Papers by mohammad hassan lotfi
Journals of Community Health Research, Jul 10, 2012
Archives of Public Health
Journal of Research & Health, 2021
Background: The community participation concept has different implications for various individual... more Background: The community participation concept has different implications for various individuals. Methods: This research was Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR), which was done in Yazd. The settlement area with a population of 16,000 people is located on the western outskirts of Yazd. With the implementation of health transformation programs in the 11th government, first, the health base in 2016 and then, Dr. Malekafzali Comprehensive Health Services Center in this area have been set up and started to work in 2016 to provide various health services to the residents of this area. Considering the potentials of this neighborhood, including high social cohesion and the existence of a dynamic and popular non-governmental organization, since 2017, this place has been a candidate for the implementation of empowerment and optimal development of neighborhood health (Tabassom project). The steps of implementing the optimal Health development plan (Tabasaom) involved five steps of ...
Journals of Community Health Research, 2016
Introduction: Bladder cancer is regarded as the most common urinary malignancy in the world. As o... more Introduction: Bladder cancer is regarded as the most common urinary malignancy in the world. As other cancers, its incidence has increased in recent years. Hence, the present study was conducted to investigate the relationship between smoking and opium and bladder cancer in residents of Yazd province. Materials and Methods: This case-control study was performed on 200 patients with bladder cancer and 200 matched healthy individuals in Yazd province. Research data was gathered through interview and administration of a researcher-made questionnaire. Furthermore, chi-square and regression tests were carried out with SPSS software (version 18). Results: The mean and standard deviation of age in case and control groups were reported to be 61.54 ± 13.61 and 61.45 ± 13.3 respectively. Education level, type of oil consumed, weekly frequency of smoking and fried foods, white meat, red meat consumption involve the predictive factors for bladder cancer; as consumption of hydrogenated fats, ani...
Journal of Community Health Research, 2021
Introduction: Implementing any intervention in the community requires identifying and organizing ... more Introduction: Implementing any intervention in the community requires identifying and organizing the community as well as actively involving members of the community. This study was conducted to identify and organize one of the suburbs of Yazd in 2019. Method: This research was a community-based participatory research (CBPR), which was handled in the Yazd Eskan neighborhood. The settlement area with a population of 16,000 people is located on the western outskirts of Yazd. With the implementation of health transformation programs in the 11th government, first, the health base in 1394 and then Dr. Malekafzali Comprehensive Health Services Center in this area has been set up and started to work in 1395 to provide various health services to the residents of this area. Considering the potentials of this neighborhood, including high social cohesion and the existence of a dynamic and popular non-governmental organization, since 1396, this place has been a candidate for the implementation ...
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International journal of preventive medicine, 2018
The presence of air pollutants such as CO, NO, SO, O, and PM in the ambient air mainly emitted fr... more The presence of air pollutants such as CO, NO, SO, O, and PM in the ambient air mainly emitted from fossil fuels combustion has become a major health concern. The aims of this study were to estimate the attribution of NO, SO, and Oin the premature deaths and prevalence of cardiovascular and respiratory diseases in Isfahan in 2013-2014. In this study, short-term health effects (total mortality, cardiovascular and respiratory mortality, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and acute myocardial infarction) of exposure NO, SO, and Oon the population of Isfahan were assessed using AirQ 2.2.3 software suggested by the World Health Organization (WHO). The result showed that from nonaccident total mortality in 2013-2014 in Isfahan, the attributable proportion related to NO, SO, and Owere 1.03% (109 cases), 3.46% (365 cases), and 1.29% (136 cases), respectively. The percentage of days that people were exposed to the highest concentration of NO(40-49 μg/m), SO(60-69 μg/m), and O(40-49 μg/m)...
International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Oct 1, 2017
Background: Bladder cancer is the most common cancer of the urinary tract, with known occupationa... more Background: Bladder cancer is the most common cancer of the urinary tract, with known occupational causes. The most effective way to prevent occupational cancers of the urinary tract is to prevent exposure to known carcinogens. Objective: To examine the relationship between occupation and the risk of bladder cancer. Methods: This case-control study was performed on 200 patients with bladder cancer and 200 healthy individuals in Yazd. Data were collected using a researcher-made questionnaire and based on interviews with patients and controls. Results: The mean age of cases and controls were 61.5 (SD 13.6) and 61.5 (13.3) years, respectively. Level of education, type of occupation, family history of bladder cancer in the first-degree relatives, and history of chronic and recurrent urinary tract infection, kidney and bladder stones, and using hair dye, were considered the main predictors for bladder cancer. Conclusion: There was a significant difference between cases and controls in terms of type of occupation. The risk of bladder cancer was higher among those working in high-risk occupations-metal working, textile, driving, farming, and construction.
