A survey on utilization of Nahjul-Balagha in scientific output of medical sciences

For downloading the full-text of this article please click here.Background and Objectives: Nahjul-Balagha, after Quran, is an important reference for humanity and a book of guidance that carries useful messages about health. The present study aimed at measuring the utilization rate of this book in the scientific output of medical sciences.Materials & Methods: The current cross-sectional study has been conducted on a portion of medical science’s scientific outputs (medical and dental dissertations as well as journals and articles in the field of medical sciences) and a 16-year interval of conferences on environmental health. Data was collected with citation analysis technique and using a researcher-made checklist. Descriptive and inferential statistical indicators were used for data analysis. In this study, all relevant ethical issues were considered.Results: A survey on 20,776 references from 511 dissertations has shown that Nahjul-Balagha was not used in any of them. In addition, findings of 19,069 references used in 876 published scientific articles in Persian journal of Babol University of Medical Sciences have showed that, the utilization rate of Nahjul-Balagha was 2 times over a 22-year interval. The abstract of only 1 article had been attached to Nahjul-Balagha issue in a 16-year interval of survey on 2928 articles presented in environmental health conferences.Conclusion:Though the important role of religious recommendations and especially useful written advice in Nahjul-Balagha on health, the utilization rate of this valuable book among articles of medical sciences, is rare.Keywords:Citation analysis, Medical sciences, Nahjul-Balagha Identity, ScientometryFor downloading the full-text of this article please click here.Please cite this article as: Tirgar A, Aghalari  Z. A survey on utilization of Nahjul-Balagha in scientific output of medical sciences. J Res Relig Health.2017;3(1): 30- 41

Using the Quran and Nahjul-Balagha in English Scientific Articles Published by Iranian Universities of Medical Sciences -2014

For downloading the full-text of this article please click here.Background and Objective: The Quran Al-Karim is not a book in the field of medicine and public health; however, it contains many verses in relation to health and hygiene. It also explores the root of events relevant to health and disease. Nahjul-Balagha also contains brilliant clues of health and hygiene. Therefore, the present study was conducted with the aim of determining the degree to which these two guidebooks have been utilized in writing medical articles.Method: The current applied, cross-sectional investigation was conducted by citation analysis; that is, frequency counts were obtained of original English language scientific articles which were published by Iranian universities of medical sciences in 2014. Data was collected using a researcher-made check-list through the survey of all scientific articles and their references. Descriptive statistical indicators were used for data analysis. In this study, The ethical issues were all considered and the authors declared no conflict of interest.Results: Of 201,071 studied references from 6,907 published articles and in 696 English language scientific journals belonging to 31 Iranian universities of medical sciences, Quran Al-Karim had been cited 218 times (less than 1%). Also, none of the articles had used Nahjul-Balagha as a reference. The most frequently cited Surahs of the holy Quran in published articles were Al-Baqarah, An-Nisa, Al-Anaam, and Al-Isra, in that order.Conclusion: Although the findings have shown that the Quran was cited as a reference among published articles in the field of medical sciences, its utilization rate seems to be inadequate.For downloading the full-text of this article please click here

Prevalence of Sick Building Syndrome (SBS) among Students and Teachers of Guidance Schools in Babol, Winter 2018

Background: It is important to determine the prevalence of Sick Building Syndrome (SBS) symptoms in school students and teachers, which is relevant to the physical environment of the building. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of sick building syndrome in students and teachers of guidance schools in Babol. Methods: This descriptive and analytical cross-sectional study was carried out in 15 guidance schools in Babol in the winter of 2018, among 150 students and 95 teachers. The MM040EA (Miljomedicine040) questionnaire was used to collect data and was completed by interview. Data were analyzed using Chi-square test. Results: Among the 12 symptoms of SBS, 50.7% of students had fatigue, and 44.7% had headaches. There was a significant correlation between heavy headedness (p = 0.42) and headache (p = 0.029) with students’ gender. There was a significant correlation between the teachers’ gender with the redness or dryness of facial skin (p = 0.015), redness or itching of hands (p = 0.009) and also fatigue (p = 0.003). There was a significant correlation between the symptoms of the SBS with very high temperature in the students (p = 0.050), and with the noises (p = 0.40) in the teachers. Conclusion: The present study showed that more than half of the students and teachers had symptoms of SBS. Since the symptoms of SBS are associated with some physical conditions of the classroom and school environment, the health condition of the schools should be annually checked for all aspects

