ABSTRACT
Background: Angiography is one of the most important diagnostic procedures of heart patients is that despite many advantages in the detection of coronary artery disease , has caused many problems for patients. To prevent these complications, the patient is recommended bed rest. Followed this situation, back pain occurred and low back pain is common among these patients
Objective: This study aims to assess the effect of topical herbal ointment on back pain in angiography patients
Methods: This study was a two groups randomized clinical trial, in which patients underwent coronary angiography were selected with available sampling and randomly divided into two groups [taking herbal ointment] and control [placebo] and on angiography day and one day later treated with herbal ointment [4 times a day] and before taking the ointment, and at the end of the second day, pain was measured by VAS scale
Results: In this study assessed 80 patients that received angiography. The mean pain score in the test group prior to the intervention was 4/05 with a standard deviation 2/24 and after intervention was 2/47 with standard deviation 1/66. pain score in the control group prior to the intervention was 3/52 with a standard deviation 1/93 and after intervention was 3/45 with standard deviation 1/82
Conclusion: With regard the results of this study we can conclude that this herbal ointment [pepper, rosemary, peppermint] can reduce low back pain in patients after angiography and we can use this ointment to increase patient comfort although more research with more samples is needed in this area to achieve a certain result
ABSTRACT
Cancer is a major public health problem in many countries of the world and the third leading cause of death in developing countries. The most frequently diagnosed cancers in females and males are breast and lung cancers respectively. The aim of this study was to investigate the pattern of age distribution and the frequency of different cancers in East Azerbaijan province during the year 2009. This descriptive analytic study was performed by community based method on 5455 new cancer cases obtained from cancer registries in East Azerbaijan province in 2009. Characteristics of all registered cancers [including age, sex, and etc] were collected in a form. Then data were summarized and coded using the International Classification of Disease [ICD]. Data were analyzed by SPSS software. The 95% confidence interval of the study Variables were calculated using Excel software. Among 5455 cases, 3189 ones [58.5%] were males and 2256 ones [41.4%] were females. Mean age of cancer incidence was 57.3 +/- 18.5 years. About 47.8% of malignancies occurred in ages over 60 years and 52.2% below 60 years. Among men, 57.8% of all cancers occurred in the age group of 60-70 years but in women 53.5% of them occurred in the age group of 50-60 years. Mean age at diagnosis was significantly higher [P<0.001] among males [60 years, 95%CI: 59.7-60.9] than females [53 years, 95% CI: 52.2-53.8]. The 10 most common cancers among males and females were stomach [15.5%] and breast [20.9%] cancers respectively. More than half of all registered cancers in the province were in the age group of above 60 years. Stomach and breast cancers are the most common malignancies of this region and occur most frequently during the 7th and 5th decades of life respectively. Comprehensive and complementary studies for recognizing relevant factors are among the priorities of health system research in this province