Ava Sadat Hoseini

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The Importance of Creating and Developing Networking through Mentoring Method for Sharing Experiences among School Health Carers in Iran (Letter to Editor)

A Linear Model to Estimate Faculty Member in The Iranian Medical Sciences Universities

Effect of synbiotic bread containing lactic acid on blood lipids and apolipoproteins in patients with type 2 diabetes: A randomized controlled trial
Atie Ghafouri, Javad Heshmati, Iraj Heydari, Raheleh Shokouhi Shoormasti, Maria Dulce Estêvão, Ava Sadat Hoseini, Mojgan Morvaridzadeh, Maryam Akbari‐Fakhrabadi, Farnaz Farsi, Mitra Zarrati,et al.
Wiley
AbstractRecently, the use of synbiotics for managing various diseases has dramatically increased. Synbiotics have been shown to be a good approach to influence the composition of the gut microbiota with positive health effects. Management of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) complications is one of the reasons for the ingestion of synbiotics and so the aim of the current study was to determine the effects of synbiotic bread intake on markers of lipid profile in T2DM patients. One hundred T2DM patients (age between 20 and 60 years) were randomly assigned to four groups to consume different types of synbiotic bread, three times/day, for 8 weeks: “synbiotic + lactic acid” (n = 25; IV), “synbiotic” (n = 25; III), “lactic acid brad” (n = 25; II), or “control” (n = 25; I). The measured outcomes included anthropometric characteristics, glycemic control parameters, blood lipids, and apolipoproteins. The consumption of “synbiotic + lactic acid bread” (group IV) and “lactic acid bread” (group II) led to a significant decrease in total cholesterol (TC) and glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) compared to the “control bread.” The HbA1c levels were also significantly lower when compared to group II. Additionally, apolipoprotein A (Apo A1) levels were significantly decreased in group IV, compared to control and other groups (post hoc analysis). No significant differences between groups were observed for triglyceride (TG), high‐density lipoprotein (HDL), low‐density lipoprotein (LDL), and apolipoprotein B100 (Apo B100) levels. The observed results show that the synbiotic bread (with or without lactic acid) promoted a decrease in total cholesterol (TC) and Apo A1 in diabetic patients when consumed daily for 8 weeks.

Activities and challenges of volunteers in confrontation with COVID-19: A qualitative study in Iran
Seyed Fahim Irandoost, Sardar Sedighi, Ava Sadat Hoseini, Ahmad Ahmadi, Hossein Safari, Farbod Ebadi Fard Azar, and Javad Yoosefi lebni
Elsevier BV

Development of an Instrument to Measure Dietary Supplement Health Literacy
Ava Sadat Hoseini, Tahereh Dehdari, Mahnaz Solhi, Leila Janani, and Seyedeh Tayebeh Rahideh
SLACK, Inc.
Background: Health literacy is one of the important social determinants of health. Objective: The aim of this study was to develop an instrument to measure Dietary Supplement Health Literacy (DSHL) of Iranian women. Methods: In this psychometrics study, an initial nine-factor instrument was developed. Face validity and content validity of the instrument were evaluated. The factor structure of the instrument was explored by the Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) among 400 women taking Dietary supplement. Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) was done to determine the underlying factor structure of the instrument in this population. The internal and external reliability of the instrument was evaluated. Key Results: According to expert panel opinions, 16 items were deleted. The results of the EFA showed that the Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin and Bartlett's test of sphericity were significant. EFA showed that 30 items could be grouped into nine factors that accounted for 60.84% of the variance. Since two items in the ability to actively engage with health care providers factor were loaded in factor 1, this factor was labeled Engaging in receiving informational supports from health care providers. In addition, one item of the dimension was loaded in factor 3. Given that the one item of factor 5 and 1 item of factor 6 were loaded in a new factor 9, this factor was labeled Applying information to decision-making. The CFA indicated that the nine-factor structure of the DSHL instrument had a poor fit. To modify indices, factor 9 with 2 items and 1 item of factor 6 were deleted. The Cronbach's alpha and intraclass correlation coefficient of the instrument were acceptable. Finally, a 27-item instrument with 8 dimensions was confirmed. Conclusions: The results of the study showed that the instrument developed was a valid tool for identifying the DSHL of Iranian women. [ HLRP: Health Literacy Research and Practice . 2022;6(2):e159–e166. ] Plain Language Summary: This study sought to develop and validate a multidimensional instrument to measure the health literacy of Iranian women about dietary supplements that was performed from July 2019 to May 2020 in Iran. Findings showed that the 30-item instrument developed in this study is a valid instrument to be used for identifying the health literacy of Iranian women about dietary supplements.

Lived Experiences and Challenges of the Families of COVID-19 Victims: A Qualitative Phenomenological Study in Tehran, Iran
Javad Yoosefi Lebni, Seyed Fahim Irandoost, Hossein Safari, Tareq Xosravi, Sina Ahmadi, Goli Soofizad, Farbod Ebadi Fard Azar, Ava Sadat Hoseini, and Nafiul Mehedi
SAGE Publications
Being COVID-19 positive and then dying causes a slew of personal, familial, and social issues for family members. Therefore, the current study was carried out to analyze the lived experiences and issues of COVID-19 victims' families in Tehran, Iran. The phenomenological approach was used in the qualitative analysis of 21 first-degree relatives of COVID-19 victims. From August 22 to October 21, 2020, data was gathered by phone (4 people) and in-person (17 people) using semi-structured interviews. The subjects were chosen through purposeful and snowball sampling. The MAXQDA-2018 program was used to organize the data, and the Colaizzi analytical technique was used to analyze it. Guba and Lincoln’s criteria were also used to assess the findings' quality. After analyzing the data, 2 main categories and 14 subcategories were extracted, including (1) challenges in caring for a COVID-19 patient (being rejected, limited access to medical facilities, dissatisfaction with the behavior of medical staff, disruption of family life, the challenge of managing family members' behavior with the patient, and living with doubts and worries (2) challenges after a COVID-19 patient’s death (incomplete farewell to the corpse, unbelievability of the death, ambiguity and tension in the burial process, lonely burial, the twinge of conscience, worry about not respecting the deceased, incomplete condolences, and abandonment). The troubles of victims' families can be ameliorated by developing the skills of caring for COVID-19 patients at home, providing medical and psychological services to families before and after the patient’s death, appropriately informing the families to guarantee them about dignity and respect and respect of the deceased at the interment, and developing a culture of virtual condolence to provide emotional support to survivors.

