Monitoring of Iranian pharmaceutical studies in the last decade: A scientometric study

Int J Women’s Health Reproduction Sci Vol. 2, No. 1, Winter 2014 ISSN 2330-4456 Awareness, Attitude and Participation Rate of Men in Family Planning Programs in Iran Soheila Bani1 , Khadijahsadat Hosseini2, Shirin Hasanpour3*, Susan Valizadeh 4, Parvin Abedi 5 Abstract Objectives: The aim of present study was to evaluate the awareness, attitude and participation of men in family planning program in Abyek, Iran. Materials and Methods: This descriptive study was done on 400 men and women in Abyek, Iran. Data regarding awareness and attitude of men in family planning program and their participation rate were gathered. The descriptive statistics and Pearson correlation test were used for analyzing data. Results: The mean awareness, attitude and participation score of men in family planning was7.40±2.37, 54.68±6.12 and 8±2.52 respectively. The percentage of awareness, attitude and participation was 52.8%, 84% and 66.6% respectively. A significant relationship was observed between knowledge and participation (r=0.293, p=0.005) and attitude and participation (r=0.328, p=0.005). Conclusion: Awareness and participation of men in family planning program was not good, however; their attitude was acceptable. It seems that the knowledge and practice of men about family planning should be increased by educational programs. 1M.Sc in midwifery, Iinstructor of Nursing &Midwifery Faculty, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Iran. 2M.Sc in midwifery, Nursing &Midwifery Faculty, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Iran. 3M.Sc in midwifery, Instructor of Nursing &Midwifery Faculty, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Iran. 4PhD in nursing, Professor Assistant of Nursing &Midwifery Faculty, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Iran. 5PhD in Community Nutrition, Assistant Professor in Midwifery Department, Menopause Andropause Research Center, Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran Article History: Received September 2013 Accepted October 2013 Available online January 2014 Corresponding Author: Shirin Hasanpour, Instructor of Nursing & Midwifery Faculty, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Iran. Tel: +989141151057 Email: shirinhasanpoor@yahoo.com

1- Department of Microbiology, Ardabil University of Medical Sciences, Ardabil, Iran 2- Razi Herbal Medicines Research Center, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences, Khorramabad, Iran 3- Drug Applied Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran 4- Department of Microbiology, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran 5- Department of Medical Biotechnology, Faculty of Medicine, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences, Khorramabad, Iran 6- Razi Herbal Medicines Research Center, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences, Khorramabad, Iran , shakib.pegah@yahoo.com

Detecting the main actors and important topics of Iranian cancer research is essential for Iranian policymakers, clinicians, and researchers. This study was conducted to demonstrate the trends and tops in Iranian cancer research from 1960 to 2018. A total of 22,370 Iranian cancer articles in Web of Science (WoS), PubMed, and Scopus, from 1960 through 2018, were extracted and preprocessed based on data mining techniques and analyzed using the collaboration network analysis, keywords analysis, and bibliometrics methods. The results reveal that, Tehran University of Medical Sciences (11.46%) among organizations, Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention (5%) among journals, Malekzadeh R (1.09%) among authors, and Breast cancer (10.37%) among topics ranked the first. The trend of Iranian cancer research represents three periods: 1) germinating period, from 1970 to 2000, 2) developing period, from 2002 to 2014, and 3) flourishing period, from 2014 to 2018. It is expected that this trend will continue. The results indicate an average 12.8% increase in the logarithm of the count of articles published by Iranian cancer researchers each year. The findings are contextualized with Price's publications trends principal for determining global and Iranian cancer research publication trends. The number of research papers published by Iranian researchers on cancer is increasing. In order to maintain the publication growth in this field, greater participation by other Iranian institutions is suggested. Although the quantity and quality of papers are increasing in some topics, certain topics and types of cancers should be still further studied and the Iranian policymakers should be encouraged to invest more in these topics.

Aim: The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between side occlusion with temporomandibular joint problems (TMD) and parafunctional habits among Dentistry Students of Tabriz University of Medical Sciences. Materials and Methods: In this cross - sectional study, 98 students from the School of Dentistry of Tabriz University of Medical Sciences were randomly selected, and the occlusion was also examined. Data from the study were analyzed using descriptive statistics and chi-square test software SPSS 17. Results: In this study, 16.33 % of population had Group function occlusion, 13.23 % had Anterior Group function occlusion and 70.4 % had canine raise occlusion. 3.1% of people had functional Paralympic symptoms of Bruxism and 6.1 % were marked with Parafunctional clenching. The study population consisted, all patients with Group function occlusion that had para-functional habits. However, in patients with canine raised occlusion, 63.3 % para-functional habit parameters, 2 % has Bruxism and 1.5 % had clenching. Conclusions: a significant relationship was not observed between side occlusion with parafunctional habits and TMD problems among students of Tabriz University of Medical Sciences.

