Report of Health Care
Volume:1 Issue: 4, Summer 2015

Bacterial infections are one of the major health challenges and authorities in this field are faced with many problems especially bacterial resistance to antibiotics. This study aimed to evaluate the antimicrobial effects of aqueous and alcoholic extracts and the ash of two species of horse tail herb against standard strains of Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli and Candida albicans and investigate its effect on eukaryotic cells. Aqueous, methanolic and ethanolic extracts and ash were prepared from two horse tail species. In order to evaluate antibacterial function, well diffusion test was used by measuring inhibitory halo diameter on standard strains of Staphylococcus aureus, Candida albicans and E. coli. For determining the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) on these strains micro broth dilution method was applied. To evaluate its effect on the eukaryotic cells, blood agar medium was used. Based on agar diffusion test, the halo of no bacterial growth was associated with extracts in different ranges in standard strains. The MIC was determined using the micro broth dilution. These extracts had no effects on red blood cells and did not produce hemolysis on blood agar medium. Horsetail extract can be used to treat fungal and bacterial infections either lonely or in combination with other antimicrobial agents. Due to its antimicrobial potential, it can especially be considered in the cases of drug resistance.

The purpose of this study was to assess oral and dental health of hospitalized psychiatric patients.

This cross-sectional study which included 193 psychiatric patients was conducted in two psychiatric hospitals (Shahid Beheshti and Bahman) in Kerman, Iran. According to the duration of the hospital stay, patients were categorized into two groups of acute and chronic. The oral and dental health of the patients was assessed using Decay, Missing, Filling Teeth (DMF-T) index and Oral Assessment Guide for Psychiatric Care (OAG-PC). High score for these two scales indicated a worse oral and dental health.

Mean (±SD) DMFT and OAG-PC scores of the patients were 19.74 (±7.88) and 20.77, respectively. Univariate analysis showed that patients in chronic group had higher OAG-PC (P = 0.014), but the difference of DMF-T scores was not statistically significant between the two groups (P = 0.57). After controlling confounding variables, the differences of the DMF-T and OAG-PC scores were not statistically significant between the two groups (P values of 0.88 and 0.64, respectively).

Oral and dental health in the studied psychiatric patients was poor. It is vital to improve the oral and dental health status of psychiatric patients.

The aim of this study was to investigate behavioral disorders in children born with infertility treatments and children born with normal fertility. Childhood is the most important stage of life in which a person’s personality is founded and formed and any neglect of that can lead to problems and conflicts after the childhood. The present study was a causative and comparative survey. The target statistical population of this study included children born with assisted reproductive techniques and the ones born with natural methods of fertility. The samples of this study were gathered randomly from 30 children born with assisted reproductive techniques in cases in IVF ward in Kerman Afzalipour hospital. After homogenizing the children born with natural methods of fertility with the first group based on gender, age, education level, father’s occupation, and family members, 30 subjects were selected. For data collection, Quay and Peterson revised checklist was used which is a standard instrument. To describe the data, descriptive statistics such as mean, standard deviation and frequency were used and inferential statistics were applied to compare the means and independent t test was used to investigate the data. The obtained results showed a significant difference between the behavioral disorders and its components including attention-immaturity and anxiety-reticence, but there was no significant relationship between elements of aggression and conduct disorder. This study showed that the kind of fertilization effective on behavioral disorders in children.

Today, medical tourism is deemed as one of the most growing units of industrial sector in the world. This has caused the governments to plan for developing this industry in private and public sectors in their healthcare system. Therefore, the aim of this study was to compare the status of medical tourism in private and public hospitals in Tehran city. This descriptive cross-sectional type of research was conducted in some private and public hospitals in Tehran. The statistical population included employed nurses in these hospitals. In order to gather data, a valid and reliable questionnaire was used. For data analysis, descriptive statistics (frequencies, mean and standard deviation) and analytical tests (t test) were applied. SPSS version 17 was used for data analysis. P value less than 0.05 was considered as statistically significant. Findings indicated that the status of medical tourism in all dimensions, including expert manpower, medical equipment, type of services, information and communication technology (ICT), and marketing, in public hospitals was better than in private hospitals. Although the status of medical tourism in public hospitals is better than private hospitals but healthcare policymakers should find strategies to increase tourist attraction in private hospitals in order to earn income and promote health tourism in the country as well.

This study aimed to investigate the relationship between premenstrual syndrome with anxiety, depression and changes in social relations in women working in Kerman University of Medical Sciences.

In this descriptive, correlational research, the study population included all women aged 25-45 years in Kerman University of Medical Sciences. A total of 132 participants were selected based on random sampling according to Morgan table. Premenstrual Syndrome Questionnaire, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) and Social Relations Questionnaire were used in order to collect data. Data were analyzed using chi-square test.

Results showed that there was a significant positive relationship between the symptoms of premenstrual syndrome with anxiety, depression and changes in social relations of women.

Premenstrual syndrome is considered as a complex issue in social life and a large group of women face this problem and its consequences. Therefore, the respected authorities in social policy and health care issues should pay attentionto social and psychological aspects of this syndrome in social interactions.

Brucellosis is an important zoonotic disease that imposes considerable economic losses. This systemic disease can involve different parts of the body including the musculoskeletal system, genital organs, gastrointestinal system, circulation system, nervous system, skin, respiratory, heart, liver and spleen. A 31-year-old man was referred to a hospital with complaint of pain in the left shoulder. He had fever for 2 days and was hospitalized in October 2015. Based on the primary examination, there was fever in addition to swelling, redness, tenderness and warmth in the left sternoclavicular joint. After doing Brucella tests for two times in two different laboratories, the diagnosis of brucellosis was confirmed and the patient received pharmacological treatment. Brucella infects people as an accidental host. Melitensis and abortus brucella are the most common types that cause the brucella disease in humans. Infection usually appears in the form of fever with chills, sweating, arthralgia and myalgia. This disease is neglected and undiagnosed in some cases especially at the time of occurrence of unusual symptoms. Therefore, according to increasing incidence of brucellosis, doctors should consider this disease in the case of similar clinical symptoms. Also, diagnostic tests should be taken into account when needed.