Iranian journal of public health, 2018
This study was conducted in Yazd Province, Central Iran aimed to investigate the relationship bet... more This study was conducted in Yazd Province, Central Iran aimed to investigate the relationship between adverse events and breast cancer during 2012-2014. Hospital-based case-control study of 150 women with breast cancer and 150 healthy women (did not have breast cancer) was conducted. Sampling was performed in the form of accessibility. Data collection was conducted using questionnaire through interview. The collected data were entered into SPSS for statistical analysis. The mean age of participants was 51.58 yr. Eight percent of cases and 1.3% of the controls had experienced the sister's death over the past 5 yr, this difference was statistically significant (=0.03). Factors such as disability due to illness, divorce, unemployment, the second marriage, addiction, ill spouse, child's problems (such as conflict, unemployment, addiction, legal troubles, illness), taking care of their own parents or their husband's parents, migration, change of habitat, loss of home, communi...
4 : THE QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF FUNDAMENTALS OF MENTAL HEALTH SPRING-SUMMER 2004; 6(21-22):29-35. ST... more 4 : THE QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF FUNDAMENTALS OF MENTAL HEALTH SPRING-SUMMER 2004; 6(21-22):29-35. STUDY OF PREVALENCE OF SOMATIC SYMPTOMS IN MAJOR DEPRESSION DISORDER TABATABAEI SM,FAYAZI BORDBAR MR,LOTFI M. ...
Scientific Reports
This study was designed and implemented to analyze and establish documents related to the above c... more This study was designed and implemented to analyze and establish documents related to the above cases in the first to third COVID-19 epidemic waves for the use of researchers and doctors during and after the epidemic. The current case series study was conducted on 24,563 thousand hospitalized COVID-19 patients by examining their clinical characteristics within a one-year period from the beginning of the pandemic on 02.22.2020 to 02.14.2021, which included the first to the third waves, based on gender and severity of COVID-19. The mean age of the participants was 56 ± 20.71, and 51.8% were male. Out of a total of 24,563 thousand hospitalized COVID-19 patients until February 2021, there were 2185 mortalities (9.8%) and 2559 cases of severe COVID-19 (13.1%). The median length of hospitalization from the time of admission to discharge or death in the hospital (IQR: 13–41) was estimated to be 21 days. The rate of hospital mortality was higher in severe (37.8%) than in non-severe (4.8%) c...
BMC Public Health
Introduction COVID-19 pandemic has had mixed reactions from nations, people and governments about... more Introduction COVID-19 pandemic has had mixed reactions from nations, people and governments about ways to cope with, prevent and control the disease. The current study identifies social, cultural and policy factors affecting the incidence and control of Coronavirus disease in Iran. Methods A qualitative study consists of content analysis as well as the views of 20 experienced and knowledgeable subjects specialized in social and cultural health management. The data were gathered using three semi-structured interviews and then continued by 17 semi-structured interviews. Data analysis was done using Graneheim approach. After each interview, the recorded audio files transcript and reviewed. Then codes extracted and divided to categories and sub-categories. Results There are distinct social and cultural factors in coping with Coronavirus disease. These consisted of three categories of governance, individual and community related factors. A total of 17 subcategories and 215 primary codes ...
Journal of Occupational Health and Epidemiology
Background: Determining the mortality rate of diseases in a community is one of the main componen... more Background: Determining the mortality rate of diseases in a community is one of the main components in health care planning of that community. This study used a join point regression model to determine the trend of mortality due to diabetes mellitus (DM) in Iran. Materials and Methods: The data on the rate of mortality due to DM were obtained from the reports of the Iranian Ministry of Health. The variation in the trend of mortality due to DM over the past eight years was analyzed using the join point regression model. For the evaluation of the regression parameters, the permutation test and least square method were applied. Data analysis was performed using the JOINPOINT statistical software. Results: The number of deaths due to DM has increased from 3047 cases per 100,000 people in 2003 to 5838 cases per 100,000 in 2010. A variation point was observed in 2007 with a P-value of 0.06 and 4500 permutations. The annual percentage change (APC) of the rate of mortality due to DM for the first period (2003-2007) was 6.6% with a confidence interval of-3-17.2 and for the second period (2007-2010) was 1.8% with a confidence interval of-12.4-18.2. APC was 4.6% in men with the confidence interval of 2.4-6.9 and 4.5% in women with the confidence interval of 2-7. Conclusions: The rate of mortality due to DM in Iran has increased during this 8-year period. The rate of mortality due to DM increased with a steep slope from 2003 to 2007 and with a gentle slope from 2007 to 2010.
