جستجوی مقالات مرتبط با کلیدواژه « Bushehr » در نشریات گروه « پزشکی »

The ectopic presence of helminths and their eggs in the appendix tube can directly and indirectly lead to the hyperplasia of lymphatic follicles in the walls of the tube by antigenic stimulation and thereby cause obstruction and subsequently acute appendicitis. The present study was designed to determine the extent of this role as well as the frequency of appendectomy samples with E. vermicularis during the last ten years in Bushehr.

A total of 3210 slides related to appendiceal samples of appendectomy patients were collected in Bushehr over ten years (2012-2022) and examined in terms of microanatomy. The microscopic evaluation of the samples as well as the information contained in the patient health records were summarized and the collected data were analyzed in SPSS-16 software using the Chi-square test.

The frequency of appendicitis caused by E. vermicularis in the studied samples was 0.8%, showing a decreasing trend over the last years. There was a significant relationship between appendicitis caused by E. vermicularis and the gender and age of the patients, but there was no significant relationship with their place of residence.

Considering the decreasing trend of appendicitis caused by Enterobius over the last few years in Bushehr, a role can be attributed to the COVID pandemic in this outcome. It is suggested to carry out preliminary evaluations for the early diagnosis of this parasitic infection, especially in infected areas, in order to eliminate unnecessary surgical interventions.

The protozoan Cryptosporidium is an intestinal pathogenic parasite; are more common in hot climates and places where water and sewage treatment is less effective. The aim of this study was to detect Cryptosporidium in raw urban wastewaters entering the Bushehr coastal area. 

In total, 48 samples of urban raw wastewater samples were collected from 8 stations in winter and summer seasones. Wastewater samples were filtered through a 300 μm sieve to re-move large particles and then on a cellulose acetate membrane with a pore size of 1.2 μm. The filters were scraped and washed with 40 ml of phosphate buffered saline (PBS) containing 0.05% TWEEN and then centrifuged at 5000 rpm for 10 min at 4°C. The freeze-thaw cycles cycles were used for DNA extraction. The level of extracted DNA was measured by NanoDrop (Spectrophotometer, ND1000), and PCR prod-ucts were separated by electrophoresis in 2% agarose gel.

PCR analysis showed out of the 48 samples, 17 samples (35.4%) werepositive PCR amplification by nested PCR in the case of Cryptosporidium spp. In total, 11 and 6 samples were positive in the winter and summer seasons, respectively. 

Local authorities should be aware of probable cryptosporidiosis epidemics between the residents by paying attention to wastewater treatment processes and suitable preventive measures will help reduce the transmission of human and animal cryptosporidiosis.

If blood donors are infected with toxoplasmosis, they often have no obvious clinical symptoms due to a healthy immune system, but the Toxoplasma is still present in their white blood cells. Blood recipients are also often people with various anemia or defective immune systems. Therefore, receiving such blood will increase the risk of infection and acute form of toxoplasmosis. The aim of this study was to evaluate the sero-epidemiology of toxoplasmosis in blood donors presenting to Bushehr Blood Transfusion Organization.

Method and Materials:

 In this descriptive cross-sectional study, 243 blood donors presenting to Bushehr Blood Transfusion Organization from May 2020 to May 2021 were examined for the presence of anti-Toxoplasma IgG and IgM antibodies using ELISA method. The results along with the questionnaire information were analyzed using SPSS software and Chi-square test.

In this study, 76 (31.3%) and 10 (4.1%) blood donors were positive for anti-Toxoplasma IgG and IgM antibodies, respectively. In five cases, both IgG and IgM antibodies were positive. The results revealed no statistically significant relationship between infection with toxoplasma and some of the variables such as permanent residence, age, history of cat ownership, history consuming unpasteurized milk and vegetable cleaning method.

Considering the relatively significant prevalence of toxoplasmosis among blood donors in Bushehr and given the fact that toxoplasmosis is a life-threatening risk factor in immune-compromised blood recipients, it is recommended that health planners add the toxoplasmosis diagnosis tests to the list of essential screening tests for blood donors.

