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Voice disorders are one of the most common disorders in the teachers, and in addition to the impact on daily communication aspects of their job will be difficult also. The aim of this study was determine the frequency of cognitive symptoms - Audio voice disorders in teachers in Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences 94-93. In this descriptive - Cross sectional analysis study, 85 teachers were enrolled after informed consent and two questionnaires concerning demographic information and voice handicap index (VHI) were completed. Then the sound of each individual was recorded during conversational speech and the implementation of the items in profile perceptually - Audio Voice, and was evaluated by two speech therapists. The data in the software SPSS (16) and with the help of descriptive and analytical statistics were analyzed. ATSHA test results showed 64.7% of the teachers had a voice disorder, severity was 28.75 ± 15.9. The most common problems included breathiness, abnormally resonance and hoarseness. VHI questionnaire results show: 81.17% of teachers in the aspects of physical, functional, emotional related to sound, were in trouble. Between teachers with and without voice disorders in VHI scores there was no significant difference (P= 0.23) The results of this study showed that the prevalence of symptoms of auditory- perceptual voice disorders In Teachers Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences is high. Thus, vocal hygiene and voice therapy is recommended for these people.Keywords: Voice disorders, frequency, Symptoms of auditory perceptual

Objectives The death of pregnant mothers endangers the health of children and the foundation of the family. Learning about the factors affecting this important issue helps to adopt strategies to prevent similar cases. The current study aimed at determining the prevalence and risk factors of maternal mortality in Sabzevar, Iran, over a period of 10 years (2003-2013).
Methods The study population of the current cross sectional, descriptive survey included all pregnant mothers died in Sabzevar from April 2003 to March 2013. Data were collected by referring to the Sabzevar Committee of Maternal Mortality. The medical records were investigated and datasheets were completed for the subjects; then, the data were transferred to SPSS software version 5.11; data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and Chi-square test. The significance level was 0.05.
Results The frequency of death in the current study was 20 . The Chi-square test showed statistically significant relationship between the cause of death and place of residence in the studied cases (P-value = 0.04). A total of 80% of the cases had no referral form or file in the health centers; also, 60% of the pregnant cases looking for the caesarean section had died. The most common causes of death in the cases were bleeding (30%) and the underlying diseases (30%).
Conclusion Factors such as family planning, preventing higher ages pregnancy, educating mothers on the risks and benefits of vaginal delivery and caesarean, and increasing health literacy play important role in reducing the maternal mortality.

Background A healthy lifestyle in old age is of considerable importance. Iranian elderly population is increasing day by day. Therefore, identifying the factors affecting their lifestyle is the concern of country's health system policy makers. This study was conducted to study the lifestyle of the over 60-year-old retired staff of Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences.
Materials & Methods The research was descriptive in the form of cross-sectional study. Using the Morgan table, a sample of 110 retired staff of Sabzevar Medical Science University were selected by simple random sampling method. Demographic and healthy lifestyle information was collected with the standard assessment healthy lifestyle questionnaires to assess Iranian elderly. The data were entered into SPSS version 22, and analyzed through descriptive statistics, t test, and ANOVA.
Results Out of 110 subjects, 85 were males (77.3%) and 25 were females (22.7%). In terms of education, 40 (36.6%) were illiterate, 56 (50.90%) had diplomas, and 14 (12.72%) had an academic degree. The mean(SD) total score of lifestyle in men was 148.82(16.65) and in women 144.40(17.05). T test showed that this difference was significant. According to this test, significant differences were observed between men and women with regard to recreation, exercise (P=0.032), and social relations (P=0.008) .
Conclusion The results showed that the elderly of Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences were ranked average regarding their lifestyle, so their education of healthy lifstyle must be pursed more seriously.