Parental Obsessive-compulsive Disorder as a Risk Factor for Pediatric Functional Abdominal Pain

Background: Functional abdominal pain (FAP) is one of the most common gastrointestinal disorders affecting children. Evidence suggests the primary role of physiological factors in the development of FAP in children. Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) creates excessive worrying, distress, mental preoccupation, and low self-esteem. The purpose of this study was to examine whether parental OCD is associated with the prevalence of FAP among children. Objectives: The purpose of this study was to examine whether parental OCD is associated with the prevalence of FAP among children. Materials & Methods: This case-control study examined 200 parents of children and adolescents (4-16 years old) with and without FAP. The New Rome criteria (Rome IV) were used to diagnose FAPs. This study used the obsessive-compulsive inventory-revised (OCI-R) to assess different domains of OCD symptoms in parents. The other required information, such as age, demographic information, and socioeconomic status (SES), was collected through self-administered questionnaires. Results: The study included 88 parents of children with FAP as the case group and 100 parents of children without FAP as the control group. Comparing cases with controls, significant differences were observed in age, occupation and number of siblings. The mean case and control OCR-I scores were 28.81±10.57 and 20.83±13.16, respectively. Furthermore, the case group scored significantly higher in washing, obsessing, neutralizing, ordering, and checking subscale scores than controls. Conclusion: The results of this study indicate that parental OCD is associated with the prevalence of FAP in children. Parents who suffer from OCD are more likely to have children with FAP. Parental OCD symptoms may influence the progression and development of FAP. However, more studies are warranted to confirm our results

پیش‌بینی کیفیت زندگی همسران جانبازان: نقش هوش معنوی و خود‌تنظیمی هیجانی

خلفية البحث وأهدافه: لا شك أن للحرب آثاراً وتداعیات فردیة، واجتماعیة، واقتصادیة، وثقافیة جسیمة علی الأفراد، وانها تخلف تداعیات ومشاکل جسدیة، ونفسیة علی الفرد وتهبط بمستوی حیاة منکوبي الحرب وأزواجهم وعوائلهم. وانطلاقاً من هذه المسلّمة القارّة تهدف هذه الورقة البحثیة إلی دراسة دور الذکاء الروحي والتنظیم العاطفي في تقییم نوعیة حیاة زوجات المحاربین القدامی في الحرب المفروضة علی إیران. منهجية البحث: اعتمدت الدراسة في بحثها علی المنهجیة الوصفیة-الإرتباطیة. والجمعیة الإحصائیة التي شملتها الدراسة فهي جمیع زوجات المحاربین القدامی تحت رعایة مؤسسة الشهداء والمحاربین القدامی في المنطقة الخامسة بطهران في العام الدراسي 2019-2020م. وقد اختیر 225 شخصاً عبر جدول کرجسي ومورغان حسب منهج أخذ العینات المتاحة وأجابوا علی استبیان الذکاء الروحي لبدیع والزملاء، ومنهج التنظیم العاطفي لجراس وجان ونوعیة الحیاة لمنظمة الصحة العالمیة. کما استخدمت الدراسة منهج الإنحدار المتعدد لرجرسیون. وقد تمت مراعاة جمیع الموارد الأخلاقیة وإضافة إلی ذلك فإن مولفي البحث لم یشیروا إلی أي تضارب في المصالح. المعطیات: اظهرت النتائج أن العلاقة بین الذکاء الروحي والتنظیم الذاتي العاطفي وبین نوعیة الحیاة، علاقة إیجابیة وذات دلالة واضحة (۰۱/0>P). والنسبة المئویة لکل مکوّن من مکونات الدراسة کانت علی النحو التالي: مکوّن الذکاء الروحي 5/34 بالمئة، ومکوّن التنظیم الذاتي العاطفي 1/22 بالمئة، من مجموع مکونات نوعیة الحیاة. الاستنتاج: نظراً للنتائج التي حصلت علیها الدراسة، فإن الإعتماد علی تعالیم الذکاء الروحي والتنظیم الذاتي العاطفي لدی زوجات المحاربین القدامی الإیرانیین یؤثر في تحسین حیاتهن بشکل إیجابي وکفیل برفع مستوی الحیاة لدیهن.Background and Objective: War usually has wide personal, social, economic and cultural consequences that have a great impact on the physical and psychological problems and in general the quality of life of injured veterans and their spouses. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the role of spiritual intelligence and emotional self-regulation in predicting the quality of life of injured veterans' spouses. Methods: The present study was descriptive-correlational. The statistical population included all the spouses of injured veterans under the auspices of the Martyrs and Veterans Foundation of Tehran's District Five in the academic year 2019-2020. They answered Badee’ et al.’s Spiritual Intelligence, Gross and John’s Emotion Regulation, and WHO Quality of Life questionnaires. Multiple regression test was used to analyze the data. In this study, all the ethical considerations were observed and the authors reported no conflict of interests. Results: The results showed that the correlation of spiritual intelligence and emotional self-regulation with quality of life was positive and significant (P<0.01). The components of spiritual intelligence explain 34.5% and the components of emotional self-regulation explain 22.1% of the variance in quality of life. Conclusion: According to these findings, the use of spiritual intelligence training and emotional self-regulation for injured veterans' spouses increases their quality of life.سابقه و هدف: جنگ معمولاً پیامدهای گستردۀ فردی، اجتماعی، اقتصادی و فرهنگی دارد که تأثیر بسیاری بر مشکلات جسمی و روانی و به‌طور کلی کیفیت زندگی جانبازان و همسران آنان می‌گذارد. ازاین‌رو، هدف مطالعۀ حاضر بررسی نقش هوش معنوی و خودتنظیمی هیجانی در پیش‌بینی کیفیت زندگی همسران جانبازان بود. روش کار: پژوهش حاضر از نوع توصیفی-همبستگی است. جامعۀ آماری شامل تمامی همسران جانبازان تحت پوشش بنیاد شهید و ایثارگران منطقۀ پنج شهر تهران در سال تحصیلی 1400-1399 بود که بر اساس جدول کرجسی و مورگان 225 نفر به‌شیوۀ نمونه‌گیری دردسترس انتخاب شدند و به پرسش‌نامۀ هوش معنوی بدیع و همکاران، تنظیم هیجان گراس و جان و کیفیت زندگی سازمان بهداشت جهانی پاسخ دادند. برای تجزیه‌‌وتحلیل داده‌ها از آزمون رگرسیون چندگانه استفاده شد. در این پژوهش همۀ موارد اخلاقی رعایت شده است و مؤلفان مقاله تضاد منافعی گزارش نکرده‌اند. یافته‌ها: نتایج نشان داد همبستگی بین هوش معنوی و خودتنظیمی هیجانی با کیفیت زندگی مثبت و معنی‌دار بود (۰۱/0>P) و مؤلفه‌های هوش معنوی ۵/۳۴ درصد و مؤلفه‌های خودتنظیمی هیجانی ۱/۲۲ درصد از واريانس کیفیت زندگی را تبيين کردند. نتیجه‌گیری: با توجه به یافته‌های به‌دست‌آمده، کاربرد آموزش هوش معنوی و خودتنظیمی هیجانی در همسران جانبازان سبب افزایش کیفیت زندگی می‌شود