Journal of Community Health Research
Journals of Community Health Research, 2018
1. Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Shahid Sadoughi Univers... more 1. Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran 2. Research Center of Prevention and Epidemiology of Non-Communicable Disease, Departments of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran 3. Department of Rheumatology, School of Medicine, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran
Iranian Journal of Diabetes and Obesity, 2017
estational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is a condition in which blood glucose level increases during p... more estational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is a condition in which blood glucose level increases during pregnancy without previous history of high blood glucose (1). GDM is an important condition in diabetes categories causing significant complications including pre-eclampsia and eclampsiaamong pregnant women (2). In addition, the risk of being large for gestational age and fetal G 1. MD, Community Medicine Specialist, Deputy for Health Affairs, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran. 2. MD, Deputy for Health Affairs, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran. 3. MD, Department of Community Medicine, Health Monitoring Research Center, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran. 4. MD Ph.D. Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Health Faculty, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran. 5. BS, Deputy for Health Affairs, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran. 6. MD, Yazd Diabetes Research Center,...
1. Welfare Organization of Yazd, Yazd, Iran 2. Iranian Research Center on Aging, University of So... more 1. Welfare Organization of Yazd, Yazd, Iran 2. Iranian Research Center on Aging, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran 3. Department of Biostatics & Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran 4. Department of Psychology, Ahvaz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ahvaz, Iran 5. Department of Psychiatry, Tehran Heart Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Journals of Community Health Research, 2016
Introduction: Cutaneous leishmaniasis is recognized as one of the important neglected parasitic d... more Introduction: Cutaneous leishmaniasis is recognized as one of the important neglected parasitic diseases worldwide. The present study aimed to determine the epidemiological patterns of cutaneous leishmaniasis in a period of ten years in Yazd province in Iran. Materials & Methods: This ecological study was performed on 5784 recorded cases within 2004-2013in health centers in Yazd. Meteorological data including maximum and minimum temperature, relative humidity and rainfall, received from Yazd Meteorological Organization. In order to analyze the study data, descriptive statistics, linear regression, spearman correlation and delay time were applied. Results: Out of a total of 5784 cases of cutaneous leishmaniasis, the most cases were observed among males (61.3%). The majority of cases were reportedin cities of Khatam, Yazd and Bafgh, respectively. The maximum incidence was observed in October in the autum. The correlation results between disease incidence and climatic factors revealed ...
Archives of Public Health, 2020
Background The current study aimed to measure and decompose socioeconomic-related inequalities in... more Background The current study aimed to measure and decompose socioeconomic-related inequalities in DMFT (decayed, missing, and filled teeth) index among adults in Iran. Methods The study data were extracted from the adult component of Prospective Epidemiological Research Studies in IrAN (PERSIAN) from 17 centers in 14 different provinces of Iran. DMFT score was used as a measure of dental caries among adults in Iran. The concentration curve and relative concentration index (RC) was used to quantify and decompose socioeconomic-related inequalities in DMFT. Results A total of 128,813 adults aged 35 and older were included in the study. The mean (Standard Deviation [SD]) score of D, M, F and DMFT of the adults was 3.3 (4.6), 12.6 (10.5), 2.1 (3.4) and 18.0 (9.5), respectively. The findings suggested that DMFT was mainly concentrated among the socioeconomically disadvantaged adults (RC = − 0.064; 95% confidence interval [CI), − 0.066 to − 0.063). Socioeconomic status, being male, older a...
Pars of Jahrom University of Medical Sciences, 2015
Introduction: As cardiovascular diseases are the major cause of disability and early death around... more Introduction: As cardiovascular diseases are the major cause of disability and early death around the world and they increase the cost of health care, their prevention is deemed important. Population Attributable Fraction, one of the most important indicators in public health and closely associated with epidemiology, can help measure the effects and contribution of risk factors to public health and assess potential outcomes of preventive interventions for community health. Materials and Methods: This review article examined all papers published in scientific resources such as Medline, Google Scholar, PubMed, Springer, SID and Science Direct in Persian or English from 2005 to 2015. Keywords of the present study were selected from MESH. Results: After reviewing the results of the published papers, the following factors were found contributing to cardiovascular diseases: age over 65 years (20-35%), hypertension (10-60%), smoking (10-40%), high total cholesterol (5-45%), overweight (3-50%) and diabetes (3-15%). Conclusion: It is vital that serious preventive measures be taken for screening, diagnosis and treatment of modifiable risk factors such as hypertension, smoking, hyperlipidemia, obesity, overweight and diabetes.
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