Association between modified Mediterranean- Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension Intervention for Neurodegenerative Delay (MIND) diet score and sensorimotor polyneuropathy in patients with type 2 diabetes who have overweight or obesity in Kermanshah, Iran : a matched case-control study

In this study, we investigated the association between Diabetes Sensory-motor Polyneuropathy (DSPN) and the modified Mediterranean-DASH Intervention for Neurodegenerative Delay (MIND) diet score in Kermanshah which is a city in the west of Iran. Also, we investigated whether the association between DSPN and the odds of having a higher modified MIND diet score was modified by sex, age groups, BMI categories and a specific food item. In conclusion, in this case-control study, we found that there is a negative association between the modified MIND diet score and having DSPN in people with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) who are overweight or obese. Moreover, our findings indicated that this association was modified by age groups as it was stronger for those aged 50-60 years. Also, there was effect modification by a specific food item like refined grain or fruits or vegetables or chicken. The negative association between modified MIND diet scores and DSPN was not modified by gender and overweightness versus obesity. Dietary interventions are an attractive option to prevent or reduce the burden of DSPN in people with T2DM, given the relatively low cost and low risk, and the results of this study suggest that the modified MIND diet may be a promising option, which warrants further investigation in clinical trials in future. While the present investigation suggests a potential association between the modified MIND diet and DSPN, further research is warranted to establish a causal relationship and elucidate the underlying mechanisms. Specifically, prospective randomized controlled trials are needed to determine whether adhering to the modified MIND diet can prevent or alleviate DSPN and whether this effect is mediated by general health benefits. In addition, the impact of the modified MIND diet on different subtypes of DSPN, such as small fiber neuropathy and autonomic neuropathy, should be explored. Furthermore, given the heterogeneity of dietary habits and nutritional intakes across populations, it is important to investigate whether the modified MIND diet is equally effective in preventing DSPN in diverse populations and settings. Ultimately, a better understanding of the relationship between the modified MIND diet and DSPN can inform the design of future clinical trials which test tailored dietary interventions for patients at risk of or with existing DSPN and ultimately contribute to the management and prevention of this debilitating complication of diabetes

Presenting a Population-based Multiple Sclerosis Registry for Iran

 Introduction: Worldwide prevalence of Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is growing, and given the huge burden on the patient, the community and the healthcare system, prevention interventions and symptom management in order to improving the quality of life of these patients are of utmost importance. One of the most important strategies in this regard is providing the existence of an MS population-based registry. Accordingly, this research was aimed at providing a population-based MS registry model.Materials and Methods: This is a qualitative study, carried out within the years 2016 and 2017. The population of the present study consisted of models of multiple sclerosis population registries. In this study, a model was provided using library resources, informational networks and information retrieval from databases of PubMed, Google Scholar, Springer, Science direct, and Wiley and also through studying the registry of developed countries. Then, this model using Delphi technique and questionnaire tool was validated and after data analysis, the final model was presented.Results: In the present study, a demographic MS registry model including the following eight main criteria was proposed: registry goals, data sources, minimum data set, data set, data processing, various types of reports, quality control measures and patient follow-up procedures. Conclusion: Considering the prevalence of MS in Iran and the need for optimal data management, it is recommended that measures be taken to establish and use a national MS population-based registry and be one of the priorities of the Ministry of Health and Medical Education. 

Lessons Learned from the Population-Based Multiple Sclerosis Registries in the Developed Countries

Context: The prevalence of Multiple Sclerosis (MS) in the world has grown and has attracted particular attention on the international level and governments, has considered prevention interventions and managing the symptoms of the disease to reduce the economic burden and has improved the quality of life of these patients necessary. One of the most important strategies in this field is MS population-based registry. Accordingly, this study was designed to identify the components of MS population-based registries within the developed countries.Evidence Acquisition: The present study is a review article that was conducted in 2018. The population of the study consisted of MS population-based registry systems of developed countries such as USA, France, and Denmark. Based on the combination of related keywords, about 60 papers appropriately and after extraction, categorization and integration were formulated in the form of proper sequence for the purpose of the study.Results: The main components of MS population-based registries in developed countries included registry goals, information resources, Minimum Data Sets (MDS), types of processes, types of reports, quality control measures, data transmission time limits, responsible for recording and collecting data, responsible organization and executor, data transmission method and the privacy practicesConclusion: With regard to the results, it is suggested that the developing countries must consider creating an MS population-based registry as a national program due to their health system and the MS population-based registries structure in developed countries, so that they can adopt a suitable strategy for preventing and controlling the disease

