Fatemeh Moradi; Zahra Sohrabi; Morteza Zare; Najme Hejazi; Marzieh Akbarzadeh
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Background: Depression is a worldwide disease affecting more than 300 million people and is associated with disability, burden of disease, and significant health care costs. Children’s nutritional status can definitely affect their growth. The burden of malnutrition remains high in developing countries ...
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Background: Depression is a worldwide disease affecting more than 300 million people and is associated with disability, burden of disease, and significant health care costs. Children’s nutritional status can definitely affect their growth. The burden of malnutrition remains high in developing countries and reduces the potential for individual, social, and economic development. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between breastfeeding depression and infant’s growth.Methods: This is a cross-sectional study on 90 breastfeeding mothers and their 2-4 month old infants in Yasuj. Data collection in mothers was done by measuring anthropometric variables and by interviews through questionnaires. For assessing maternal depression, Beck Depression Inventory questionnaire was applied, and neonatal physical growth was evaluated by head circumference, weight, and length Z-scores of 2-4 months old infants.Results: The result showed that the relationship between maternal depression score and Z scores of infants’ weight, height, and head circumference was not significant (P>0.05 for all). There were no differences between depression scores of mothers and infants’ growth in different groups of education or occupation among mothers (P>0.05 for all). There was a significant relationship between maternal waist circumference with hip circumference, weight, and number of children (P<0.001 for all).Conclusion: This study showed that depressed mothers, despite having depression, were concerned with the optimal growth of their infants. However, tracking children’s developmental status and maternal depression over the time (especially in depressed mothers or underweight infants) in several stages can be helpful in increasing information in this regard.
Zahra Negarandeh; Hossain Faramarzi; Siavash Babajafari; Mohsen Davoodi; Seyed Ali Hoseini; Omid Reza Salehi; Morteza Zare
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Background: This study aimed to investigate the relationship between nutritional performance and physical activity in patients with COVID-19.Methods: In this causal-comparative ex-post facto study, after obtaining a license from Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, 600 people who volunteered to participate ...
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Background: This study aimed to investigate the relationship between nutritional performance and physical activity in patients with COVID-19.Methods: In this causal-comparative ex-post facto study, after obtaining a license from Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, 600 people who volunteered to participate in the present study were selected as the statistical sample. After completing the demographic information and informed consent forms, subjects completed the Nutritional Knowledge Questionnaire and the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ). Onesample t-test, Spearman correlation coefficient, Mann-Whitney U and regression tests were used to analyze the data. The data were analyzed using SPSS software version 22, and a significant level of 0.05 for data analysis was considered.Results: The levels of BMI, nutritional attitude, nutritional knowledge, and nutritional performance of men and women with COVID-19 were unsatisfactory (P≥0.05). Nutritional knowledge scores in women were significantly higher than in men (P≥0.05). With decreasing physical activity, nutritional performance levels increased in women and men; with decreasing nutritional attitudes, physical activity levels increased in men. Also, BMI levels improved with increasing nutritional knowledge scores (P≥0.05).Conclusion: It seems that lack of proper physical activity, attitude, and poor nutritional performance are the factors affecting the increase in the number of COVID-19 patients; therefore, it is recommended that health centers provide the necessary training on the optimal role of physical activity, attitude, and nutritional performance in the prevention of COVID-19 disease.
Mohammad Jalali; Michael E Symonds; Morteza Zare; Zahra Sohrabi
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Background: Heart failure (HF) is a clinical disorder and Zinc is an important cofactor in regulating oxidative status.The present study aimed to determine the mean concentration of serum zinc in patients with HF.
Methods: PubMed, Embase, Scopus, and Web of Science were used in the present systematic ...
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Background: Heart failure (HF) is a clinical disorder and Zinc is an important cofactor in regulating oxidative status.The present study aimed to determine the mean concentration of serum zinc in patients with HF.
Methods: PubMed, Embase, Scopus, and Web of Science were used in the present systematic review and meta-analysis to find relevant cross-sectional studies up to 1st January 2020. A random-effects model was used to pool the effect size (ES) and 95 % confidence intervals (CI). In addition, meta-regression analysis was performed to find the sources of statistical heterogeneity among the studies.
Results: Our meta-analysis of 1358 HF patients indicated that their mean serum zinc concentration was 66.24 µg/dl (95 % CI: 59.16, 73.33). In sub-analysis, the mean concentration was 75.04 µg/dl and 52.90 µg/dl in patients < 65 years and > 65 years old, respectively. Subgroup analysis by geographical region showed that mean serum zinc was 70.70 µg/dl, 69.08 µg/dl and 60.91 µg/dl in HF patients from Europe, America, and Asia, respectively. Meta-regression analysis indicated a reduction of 1.42 µg/dl in serum zinc per each year of aging.
Conclusion: In summary, our meta-analysis indicates that serum zinc concentrations have a narrow range in HF patients worldwide that declines with age and varies with geographical region. Additionally, serum zinc concentrations are lower in HF patients, specifically in the elderly.