Comparison of the Therapeutic Effect of Combination of Flutamide-Cyproterone Compound with Flutamide-Doxycycline in Severe Female Acne

  Background & objectives: In recent years, the hypothesis of using anti-androgens has been increasingly addressed in the treatment of acne in women. One of these drugs is flutamide, which there is no strong evidence of its efficacy in treatment of acne in women. The aim of this study was to compare the effect of combination therapy of flutamide-cyproterone compound with flutamide-doxycycline in severe type of acne in women. Methods: In an interventional study, patients were divided in to two groups. One group (n=30) received flutamide - cyproterone compound and another group (n=30) received flutamide-doxycycline which were followed for six months. Both groups also received 1% topical clindamycin twice a day. Counting the number of lesions, changes in severity index and grading of acne were used to evaluate the patients. Patient satisfaction was also evaluated. Results: The mean age in the flutamide-doxycycline group was 19.4±4.67 and in the flutamide-cyproterone compound group was 19.06±11.3. This difference was not statistically significant. The mean of the acne severity index at the onset of intervention between the two groups was not significant (p= 0.7). The mean of the acne severity index at the start of treatment in the flutamide-doxycycline group was 306.07±155.46 and at the end of treatment reached to 19.18±19.5, and also in the flutamide-cyproterone compound group, decreased from 293.21±15.21 to 10.5±21.8 at the end of treatment. This difference was not statistically significant (p=0.1). Conclusion: Both therapeutic regimen were effective in the treatment of severe type of acne and can possibly be used as an alternative treatment for severe acne

Factors Affecting Job Motivation of Faculty Members of Ardabil University of Medical Sciences: A Qualitative Study

Introduction: The presence of motivated faculty members in universitiesof medical plays a vital role in education and community health education. So far, many studies have been done to identify the factors affecting employees' motivation in different ways, but considering the lack of reasonable basis for studying the motivational factors amongfaculty members, this study aimed to investigate the factors affecting the job motivation of faculty members of Ardabil University of Medical Sciences. Methods: This qualitative study was conducted using semi-structured interviews with 21 qualified faculty members of Ardabil University of Medical Sciences who were selected through purposeful sampling. To analyze the collected data, the Content Analysis method was used through MAXQDA software version 10. Results: After analyzing the data, 26 sub-themes were obtained and after categorizing, 8 main themeswere reached, that is, evaluation classes, development and success, encouragement and creativity, evaluation, justice, management, financial and welfare problems, and interactions. Conclusion: This study showed that universities of Iran, especially the universities of medical sciences faced serious challenges in motivation of faculty members; thus, challenges need to be tackled in order to improve faculty members' motivation

Additional file 1: of Differential expression profiles of the salivary proteins SP15 and SP44 from Phlebotomus papatasi

Sequences of primers used in qRT-PCR. (XLS 24 kb