Somayeh Delavari

• PhD
• Professor (Assistant) at Iran University of Medical Sciences

Background Clinical reasoning involves the application of knowledge and skills to collect and integrate information, typically to arrive at a diagnosis, implement appropriate interventions, solve clinical problems, and improve the quality of health care and patient outcomes. It is a vital competency that medical students must acquire, as it is cons...

Background: Professional identity is a vital component of medical education that influences the future practice of medical students. Currently, there is a lack of a reliable and valid Persian scale for measuring students' readiness for professional identity. Objectives: This study aims to determine whether the Professional Self-identity Questionnai...

Background Accurate assessments of current and future fertility-including overall trends and changing population age structures across countries and regions-are essential to help plan for the profound social, economic, environmental, and geopolitical challenges that these changes will bring. Estimates and projections of fertility are necessary to i...

This appendix provides detailed information on the methods for the paper “Global fertility in 204 countries and territories, 1950–2021 with forecasts to 2100: a comprehensive demographic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021”

Background Accurate assessments of current and future fertility-including overall trends and changing population age structures across countries and regions-are essential to help plan for the profound social, economic, environmental, and geopolitical challenges that these changes will bring. Estimates and projections of fertility are necessary to i...

Objective: Evaluate methodological quality of type 2 diabetes RCTs conducted in Iran and cited in clinical practice guidelines and systematic reviews and meta-analyses. Methods: We conducted a descriptive methodological quality review, analyzing 286 Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs) on diabetes mellitus published in Iran from July 2004 to 2021...

Purpose: This study aimed to assess the impact of research in randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of diabetes and explore the various subject areas related to diabetes that receive attention on social media platforms. Altmetric measures were utilized to collect and extract relevant data, providing valuable insights into the social reach and influe...

Background: The clinical learning evaluation questionnaire can be used in the clinical trial period of medical students to measure the effectiveness of the clinical learning environment. The purpose of this study was to collect validity evidence of an adapted questionnaire to measure the transcultural adaptation of a Persian version of CLEQ. Meth...

The rapid growth in medical research has popularized systematic reviews as comprehensive, accurate, reliable, and concise summaries of the best available information on a particular topic. 1 The systematic review process involves a comprehensive search on a focused practical issue, followed by the inclusion of eligible studies based on clearly defi...

Background. Students and graduates in the field of health management will be future managers of the health field. Improving the skills of health system managers as one of the main pillars of health service organizations is essential to meet the health needs of the community. Therefore, this study aimed to identify and prioritize the key skills requ...

Background: Development and assessment of clinical decision-making skills are essential in midwifery education because of their role in mothers' and infants' safety. Therefore, the present study's primary objective was to evaluate the relationship between experience levels and clinical decision-making skills using the key features (KFs) examination...

Background and aims: Prevention and management of diabetic foot ulcer have essential effects on the quality of life of patients. Accordingly training the care providers can play an essential role in reducing complications foot ulcers and lead to an increase in the effectiveness and efficiency of patient health cares. We conducted a study to survey...

Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of motor control training (MCT) compared with other physical therapist-led interventions, minimal/no intervention or surgery in patients with symptomatic lumbar disc herniation (LDH). Design: Systematic review and meta-analysis. Data sources: Eight databases and the ClinicalTrials.gov were searched from...

Objective Spinopelvic alignment is increasingly considered as an essential factor for maintaining an energy-efficient posture in individuals with normal or pathological status. Although several previous studies have shown that changes in the sagittal spinopelvic alignment may occur in patients undergoing total hip arthroplasty (THA), no review of t...

BACKGROUND: A doctor–patient relationship built on the concept of empathy is so essential to attain the best clinical outcomes in medicine. Since empathy has a positive role in interpersonal relationships and medical outcomes, its assessment is highly crucial. The aim of this study was to assess the empathy in last-year medical students using the P...

Background: Professional identity is a vital component of medical education that affects the future practice of medical students. There is a notice of the lack of a reliable and valid Persian scale to measure the students' readiness for professional identity. Objective: This present study aims to determine whether or not the PSIQ can be adapted for...

