Introduction: After the Persianate

An Introduction to the special section of articles in Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa, and the Middle East on connections between Iran and India in the 19th and 20th centuries

As Seen from Bombay: An Iranian Zoroastrian Photo Album from the 1930s

This photo essay provides a visual archive of Parsi philanthropic efforts toward the Iranian Zoroastrian communities of Yazd, Kerman, and Tehran during the 1930s. The essay reproduces a collection of photographs from a photo album produced by the Iranian Zoroastrian Anjoman (est. 1918) for the benefit of Parsi audiences in Bombay. These photographs were taken and compiled by administrators of the Parsi-funded charities in order to demonstrate to Bombay-based Parsi benefactors how their charity efforts were being used inside Iran. The essay also discusses the importance of including visual archival material as part of the social and cultural history of modern Iran, as well as the unique sets of challenges that such archival preservation represents.The full photo album is available via SHAREOK: https://hdl.handle.net/11244/335212Ye

Survey of quality of life of patients with breast cancer among women at Shahid Beheshti University of Medical science and Health service 2017

Background and Aims: Breast cancer is the most common type of cancer diseases among women. The survival rate of breast cancer patients is long and, as a result, patients are greatly affected by cancer, its complications and consequences.Materials and Methods: The research design was descriptive – cross sectional. About 150 patients (women) with breast cancer were candidate for chemotherapy referred to the ward of Oncology in Shohada Tajrish and Taleghani Hospitals, both under the auspicious of Shahid Beheshti University of Medical science, 2017. The standard Quality of life Questionnaire (EROTC QLQ_C30) and its breastcancer supplementary measure (QLQ-BR 23) Questionnaire developed by the European Organization for Research and treatment of cancer were respectively used to measure the quality of life and for demography, within one stage. Finally, the data was analyzed using SPSS16 statistical software through ANOVA and Pearson tests. All ethical issues were considered throughout the study.Results: The average age of women whom surveyed was 47.81±8.21, which 74.7 percent of them were married. The average score of the global health status of respondents undergone the survey was 538818.20±. Among the functional scores, the highest score was related to cognitive indexes 68.77± 30.30. Economic difficulties showed the highest score of 69.11 27.33± among symptom scales. Physical,emotional and cognitive functioning, and also the disease symptoms such as fatigue, nausea and vomiting, pain, dyspnoea, insomnia, constipation and economic difficulties were among the variables demonstrating significance relationship with quality of life in Univariate Analysis.Conclusion: The results of this study show the inappropriate conditions regarding the quality of life in some general and specific symptom scales of the patients under the survey. Therefore, the importance of paying more attention to this matter and designing of suitable actions for enhancing the quality of theirlife is expected. Keyword: Breast cancer, Quality of life, Wome

As Seen from Bombay: An Iranian Zoroastrian Photo Album from the 1930s

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بررسی کیفیت زندگی زنان مبتلا به سرطان پستان مراجعه کننده به بیمارستانهای تحت پوشش دانشگاه علوم پزشکی شهید بهشتی 1395

Background and Aims: Breast cancer is the most common type of cancer diseases among women. The survival rate of breast cancer patients is long and, as a result, patients are greatly affected by cancer, its complications and consequences.Materials and Methods: The research design was descriptive – cross sectional. About 150 patients (women) with breast cancer were candidate for chemotherapy referred to the ward of Oncology in Shohada Tajrish and Taleghani Hospitals, both under the auspicious of Shahid Beheshti University of Medical science, 2017. The standard Quality of life Questionnaire (EROTC QLQ_C30) and its breastcancer supplementary measure (QLQ-BR 23) Questionnaire developed by the European Organization for Research and treatment of cancer were respectively used to measure the quality of life and for demography, within one stage. Finally, the data was analyzed using SPSS16 statistical software through ANOVA and Pearson tests. All ethical issues were considered throughout the study.Results: The average age of women whom surveyed was 47.81±8.21, which 74.7 percent of them were married. The average score of the global health status of respondents undergone the survey was 538818.20±. Among the functional scores, the highest score was related to cognitive indexes 68.77± 30.30. Economic difficulties showed the highest score of 69.11 27.33± among symptom scales. Physical,emotional and cognitive functioning, and also the disease symptoms such as fatigue, nausea and vomiting, pain, dyspnoea, insomnia, constipation and economic difficulties were among the variables demonstrating significance relationship with quality of life in Univariate Analysis.Conclusion: The results of this study show the inappropriate conditions regarding the quality of life in some general and specific symptom scales of the patients under the survey. Therefore, the importance of paying more attention to this matter and designing of suitable actions for enhancing the quality of theirlife is expected.زمينه و اهداف: سرطان پستان، شايع‌ترين سرطان در ميان زنان است. کيفيت زندگي يک موضوع مهم در مطالعات بيماريهاي مزمن، به خصوص سرطان مي‌باشد. مواد و روش‌ها: اين مطالعه، يک مطالعه مقطعي (توصيفي-تحليلي) بوده كه به منظور تعيين كيفيت زندگي مبتلايان به سرطان پستان انجام شده است و با روش نمونه‌گيري تصادفي ساده، 150 بيمار مبتلا در بخش شيمي درماني بيمارستانهاي شهدا تجريش و طالقاني انتخاب شدند. جمع آوري اطلاعات بـا استفاده از دو پرسشنامه C30-QLQ و BR23-QLQ و پرسشنامه مشخصات فردي بود که توسط بيمار تکميل شدند. داده‌ها با استفاده از SPSS16 و از طريق آناليز واريانس و پيرسون مورد تجزيه و تحليل قرار گرفت. تمام مراحل تحقيق با رعايت موازين اخلاقي پژوهش انجام گرديد. يافته‌ها: ميانگين سن زنان مورد بررسي 8/21± 47/81سال بود که 74/7 درصد آنان متاهل بودند. ميانگين نمره كلي كيفيت زندگي در افراد تحت مطالعه 18/20±53/88بود. از بين شاخص‌هاي عملکردي بيشترين نمره مربوط به شاخص شناختي با 30/30±68/77 بود. از بين شاخص‌هاي علامتي، بيشترين نمره مربوط به شاخص مشکلات اقتصادي با 27/33±69/11بود. عملكرد جسماني، احساسي، شناختي و همچنين علائم بيماري نظير خستگي، تهوع و اسـتفراغ، درد، تنگي نفس، كاهش خواب، يبوست و مشكلات اقتصادي از جمله متغيرهايي بودند كه در تحليل تك متغيره ارتباط معني داري بـا كيفيـت زندگي نشان دادند. نتيجه‌گيري: نتايج مطالعه، نشان دهنده وضعيت نامناسب کيفيت زندگي در برخي شاخص‌هاي علامتي عمومي و اختصاصي بيماران مورد بررسي بود که ضرورت توجه بيشتر و طراحي اقداماتي مناسب به منظور ارتقاء کيفيت زندگي آنان را مطرح مي‌نمايد