Soheila RABIEPOOR, Shiva JABBARI, Arezou TAJLIL, Ramona RAZAVI and Atefeh YAS

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Objectives. This study evaluates the interaction of obesity, self-efficacy for eating control and body image on each other in women.
Material and Methods. This is a descriptive analytic study performed on 300 healthy married women.
Our sample included three groups of individuals including those with normal, high and very high BMI levels, with 100 consecutive cases in each group; the participants were asked to complete three questionnaires: Demographic Information Questionnaire, Weight Efficacy Lifestyle Questionnaire (WEL), and Multidimensional Body-Self Relations Questionnaire (MBSRQ).
Outcomes. A higher BMI level was correlated with older age (r=0.304, p<0.001). The WEL score was significantly and inversely correlated with the BMI level (r=-0.817, p<0.001) Participants of normal, overweight and obese BMI groups had a mean WEL score of 168.78±9.17, 136.69±22.23 and 68.57±17.55, respectively. All MBSRQ subscale scores were significantly correlated with the BMI level.
Conclusions. A higher BMI level is associated with older age, lower weight self-efficacy and higher body image dissatisfaction among women.
Keywords: obesity, self-efficacy, body image, body mass index, women.

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Soheila RABIEPOOR, Jafar KAZEMZADEH and Saeedeh ALIZADEH

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Introduction: Burn, especially in women, can affect the quality of life and it due to a change in sexual life. This study was designed to investigate the relationship between the quality of life and sexual satisfaction in women with burns.
Material and methods: This was a descriptive-analytical cross-sectional study conducted on 101 women with severe burns who were referred to Imam Khomeini Hospital in Urmia, Iran, in 2016. The data gathering scales were demographic questionnaire, burn specific health scale-brief (BSHS-B) and Index of Sexual Satisfaction (ISS).
Results: The mean scores of the quality of life and sexual satisfaction were 102.94 ± 20.88 and 57.03 ± 25.91, respectively. Also, there was a significant relationship between quality of life and its subscales with sexual satisfaction and some demographic variables (p <0.05).
Conclusion: Interventional efforts for improving sexual satisfaction and thus, quality of life in these patients are important. The findings of this study appear to be effective in planning for women with a history of burns.
Keywords: burn, quality of life, sexual satisfaction, women

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Soheila RABIEPOOR, Maryam ABEDI and Shohreh Afshar YAVARI

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Background: Chlamydia trachomatis is the most common bacterial sexually transmitted infection (STI) throughout the world and its annual incidence is reported to be around 50 million cases. High-risk sexual behaviors are among the predisposing factors for STIs.
Objective: The present study aimed to determine the seroprevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis and the factors affecting it in patients with high-risk sexual behaviors who had attended Behavior Disorders Clinic of Urmia between October 2015 and June 2016.
Material and Methods: this was a cross-sectional study conducted at Behavior Disorders Clinic in Urmia. One hundred and seventy six patients who had attended the clinic were selected using convenient sampling. A questionnaire was filled out by the participants and a 5 cc sample of their blood was collected to determine their serological level of antibodies. The participants’ blood serum samples were analyzed by ELISA. Descriptive tests, T-test, and Chi-square test were run to analyze the data. All the statistical analyses were done using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) software, version 23.
Results: The results indicated that 52.3% of the attendees of the Behavior Disorders Clinic in Urmia were single, 78.4% had a sexual partner except from their spouse, 31.8% had multiple sexual partners, and 8.52% had a high-risk partner. The results also revealed that there was a significant relationship between gender and presence of anti-Chlamydia antibodies (p=0.02). However, no significant relationship was observed between other demographic characteristics or history of high-risk behaviors and presence of anti-Chlamydia antibodies.
Conclusion: Since the frequency of positive IgM was 11.9% in the present study, and Chlamydia trachomatis infections are mostly asymptomatic, early diagnosis and treatment of this pathogen can have a very important role in public health improvement. Screening individuals with high-risk sexual behavior is recommended.
Keywords: Chlamydia trachomatis, behavior disorders clinic, high-risk sexual behaviors, seroprevalence

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