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  1. Article ; Online: Diabetic foot ulcers risk prediction in patients with type 2 diabetes using classifier based on associations rule mining.

    Piran, Nasrin / Farhadian, Maryam / Soltanian, Ali Reza / Borzouei, Shiva

    Scientific reports

    2024  Volume 14, Issue 1, Page(s) 635

    Abstract: Identifying diabetic patients at risk of developing foot ulcers, as one of the most significant complications of diabetes, is a crucial healthcare concern. This study aimed to develop an associative classification model (CBA) using the Apriori algorithm ... ...

    Abstract Identifying diabetic patients at risk of developing foot ulcers, as one of the most significant complications of diabetes, is a crucial healthcare concern. This study aimed to develop an associative classification model (CBA) using the Apriori algorithm to predict diabetic foot ulcers (DFU). This retrospective cohort study included 666 patients with type 2 diabetes referred to Shahid Beheshti Hospital in Iran between April 2020 and August 2022, of which 279 (42%) had DFU. Data on 29 specific baseline features were collected, which were preprocessed by discretizing numerical variables based on medical cutoffs. The target variable was the occurrence of DFU, and the minimum support, confidence, and lift thresholds were set to 0.01, 0.7, and 1, respectively. After data preparation and cleaning, a CBA model was created using the Apriori algorithm, with 80% of the data used as a training set and 20% as a testing set. The accuracy and AUC (area under the roc curve) measure were used to evaluate the performance of the model. The CBA model discovered a total of 146 rules for two patient groups. Several factors, such as longer duration of diabetes over 10 years, insulin therapy, male sex, older age, smoking, addiction to other drugs, family history of diabetes, higher body mass index, physical inactivity, and diabetes complications such as proliferative and non-proliferative retinopathy and nephropathy, were identified as major risk factors contributing to the development of DFU. The CBA model achieved an overall accuracy of 96%. Also, the AUC value was 0.962 (95%CI 0.924, 1.000). The developed model has a high accuracy in predicting the risk of DFU in patients with type 2 diabetes. The creation of accurate predictive models for DFU has the potential to significantly reduce the burden of managing recurring ulcers and the need for amputation, which are significant health concerns associated with diabetes.
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Male ; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/complications ; Diabetic Foot/diagnosis ; Diabetic Foot/etiology ; Retrospective Studies ; Risk Factors ; Data Mining
    Chemical Substances CI 924 (79520-77-7)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-01-05
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2615211-3
    ISSN 2045-2322 ; 2045-2322
    ISSN (online) 2045-2322
    ISSN 2045-2322
    DOI 10.1038/s41598-023-47576-w
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  2. Article ; Online: Demographic and clinical features association with mortality in patients with COVID-19

    Ali Reza Soltanian

    Acta Medica Iranica, Pp 587-

    A cross-sectional study in the West of Iran

    2021  Volume 594

    Abstract: Background: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic as an emergency public health concern has caused hundreds of thousands of deaths in the world. Identifying predictors of death in COVID-19 patients are a key to improve survival and help ... ...

    Abstract Background: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic as an emergency public health concern has caused hundreds of thousands of deaths in the world. Identifying predictors of death in COVID-19 patients are a key to improve survival and help patients triage, better management, and assist physicians and health care. Study design: Retrospective observational study Methods: The present study conducted on 512 positive COVID-19 patients confirmed by real-time PCR hospitalized in Sina Hospital, Hamadan in 2020. The data of demographic characteristics, clinical manifestations, laboratory findings, chest examination and disease outcome were collected. Logistic regression model was performed to explore the predictors of in-hospital mortality. Results: Among 512 patients 57 (11.1%) deaths were occurred. the adjusted odds ratios (OR) estimate of death in COVID-19 for patients with age more than 60 years versus those lower than 60 years was 3.15 (95% CI: 1.06, 9.37). The adjusted OR estimate of death in patients with hypertension comorbidity versus those with no comorbidity was 3.84 (95% CI: 1.27, 11.59). In addition, the adjusted OR estimate (95% CI) of death in patients with respiratory rate above 30 per minute, BUN > 20 mg/dL, LDH > 942 U/L and SGOT > 45 U/L against lower than those values was respectively 10.72 (1.99, 57.68), 5.85 (2.19, 15.63), 13.42 (2.17, 83.22) and 2.86 (1.02, 8.05). The risk of death was higher among the patients with multiple comorbidity diseases, systolic BP lower than 90 mmHg, SPO2 lower than 88 and more than ten days hospitalization in comparison with COVID-19 patients with no comorbidity disease (P=0.002), systolic BP higher than 90 mmHg (P=0.002), SPO2 higher than 88 (P<0.001) and hospitalization for lower than ten days (P=0.012). Conclusion: Our findings suggest that, older age, pre-existing hypertension and/or multiple co-morbidities, high respiratory rate, elevated BUN, LDH and SGOT, low systolic BP and hypoxemia were independently associated with in-hospital mortality in ...
    Keywords sars-cov-2 ; infectious disease ; coronavirus ; death ; epidemiology ; Medicine (General) ; R5-920
    Subject code 610
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-11-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher Tehran University of Medical Sciences
    Document type Article ; Online
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  3. Article ; Online: Diabetic foot ulcers risk prediction in patients with type 2 diabetes using classifier based on associations rule mining

    Nasrin Piran / Maryam Farhadian / Ali Reza Soltanian / Shiva Borzouei

    Scientific Reports, Vol 14, Iss 1, Pp 1-

    2024  Volume 12

    Abstract: Abstract Identifying diabetic patients at risk of developing foot ulcers, as one of the most significant complications of diabetes, is a crucial healthcare concern. This study aimed to develop an associative classification model (CBA) using the Apriori ... ...