Occult hepatitis B virus infection in blood donors threats the safety of the blood supply.  It is characterized by detection of low viral DNA in the serum subjects who have negative test for Hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg). The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of occult hepatitis B virus infection among HBsAg negative and HBcAb positive in blood donors of Bushehr blood transfusion organization      

The present cross-sectional study was conducted on 1000 blood donors referring to Bushehr blood transfusion organization between November 2017 and January 2019.  All subjects were negative for HBsAg and were tested for HBcAb by use of ELISA technique. The samples that were positive for HBcAb marker also analyzed for the presence of viral DNA by Real time PCR. The data were analyzed using SPSS Ver. 22.0 and chi-square tests

30 (3%) out of 1000 samples were HBcAb positive. Of these 30 samples, 29 (97%) were male and 1 (3%) was female. A significant association was found between level of education and HBcAb positive (p=0.028). Also, there was a significant association between marital status and HBcAb positive (p=0.001). HBV-DNA was not detected in any of the cases with isolated HBcAb. The results showed no significant relationship between HBcAb positive and occult hepatitis B virus infection (p> 0.05)

Although the viral genome was not present in any of the HBcAb positive and HBsAg negative blood donors in Bushehr Blood Transfusion Organization, but to improve the health of donated blood, it is recommended that HBcAb testing and PCR method be used to determine the prevalence of occult hepatitis B infection in HBsAg-negative blood donors in a wider range of blood donors. Therefore, serological HBsAg testing alone cannot detect occult hepatitis B infection in blood donors.

Nowadays, tobacco use among adolescents has become one of the main factors threatening society’s health. The present research aims at investigating Bushehr city adolescents’ tobacco use and the factors pertinent to it.

In this Descriptive-Analytical research, 716 students were selected by random cluster sampling method among the 2nd-grade high school students in Bushehr in 2019. Data collection tools include demographic information forms and questions regarding tobacco consumption status. The collected data were analyzed using the descriptive statistics, Mann Whitney Tests, and Chi-Square Tests in terms of the type of the variable. The level of significance was considered less than 0.05 in all cases.

The average age of the participants of the research was 17.03±0.83 and the prevalence of tobacco use among the students was 24.9%. There was a significant relationship between smoking tobacco and the following factors, having smokers in the house (P<0.001), smokers among the close relatives (P=0.004), hookah (qalyan) smokers in the family (P<0.001), hookah smokers among the close relatives (P<0.001), hookah smoker friends (P<0.001), having a job to earn money (P=0.004), and the amount of pocket money (P<0.001).

The amount of tobacco use in the present research was significant. Being associated with smoker friends, and the family members or close relatives who smoke increases the risk of smoking tobacco. It is recommended that the families shall first stop using tobacco as much as possible or at least not smoke in the presence of their adolescents; second, the families need to supervise their adolescents’ relationships and friendships in order to prevent their children from being friends with people that could encourage them to use tobacco.

Absconding from hospitals presents big challenges to the health care systems, with consequences such as delay and incomplete treatment process. Also it may result in increased personal workload and the cost burden of health system. The aim of this study was to determine absconding rate and its driving factors in a public hospital in Bushehr city in 2017-2018.

The present descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted in a general hospital in Bushehr. During the study, patients' information was extracted by a checklist from their medical records between 20 March 2017 and 1 March 2018 using census method. Ethical criteria such as confidentiality of patients' names and the hospital under study were observed.

Absconding rate was found to be 0.18 percentage. The highest number of escapes was noticed in emergency wards (137 and 92%), meaning that in average 6 persons have escaped each month. Mean age of the patients was 29.02 and they stayed 2.07 days in the hospital. The highest frequency of escape was observed in male patients and in singles which occurred in night shift. About 72%(117) of patients did not have health insurance, but 88% of unpaid amount was belonged to insured persons. The total amount of damages was estimated to be 1,411,950,080 Rials. The average cost per patient was also appraised to be 9,540,203 Rials.

Despite the low escape rate at the studied hospital, the property damage was significant. Installation of gates and controlling the entry and exit of patients, coupled with increasing the number of physical protection staff and insurance offices, as well as reforming the clearance process and insurance laws are proposed to reduce the occurrence of this problem

The younger mean age of breast cancer incidence in Iranian women and the longer survival of these patients necessitate the evaluation of diverse aspects of their health and quality of life, such as sexual life quality. The first step in addressing this subject is to understand the extent of this problem in these patients, as compared with healthy women. The present study aimed to compare sexual dysfunction between women with breast cancer and normal women.