Background: Rapid demographic change and aging population demand that health professional’s especially general physicians need to be better competent around older adults' care and managing multiple conditions of them. Evidence shows that the current gap in health care professionals’ skills and the lack of medical school training for caring well the...

Objective: Dry needling is a treatment technique used by clinicians to relieve symptoms in patients with tension-type headache (TTH), cervicogenic headache (CGH), or migraine. This systematic review's main objective was to assess the effectiveness of dry needling on headache pain intensity and related-disability in patients with TTH, CGH, or migra...

Introduction: Bedside teaching plays a crucial role in acquiring essential clinical skills. Therefore, the main aim of this study is assessing the validity and reliability of the Persian version of German bedside teaching (BST) instrument. This instrument was specially developed for evaluation of bedside teaching. Method: The present cross-secti...

Background: Although theory explains the development of illness script, it does not provide answers to how medical students develop scripts in their learning. To fill the knowledge gap of developing illness script in medical students and interns, this study aimed to investigate the impact of educational strategies inspired by theory in the developm...

Background: Preventing violence is important especially in the Middle East, where many countries are struggling with violence. Knowing the affecting factors could help public policy makers to decrease violence level. Thus, this study is aimed to analyze health and other socio-economic factors that could affect interpersonal violence in middle east...

Objectives: the purpose of present study is investigation the impact of metacognitive strategies and motivation on academic performance of medical learners Results: The findings showed that the mean scores of metacognitive strategies of participants and the success rate and academic performance of clinical students of the medical school were positi...

Background: specifying the determinants of healthcare expenditure is one of the most important challenges in the health sector. The current study was aimed to assess factors affecting government health care expenditure in Iran. Methods: to identify short-term and long-term determinants of healthcare expenditure in Iran during 1971-2007, Auto Regres...

Objectives The present study aimed to compare the effect of Peer Assisted Learning (PAL) method and routine lecture on knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors of participants in the prevention of diabetes. Results The results showed that one month after the intervention and the implementation of the educational program, the mean scores of the two grou...

Objectives: This study is designed to evaluate the effect of a workshop about new teaching and learning methods on the response, knowledge, and behavior of healthcare staff working a large city healthcare center. Results: Kirkpatrick's program evaluation model showed that the workshop on new teaching and learning methods significantly improved t...

Objectives: To assess the validity and reliability of the Persian version of the Readiness for Inter-Professional Learning Scale (RIPLS). Methods: A cross-sectional study was performed among final-year medical students in Iran. A total of 200 students completed the Persian versions of the RIPLS questionnaire using convenience sampling. To evalua...

Background Self-medication could be a risky behavior and have negative effects. While Over the Counter (OTC) drugs is available at drugstores, the behavior is highly prevalent among general population. Objective In this study, we aimed at surveying self-medication pattern among medical sciences students of Shiraz, Iran. Methods A sample of 396 st...

Background: Recently, there has been an increase in life expectancy due to improvements in nutrition, health, and sanitation. The aim of this study was to evaluate the geriatric curriculum in the field of general medicine at Shiraz University of Medical Sciences (SUMS), Iran to improve the quality of services provided to this population in the comm...

Introduction: Clinical reasoning as a critical and high level of clinical competency should be acquired during medical education, and medical educators should attempt to assess this ability in medical students. Nowadays, there are several ways to evaluate medical students' clinical reasoning ability in different countries worldwide. There are some...

Background: Recently, there has been an increase in life expectancy due to improvements in nutrition, health, and sanitation. The aim of this study was to evaluate the geriatric curriculum in the field of general medicine at Shiraz University of Medical Sciences (SUMS), Iran to improve the quality of services provided to this population in the comm...

Team-based learning (TBL) is a well-established instructional strategy that provides students with the chance to apply conceptual knowledge through a series of actions, including pre-class, individual, team class activity, and immediate feedback. The purpose of the present study was to introduce a course of teaching the evidence-based medicine (EBM...

