مجله دانشگاه علوم پزشکی جیرفت
سال پنجم شماره 1 (بهار و تابستان 1397)

Toxoplasmosis is a common infectious disease between humans and livestock. Toxoplasmosis is a global zoonosis caused by Toxoplasma gondii. The prevalence of toxoplasmosis and its related risk factors vary in different areas. The present study aimed to determine the sero-prevalence of toxoplasmosis in the south of Kerman, Iran.
The current study is a cross-sectional study. Accordingly, 186 samples who were referred to laboratories in southern Kerman province were tested for the presence of anti-Toxoplasma gondii antibody using the ELISA method. Moreover, in order to measure some effective risk factors, demographic information including age, education, marital status, pregnancy, and abortion history were recorded.
Thirty sera among 186 samples (16.1 percent) had positive titer against Toxoplasma gondii. The results showed that there were no significant relationships between the prevalence of toxoplasmosis and age, education, marital status, pregnancy or abortion history.
According to the results, it is necessary to raise public awareness in order to prevent the disease.

Nocardia spp. are gram-positive, aerobic and weakly acid-fast bacteria, which can cause a wide range of acute and chronic infections in animals and humans. Soil and other environmental resources are natural habitat of this group of bacteria. Nocardia species can survive in the hospital's environmental resources and cause fatal infections in host immune-compromised patients. The purpose of this study was to evaluate and compare two methods of isolation of Nocardia species from the soil.
30 soil samples were collected from agricultural areas, parks, gardens and hospitals in Isfahan. Then, for isolation of Nocardia species, soil samples were studied using Serial dilution and Slip-buried methods. In both methods, samples were incubated at 30 ° C for 2-3 weeks. Then, resistance to lysozyme test was also used to confirm the genus Nocardia.
Of 30 samples, 7 (23.3%) strains were isolated using serial dilution method and 3 (10%) strains were isolated by the Slip-buried method.
The results of this study showed that serial dilution method was a suitable method. In the Slip-buried method, streptomycin and chloramphenicol antibiotics are used and due to the susceptibility of some Nocardia species to these antibiotics, this method is not appropriate; In addition, the Serial dilution method is more rapid and cheaper than the Slip-buried method.

One of the important factors that can interrupt the chain of transmission of infections is compliance with environmental health standards and regulations. The purpose of this study is to identify the status of environmental health standards in hospitals in Ilam.
In this descriptive cross-sectional study, which was conducted in Ilam province in 2016, eight educational hospitals of Ilam University of Medical Sciences were studied. The data were collected using a 260-question Checklist prepared by the Ministry of Health and Medical Education. After collecting data through checklist, the data were analyzed via Excel and SPSS software.
The results of this study showed that in hospital waste collection and disposal section, Imam Khomeini (RA) and Imam Reza (AS) Hospitals obtained the lowest (68%) and highest (67.56%) scores, respectively. Concerning health status of hospital wards, Imam Khomeini (RA) Hospital and Shohada Hospital had the lowest (74%) and the highest (96.55%) scores, respectively. In the radiation and laboratory section, Imam Khomeini (RA) Hospital acquired the lowest score (75%) while other hospitals were relatively better. Regarding the health status of the operating room and the sterilization unit, Rasoul-Akram (PBUH) and Shohada Hospitals had the lowest (70.83%) and the highest (100%) scores, respectively.
Based on the results of this study, in order to promote the environmental health status, control and monitoring should be increased. In addition, hospitals should comply with the health standards and regulations and improve the management methods.

Thalassemia is the most common hereditary blood disorder in Iran. The high prevalence of thalassemia causes many problems for the patients, their families and the health care system. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the impact of educational intervention based on Health Belief Model in relation to thalassemia on high school male students in Torbat Heydarieh in 2015.
This is a semi-experimental study in which 200 high school students were selected through multistage random sampling and were divided into two groups of control and intervention. The data collection tool was a researcher-made questionnaire whose validity and reliability were verified and validated. The pre-test was performed for both groups. Data were entered into SPSS software and analyzed by statistical tests (T test, Independent T, Chi-square, Pearson Correlation).
The mean age of the students was 15.70 ± 0.49. The results showed that mean and standard deviation of the constructs of Health Belief Model before and after the intervention were significantly increased in the test group, in all constructs including knowledge, perceived sensitivity, behavior, perceived severity and perceived benefits (p The results of this study proved the effect of educational intervention on students’ beliefs about thalassemia. According to the importance of this disease, it is recommended that educational programs be developed for students especially in areas with high prevalence of the disease.