Recently, one of the challenges in the health system of the country is the need for research contributing to policy-making. Therefore, it is crucial to develop activities in the field of knowledge Translation (KT). This study aimed to propose KT improvement strategies in universities of medical sciences in Iran. In this qualitative study, 18 semi-structured interviews were conducted with key informants from the medical universities in Iran during January-July 2018. The transcribed documents were analyzed using the Gale framework analysis approach. Data organization was carried out using MAXQDA version 10 software. According to framework analysis, six KT improvement strategies were identified including improving the abilities and skills of researchers, improving the processes and quality of knowledge production, revising policies and laws, improving the prerequisites, culture-building, and promoting the use of evidence. Given the challenges and strategies outlined in this study, it seems that the mechanism of KT and its effects on improving health plans for policymakers and researchers has not been elucidated yet. Therefore, considerable changes in prerequisites, knowledge production processes, academic procedures, policies and laws are necessary for implementing KT in universities of medical sciences in Iran.

BackgroundIn addition to physical problems, the COVID-19 crisis continues to impose serious psychological adverse effects on people's mental health, which plays a major role in the efficiency of every community. Students, especially medical sciences students, suffer from more stress as a result of exposure to COVID-induced stressors. It is, therefore, essential to measure mental health and its relationship with social support in medical sciences students during the COVID pandemic. The present study was conducted to determine the mental health status of students and its correlation with social support.MethodsThis cross-sectional study was conducted using random sampling on 280 students of Tabriz University of Medical Sciences in Iran in 2020. Socio-demographic profile scale, Mental Health Test (GHQ-28), and the scale of Perceived Social Support (PRQ-85) were used to collect data. Participants completed the questionnaires online.ResultsConsidering the potential confounding variables, a general linear model (GLM) was utilized to determine the relationship between mental health and perceived social support. Mean (± standard deviation) of total mental health score 26.5 (12.5) was in the acceptable range of 0–63., and 56% of students suffered from a mental disorder. Mean (± standard deviation) of social support score 128.2 (21.0) ranged from 25 to175. According to Pearson's correlation coefficient, there was a significant inverse correlation between social support score and total mental health score and all its subscales [p < 0.001; r = − 0.294 to − 0.536]. According to the GLM, mental health score decreased significantly with social support score [p = 0.0001; − 0.32 to − 0.20; CI 95%; B = 0.26].ConclusionsGiven the inverse relationship between social support and mental health, it is suggested to increase the level of social support for students at all times, especially during the stressful COVID-19 pandemic to improve their mental health.

Análisis de la producción científica de A ctividad D ietética (1997-2007): ¿qué ha sido, qué es y qué se espera que sea la revista científica de la AED-N?