This descriptive-analytical study was performed in 2019 in Bushehr, Iran. A total of 46 married women with breast cancer who had their last chemotherapy session at least three months earlier were selected through the census method. Moreover, 100 healthy married women were selected for the study through a simple random sampling method. Data collection tools included a demographic information form and the Female Sexual Function Index. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, an independent t test, the chi-square test, and logistic regression.

The findings showed that breast cancer patients were more likely to experience disturbance in libido (OR = 7.145, P = 0.022), sexual arousal (OR = 3.898, P = 0.006), genital moisture during sexual intercourse (OR = 4.88, P = 0.001), orgasm (OR = 2.937, P = 0.018), sexual satisfaction (P = 0.001, OR = 5.287), and overall sexual dysfunction (OR = 11.492, P < 0.001) compared with healthy women. The two groups were not significantly different in pain during sexual intercourse (P = 0.1).

The results revealed that the chance of sexual dysfunction is significantly higher in women with breast cancer than in healthy individuals. In breast cancer cases, planning for treating the side effects of the disease, such as sexual function disorder, should be taken into consideration along with cancer treatment.

Ethnopharmacology is a very diverse approach to drug discovery that involves the observation, description, and experimental study of native drugs and their biological activities based on botany, chemistry, biochemistry, pharmacology, and other disciplines such as anthropology, archeology, history, and linguistics that helps discovering of  natural products with biological activity. The aim of this study was to identify medicinal plants that have a traditional use in the Tangestan region of Bushehr in the north of Persian Gulf.

The medical uses of medicinal plants were gathered from 20 local informants by face to face interviews. The relative frequency of citation (FRC) and cultural importance (CI) indices were calculated.

A total of 109 medicinal plants belonging to 55 families were identified. Zataria multiflora, Descuraninia Sophia, Matricarria charmomilla, Achillea eriophora DC, Salvia mirzayanii, Plantago psyllium, Haplophyllum tuberculatum, Teucrium polium, Prunus amygdalus had the highest CI and FRC indices. The highest medical uses were for gastrointestinal problems, infectious diseases, gynecology and obstetrics, metabolic diseases, and skin problems.

There is a wide variety of medicinal plants in the Tangestan region of Bushehr province which are used for  various diseases that are consistent with the traditional medicine uses that are common in Iran and had been reported in the international medical literature. However, in this region, a number of plants are used to treat diseases that are specific to this region and research on these medicinal plants can be the
beginning of a way to discover new drugs in the therapeutic field.

Type of couples relationship and amount of use of mass media is affected on marital satisfaction. The aim of this study was Relationship between Social Capital and Mass Media with Marital Conflicts in Bushehr Women in 2019.

the present study is a sociological study of this subject. This study was a quantitative study using a survey technique. Data collection tool was between Social Capital and Mass Media with Marital Conflicts questionnaires and the statistical population was all married women in Bushehr who were evaluated using Cochran's formula 384 as sample size.

The results showed a significant statistical relationship between between Social Capital and Mass Media with Marital Conflicts.(p<0.01(

A ccording to relationship between social capital and with marital conflict, to maintain family strength and increasing womens well-being, it is necessary for family policymakers to make policy decisions. And planning should pay attention to these variables as well.

Feeling lonely is one of the most important concerns of the elderly that can affect the mental health of the elderly. The purpose of this study was to investigate the predictive role of loneliness in mental health of elderly people in Bushehr in 1397.

In this cross-sectional correlational study, 318 elderly people registered in Bushehr comprehensive health centers were randomly selected. Demographic information form, Russell standard of feeling loneliness questionnaire and Goldberg general health questionnaire were used for data collection. Data were analyzed by SPSS 19 at the significant level of 0.05.

The results showed that the mean age of participants was 66.74±5.87. Mean score of feeling alone was 32.37 ± 8.60 and mental health was 50.42± 7.97. The results showed that there was a direct and significant statistical relationship between feelings of loneliness and mental health (β = 0.380, P <0.001). In addition, loneliness and demographic variables were able to significantly predict 38.1% of mental health changes. Also, the share of feeling lonely in explaining the variance of mental health was 12.3% (P <0.001).

