A systematic review of eHealth modes in preventing sexually transmitted infections.

Prevention of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) is critical. Despite developing treatment and prevention programs, sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are essential in developing acute and chronic diseases. Because "eHealth" (electronic-Health) has excellent potential for disseminating health information to the public regarding STDs, we aimed to identify and review all published articles focusing on preventing STIs. After constructing the design and answering population, intervention, comparison, and outcome questions, two authors conducted a systematic literature search in four online databases in January 2022. The screening process and data extraction were conducted by two authors independently, and then, a quality assessment was performed. After removing duplicates, and two rounds of shortlisting, 16 articles were included for data extraction out of 5113 entries. Included studies were of different designs and assessed six preventive outcomes categories, with condom use being the most frequent result among studies. We also extracted implementation outcomes and reviewed them. Included studies with 13,137 participants have provided reasonable evidence of the effectiveness of different types of eHealth in improving STI prevention interventions. Although this systematic review was not without limitations, it can no longer be ignored that eHealth modes offer many opportunities to prevent STDs, especially among the young population.

Role of Oxidative Stress and Antioxidant Supplementation in Male Fertility.

Nearly 15% of couples experience infertility as a universal health issue. About 50% of infertility cases have been known to be associated with the male partner . Oxidative stress (OS) represents an imbalance in the level of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and anti-oxidants. In fact, OS has been considered as one of the popular pathologies reported in about 50% of all infertile males. Therefore, the increased level of ROS may result in infertility via DNA damages or lipid peroxidation (LPO) as well as the inactivation of enzymes and oxidation of protiens in spermatozoa. Basically, OS results from lifestyle variables. As the absence of antioxidants and the respective deficiencies in the semen cause OS, variations in the lifestyle and anti-oxidant regimes may be advantageous to treatment strategies for resolving such an issue. Actually, anti-oxidants like vitamins E and C, glutathione, coenzyme-Q10, carnitines, selenium, Nacetylcysteine, carotenoids, zinc, and pentoxifylline decline the OS-induced sperm damages. Therefore, the present review overviews the oxidative biochemistry associated with sperm health and identifies which men would be most at risk of oxidative infertility. Hence, the review would show the techniques provided to diagnose OS and diverse therapeutic options.

The effect of willpower workshop on anxiety, depression, and the excitement components in the students of Shiraz university of medical sciences.

INTRODUCTION AND AIM: The current study aimed at evaluating the effect of willpower workshop on anxiety, depression, and the Granovsky excitement components among the students of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences in the academic year 2016--2017. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Students (140) were selected by the simple random sampling method and allocated into two equal groups of intervention (willing) and control, each of 52 individuals. Data collection instruments were the Garnefski cognitive emotion regulation scale and the Beck depression and anxiety inventories. The data were collected twice, before intervention and after the intervention (9 months after the study completion and holding the workshops). The control subjects received no intervention but were interviewed every 3 months. RESULTS: The results of the current study indicated no significant differences in demographic variables and pretest scores between the groups, which indicate the homogeneity of the groups. In other words, there were no significant differences between the groups regarding demographic characteristics before the intervention (P > 0.05). In addition, to compare the intervention and control groups, the Mann--Whitney U test was used and the results showed a significant difference in posttest results between the study groups (P < 0.05). Also, there was a significant difference between the pretest and posttest results of each group (P < 0.05). CONCLUSION: Results of the current study indicated that training the stress, coping and willpower strengthening skills, based on the Granovsky excitement components, could promote psychophysical health and reduce anxiety and stress among the studied students.