Dear Editor, Medical ethics is an interdisciplinary concept, which deals with ethical issues in medical sciences. Medical ethics can be defined as “Respecting principles and values in medical decisions concerning public health”.1 Dramatic changes have been made in medical ethics after development in medicine, technology, and ethical issues. Currently, the evaluation of science production is very important because it can create a scientific competition in different fields at the international level. Scientometrics can present a clear image of growth and development in different sciences. Continuous evaluation of science production in medical ethics and utilizing the results, would ultimately lead to its improvement. Many studies have shown that despite the importance of medical ethics, the results obtained through scientometric studies have not been applied in this field.2-5 Therefore, the main objective of the present study was to evaluate the status of science production in the field of medical ethics. Thomson Reuters database was searched to find any scientific product related to medical ethics published during 1990-2010. Various document types such as Articles, Editorials, Book Reviews, Proceeding papers, and Review Articles in which the subject of “medical ethics” was reflected in the title, abstract, or keywords were selected. The data were analyzed using HistCite software, version 12.03.17 (developed by Eugene Garfield at Thomson Reuters Institute, USA). The most (6.95%) and the least (0.86%) number of articles in medical ethics was published in 2009 and 1992, respectively. The average growth rate of publications during 1990-2010 was 65.98%. Total Local Citation Score (TLCS) and Total Global Citation Score (TGCS) indicated that most of the documents were related to fields other than medical ethics. This means that journals related to medical ethics had fewer numbers of articles on medical ethics in comparison with other journals. McCullough was the top producer who had written 31 (1.02%) articles in medical ethics. Totally, researchers from 82 countries had published articles related to medical ethics. The United States, England, and Germany were ranked first to third. The United States and England had produced 51.3% of all publications. An evaluation of the publications showed that they were presented in 14 different types. Most of the publications were produced in Article format with high TGCS and TLCS rates. The Editorials and Book Reviews were ranked second and third. The publications were written in 15 languages. English, German, and French were ranked first to third, respectively. A comparison between TLCS and TGCS revealed that most of the citations were related to other fields. A few citations were devoted to medical ethics which was not unexpected because of the limited number of documents (3035 documents). The general impact factor illustrated that the articles of this field had a high average citation, which indicated that there was a close relationship between the articles related to this field and the other fields. The most productive authors had a high local impact factor and according to their records, their local impact factor was higher than total local impact factor. All of the documents were published in 901 journals among which “Journal of Medical Ethics” had published 290 articles (9.55%) and it was ranked first. The existence of different journals with different scopes indicates that medical ethics is an interdisciplinary subject and the researchers of other fields are interested in this specialized field. Articles of this field have an increasing growth rate and the present study indicates greater participation of the science community in medical ethics publishing. However, the number of citations does not have a uniform growth rate. This could be due to the small size of this field and its association with other small fields. The global distribution of the papers and their language variations signify the global concerns for medical ethics. Moreover, linguistic, geographic, and publication type diversity of the published articles indicate a sustainable development in this field.

Lack of knowledge on scientific behaving with patients during giving bad news involves most of physicians even experienced physicians. Interestingly, this hurts physicians mind and in some cases causes sadness and depression or reaction on dealing with patient. In a cross sectional-descriptive study, 203 clinical assistant were included in study from 2009 to 2010 at Tabriz university of medical sciences. Comments of residents about giving bad news were registered on valid and reliable questionnaire. State of awareness by considering positive answers of statistical population were categorized into three groups; first group: weak awareness (true questions fewer than 50%), second group: medium awareness (true questions between 50 to75%), and third group: good awareness (true questions more than 75%). Validity of questionnaire was assessed by evaluating contents and reliability using Cronbach's alpha. Stratified sampling was used based on academic year. Mean age of residents was 32.01±3.25 years between the ranges of 26 to 43 years. Females were 76 individuals (37.4%) and 127 individuals (62.6%) males. Mean of physicians work experience was 2.1-2.9 (0-15 years range) at general period. Among residents, internal medicine residents agree on considering patients education before giving bad news much than other majors residents (P=0.004). Mean score for residents' awareness about patients' right for knowing disease were 4.81±1.58 (min=0, max=7); the mean for female residents was 4.9±1.49 and 4.75±1.64 for male residents. There is statistically significant differences between majors. Present study, has shown that the knowledge of Tabriz University of Medical Sciences residents about breaking bad news are low. It seems that holding workshops about breaking bad news are necessary for educating medical students and residents. Keywords: Breaking bad news; residents; knowledge; attitude

Objectives:Chlamydia trachomatis, as the main cause of bacterial sexually transmitted disease (STD), can lead to serious complications such as spontaneous abortion. Therefore, the aim of this study was to determine the frequency of C. trachomatis infection in spontaneous abortion of infertile women who referred to Tabriz University of Medical Sciences during the first pregnancy by means of nested polymerase chain reaction (PCR) method in 2015. Materials and Methods: The present descriptive, cross-sectional study was performed in the infertility clinics of Tabriz University of Medical Sciences from March 21, 2015 to March 19, 2016. A total of 120 infertile women were selected by the convenience sampling method. The specimens were prepared by the Dacron swab after four rotations in the endocervix and discharged into the specific transport medium of C. trachomatis. The DNA extraction was then performed by AccuPrep genomic DNA kit and the DNA was extracted until performing the PCR at -20° C. Next, nested PCR was conducted in 2 rounds and the final product of PCR was agar -2% gel electrophoresis. After entering the data in SPSS, the chi-square test was used to examine the role of factors influencing C. trachomatis infection and a P value less than 0.05 was considered significant. Results: The incidence of C. trachomatis infection in women with spontaneous abortion was 16.66%. In addition, there was a significant difference between the infected and non-infected groups regarding employment (P&lt;0.04), birth control method (P&lt;0.03), and the number of sexual intercourses per week (P&lt;0.001). Conclusions: The prevalence of C. trachomatis in women who became pregnant with infertility treatment and spontaneous abortion was high in this study. Thus, nested PCR is considered an appropriate method for the diagnosis of C. trachomatis and it is essential for pregnant women who experience pregnancy with infertility treatment.