Introduction: Emotional intelligence (EI), also known as Emotional Quotient, is defined as an individual’s alertness on his or her own emotions, together by an alertness of the emotions in other people and the capacity to manage them and act appropriately. Objectives: The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between the EI (Emo...

Background: Clinical reasoning plays an important role in the accurate diagnosis and treatment of diseases. Script Concordance test (SCT) is one of the tools that assess clinical reasoning skill. This study was conducted to determine the reliability and concurrent and predictive validity of SCT in assessing final lessons and gynecology exams of und...

Background: Organizational efficiency should be continuously measured to plan for improvement, informing about organizational performance, and guiding the university toward its goals. In this study, the authors measured the efficiency of schools affiliated to Tehran University of Medical Sciences as one of the most important universities in Iran, i...

Introduction: Clinical reasoning skills play a major role in the ability of physicians to make diagnosis and take an appropriate intervention for treatment of patients. The aim of this research is the comparison between the key features examinations and common multiple choice examinations for assessing the individuals’ clinical decision makings abi...

Introduction: Life expectancy at birth (LEB) is closely associated with the degree of economic and social development in developed and developing countries. This study aimed to examine the socioeconomic factors affecting LEB in Iran from 1985 to 2013. Methods: Time series analysis was used to examine the effects of key explanatory factors (GDP per...

Introduction: Hospitals are the most expensive health services provider in the world. Therefore, the evaluation of their performance can be used to reduce costs. The aim of this study was to determine the efficiency of the hospitals at the Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences using stochastic frontier analysis (SFA). Methods: This was a cros...

Introduction: Efficiency evaluation of universities and faculties is one of the tools that help managers to identify the departments' strengths and weakness. The main objective of the present research was to measure and compare the technical efficiency of Shiraz school of medicine departments using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) technique. Metho...

Introduction: During the last few decades, healthcare expenditures (HCEs) have increased significantly in Iran and throughout the world. Understanding the determinants of such increases is essential to health policymakers in finding the best policies to manage healthcare costs. This study aimed to determine the impact of some of the key explanator...

Background and Aim: Employee involvement and organizational adaptability are two key factors towards success in almost all organizations. Hospital managers must pay special attention to these two variables and always try to improve them. The present research, therefore, studies the relationship between employee involvement (empowerment, team orient...

Background: Mentorship develops a personal relationship in which a more experienced and knowledgeable person helps a less experienced person. In this study we aimed to investigate mentorship status and its impact from viewpoint of clinical professors of Shiraz medical school. Methods: In this cross-sectional study 99 clinical professors of medicine...

کی از مؤثر ترین راههای درمان بسیاری از بیماران پیشرفته کبدی، پیوند کبد است. منبع عمده پیوند کبد در مرکز پیوند اعضای شیراز، از مرگ مغزی بوده و به دلیل کمبود ارگان پیوندی و از سوی دیگر تقاضای روزافزون برای پیوند، بین عرضه و تقاضای کبد تعادل برقرار نیست. به همین دلیل انتخاب کاندیدای مناسب پیوند بسیار بحثانگیز است. در حال حاضر در مرکز پیوند اعضای ش...

Abstract: Introduction: An efficient university should have a real goal and could produce the most output with the least use of inputs. Evaluation systems are an inseparable part of each organization and university. By efficiency calculation, useful information will be created about strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats, and opportuniti...

Introduction: An efficient university should have a real goal and could produce the most output with the least use of inputs. Evaluation systems are an inseparable part of each organization and university. By efficiency calculation, useful information will be created about strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats, and opportunities for improve...

Comparing Sexual Dysfunctions in Men Before and During Their Wives' Pregnancy چکیده [English] Introduction: Sexual dysfunctions are highly prevalent among men and women. Pregnancy is one of the predisposing factors of sexual dysfunctions and it is associated with a wide variety of physical and psychological causes as well. The aim of this study was...

Introduction: Sexual dysfunctions are highly prevalent among men and women. Pregnancy is one of the predisposing factors of sexual dysfunctions and it is associated with a wide variety of physical and psychological causes as well. The aim of this study was to compare sexual dysfunctions of men before and during pregnancy of their wives. Methods: Th...