Evaluation of Musculoskeletal Disorders in the Personnel of Health Centers in Babol, Iran

Background: Work-related musculoskeletal disorders are the most important cause of lost workdays and inefficiencies, medical costs, and workforce injuries. The aim of this study was to investigate the musculoskeletal disorders in employees of Babol health centers in 2017. Methods: This cross-sectional descriptive-analytic study was conducted on 210 employees of Babol health centers. A questionnaire including demographic information and the Standard Nordic Questionnaire were used for data collection. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and chi-square test in SPSS 22 software. Results: The mean age of the personnel was 40.07 ± 8.46. The highest prevalence of disorders was reported in the waist (58.9%) and neck (54.1%) in the last year, and the lower back (46.9%) and neck (44.9%) in the last seven days. In the last year, 25.7% and 15.5% of the staff required the use of medical and physiotherapy services, respectively, due to disorders. There was a significant relation between behind-the-desk hours with neck (P= 0.002) and knee pain (P= 0.049). Conclusion: In order to prevent and control musculoskeletal disorders, regarding the high prevalence of them, it is necessary to program for educational workshops to increase personnel knowledge, as well as ergonomic interventions, redesigning the workplace, and using appropriate anthropometric equipment. Keywords: Musculoskeletal Disorders, Nordic Disease Questionnaire, Personnel of health center

Occupational Burnout and its Related Factors among Health Care Center Staff in Babol

Background: The staff of health care centers are prone to occupational burnout due to their overwhelming workload, the lack of scientific and professional promotion, along with their sensitive responsibilities. The purpose of this study was to determine occupational burnout and its related factors among the staff of health care centers in Babol, in 2016. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 210 employees of health care centers were selected by stratified random sampling. Data were collected using demographic data and the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI), which included occupational burnout in three dimensions of emotional analysis, depersonalization, and a sense of reduction in individual success. Data were analyzed by descriptive statistics and analytical tests in SPSS 22 with a significant level of 0.05. Results: Results showed that 46 employees (22.2%) had high emotional exhaustion, and 55 (26.6%) had high depersonalization. None of the respondents felt low personal accomplishment. Emotional exhaustion and depersonalization had a significant inverse relation with the staff's educational level (P=0.005 and P=0.004, respectively). There was a significant direct correlation between emotional exhaustion with work experience (P=0.003), and type of employment (P=0.048); and also between depersonalization with work experience (P=0.001) and type of employment (P=0.013). Conclusion: Given the presence of burnout components among staff, proper human resources management is recommended to improve morale and motivation and provide a favorable work environment with financial support for all staff. Keywords: Occupational Burnout, Staff, Health care center

Scientific Achievements of Medical Journals in Occupational Accidents

Background: Occupational accidents are the second cause of occupational fatality in Iran and are among the major health, social, and economic risk factors. Since the publication of scientific articles in the field of occupational accidents reflects the concern of researchers to this important issue, the present study aimed to evaluate the scientific achievements in the field of occupational accidents in the journals of Iranian medical sciences universities. Materials and Methods: The current cross-sectional study was carried out by content analysis method on Persian journals of Iranian medical sciences universities from 2007 to 2016. For data extraction, a researcher-made data collection form tailored to the research objectives was used. Data analysis was performed using descriptive statistics indices. Results: Assessing a total of 52158 articles extracted from 5226 issues of 147 journals published by 49 medical sciences universities showed that the number of scientific articles in the field of occupational accidents was 259 (0.4% of the total articles). A growing trend was observed in the number of articles during the 10-year study from 12 articles in 2007 to 52 in 2016. The content analysis of the articles showed that the majority of the articles (n=85, 32.8%) were about industrial accidents followed by occupational accidents among healthcare providers (n=48, 18.5%). Most articles (n=254, 98%) were original research, and the research tools in most of the papers (n=214, 82.6%) were questionnaire and checklist. Conclusion: Although the publication of a high number of articles on occupational accidents in the journals of medical sciences universities indicates the attention of experts to the health of the workforce, research in this area is far from enough. Therefore, enhancing the attention of experts, especially the ones in occupational health, occupational medicine, ergonomics, and safety areas seems necessary

