جستجوی مقالات مرتبط با کلیدواژه « cigarette smoker » در نشریات گروه « پزشکی »

Oral Candidiasis is the most common fungal infection in humans. Smoking is considered as a local predisposing factor for oral candidiasis. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between smoking and the number of Candida albicans colonies in saliva.
In this Historical Cohort study, 60 people which were divided into two groups (30 in smokers group and 30 in control group) were examined. They were the same in terms of age, gender and use of medicine. About 1cc of unstimulated saliva was collected by the spitting method. Then, the samples were cultured on blood agar and sabrodextrose agar media and incubated at 35ºC for 24 hours. Germ tube test was used to determine the candida albicans species. The colonies were calculated in 1ml of saliva and the data were analyzed by MAN-U-WHITNEY test.
The results indicated that the mean Candida albicans colony count was significantly higher in smokers group( 37/1 ±45 /3 ) than non-smokers ( 53/1 ± 23/1). (p= 0/0001).
The prevalence of Candida albicans in smokers’ saliva was significantly higher than non-smokers that indicates the ethiologic effect of cigarette smoking in increase of candida albicans colonies.

The main purpose of this research is to survey relation between mental health, sensation seeking and coping style with cigarette smoking.
Material and Sample of this study were 312 boy students, who selected by simple randomly among total boys of Mohaghegh Ardabili university in 2013-14. This study is a correlation study. Data were collected with using the demographic characteristics Questionnaire, mental health of Goldberg, sensation-seeking of Arnet and Lazarus's & Folkman coping style Questionnaires.
The result showed that %37.8(n=118) of samples were cigarette smoker and %62.2 (n=194) were non cigarette smokers. The results of discriminant analysis showed that among variables, seeking social support, avoid, the high sensation seeking, coping confrontation, somatization symptoms, responsibility and depression can predict to join the group of male students smokers and nonsmokers. Seeking social support was the best predictor to be in group of cigarette smoker and non-smoker boy student.
This study showed the sensation seeking, coping styles and mental health are effective in approach to cigarette smoking.

Background and It is believed that insecure attachment styles and immature defense mechanisms render individuals vulnerable to cigarette and substance use; these people experience more negative emotions and have fewer options for reducing psychological distresses. The aim of the present research was to investigate the role of attachment styles defense mechanisms and health status in discriminating cigarette-smoker students from non-smokers. Methods and Materials: This research is a case-control study. The research sample consisted of 100 cigarette-smoker and 100 non-smoker students selected from among the students of University of Mohaghegh Ardabili. Data collection was done through the use of Attachment Styles Scale Defense Style Questionnaire and General Health Survey. In order to analyze the data discriminant analysis was used in SPSS 14. The results indicated that 71 percent of the variance of insecurity of attachment style immature defense mechanisms and health status can account for the only function between groups of smokers and non-smokers. The discriminant function obtained was classified correctly with the concurrent method for 94.5% of smokers and through step-by-step method for 93.5% of non-smokers. The results indicated that cigarette-smoking and nonsmoking university students can be discriminated through their immature defense mechanisms insecure attachment styles and health status.