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Background and Objectives: The present study was conducted by the aim of predicting the role of religiosity in job stress and marital conflict among married nurses of medical education centers in Hamedan. Methods: The present research is a descriptive-analytic one. The population of the research included all the married nurses in medical education centers in Hamedan at 2014-2015, which were over 270 individual. 155 individuals were selected through available sampling method. Data gathering was done by using Osipow Job Stress Questionnaire, Sanaee Marital Conflict Questionnaire and Religiosity Questionnaire of Glock and Stark. For analyzing the data, statistical tests of Pearson Correlation and step-by-step multivariate regression were used, and data analysis was conducted by SPSS18. Results: Results of Pearson correlation indicated that there is a significant and negative correlation between religiosity and its components with job stress and marital conflict among nurses. Step-by-step regression analysis showed that religiosity can predict job stress and marital conflict among nurses. Also, among the components of religiosity, two components of consequences and belief could predict job stress by 0.24% and two components of affective and consequences could predict marital conflict by 0.21%. Conclusion: Since religiosity plays a determining role in job stress and marital conflict, providing some educations in the field of religious teachings can be considerably effective for this group of society. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background: Present meta-analysis was aimed to compare the resting energy expenditure (REE) and body composition in hypothyroid subjects with low-normal or high-normal Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone (TSH) levels. Methods: Three databases (PubMed, Scopus and google scholar) were searched to identify eligible studies that evaluated the association between TSH levels within reference ranges with REE and body composition up to August 2021 with no limitation in time. The methodological quality of included studies was assessed using Newcastle-Ottawa scale. Weighted mean differences (WMDs) of REE and body composition were calculated using a random-effects model. Results: Four studies fulfilled inclusion criteria for meta-analysis, yielding a total of 353 people (212 low-normal and 141 high-normal subjects). The pooled effect size failed to find any significant association between Body Mass Index (BMI) [WMD: -0.88 kg/m2; 95% CI: -2.65, 0.89; P=0.33], REE [WMD: -3.98 kcal/day; 95% CI: -53.14, 45.17; P=0.87], REE/FFM [WMD: -0.01 kcal/kg/day; 95% CI: -0.64, 0.61; P=0.96], Lean Body Mass (LBM) [WMD: -0.35 kg; 95% CI: -2.38, 1.68; P=0.73], Fat Mass (FM) [WMD: -0.49 kg; 95% CI: -4.27, 3.29; P=0.80] and Percentage of FM [WMD: -0.13 percentage; 95% CI: -1.62, 1.37; P=0.86] with TSH levels. Conclusion: Despite recent trends toward keeping TSH levels in low-normal range to achieve better clinical outcomes, higher REE and change in body composition, the results of this meta-analysis showed no substantial clinical evidence based on maintaining TSH levels in a low-normal range. The protocol has been registered with PROSPERO (registration number CRD42021279512). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction: Incidence of brucellosis was growing up in Iran during the past years. Kermanshah province-west of Iran is one of the endemic regions of the disease. The aim of this study was to evaluate the incidence and risk factors of brucellosis in Kermanshah province during a recent five-year period., Methods: This study was an observational cross-sectional study performed on registries of the patients with brucellosis at the center for the zoonotic disease of Kermanshah University of medical sciences during 2010-2014. The data was collected using a questionnaire containing demographic data and the risk factor of brucellosis. Collected data were analyzed by SPSS-22 software using descriptive statistic, Chi-square, and student t-test., Results: The five-years mean incidence of brucellosis in our study was 46.5 in one hundred thousand, and male to female ratio was 1.37/1. The most common risk factors of brucellosis in our patients were unpasteurized dairy products' consumption (47%) and occupational contact with livestock (14.4%). 84% of the patients were rural. The most common diagnostic method was the standard agglutination test within 1/160 and 1/320 titers., Conclusion: Risk factors of brucellosis in our study were like other studies, but in more than onethird of the patients, no risk factor was identified. Lack of livestock vaccination history and incomplete registered data about other possible transmission routes of transmission were the limitations of the study., (Copyright© Bentham Science Publishers; For any queries, please email at epub@benthamscience.net.)