Introduction: One of the most important decisions in an individual’s life is to choose the field of study. Then, lots of money and time are spent in order to gain required skills and competencies of the job. According to previous studies, job changing is rarely possible for dentists which is due to the importance of field choice. The present study aimed at determining motivations to choose dentistry field among dental students of Tabriz University of Medical Sciences in 2013.Methods: In this cross-sectional descriptive study, 245 questionnaires were distributed among all dental students of Tabriz University of Medical Sciences and finally 200 questionnaires (81%) were returned. The questionnaire was made by the researcher and its reliability and validity were proved. Data was analyzed using descriptive and analytical statistical methods and SPSS.Results: The students referred to appropriate occupational opportunity and social position as the most important reasons to choose the field while possible abroad job opportunities had the least effect in this regard. Income among males, family advice and serving society among females were the most important factors.Conclusion: Students reported social respect, occupational independency and serving society as the most important motivational factors to choose the field. Providing correct information, the opportunity can be used to promote dentists position in society and improve public attitude toward this field.

Background: Due to the importance of the teaching and learning process in medical sciences,it is necessary to provide an appropriate context to facilitate knowledge sharing. Communities of practice (CoPs) is one strategy for sharing explicit knowledge and learning among individuals.This research aimed to develop CoPs model at Tabriz University of Medical Sciences. Methods: This descriptive-survey research was conducted on 245 faculty members selected through a simple random sampling method at Tabriz University of Medical Sciences who had the rank of professor, associate professor and assistant professor in the 2017-2018 academic year. An exploratory factor analysis (EFA) was performed by analyzing main components that were verified by a confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). The reliability of components was calculated using Cronbach’s alpha. Results: The CoPs model consists of six components including participatory leadership, goals/aims, boundary and size, interactions, formal structures, and informal structures. There was a significant relationship observed between all components. The strongest correlations were observed between the boundary-size and interactions (0.85), goals/aims and leadership(0.78), and informal structure and leadership (0.76). In examining the relationships between each component, the strongest correlation was found between CoPs and informal structure(0.88), participatory leadership (0.87), and interactions (0.85) and the weakest relationship was observed between formal structure and CoPs (0.61). Results of determining fit indices indicated validity of the CoPs model (χ2/df =2.69, CFI= 0.92, IFI= 0.92, NFI= 0.88, RMSEA= 0.09). Conclusion: university managers using this model and strengthening the informal aspects of existing communities increase the possibility of faculty members’ interactions from different units and having them participate in decision making related to teaching and learning processes to take effective steps towards academic development of this university.

Background. Population growth is a critical and strategic concern for nations, directly impacting economic prosperity, societal advancement, national security, and the preservation of cultural values, especially within an Islamic context. However, this issue faces challenges such as declining fertility rates. Therefore, it is essential to develop solutions that promote population growth while addressing the needs and aspirations of individuals. This study aimed to explore the perspectives of the staff at Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, recognizing them as dedicated professionals and caretakers of community health whose insights may help in shaping meaningful strategies that resonate with the local culture, needs, and realities. Methods. This qualitative study, applying content analysis methodology, was conducted at Tabriz University of Medical Sciences in 2023. Purposive sampling was used to select participants, and interviews continued until information saturation was reached. In total, 30 interviews were conducted. The data were analyzed using content analysis. Results. Content analysis identified several key themes: economic improvement for families, enhancing social awareness, maternal support (pregnancy and lactation), infant support, healthcare service improvements, and access to infertility treatment services. Solutions were proposed within each theme to increase the desire for fertility. Conclusion. The results indicate that population growth requires a multidimensional approach encompassing economic, cultural, and health policies. Implementing these strategies can reduce financial and social barriers, thereby increasing the willingness to have children. This study recommends that policymakers prioritize long-term planning and inter-institutional coordination to achieve optimal outcomes..

1Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran 2Department of Public Health, Statistics and Epidemiology, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, IR Iran 3Department of Medical Statistics and Bioinformatics, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, Netherlands 4Proteomics Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran 5Cellular and Molecular Endocrine Research Center, Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran

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