Abstract Background: Pregnant women are vulnerable to oral disease due to physiological, hormonal, and dietary alterations. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the impact of the educational program according to Health Promotion Model (HPM) on oral health prevention behavior of pregnant women. Study design: A randomized controlled trial Methods: The present study was performed on 105 pregnant women visiting health centers located in Arak City from February to November 2022. The subjects were randomly assigned to intervention (n=54) and control (n=51) groups. A reliable and valid questi ..read more

Introduction: In hemodialysis patients, changes in dialysis adequacy are recorded at regular intervals and studied longitudinally. The aim of this study was to determine the factors affecting dialysis adequacy using the generalized estimating equation (GEE) and to compare them with the quadratic inference function (QIF). Methods: This longitudinal study examined the records of 153 end-stage renal diseases (ESRD) patients. Longitudinal data on the dialysis adequacy index and demographic and clinical characteristics were obtained from the patient files. The first-order GEE (GEE1), second-order G ..read more

Background: The increasing trend in animal bites and rabies in recent years make the disease a public health concern in Iran. The objectives of the current study were to investigate the epidemiologic aspects of the animal bite as well as to determine associated risk factors of the delay in initiation of prophylaxis post-exposure (PEP) against rabies in Iran. Study design: registery-based cross-sectional study Methods: This national study included all registered cases of animal bites between March 2021 and March 2022 at the Center for Communicable Diseases Management, Ministry of Health and Med ..read more

Background: Determining suburban area crashes' risk factors may allow for early and operative safety measures to find the main risk factors and moderating effects of the crashes. Therefore, this paper focuses on a causal modeling framework. Study design: A cross-sectional study. Methods: In this study, 52,524 suburban crashes were investigated from 2015 to 2016. Hybrid-random-forest-generalized-path-analysis-technique (HRF-gPath) was used to extract the main variables and identify mediators and moderators. Results: This study analyzed 42 explanatory variables using a RF model and found that co ..read more

Background: The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a severe threat to public health everywhere, especially in Kazakhstan and Central Asia. The study aimed at the epidemiological analysis of newly diagnosed HIV cases in Kazakhstan (period 2018-2020). Methods: A descriptive analysis of national data on registered cases of HIV (period 2018-2020) in Kazakhstan was conducted. Demographic information were collected and analysed. Analysis of the influence of age, period, and cohort was performed using Age-Period-Cohort method. Results: For the period 2018 - 2020, n=1235 HIV cases were registered ..read more

Background: Headaches are common among children and adolescents, with more than half of adolescents reporting headache symptom worldwide. The number of migraine sufferers among adolescents has increased dramatically in the past decade. This has negatively influenced children and has been linked with emotional and behavioral problems Methods: Data from the fifth Indonesian Family Life Survey (IFLS), which was conducted between September 2014 and April 2015, were searched and gathered. The figures represent roughly 83% of the Indonesian population. We investigated t ..read more

Background: Empirical dietary inflammatory potential score (EDIP) is designed to assess the inflammatory potential of diet based on the pro- and anti-inflammatory properties of its various components. We examined the association of EDIP with all-cause mortality in a large, community-based, multiracial sample of the US population. Methods: This analysis included 13,155 participants (42.7±0.41 years, 53% women, 76.3% White) without prior history of cardiovascular disease (CVD) from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination (NHANES III) Survey. A 24- hour dietary recall information was ..read more

Introduction: Seasonal variation in hospitalizations for diverticulitis has a sinusoidal pattern, with more admissions occurring during the summer months. However, little is known about seasonal, regional trends, and risk factors associated with hospital admissions regarding diverticular bleeding in the US.   Methods: Patients that had admission or discharge diagnoses of diverticulitis with bleeding or diverticulosis with bleeding from January 1, 2015, through December 31, 2017, were identified in the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project’s National Inpatient Sample. The proportion ..read more

Background: The wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) are a source of airborne bacterial contamination that can pose health risks to staffs. The aim of this study was to evaluate seasonal variation on the health risks of exposure to Staphylococcus aureus bioaerosols using quantitative microbial risk assessment (QMRA) approach in a WWTP in Hamadan, Iran. Study design: A descriptive cross-sectional study. Methods:  This study determined the emission concentrations of Staphylococcus aureus bio-aerosols in summer and winter. Then, the health risks of three exposure scenarios (worker, field engi ..read more

Abstract Background: Due to the increasing watching of programs such as Mukbang, the study of eating behaviors and anthropometric parameters and its relationship with Mukbang should be considered in order to prevent the occurrence of chronic diseases and eating disorders. The aim of the present study was to investigate the relationship between watching Mukbang with eating behaviors and anthropometric parameters in female students of Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch, Tehran year 2022. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 114 female students aged 18 to 31 years were select ..read more