Evaluation of Serum Levels Vitamin D, Ferritin, and Hemoglobin in Suicide Attempters Admitted or Outpatients Referred to Hospitals Psychiatric Clinics Rafsanjan University Medical Sciences

introduction: considering schizophrenic patients’ problems with living skills, it seems necessary to evaluate these skills in this group of patients. in the present study, the kohlman evaluation of living skills (kels), developed by linda thomson kohlman at seattle, washington (1978), was first translated into persian and then its reliability and validity was determined. materials & methods: to...

BACKGROUND It is unknown whether food allergy (FA) in an unselected population is comparable to those from an outpatient clinic population. OBJECTIVE To discover if FA in a random sample from the Dutch community is comparable to that of outpatients. METHODS This study was part of the Europrevall-project. A random sample of 6600 adults received a questionnaire. Those with symptoms to one of ...

BACKGROUND Patients with severe mental disorders have increased mortality, and cardiovascular disease (CVD) accounts for a large part. Physical inactivity and low aerobic fitness have been recognized as significant risk factors for CVD. In this study, we investigated the differences in aerobic fitness and physical activity between in- and outpatients with severe mental disorders. METHOD AND S...

OBJECTIVES Allergic disease may be increased by climate change. Recent reports have shown that typhoon and heavy rain increase allergic disease locally by concentration of airborne allergens of pollen, ozone, and fungus, which are causes of allergic disease. The objective of this study was to determine whether typhoon and heavy rain increase allergic disease in Korea. METHODS This study inclu...

OBJECTIVES This study aimed to explore the concordance between definitions of sarcopenia and frailty in a clinically relevant population of geriatric outpatients. DESIGN Data were retrieved from a cross-sectional study. SETTING The study was performed in a geriatric outpatient clinic of a middle-sized teaching hospital. PARTICIPANTS The study included 299 geriatric outpatients (mean age 8...

OBJECTIVES The wider study aimed to evaluate specialists' outreach clinics in relation to their costs, processes, and effectiveness, including patients' and professionals' attitudes. The data on processes and attitudes are presented here. DESIGN Self administered questionnaires were drawn up for patients, their general practitioners (GPs) and specialists, and managers in the practice. Informa...

INTRODUCTION/AIM Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P. aeruginosa) is the most common cause of wound infections, following the disruption of the skin or mucous membranes integrity. The aim of this study was to analyze of the presence P. aeruginosa in wound swabs, antibiotics susceptibility testing, determination of the minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) of antibiotics, testing of the metallo-β-lacta...

OBJECTIVE Dual practice is defined as a physician's performance of medical activities in different health care institutions (two or more) simultaneously. This study aimed to examine the perception and acceptance of medical staff and outpatients of dual practice and explore the possible factors affecting people's perception. METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted in 13 public hospitals ...

Analysis of potentially inappropriate medications (PIM) used in elderly outpatients departments internal medicine by using the Screening Tool Older Persons’ Potentially Inappropriate Prescriptions (STOPP) criteria