Background Today, despite the efforts of the medical community and healthcare staff along with the advancements in medical technology, patients’ dissatisfaction and complaints have been increased. The present study aimed at making a survey on the patients’ complaints in a large training hospital affiliated to Mashhad University of Medical Sciences (MUMS).   Methods This descriptive, cross-secti...

Background: Over the past decade, new dynamics have emerged in each of the key domains of higher education, research and innovation; therefore, considering effective factors on performing research activities is so necessary. The aim of the present study was to determine the factors influencing on postgraduate students’ interest and participation in research activities. Methods: This cross-secti...

introduction: academic libraries are famous to be the hearts of universities, with the ever increasing importance of the evaluation of information technologies in academic centers, and libraries need to evaluate their status to accord with these conditions. the aim of this research is to provide an evaluation relating to the conditions of tabriz university of medical science libraries, and coll...

background as a developing country, iran has not had a substantial share in global science production activities; however, this country has recently been the forth country in the world regarding research output publications, and biomedical research has played a crucial role in achieving this honorable position. objectives in this paper, we aimed to introduce the strategies employed at baqiyatal...

The Rheumatology Division in the Department of Internal Medicine at Shiraz University of Medical Sciences) (former Pahlavi University) (was established by Dr. Ali-Asghar Eghtedari in 1970. Drs. Mohammad Salami and Hadi Hedayati joined this division in 1973 and 1974, respectively. Since 1980, Dr. Akbar Rajaee has been in charge of this division. In 1986, the rheumatology subspeciality training p...

The aim of this study was to determine the demographic characteristics of burnt children in need of hospitalization, causes of burns and associated complications in Fars province, Iran. This is a retrospective cross-sectional study. Files of all children under 15 years of age who were hospitalized in the only burn referral centre of Fars province were evaluated. Data regarding age, gender, loca...

the health effects of fish oil capsules and vitamin b1 tablets on duration and severity of dysmenorrhea     agakhani n [1] ,sadagyani m [2] , jasemi m [3] , feizi a [4] , eghtedar s [5] ,mesgarzadeh m [6] ,ebrahimi m [7]     received: 5 jan, 2012 accepted: 19 jun, 2012     abstract   background & aims : dysmenorrhea is the most common complaint of young girls and one of the main reasons behind ...

Background: Knowing the pattern of carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning in each region is vital for enhanced health planning. This study was designed to evaluate the epidemiologic pattern of unintentional acute CO poisoning in major cities of Fars province, southwest of Iran.  Methods: This one-year cross-sectional study was carried out on unintentional CO poisoning incidents in Fars province, Iran,...

background: galactosemia is a congenital metabolic disorder that can damage the health of a newborn. screening is an important step to prevent and treat this condition. due to increasing health care costs and limited financial resources of health systems, the most suitable economic analysis tool should be applied. the aim of this study was to analyze the cost-utility of neonatal screening progr...

maleki mr1 (phd), nasrollahpour shirvani sd1 * (phd candidate), motlagh me2 (md), tofighi s3 (phd), kabir mj4 (phd candidate), jafari n4 (md)     1 department of health services management, faculty of management and medical sciences,   iran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran   2 department of pediatrics, jendishapour university of medical sciences, ahvaz, iran   3 department of health...