background: autism is a neurodevelopmental disorder that onset in the first 3 years of life and led to lifelong disability.despite the early onset of symptoms, diagnosis of thissyndromedoes not happenuntil severalyears later, somany childrenlosethe opportunityfor earlyintervention.there arevarious toolsforscreening anddiagnosis, buttheirdesign, strengths and weaknesses aredifferent. the aim of ...

introduction amblyopia is a leading cause of visual impairment in both childhood and adult populations. our aim in this study was to assess the epidemiological characteristics of the amblyopia screening program in iran. materials and methods a cross-sectional study was done on a randomly selected sample of 4,636 iranian children who were referred to screening program in 2013 were participated i...

background: although studies reported diabetes mellitus screening cost effective, the mass screening for type2 diabetes remains controversial. in this study we reviewed the recently evidence about the cost effectiveness of mass screening systematically.   methods: we reviewed the medline, scopus, web of science (wos), and cochrane library databases by mesh terms to identify relevant studies fro...

background:  the  mississippi  aphasia  screening test (mast) is a brief screening test for assessing the expressive and receptive language abilities in patients with  aphasia.  the  objective  of  the  study  was  to develop and validate the persian version of the mast (mastp) as a screening test for language disorders in patients with post-stroke aphasia. methods: this study used a cross-sect...

background natural disasters, both expected and unexpected, usually cause widespread injuries and destruction with a large number of survivors, including children. several studies have shown that children may develop posttraumatic stress disorder after exposure to disasters such as an earthquake. objectives this study aimed to evaluate the screening abilities of the university of california at ...

background: although studies reported diabetes mellitus screening cost effective, the mass screening for type2 diabetes remains controversial. in this study we reviewed the recently evidence about the cost effectiveness of mass screening systematically.   methods: we reviewed the medline, scopus, web of science (wos), and cochrane library databases by mesh terms to identify relevant studies fro...

introduction: newborn hearing screening leads to the early detection of hearing impairment. the aim of screening is to decrease or remove the effect of hearing impairment on development of speech and language by timely diagnosis and effective treatment. a number of risk factors lead to delayed start of decreased hearing ability including: 1. congenital infection with cytomegalovirus  (cmv) viru...

background : noise pollution is one of the important issues of pollutant in workplaces and is almost one of the harmful agents for workers. at present, instrumental based inspections for determining the index levels of noise in workshops is performed. this method is requiring a time consuming and ex-pensive in large scale inspection for workplaces. classification of workplaces based on noise po...

background: organized cervical screening program has led to prevention of cervical cancer prevention worldwide. women’s knowledge and attitudes is linked to their participation in cervical screening. objective: we studied the knowledge, attitudes and practices (kap) of women about cervical cancer prevention and the related factors in tehran, i.r. of iran. methods: trained interviewers used a va...

introduction: increasing incidence of cancers, particularly breast cancer (the third cause of death in iran), the role of information in decision making, policymaking and planning, and the need to assess the status of breast cancer in the country and the world necessitated a research to describe the advantages and disadvantages of the existing information on breast cancer patients. the present ...