east Nigeria. METHODS This was a cross-sectional study involving 250 HIV-positive and 200 HIV-negative subjects. Demographic and anthropome...

BACKGROUND The global burden of hypertension and other non-communicable diseases (NCDs) is rapidly increasing, and the African continent seems to be the most affected region in the world. The prevalence of hypertension in Nigeria forms a substantial portion of the total burden in Africa because of the large population of the country currently estimated to be over 170 million. OBJECTIVE The pu...

background personal, behavioral, psychological, social and psychological factors disorders can influence the outbreak of psychological disorders. the study aimed to examine the prevalence and severity of depression and relationship with self-efficacy in diabetic patients of fereydan and chadegan cities. methods: the research was a descriptive-analytic and cross-sectional, which studies 403 pati...