A Content Analysis of Economic in Scientific Outputs of Medical Sciences

Background and Objective: According to the special role of socioeconomic factors on health, the medical sciences journals should pay attention to such important issues. The aim of this study was to assess the published articles regarding resistive economy through medical journals.Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted among all Persian Medical Sciences Journals during the two years up to 2013. Titles, abstracts and keywords of all articles were reviewed in terms of words such as economy, Islamic economy and resistive economy. The data were collected by means of a tailor-made data collection sheet and analyzed using descriptive statistics indexes.Results: The outcome extracted from 13101 articles from 125 journals published by 47 Medical Universities (during 2012-2013) showed that mentioned words were used in 27 (0.2%) articles, although none of the articles were about Islamic economy and resistive economy. More than three-quarters of the articles (96%) were derived from original research. Also, more than half of the researches (51.8%) were performed by questionnaire or interview.Conclusion: According to the important role of socioeconomic factors on health, more attention should be given and further studies are necessary to be done by faculty members and university students.</p

Municipal Solid Waste Recycling an Action along with Resistive Economics

Background and Objective: In the current situation, it seems that municipal solid waste recycling despite hygienic, economic and environmental aspects is important from sociopolitical aspect. The aim of this study was to determine waste recycling condition and the knowledge of households about resistive economics, as an action along with a policy.Materials and Methods: This descriptive and cross-sectional study was conducted among 330 family of Amirkola city in Mazandaran province during 2013. The samples were collected from 33 regions using cluster sampling method. The data was collected by means of researcher-made data collection sheet and analyzed using descriptive statistical indices and Chi- square test, and p&lt;0.05 was considered as significant.Results: The results showed that the mean (SD) of age were 39.1 (10.9) years and 176 (53%) female. More than half of households (56.9%) were recycling municipal solid waste (plastic, paper, glass, and food residue) which the share of plastic, and paper were the highest. Only 59 (29%) were familiar with resistive economics, but there was not any significant relation between waste recycling and their awareness of resistive economics.Conclusion: The limitation of knowledge about resistive economics, and their weakness of practice about waste recycling imply that the authorities should have definite programs in order to increase family information and participations in social issues.</p

Survey of Nitrite and Nitrate in Mineral Water Available in the City of Babol in 2015

Background and Objective: Nowadays, people for various reasons, including a lack of good quality drinking water, ease of access, relatively low cost and a positive attitude of bottled mineral water is used. Nitrate and nitrite levels in mineral water supplies are important indicators of water quality; Therefore, The aim of this study was to determine the amount of nitrite and nitrate in bottled mineral water available in the city of Babol. Materials and Methods: This cross –sectional  study was the second half of 2015 of 27 bottled mineral waters recognized brand available in the city of Babol, just random two samples of each brand were collected and sent to the laboratory and  were analyzed by Spectrophotometer DR2000. Results: The results showed that samples to be analyzed as nitrate the range of 1 to 29/7 and nitrite concentrations in range of 0/003 to 0/05 mg were reported. Brands S5 and S4 have the highest and lowest levels of nitrate and samples S5 and S15 was the highest and the lowest nitrite. Also significant differences was observed between test results with sample labels (p <0.05).               Conclusion: All brands were marked with the national standard and Due to lack of compatibility with labels of samples analyzed parameters is                  required Endorsing organizations, constant monitoring of the production process and product quality monitoring and factory manufacturers                       Required to comply with all standards, labeling and registration are complete and consistent with real water sample

