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Background: To assess the psychological consequences of changes during the coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in the Iranian population. Methods: We performed an anonymous online survey in the first 3 weeks of March 2020. Individuals older than 14 who could read Persian, and lived in Iran, were eligible for the study. The participants had to rate their stress levels and depressive symptoms (using a nine-item Patient Health Questionnaire PHQ-9) during the last 2 weeks and before the pandemic retrospectively. The changes in the psychological measurements and their association with the sociodemographic factors and burdens due to confinement were assessed. Results: Overall, among the 3,210 subjects who participated in our study, both the stress levels and average depression scores increased. However, about 23% of the subjects reported a decrease in their stress levels. The burden of childcare, restrictions in private life, and thoughts about the future were positively correlated with the changes in the stress levels and depression scores (|r| > 0.15). However, feeling relieved in the pandemic condition, and enjoying more family time were associated with less change in the stress and depression scores. Being religious (odds ratio [OR] [CI]: 1.5 [1.3-1-8]) and older age (OR [CI]: 2.9 [1.8-4.6] for >55 years old) were identified as the resilience factors, whereas being a student (OR [CI]: 2.1 [1.6;2.7]), seeking a job (OR [CI]: 2.6 [1.8;3.9]), and history of a psychiatric disorder (OR [CI]: 3.2 [2.6;4]) were identified as the risk factors for depression. Conclusions: The stress levels and depressive symptoms have increased during the COVID-19 pandemic and this increase is related to different social and personal burdens due to the confinement conditions.
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BACKGROUND: Core needle biopsy (CNB) method is a common method and a gold standard for the diagnosis of breast lesions. The purpose of this study was to compare the results of visual inspection of ultrasound guided biopsy specimens with pathologic outcomes in patients with breast lesions. METHODS: This cross-sectional descriptive was conducted on 600 patients with breast lesions who were candidates for ultrasonography with CNB were entered into the study. Then, patients underwent sonography with needle biopsy, in a sample taken by The radiologist classifies the breast mass according to its consistency and shape based on observation to the malignant or benign, as well as the Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System or Mass BIRADs. visual inspection results were compared with the CNB pathology of patients. RESULTS: In this study, the sensitivity and specificity of the lesion were 97.48% and 94.10%, respectively, and positive and negative predictive values of this test were 85.64% and 99.05%, respectively. CONCLUSION: Given that the sensitivity and specificity of the biopsy lesions to detect the type of mass was higher than the pathology of the sample, it can be ensured that the biopsy of breast lesions, especially in sizes less than 10 mm in time Increased the biopsy and reduced the number of cores taken from the lesion.
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BACKGROUND: Acne vulgaris is a common complication that patients referred to dermatologist, also there are medications to manage of this such as isotretinoin, and incidence of low back pain in these patients is more than general population, so in this study we aimed to evaluate of Incidence of low back pain and sacroiliitis in military families with acne vulgaris under isotretinoin therapy. METHODS: This cross-sectional study was performed on 113 acne vulgaris patients treated with isotretinoin (at least 3 months) referred to dermatology clinic of Imam Reza Hospital of Army Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran during 2018 to 2019. All data of patients such as dosage and duration of medication, severity of acne, incidence of low back pain, sacroiliitis and inflammatory back pain and lab data were recorded. RESULTS: 54% of patients had lethargy, 41.6% had myalgia and 46.9% had low back pain. Of the patients with low back pain, 54.7% had inflammatory low back pain and 45.3% had mechanical low back pain. 29 cases had inflammatory low back pain, 5 cases had sacroiliitis and one case had positive RF, the means of ESR, CRP and ANA were 19.01 ± 12.74 Mm/hr, 3.43 ± 1.27 Mg/litr and 1.31 ± 0.90, respectively. CONCLUSION: In patients with acne vulgaris under isotretinoin therapy much attention must be given regarding to sacroiliitis and rheumatoid diseases especially when symptoms such as low back pain are present.
