association between quality of sleep and health-related quality of life in military and non-military women in Tehran, Iran

Objectives: Quality of sleep [QoS] in individuals is affected by their occupation and is one of the factors affecting the quality of life [QoL]. Few studies have evaluated the relationship between QoS and QoL in military women personnel. The aim of this study was to assess QoL and QoS, and compare their relationship among military and non-military women in Tehran

Methods: This cross-sectional study was carried out on 90 women working in Tehran during 2014, 30 were military forces, 30 were military staff, and 30 were civilian organizations staff. The female subjects were selected from Amin Police University and Tehran Health Insurance Organization using simple random sampling. The 36-Item Short Form Health Survey [SF-36] and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index [PSQI] were used to measure QoL and QoS, respectively. The relationship between QoL and QoS was assessed using Pearson's correlation coefficient

Results: The mean scores of QoL in the military forces, military staff, and civilian organizations staff were 58.94 +/- 17.71, 67.18 +/- 13.52, and 69.10 +/- 12.51, respectively. Among the study participants, 62.9% of military forces, 20.0% of military staff, and 17.1% of the civilian organizations staff had poor QoS. Mental health as one of the dimensions of QoL was significantly different between military forces and civilian organizations staff. The association between QoL and QoS was statistically significant in military forces and military staff women

Conclusions: Low QoS and QoL in the army necessitates that the authorities offer programs and appropriate strategies to improve mental health of QoL and promotion of QoS

Evaluation of the relationship between social desirability and minor psychiatric disorders among nurses in southern Iran: a robust regression approach

Social desirability may affect different aspects of people's quality of life. One of the impressive dimensions of quality of life is mental health. The prevalence of Minor Psychiatric Disorders [MPD] among health care workers is higher than other health workers. This article aims at evaluating the relationship between social desirability and MPD among nurses in southern Iran. A cross-sectional study was carried out on 765 nurses who had been employed in hospitals in the southern provinces of Iran. The 12-item General Health Questionnaire [GHQ-12] and Marlowe-Crowne Social Desirability Scale [MC-SDS] were used for evaluating the MPD and social desirability in nurses, respectively. The Robust Regression was used to determine any quantified relationship between social desirability and the level of MPD with adjusted age, gender, work experience, marital status, and level of education. The mean scores of GHQ-12 and MC-SDS were 13.02 +/- 5.64 [out of 36] and 20.17 +/- 4.76 [out of 33], respectively. The result of Robust Regression indicated that gender and social desirability were statistically significant in affecting MPD. The prevalence of MPD in female nurses was higher than males. Nurses with higher social desirability scores had the tendency to report lower levels of MPD

[Study of reasons for extraction of permanent teeth in Shiraz 2012-2013]

Introduction and Aims: tooth extraction done for any reasons has negative effect on humans psychological aspect .more ever extraction cause disorder in mastication, atheistic and speaking. The aim of this research is to study the relation frequency of extracting permanent with the reasons of it in dental clinics and Shiraz dental school in 1392 in Shiraz

Methods: this cross-sectional study has targeted 800 patients whose 2110 teeth were removed using simple sampling method among those referred to dental clinics in Shiraz. Information such as gender, age, educational level, the main cause of the tooth removal [Tooth decay, periodontal disease, prostheses, orthodontics, and also patient's desire to do so] and type of tooth were collected. Data analysis was performed using SPSS18 software and used chi-square test and logistic regression

Results: caries [25%], a combination of decay and periodontal problems [19.8 %], Patient's request [11.2%] were the most common causes of tooth removal. Chi-square test showed no significant correlation between the tooth and Gender [p=0.358?2=11.72 ]. Chi-square test showed a statically significant correlation between patients' level of education and the tooth extraction

Conclusion: based on the results, most of the teeth were extracted due to decay and a combination of decay and periodontal problems or patients' request considering the fact that they could be preserved which shows the need for increasing preventive programs and further periodic examination

[Visual estimation of post partum hemorrhage and its treatment]

Postpartum hemorrhage is a leading cause of maternal morbidity and mortality that is preventive by appropriate estimation of blood loss and its treatment. This study was undertaken to evaluate the accuracy of visual estimation of postpartum hemorrhage by clinicians and co worker who work in the obstetrics department. In this descriptive observational study, 199 educational/clinical personnel participated who worked in the obstetrics department of 3 training hospital in Mashhad in 2010. First characteristic of their occupation, educational and period of work experience recorded. Then scenes similar of postpartum hemorrhage were rebuilt by using of expired whole blood in five different volume [500, 1000, 1500, 2000, 2500, 3000 cc]. Participants looked each scenes and estimated volume and necessary treatment and record in forms. Data were analyzed by SPSS software version 12 and fisher and student tests and relation between accurate volume of hemorrhage and estimated volume and treatment, occupation and experience of participants were determined. Accuracy visual estimation of blood loss in different volume of postpartum hemorrhage was between 14.3% to 52%. There was no significant association between the position of the participants and accuracy of their estimation and proposed treatments. There was no association between the staffs' work experience and accuracy of their estimation. Visual estimation of blood loss was not accurate in the majority of participants. For prevention of maternal morbidity and mortality education is necessary that to be skilled for accurate estimation of blood loss