Scientific output of Shahrekord University of medical sciences in ISI database from 1993 to 2011 according to scientometric indices

Background and aim: The recognition and evaluation of research status in each country is a necessity for research planners, policymakers, and researchers of that country. Today, the quantitative examination of scientific output (particularly research articles) is one of the most important indices of research and knowledge generation. Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) database is offered by Institute for Science Information (ISI) and is considered as one of important databases in scientometric research. This study is aimed to examine the scientific output status of the researchers affiliated to Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences (SKUMS) from 1993 till the end of 2011 using the data of Web of Science (WOS). Methods: The present research is applied-descriptive. Data gathering was done in internet through WOS database. Having entered into search option of this database and selected science citation index of SCIE, we searched within 1993-2011 interval using different spelling of SKUMS as address. The data after being extracted from database entered into Histcite software. For data analysis descriptive statistics, including frequency and percent, and some scientometric rules were used. Results: The number of scientific documents authored by authors affiliated to SKUMS, published in 89 journals, was 142 in science citation database till the end of 2011. The total number of references to the university's articles was 352, with the mean reference of 2.48 to each article and h-index of 9 for SKUMS. There was an increase in the number of scientific records existing in this database and the references made to SKUMS' articles (from one in 2000 to 45 in 2011 and from one in 2004 to 93 in 2011, respectively). The highest knowledge generation was related to general internal medicine with 22 (15.5 of the) records. Conclusion: Knowledge generation in SKUMS has been on increase and the increase in number of citations is indicative of the articles' quality growth

The effect of HLADRB1 subtypes, on clinical diseases activity index in rheumatoid arthritis patients referred to rheumatology clinic of Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences

زمینه و هدف: بیماری آرتریت روماتویید (RA)، شایع ترین بیماری التهابی مفاصل است و در صورت عدم درمان مناسب می تواند منجر به ناتوانی قابل توجه فرد بیمار گردد. عوامل متعدد ژنتیکی، محیطی و ایمونولوژیک، در پاتوژنز این بیماری نقش دارند. هدف این مطالعه بررسی اثرات ژن HLA-DRB1 بر روی شاخص فعالیت بالینی بیماری (CDAI) در بیماران مبتلا به آرتریت روماتوئید و نیز تعیین فراوانی نسبی آلل های HLA-DRB1 در این بیماری می باشد. روش بررسی: در این مطالعه توصیفی تحلیلی تعداد 64 نفر از بیماران مبتلا به RA مراجعه کرده به کلینیک روماتولوژی بیمارستان هاجر شهرکرد به روش نمونه گیری در دسترس بر اساس معیار های کالج روماتولوژی آمریکا (ACR) سال 1987 و با نظر تشخیصی روماتولوژیست انتخاب گردیدند. پس از آن همه بیماران برای تعیین CDAIاولیه مورد معاینات بالینی قرار گرفتند. پس از استخراج DNA بیماران، با استفاده از روش فنل کلروفورم انواع زیر گروه های ژن HLA-DRB1 با استفاده از کیت های تخصصی و بر اساس متد SSP-PCR تعیین گردید. معاینه دوم بیماران 6 ماه بعد انجام شد و با تکمیل چک لیست مربوط به هر بیمار تجزیه و تحلیل داده ها با استفاده از تست های آماری کای اسکوئر و تی تست گروه های زوجی انجام شد. یافته ها: شایعترین HLA-DRB1 موجود در بیماران مورد مطالعه نوع 04* با فراوانی نسبی 3/31 درصد بود. در بیماران دارای 15*، 01*،04*HLA-DRB1، شاخص فعالیت بالینی شان بعد از 6 ماه واضحاً کاهش پیدا کرده (05/0>P)، ولی در سایر گروه های بیمار این نتایج دیده نشد (05/

Evaluating the Effectiveness of Using a Progressive Muscle Relaxation Technique in Reducing the Pain of Multiple Sclerosis Patients

Objective: Multiple sclerosis is a chronic neurological disease that affects all financial, social and emotional aspects of individuals, families, and society in general. The pain caused by this disease can have devastating effects on patients and their careers, and thus the quality of their lives. This study aimed at verifying the level of pain in multiple sclerosis MS] patients before and after the application of a progressive muscle relaxation technique PMRT]. Methods: In a randomized clinical trial study, 70 MS patients were randomly allocated into two groups of 35 patients each. The experimental group received PMRT training for 3 months in 90 sessions, whereas the control group did not. Current pain was evaluated using self-reported questionnaires before and after the intervention. After 3 months, a questionnaire was completed by subjects in both the experimental and control groups. The data were then analyzed through inferential statistical tests. Results: The independent t test indicated that there was no significant difference in the amount of subjective pain perceived by experimental and control groups before the intervention p > 0.05], while the same test showed a significant difference in the pain experienced following the intervention p = 0.001]. The paired t test within groups also showed a significant reduction in the pain perceived by the patients in the experimental group 3 months after the intervention p = 0.001], while no significant difference was seen in the amount of pain experienced by patients in the control group p > 0.05]. There were no adverse events. Conclusion: The progressive muscle relaxation technique used in this study is practical, feasible and inexpensive with no side effect