Investigation of damage caused by sharp instruments and needle sticks exposure in operation room’s staff in hospitals in the Ahvaz city in 2013

مزمینه و هدف: فرورفتن سوزن در بدن از جمله مشکلاتی است که افراد شاغل در اتاق عمل با آن مواجه هستند که بیشترین احتمال HIV و هپاتیت های C و B منتقله از راه خون، جهت پرسنل در آن وجود دارد. لذا هدف از این مطالعه تعیین فراوانی و علل آسیب های ناشی از وسایل نوک تیز آلوده به خون بیمار در کارکنان اتاق عمل بیمارستان های دولتی اهواز است. روش بررسی: این پژوهش یک مطالعه توصیفی تحلیلی است که بر روی کلیه پرسنل اتاق عمل بیمارستان های امام خمینی، رازی، گلستان و طالقانی اهواز به تعداد 400 نفر انجام گرفت. جهت جمع آوری اطلاعات از پرسشنامه محقق ساخته، استفاده شد. تجزیه و تحلیل اطلاعات با استفاده از آزمون های آماری کای اسکور و تی، در نرم افزار 19spss صورت گرفت. یافته ها: از بین 385 نفر مورد مطالعه تعداد 92 نفر(9/23) هرگز سابقه نیدل استیک شدن را نداشتند، اما 293 نفر(10/76 )1 تا بیش از 5 بار نیدل استیک شده بودند. از دیدگاه کارکنان، عوامل مؤثر در نیدل استیک شدن عجله کردن(5/61)، بی احتیاطی همکار(0/39) و شلوغی بخش (6/35) می باشد. بیشترین وسیله ای که باعث ایجاد نیدل استیک می شود بترتیب سوزن بخیه(4/51)، نیدل سرنگ(4/37)، تیغ بیستوری(6/30) است. آزمون های آماری کای اسکوور ارتباط معنی داری بین جنسیت، بیماری روحی، لرزش دست، مشکلات بینایی، سابقه، تعداد شیفت در ماه، تعداد ساعت کار در هفته، مدرک تحصیلی، شغل، فعالیت در یک مرکز درمانی دیگر و تعداد نیدل استیک شدن را نشان داد(05/0>P). نتیجه گیری: نتایج این مطالعه نشان داد که بیش از نیمی از کارکنان اتاق عمل با نیدل استیک مواجه هستند. لذا با توجه به عوارض و احتمال ابتلا به بیماری های منتقله از راه خون و بالا بودن میزان صدمات در اتاق عمل، به نظر می رسد تدوین و برگزاری کلاس های آموزشی جهت پیشگیری از این مشکلات، ضرورت دارد

Systematic review of violence against women

Aim: Violence against women (VAW) all over the world threatens their physical, mental, and social status. This study attempts to systematically review VAW. Methods: First, a search strategy was designed based on keywords and Mesh system. Then, different search engines such as ScienceDirect, Pubmed, World Health Organization, Google Scholar, Iranmedex, Magiran, and SID were used to carry out an extensive search. Quality assessments were done on the results of the search and finally, articles in different groups were classified based on the analyzed subjects and result contents. Findings: After the quality of articles was analyzed, 270 articles were selected which were within the research framework. Of these articles, 125 articles were in English and 140 articles were in Persian. The articles were categorized into four groups. All these articles examined the issue of VAW. 172 articles were about VAW and its effect on health, 26 articles were in areas of VAW and juridical and legal aspects, 36 articles were about VAW and its cultural aspects and 31 articles were related to VAW and its economic repercussions. Conclusion: VAW was observed in all countries and nearly in all social, economic, racial, geographical classes and among all age groups. Although this issue has been examined in its different aspects and by different organizations, it is continuously occurring all over the world. The results of this study showed that these articles did not offer any appropriate strategy to deal with this predicament. Thus, national and international research about the present issue and interventional and practical studies are still required