Effect of omega-3 fatty acids supplementation on cardio-metabolic and oxidative stress parameters in patients with chronic kidney disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Siavash Fazelian, Fatemeh Moradi, Shahram Agah, Akramsadat Hoseini, Hafez Heydari, Mojgan Morvaridzadeh, Amirhosein Omidi, Ana Beatriz Pizarro, Atie Ghafouri, and Javad Heshmati
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Abstract Background Omega-3 fatty acids (FAs) have been suggested as a beneficial supplement in chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients, but the results of randomized clinical trials (RCTs) are controversial. We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to evaluate all the RCTs about the impact of omega-3 FAs supplementation on cardiometabolic outcomes and oxidative stress parameters in patients with CKD. Methods We performed a systematic database search in PubMed/MEDLINE, EMBASE, Scopus, Web of Science, and Cochrane Central, up to May 2020. We included all placebo-controlled randomized trials that assessed the effect of omega-3 FAs supplementation on any cardiometabolic outcomes: blood pressure, total cholesterol (TC), low-density lipoprotein (LDL) and high-density lipoprotein (HDL) or triglycerides (TG) and oxidative stress parameters. Data were pooled using DerSimonian–Laird’s random-effects model. Results Finally, thirteen articles met the inclusion criteria for this review omega-3 FAs supplementation significantly decrease TC (SMD: -0.26; 95% CI: − 0.51, − 0.02; I2 = 52.7%), TG (SMD: -0.22; 95% CI: − 0.43, − 0.02; I2 = 36.0%) and Malondialdehyde (MDA) levels (SMD: -0.91; 95% CI: − 1.29, − 0.54; I2 = 00.0%) and also significantly increase superoxide dismutase (SOD) (SMD: 0.58; 95% CI: 0.27, 0.90; I2 = 00.0%) and Glutathione peroxidase (GPx) (SMD: 0.50; 95% CI: 0.14, 0.86; I2 = 00.0%) activities. However our results show that omega-3 FAs supplementation have no significant effects on HDL, LDL and blood pressure. Conclusion This systematic review and meta-analysis supports current evidence for the clinical benefit of omega-3 FAs intake to improve cardiometabolic parameters in CKD patients. However, well-designed RCTs still needed to provide a conclusive picture in this field.

Evaluation of the educational services quality from the viewpoint of postgraduate students at Kermanshah University of medical sciences in 2019
Ali Soroush, Razie Toghroli, Farideh Moradi, Laleh Hassani, Teamur Aghamolaei, Nafiul Mehedi, Fatemeh Mahmoodi, Azam Faraji, AvaSadat Hoseini, and Behdad Ziapour
Medknow
BACKGROUND: At present, the SERVQUAL model is one of the most significant tools for measuring customers’ expectations and perceptions in organizations. Determination of expectations and perceptions of students who are the main university customers from educational services can provide valuable information to the programmers to improve the condition of educational services. Therefore, this study aims to measure the quality of education services from the viewpoint of postgraduate students at Kermanshah Medical Sciences University using the SERVQUAL model in 2019. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This was a descriptive cross-sectional study. The population under the study consisted of 162 students at the postgraduate education section (Master's degree and Ph.D.) studying in the second semester of the academic year of 2019 at Kermanshah Medical Sciences University. The standard SERVQUAL questionnaire was used for data collection, which included five dimensions of the quality of educational services, and the random-stratified sampling method was employed. The data were analyzed using the SPSS Statistics software (version 23.0, SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL, USA), and descriptive and other statistical tests, including the Pearson correlation coefficient, and paired and independent t-tests were performed. RESULTS: Based on the students’ perspective in the provision of service there was quality gap existed in all services, and the largest gap was in the reliability dimension (−0.37), and after that, empathy (−0.37), guaranty (0.27), and responsiveness (−0.24) dimensions, respectively, and the lowest one was in the tangible dimension (0.15). There was a statistically significant observed difference between the quality gap in different educational dimensions (P > 0.001). CONCLUSION: Research findings showed that students were not meeting their expectations from the presented educational services. Hence, holding a training workshop is suggested in the field of how to serve and enhance communication skills for employees and teachers.

Effects of Calcium and Vitamin D Co-supplementation on the Lipid Profile: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Mojgan Morvaridzadeh, Shahram Agah, Pooya Alibakhshi, Hafez Heydari, Ava Sadat Hoseini, Andriko Palmowski, Omid Toupchian, Shima Abdollahi, Gholamreza Rezamand, and Javad Heshmati
Elsevier BV

Qualitative exploration of the factors influencing the use of dietary supplements in Iranian women: introduction to areas of focus for developing interventions
Akramsadat Hoseini, Tahereh Dehdari, Mahnaz Solhi, Seyedeh Tayebeh Rahideh, and Leila Janani
Elsevier BV

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