several demographic factors may be considered as barriers to osteoporosis prevention like high rate of illiteracy and low socioeconomic status in developing countries, there is lack of studies that assess the relationship between socioeconomic status and osteoporosis. this study was a case-control study and it was conducted in two bone mineral density centers in tehran. case group includes 163 ...

background self immolation is a heinous way to commit suicide which is mostly prevalent in individuals who attempt to escape a stressful situation and is considered as a strange and unusual method. objectives this study examined demographic characteristics and mental health in self immolation attempters in the city of bandar abbas. materials and methods two groups are involved in this enquiry. ...

patients and methods this retrospective study used a database of a cr ward of a hospital in iran. the demographic and clinical information of 574 patients participating in the cr program from april 2005 through april 2010 were analyzed. in order to determine the predictors of anxiety, binary logistic regression was performed. results after adjustment for gender, age and education, the results s...

Introduction: The most common clinical complication of pregnancy is preeclampsia, that beside bleeding and infection, it is one of the  three main causes of pregnants maternal death around the world. Several studies suggest that some maternal factors such as prim gravids,elderly pregnancy, some occupations, previous high blood pressure, kidneys diseases, diabetes and some medical other diseases...

Premarital fertility, defined as birth before first marriage, is investigated in Madagascar, using two Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) conducted in 1992 and 1997. About 8 per cent of all births and 23 per cent of first births take place before marriage, despite a low underlying mean age at first marriage, estimated to be 18.6 years in the absence of a previous birth. A premarital first bir...

background: fertility as one of the factor affecting population growth itself is affected by various factors. therefore, identifying factors which can influence this component is very vital. the purpose of this study was comparative investigate fecundity rate of 15-49 year old and married women under imam-emdad-committee and rehabilitation organizations’ protection and 15-49 year old women who ...

background: the main objective of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of the obesity and the related risk factors in the north of iran. methods : this was a population-based cross-sectional study that enrolled 2495 subjects (1247 males and 1248 females) using stratified cluster sampling. interviewers recorded the data using a multidimensional questionnaire including anthropometric indexes...

results of 162 people that were interviewed, 90 (55.6%) patients were male and the other were female. of these, 74 (45.7%) patients were single and 88 (54.3%) were married. forty-three (26.5%) participants lived in the city. the average age of participants was 11.51 ± 29.11 years. there is no significant relationship between age, gender, education level, residence, and people familiar with the ...

conclusions about one-third of the patients referring to the pain clinic had subacute pain. the patients with chronic pain were older and more obese, had a higher prevalence of addiction, had more cases of knee pain, and reported more instances of obscure and persistent pain than those with subacute pain. objectives the aim of the present study was to assess and compare the sociodemographic cha...

the study elucidates that the malaysian retail sector has experienced dramatic changes in the last few decades with the emergence of new retail formats such as hypermarkets, large scale supermarkets, and convenience stores. as a result, it has affected the way employees work and their commitment to their organization. thus, it is important for the retailers know the reasons for employee   motiv...