Effects of aromatherapy by Rosaceous on the severity and systemic symptoms of primary dysmenorrhea

Background and Aim:Dysmenorrhea, defined as pain associated with menstruation that affects millions of women in the reproductive ageworldwide. Considering the high prevalence of dysmenorrhea and its adverse consequences on quality of life, thepresent study examined the effects of Rosaceous on the severity of primary dysmenorrhea and its systemicmanifestations.Materials and Methods:This double blind clinical trial was performed on 110 students of Hamadan University of Medical Sciences. Studentsrandomly assigned into intervention and control groups. Both groups were matched before intervention for age,education level, BMI, income, education wife, age of menarche and marital status. In the intervention group in the first3 days of menstruation, 10 drops of Rosaceous extract were given to the subjects two times daily for two consecutivemenstrual cycles. The controls take placebo. Severity of primary dysmenorrhea is compared in the two groups using thepaired t test and between groups using the independent t test.Findings:The severity of primary dysmenorrhea and systemic manifestations decreased in both groups, this reduction was moresignificant in the Rosaceous group (p <0.001).Conclusions:The results of this study results showed a positive impact of Rosaceous in reduction of severity of primarydysmenorrhea and systemic manifestations. It seems that can be used to reduce the severity of primary dysmenorrheaand systemic manifestations.Keywords:Dysmenorrhea; Rosaceous; Traditional Medicine

Qualitative and quantitative evaluation of bioaerosoles in the air of different wards of governmental Hamedan hospitals, during 2011-2012

Background : In the educational hospitals of Hamedan university of medical sciences there was no previous study on qualitative and quantitative of bioaerosoles in the air of different wards. So, in this study the quality and quantity of bioaerosols in the air of hospitals was investigated to establish reference for future studies or measures. Materials and Methods: In this cross sectional research, 30 wards from 5 educational hospitals of Hamedan city were studied. More than 180 air samples were collected in the various locations and conditions according to filtration method suggested by bioaerosol committee of ACGIH. The samples were transported to blood agar and sabouraud medium then were cultivated immediately. The type and number of colonies were determined in the laboratory then, the bioaerosol concentration was calculated in terms of cfu/m3. SPSS software was used for data management and related statistical analysis was carried out. Results: There were highest and lowest concentration of bioaerosols in women1 and operating room wards of Fatemiyeh hospital, respectively (54.4cfu/m3 vs. 13.3cfu/m3). It was appeared that there was no significant correlation between concentration of bioaerosols in the hospitals and proposed standard level (P=0.3). The highest fungal population were Penicelium (32.06%), Cladosporium (20.5%), Aspergillus fumigates (14.61%), Aspergillus niiger (7.43%), respectively. The highest bacterial population were coagulase-negative staphylococci (32.49%), Bacillus spp. (14.74%), Micrococcus spp.(13.68%) and Staphylococcus aureus (11.34%), respectively. Conclusion: Quantitative bioaresols concentration in the air of some hospitals was more than proposed standard. Most surveyed hospitals lacked air treatment systems so, for reducing bioaerosol concentration, standard ventilation system should be designed and utilized

Evaluation of Student Satisfaction from Hamadan University of Medical Sciences Educational Process and Programs in 2011-2012

Introduction: Mission of Universities is to respond to the needs and expectations of its key stakeholders and specially their students. Quality promotion and continuous improvement of education and research processes in universities of medical sciences is important. Determining of student satisfaction level as the most important indicators to reach the desired quality should be considered. Thus this study with purpose of student satisfaction evaluation from education and research processes in Hamadan medical sciences faculties was performed.Material and Methods: This cross - sectional study was conducted in Hamadan University of Medical Sciences at 2011-2012. 385 students selected from all schools based on stratified method. To measure student satisfaction a researcher made questionnaire consisted of 71 questions related to various aspects of educational services (9 compasses) was used. Obtained data were analyzed using SPSS 16 software the chi-square test.Results: Most of the participants (72.2%) were in the age group 25 to 21 years. 50.3 percent of students were female. Most of students were at the undergraduate level (38.8%) and physician (32.9%). Level of satisfaction for all compasses was at moderate level. Based on statistic result only in internships and apprenticeships compasses satisfaction level showed a significant correlation with studying duration (P<0.05). Also in the teachers counseling, workshops and laboratory activity compasses the stratification level had a significance relation with degree (P<0.05).Conclusion: The results showed that the student’s satisfaction from educational processes is at moderate level. Satisfaction level based on degree of students is different, so managers and policy makers of educational system as well as teachers of various degrees can utilize the present study results to restructure of educational strategy in order to promotion the quality and the satisfaction level of educational services