فهرست مطالب seyede zohreh mousavi

Genital wart is a common sexually transmitted infection which impairs the patient's quality of life. One of the plants which is mentioned in traditional medicine for the treatment of genital warts is green tea extract. Considering the need for new and improved treatments for external anogenital warts, as well as the emphasis on the use of home and herbal medicines and its prevalence in families and its use by the patient and saving the health costs due to the lack of need to refer to physician, this study was performed with aim to compare the effect of green tea extract cream with pedophylline solution on the reduction of genital wart lesions.

This clinical trial study was performed in 2018-2019 on 76 women with genital warts. The subjects were randomly divided into the intervention and control groups. In the intervention group, green tea extract cream was used 3 times a day and in the control group, pedophiline solution was used once a week. The patients in both groups referred every two weeks until 12 weeks or complete recovery of lesions and the number of dimensions and percentage of reduction of lesions were recorded in the lesion assessment form. The validity and reliability of the tool were confirmed by the views of the experts and Cronbach's alpha coefficient r=89%. Data were analyzed by SPSS software (version 22). P

The number and dimensions of lesions were significant between the two groups of green tea extract and pedophylline in weeks 4, 6 and 8 after the intervention compared with before the intervention (p <0.001) and showed better results in the pedophylline group. But, according to the results of Mann-Whitney test, no statistically significant difference was found between the two groups in the number and size of lesions during the 10 weeks after treatment (p <0.001). The number and dimensions of lesions were significant between the two groups during 10 weeks of intervention compared to before the intervention (p <0.001).

The rate of healing of lesions after the end of treatment in the green tea group was the same as pedophylline, so considering the success of the results of the present study, it is recommended to use this product as a suitable alternative to pedophylline in the treatment of genital warts

Semantic test of Pyramids and Palm Trees (PPT) is the most common test for assessing memory. Since this test is related to language and culture, normative data in different populations are needed.

This study was conducted on 270 literate men and women Persian adults aged from 20 to 69 years. Subjects must select a picture or word between two pictures or words that was closer to target.

The word score was significantly positively correlated with the picture score (r = 0.508, P

Demographic variables such as age, gender, and level of education were not significant predictors for both versions in Persian population.

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Feeding is the most essential behavior in infants for vitality, learning and interaction. Because of feeding importance in developmental process and its primary role in infant’s vitality, the study of dysphagia has an important role. Diagnosis, assessment and treatment of this disorder are primary professional action for speech therapists. Therefore, basic information about prevalence of such disorders can be effective in treatment planning. In this study, the number of infants with oral feeding disorders is determined in NICU.

In this descriptive-sectional study, all infants that were in NICU at Tehran University of medical sciences hospitals were evaluated in three first months of 1390 year through information from medical history, interview and observation. The data were analyzed with SPSS 16.

Data analyzing of this study showed that 45 infants (27.10%) from 166 cases in NICU had oral feeding disorders. The incidence in male is more than female (91.11% versus 8.88%). Twenty two of cases feed normally, 18 cases feeding with NGT and 5 cases with OGT. The rate of difficulty in oral phase and esophageal phase were 88.88% and 2.22% respectively. No infants have difficulty in Pharyngeal phase.

Feeding disorder assessment by speech therapist provides essential information about feeding intervention and so early diagnosis can prevent later speech problems. Therefore, the role of a speech therapist in NICU is important.