A review on medicinal plant of Apium graveolens

Background and aims: Medicinal plants are used in traditional medicine to treat many diseases. Celery (Apium graveolens) is a native medicinal plant to Europe. This plant has a very wide range of usage and cultivation. The wild type was found in countries such as Algeria, the Caucasus, Iran, India and America. However, due to increasing value and the special place of the plant in the new pharmaceutical industry, it is necessary to recognize the potential in the field of manufacturing and processing. This article presents morphological characteristics, vegetation compounds and evaluation of the therapeutic properties of this valuable medicinal plant. Methods: The information of this review article have been gathered from accessible journals in databases such as Web of Science, PubMed, Scopus, Embase, SID and Iran Medex. The search terms wer

Identifying and correcting invalid citations due to DOI errors in Crossref data

This work aims to identify classes of DOI mistakes by analysing the open bibliographic metadata available in Crossref, highlighting which publishers were responsible for such mistakes and how many of these incorrect DOIs could be corrected through automatic processes. By using a list of invalid cited DOIs gathered by OpenCitations while processing the OpenCitations Index of Crossref open DOI-to-DOI citations (COCI) in the past two years, we retrieved the citations in the January 2021 Crossref dump to such invalid DOIs. We processed these citations by keeping track of their validity and the publishers responsible for uploading the related citation data in Crossref. Finally, we identified patterns of factual errors in the invalid DOIs and the regular expressions needed to catch and correct them. The outcomes of this research show that only a few publishers were responsible for and/or affected by the majority of invalid citations. We extended the taxonomy of DOI name errors proposed in past studies and defined more elaborated regular expressions that can clean a higher number of mistakes in invalid DOIs than prior approaches. The data gathered in our study can enable investigating possible reasons for DOI mistakes from a qualitative point of view, helping publishers identify the problems underlying their production of invalid citation data. Also, the DOI cleaning mechanism we present could be integrated into the existing process (e.g. in COCI) to add citations by automatically correcting a wrong DOI. This study was run strictly following Open Science principles, and, as such, our research outcomes are fully reproducible

Identifying and correcting invalid citations due to DOI errors in Crossref data

This work aims to identify classes of DOI mistakes by analysing the open bibliographic metadata available in Crossref, highlighting which publishers were responsible for such mistakes and how many of these incorrect DOIs could be corrected through automatic processes. By using a list of invalid cited DOIs gathered by OpenCitations while processing the OpenCitations Index of Crossref open DOI-to-DOI citations (COCI) in the past two years, we retrieved the citations in the January 2021 Crossref dump to such invalid DOIs. We processed these citations by keeping track of their validity and the publishers responsible for uploading the related citation data in Crossref. Finally, we identified patterns of factual errors in the invalid DOIs and the regular expressions needed to catch and correct them. The outcomes of this research show that only a few publishers were responsible for and/or affected by the majority of invalid citations. We extended the taxonomy of DOI name errors proposed in past studies and defined more elaborated regular expressions that can clean a higher number of mistakes in invalid DOIs than prior approaches. The data gathered in our study can enable investigating possible reasons for DOI mistakes from a qualitative point of view, helping publishers identify the problems underlying their production of invalid citation data. Also, the DOI cleaning mechanism we present could be integrated into the existing process (e.g. in COCI) to add citations by automatically correcting a wrong DOI. This study was run strictly following Open Science principles, and, as such, our research outcomes are fully reproducible

Identifying and correcting invalid citations due to DOI errors in Crossref data

This work aims to identify classes of DOI mistakes by analysing the open bibliographic metadata available in Crossref, highlighting which publishers were responsible for such mistakes and how many of these incorrect DOIs could be corrected through automatic processes. By using a list of invalid cited DOIs gathered by OpenCitations while processing the OpenCitations Index of Crossref open DOI-to-DOI citations (COCI) in the past two years, we retrieved the citations in the January 2021 Crossref dump to such invalid DOIs. We processed these citations by keeping track of their validity and the publishers responsible for uploading the related citation data in Crossref. Finally, we identified patterns of factual errors in the invalid DOIs and the regular expressions needed to catch and correct them. The outcomes of this research show that only a few publishers were responsible for and/or affected by the majority of invalid citations. We extended the taxonomy of DOI name errors proposed in past studies and defined more elaborated regular expressions that can clean a higher number of mistakes in invalid DOIs than prior approaches. The data gathered in our study can enable investigating possible reasons for DOI mistakes from a qualitative point of view, helping publishers identify the problems underlying their production of invalid citation data. Also, the DOI cleaning mechanism we present could be integrated into the existing process (e.g. in COCI) to add citations by automatically correcting a wrong DOI. This study was run strictly following Open Science principles, and, as such, our research outcomes are fully reproducible