تولیدهای علمی علوم پزشکی از نظر بهره گیری از نهج البلاغه

Background and Objectives: Nahjul-Balagha, after Quran, is an important reference for humanity and a book of guidance that carries useful messages about health. The present study aimed at measuring the utilization rate of this book in the scientific output of medical sciences. Materials &amp; Methods: The current cross-sectional study has been conducted on a portion of medical science’s scientific outputs (medical and dental dissertations as well as journals and articles in the field of medical sciences) and a 16-year interval of conferences on environmental health. Data was collected with citation analysis technique and using a researcher-made checklist. Descriptive and inferential statistical indicators were used for data analysis. In this study, all relevant ethical issues were considered. Results: A survey on 20,776 references from 511 dissertations has shown that Nahjul-Balagha was not used in any of them. In addition, findings of 19,069 references used in 876 published scientific articles in Persian journal of Babol University of Medical Sciences have showed that, the utilization rate of Nahjul-Balagha was 2 times over a 22-year interval. The abstract of only 1 article had been attached to Nahjul-Balagha issue in a 16-year interval of survey on 2928 articles presented in environmental health conferences. Conclusion:Though the important role of religious recommendations and especially useful written advice in Nahjul-Balagha on health, the utilization rate of this valuable book among articles of medical sciences, is rare. &nbsp; Please cite this article as: Tirgar A, Aghalari&nbsp; Z. A survey on utilization of Nahjul-Balagha in scientific output of medical sciences. J Res Relig Health.2017;3(1): 30- 41.سابقه و اهداف: نهج­البلاغه پس از قرآن­کریم، یکی از کتاب­های بسیار مهم برای هدایت و انسان­سازی؛ و سرشار از توصیه­های مربوط به سلامت است. هدف این پژوهش، تعیین میزان بهره­گیری از این کتاب ارزشمند در تولیدهای علمی علوم پزشکی است. مواد و روش‌ها: پژوهش حاضر به­صورت مقطعی، روی بخشی از بروندادهای علوم پزشکی (پایان­نامه­های پزشکی و دندانپزشکی، مجله­ها و مقاله­های علوم پزشکی) و همچنین یک دوره­ی 16 ساله از سلسله همایش­های بهداشت محیط، انجام شده است. داده­ها به­روش تحلیل استنادی و به­کمک چک­لیست محقّق­ساخته جمع­آوری؛ و برای پردازش داده­ها از شاخص­های آماری توصیفی و استنباطی استفاده شده است. این پژوهش تمام موارد اخلاقی مرتبط را رعایت نموده است. یافته‌ها: بررسی 20776 منبع استفاده­شده در 511 پایان­نامه، نشان داده که در هیچ موردی، از نهج­البلاغه استفاده نشده است. همچنین یافته­های حاصل از استخراج 19069 منبعِ استفاده شده در 876 مقاله­ی منتشرشده طی 22 سال، در مجله­ی فارسی دانشگاه علوم پزشکی بابل، گویای این است که فقط در دو مقاله از این کتاب استفاده­ شده است. بررسی 2928 خلاصه­ی مقاله­ی عرضه شده در دوره­ی 16 ساله­ی همایش بهداشت محیط، نیز نشان داده که فقط یک خلاصه­ی مقاله با موضوعی مرتبط با نهج­البلاغه منتشر شده است. نتیجه‌گیری: با وجود نقش اثرگذار توصیه­ های مذهبی بر سلامت، به­ویژه آنچه در کتاب نهج­البلاغه بر آن تأکید یا به آن اشاره شده، سهم بهره­گیری از این کتاب ارزشمند در مقاله­های علوم پزشکی بسیار اندک است. استناد مقاله به این صورت است: Tirgar A, Aghalari&nbsp; Z. A survey on utilization of &nbsp;Nahjul-Balagha in scientific output of medical sciences. J Res Relig Health.2017;3(1): 30- 41. &nbsp