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Background: Obesity is a chronic disease and a public health problem that is introduced as an important risk factor for catching obstructive sleep apnea [OSA] in some studies. The present study was done to investigate the relationship between obesity and OSA in depressed elderly patients
Materials and methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted from 2014 to 2015 on 175 depressed elderly patients referred to health centers of Saqqez, using clustering and available sampling in saqqez. Demographic form, Geriatric Depression Scale [GDS] and Berlin Questionnaire were used to gather the data. Data were analyzed by SPSS [version 18] using descriptive statistics, Kolmogorov Smirinov, Mann Whitney- U, Chi-square and Exact Fischer tests. P- value less than 0.05 was considered as statistically significant
Results: 175 elderly depressed patients with mean age [+/- standard deviation] of 69.42+/-8 years were studied. 106 peoples [60.6%] were at high risk for OSA. There was a significant relationship between OSA and obesity [P<0.05]. The odds ratio for obesity in OSA people was 2.2 compared to those without OSA [OR: 2.2; 95%CI: 1.2-4.2; p <0.05]
Conclusion: There is relationship between body mass index and OSA in depressed elderly patients
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Family violence, specifically domestic violence, has been identified by the medical community as a serious, no remitting epidemic with adverse health consequences. World Health Organization [WHO] has stated that violence against women is a priority issue in the fields of health and human rights. A quasi experimental study were conducted in different faculties of Tehran University of Medical Sciences to determine the effect of teaching on prevention of domestic violence against female employees. Forty four women working in various faculties of Tehran University of Medical Sciences in 2004 were selected. A designed questionnaire was given to the participants to identify kinds, causes and consequences of domestic violence. Then an educational booklet was given to subjects. This booklet contained information about kinds, causes and consequences of domestic violence and how to manage them. To compare the impact of teaching, the same questionnaires were distributed among the subjects after six months. The questionnaire was specifically tested for content validity. The results indicated that the incidence rate of domestic violence pre test and post test education was 5.17%. Our study showed that education had no effect on domestic violence. Solving problems relating to domestic violence due to cardinal roots in short time seems to be impossible and impracticable