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of albumin correction and positive energy balance in the outcome of multiple trauma patients admitted to the intensive care unit.
This cross-sectional study was carried out on 196 patients suffering from multiple trauma admitted to ICU in Bahonar Hospital in Kerman in 2016. Patients were initially sampled to measure serum levels of albumin, then after correction of albumin, the levels of albumin were measured via vial and all data were collected and analyzed.
The mean of standard deviation for serum levels of albumin in patients under study was 3.6 ± 0.9% after admission and 3.45 ± 0.75 after correction. There was no significant relationship regarding albumin level (P value = 0.262).
The results of this study revealed that the degree of malnutrition of patients before admission can be a strong prognosis factor in predicting the rate of mortality of patients in intensive care unit. Moreover, the albumin serum can act as a predictive factor of the mortality of hospitalized patients due to trauma; of course, this needs further studies to be dedicated to.

Sleeping is an essential part of living. In addition, poor quality sleep can lead to a variety of physical and mental disorders. On the other hand, job stress is one of the main factors effective in reducing productivity in organizations and causing physical and mental complications in personnel. Considering that in most nurses, occupational stress and sleep problems reduce sleep time and reduce their work power, the aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between sleep quality and job stress in nurses working in educational hospitals of Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences in 2014.
This is a Cross sectional study. The questionnaires were distributed to 168 nurses working in educational hospitals of Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences selected via convenience sampling method. To analyze the data, descriptive statistics (frequency, mean and standard deviation) were utilized and in order to analyze the relationship between qualitative data, Chi-square and Pearson correlation tests were used at a significant level of 5%.
The mean and standard deviation of sleep quality and job stress were 7.32 ± 3.45 and 138.84 ± 38.38, respectively. The findings of this study showed that sleep quality in different age groups (P-value= 0.03) and work experience (P-value =0.01) had a significant difference. The relationship between sleep quality and job stress is significant (P-value 0.003).
The results of the research showed that there is a significant relationship between job stress and sleep quality in nurses. Therefore, by controlling and improving sleep quality in nurses, the level of job stress in the nursing staff can be reduced.

Due to the high consumption of confectionary products in the community, their health status monitoring is important. These products are mostly exposed to microbial pollution leading to food poisoning due to consumption. Regular monitoring of the environmental health condition of the confectionary workshops in order to achieve the desired status has a major role in improving the health status of sweet products. The aim of this study was to survey the health status of the confectionery workshops in Ilam in 2016-2017.
In this descriptive cross-sectional study, 16 confectionery workshops were randomly selected in Ilam, Iran. To conduct this research, the checklist prepared by the Ministry of Health for assessing the environmental health status of workshops was used through direct observation, and The Excel software was used for analyzing the collected data.
The results showed that the measures of health desirability of confectionery workshops in the view of personal, food, equipment, and building health were 79.46, 92.41 75.36, and 81.98%, respectively. Moreover, environmental health indicators of workshops were 37.5, 50, and 12.5% and were in good, moderate, and  poor condition, respectively.
According to the results, continuous monitoring and control of health status as well as care for and paying attention to the provision of high quality raw materials and presence of a technical expert for each workshop can be effective in promoting health outcome of these workshops.

Familiarity with Quran is considered as one of the most important and influential factors in mental health. However, it should be noted that the phenomenon of the increase in marriage age and subsequently the occurrence of permanent single life creates disturbances such as prevalence of mental disorders, a variety of social corruption, the crisis of sexual desire and so on. This study with the aim of investigating the relationship between familiarity with Quran and mental health of young unmarried people was accomplished in the city of Jiroft in 2016.
This study is a case-control one. The case group consisted of 69 single young people within the age group of 32.5 ± 8.60 who were learning Quran (familiar with Quran) and the control group (unfamiliar with Quran) was made of 74 students of Jiroft Medical University within the age group of 32.9 ± 5.50 .Goldberg mental health questionnaire was applied to collect data. In order to analyze data, independent t-test, chi-square test, Pearson correlation test and SPSS20 statistical software were used.
In the investigation of the relationship between mental health and personal characteristics, a significant relationship was found only with the age (P Based on the results of this study and considering the difficulties and complexities imposed on the marriage of Iranian youth, one of the key ways to prevent the outbreak of libido in young unmarried people is to strengthen the faith through getting familiar with Quran and practicing God's commands.