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Background and purpose: All forms of violence have mental and social consequences for women. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between dimensions of domestic violence and social structural determinants of health in women referred to forensic center in Tehran Material and Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in 196 women attending forensic center in Tehran using continuous sampling method in 2013. Data was collected through demographic questionnaire and CTS-2 and analyzed in SPSS V.16. Results: The results showed that the mean score of physical violence was the highest (37.29 ±16.80) among the subjects. ANOVA test also showed a significant correlation between verbal violence, age and husband's job (p<0.0001), sexual violence and age (p= 0.029), and emotional violence and husband's age (p=0.003). Moreover, sexual violence was found to be significantly higher in working women. Conclusion: : The relationship between violence and some social determinant factors such as husbands' age and job indicates the necessity of identifying women at risk to provide them with enough care. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background and purpose: Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) can reduce body control and makes feeling of worthlessness, insecure, negative body image and consequently, makes a degree of despair, pessimism and low self-esteem. This study aimed to determining body esteem components in women with PCOS. Materials and methods: This study was done on 100 women with PCOS who were selected by consecutive sampling in Tehran, 2013. Data were collected by body esteem questionnaire and then analyzed using t student test. P < 0.05 was considered as a statistically significant level. Results: Total mean score and standard deviation (SD) of body esteem in PCOS women was 31.64 ± 3.51 and mean and SD of body esteem components was 2.57 ± 0.55 in sexual attractiveness, 7.54 ± 1.50 in being comfort with body, 11.11 ± 1.99 in own body comparison with healthy body, and 7.85 ± 1.64 in own and others ideas about sexual attractiveness. In case of all components scores and total score, there were no differences between fewer than 30 and 30 and over age's groups. Conclusion: Although it seems total score of body esteem in PCOS women is moderate and there are no differences between two age groups (under 30 and 30 years and more) regarding to body esteem, researches recommend further studies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background and purpose: Breast cancer is one of the most prevalent malignancies among Iranian women and mammography screening is of great assistance in its early diagnosis. This study was conducted to determine attitudinal barriers to mammography screening in women attending some of the clinics affiliated to Tehran University of Medical Sciences. Materials and methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in 900 women aged ≥40 referring to selected clinics of Tehran University of Medical Sciences. The data was analyzed using SPSS ver.16 and P< 0.05 was considered statically significant. Results: Among the attitudinal barriers to mammography screening, 'having no symptoms of breast cancer' was reported as the greatest barrier (81.9%). Other barriers included 'lack of knowledge about breast cancer' (73.2%), 'lack of concern about breast cancer because of no family history' (71.8%), 'unnecessity of mammography' (62.3%), 'not concerned about health status' (27.4%), 'believe in fate' (24.8%) and 'no friends had mammograms' (17.6%). This study showed that attitudinal barriers are significantly correlated with age (P< 0.001), level of education (P= 0.023) and economic status (P= 0.006). Multiple regression analysis showed that age and economic status were highly correlated with attitudinal barriers. Conclusion: Regarding the attitudinal barriers of mammography screening, education and raising awareness about the importance of early detection of breast diseases is essential which could be done through screening programs especially mammography. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background: As a common and often benign problem, hyperbilirubinemia occurs in 60% of term and 80% of preterm neonates. The current treatment methods for the complication are phototherapy and blood exchange. However, in many areas of Iran, use of oral manna is common. This study investigated the effects of manna on neonatal serum bilirubin levels among hospitalized neonates in Akbar-Abadi Hospital (Tehran, Iran) during 2011. Methods: This randomized control clinical trial was conducted on 97 neonates (49 in phototherapy group as the controls and 49 in phototherapy plus manna group). The case group orally received 10 g of 30 g/100 ml manna suspension every 12 hours. They also underwent intensive phototherapy similar to the control group. Data was analyzed by SPSS14. Findings: There were no differences between the two groups in terms of gestational age, neonatal age, retic count, and hemoglobin levels. Comparison between the two groups did not show any significant differences in serum bilirubin levels 0, 24, and 48 hours after the intervention. Conclusion: Although this study did not show any differences between the two groups, intensive phototherapy might have prevented the possible effects of manna to be revealed. Further research in this field is thus recommended. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]