The findings of this study showed that the elderly who felt lonely did not have good mental health. Therefore, it is necessary for health authorities to plan and act consciously on the factors affecting mental health, and especially on the sense of loneliness in the elderly.

Drug addiction has always been considered as one of the most pervasive social problems. Although the risk of drug addiction is high in men, but this risk has been increased in women as well. This qualitative study was conducted on 21 addicted women in Bushehr who were selected using purposive sampling method. Data were collected using semi-structured in-depth interview. All interview were recorded, immediately written, and analyzed using qualitative content analysis. After data analysis, 3 main themes including personal, family, and social factors with 17 items were obtained. The main factors affecting drug addiction in women in Bushehr were personal and family factors. Some interventions such as increasing the knowledge of people about factors affecting drug addiction and family education can be effective in the prevention of drug addiction in women.

 Diabetes mellitus is one of the most important health challenges. There are gaps and contradictions in the results of existing studies on the factors associated with uncontrolled diabetes. This study was done in order to determine the factors affecting the inappropriate blood glucose control in the patients with diabetes. In this cross-sectional study, a questionnaire was obtained from 216 patients with diabetes referring to three laboratories in Bushehr. The questionnaire included demographic variables, family status, lifestyle, clinical status, and comorbid diseases. Then, glycosylated hemoglobin and hemoglobin tests were performed on patients' blood samples. Data were analyzed using SPSS (version 24). Logistic regression test was used to measure the raw and modified relationship of different variables with the state of diabetes control. In all cases, the level of significance was less than 5%. From 216 patients with diabetes, 48.6% had uncontrolled diabetes. In the raw studies, there was a relationship between uncontrolled diabetes and family history of diabetes, as well as the number of family members and the clinical status. Regarding the type of drug and the duration of diabetes both in raw and modified comparison with other factors, there was a significant relationship with uncontrolled diabetes. In raw comparisons, there was no significant relationship between uncontrolled diabetes and age, gender, marital status, educational level, career, family structure, life style and comorbid diseases (P>0.05).  Nearly half of the patients had uncontrolled diabetes. There was a relationship between uncontrolled diabetes and the type of drug and duration of diabetes. There was no significant relationship between uncontrolled diabetes and demographic variables, family structure, life style and comorbid diseases.

Ethnopharmacology, as a multidisciplinary approach for novel drug discovery, provides valuable data about medicinal plants in different cultures. The aim of this ethnopharmacological study was to identify medicinal plants in the Kangan-Asaluyeh area in the north of the Persian Gulf. Material and Methods: The medical uses of medicinal plants were gathered from 20 local informants by face-to-face interviews. The relative frequency of citation (FRC) and cultural importance (CI) indices were calculated. A total of 90 medicinal plants belonging to 42 families were identified. Zataria multiflora, Teucrium polium, Salvia mirzayanii, Pistacia atlantica, Astragalus fasciculifolius, Achillea eriophora DC, Artemisia sieberi, Cassia italic and Haplophyllum tuberculatum had the highest CI and FRC indices. The highest medical uses were for gastrointestinal discomforts, infectious diseases, skin diseases, respiratory diseases, and the metabolic disorders, respectively. There is a vast variety of medicinal plants in the Kangan-Asaluyeh area. Although most of the therapeutic applications of these plants in this region are the same as Iran’s traditional medicine, the people in the Kangan-Asalouyeh area use some of these plants for some diseases which are unique for this region. For example, the native people use Zataria multiflora, Teucrium polium, Pistacia atlantica, Artemisia sieberi for gastrointestinal discomfort and abdominal pain. They use Achillea eriophora DC, Haplophyllum tuberculatum for neonatal colic, Zataria multiflora for cough, Astragalus fasciculifolius for fracture, Teucrium polium and Artemisia sieberi for diabetes mellitus and inflammatory diseases, Cassia italic for constipation, Pistacia atlantica for diaper rash and sore throat, Haplophyllium tuberculatum for headache and improving mental health and Achillea eriophora DC for jaundice. Thus, investigation about these plants should be initiated to discover novel drugs for clinical applications.