    Abstract Abstract Identifying diabetic patients at risk of developing foot ulcers, as one of the most significant complications of diabetes, is a crucial healthcare concern. This study aimed to develop an associative classification model (CBA) using the Apriori algorithm to predict diabetic foot ulcers (DFU). This retrospective cohort study included 666 patients with type 2 diabetes referred to Shahid Beheshti Hospital in Iran between April 2020 and August 2022, of which 279 (42%) had DFU. Data on 29 specific baseline features were collected, which were preprocessed by discretizing numerical variables based on medical cutoffs. The target variable was the occurrence of DFU, and the minimum support, confidence, and lift thresholds were set to 0.01, 0.7, and 1, respectively. After data preparation and cleaning, a CBA model was created using the Apriori algorithm, with 80% of the data used as a training set and 20% as a testing set. The accuracy and AUC (area under the roc curve) measure were used to evaluate the performance of the model. The CBA model discovered a total of 146 rules for two patient groups. Several factors, such as longer duration of diabetes over 10 years, insulin therapy, male sex, older age, smoking, addiction to other drugs, family history of diabetes, higher body mass index, physical inactivity, and diabetes complications such as proliferative and non-proliferative retinopathy and nephropathy, were identified as major risk factors contributing to the development of DFU. The CBA model achieved an overall accuracy of 96%. Also, the AUC value was 0.962 (95%CI 0.924, 1.000). The developed model has a high accuracy in predicting the risk of DFU in patients with type 2 diabetes. The creation of accurate predictive models for DFU has the potential to significantly reduce the burden of managing recurring ulcers and the need for amputation, which are significant health concerns associated with diabetes.
    Keywords Medicine ; R ; Science ; Q
    Subject code 571
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher Nature Portfolio
    Document type Article ; Online
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  4. Article ; Online: Nurses' healing presence: A panacea for the comfort of acute coronary syndrome patients in CCU, A qualitative study.

    Hojjatoleslami, Simin / Sadeghi, Amir / Negarandeh, Reza / Soltanian, Ali Reza / Borzou, Seyed Reza

    Nursing open

    2023  Volume 10, Issue 6, Page(s) 3744–3753

    Abstract: Aim: The study aimed to explain the acute coronary syndrome (ACS) patients' perception of the nurse's healing presence in their comfort in the critical care unit.: Design: This descriptive qualitative study was conducted from December 2020 to ... ...

    Abstract Aim: The study aimed to explain the acute coronary syndrome (ACS) patients' perception of the nurse's healing presence in their comfort in the critical care unit.
    Design: This descriptive qualitative study was conducted from December 2020 to September 2021.
    Methods: Twenty-seven ACS patients were purposively selected from a cardiovascular university Hospital, Iran. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews (45-60 min). Data analysis was performed based on the contractual content analysis method of Graneheim and Lundman.
    Results: In the data analysis, the main theme 'nurses' healing presence' includes two categories: 'Nurse-patient communication' with two subcategories and the category 'Compassionate care' with three subcategories.
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Acute Coronary Syndrome ; Communication ; Data Analysis ; Hospitals, University ; Nurses
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-01-29
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 2809556-X
    ISSN 2054-1058 ; 2054-1058
    ISSN (online) 2054-1058
    ISSN 2054-1058
    DOI 10.1002/nop2.1631
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  5. Article ; Online: Investigation of Clinical Features and Surgical Results in Patients with Thyroid Nodules Referred to the Endocrinology Clinic in Hamadan City

    Fatemeh Yaghoubi / Ali Reza Soltanian / Shiva Borzouei

    پزشکی بالینی ابن سینا, Vol 30, Iss 1, Pp 52-

    2023  Volume 58

    Abstract: Background and Objective: Considering the high prevalence of thyroid nodules and the increased incidence of malignancy of this gland, the present study aimed to assess the clinical characteristics and pathology results following surgery in patients with ... ...

    Abstract Background and Objective: Considering the high prevalence of thyroid nodules and the increased incidence of malignancy of this gland, the present study aimed to assess the clinical characteristics and pathology results following surgery in patients with nodular goiter and referred to the endocrinology clinic in Hamadan, Iran. Materials and Methods: This study was conducted as case series from 2011 to 2021. All patients diagnosed with thyroid nodules who underwent thyroidectomy according to the indication and whose pathology was benign or malignant were included in the study. The patients' information was collected by reviewing the files, which included demographic, clinical, and pathology results. The data was analyzed in SPSS software (version 26), and the significance level was considered less than 0.05. Results: Among the 507 patients studied, 88.2% were female, and 11.8% were male. The mean age of the patients was 41.93 years. Pathology result was malignant in 57% of cases and benign in 43% of subjects. Most patients with malignant pathology were under 35 years of age, and those with benign pathology were older (P<0.001). Most patients were in stage I of the disease; nonetheless, males compared to females were significantly in more advanced stages of the disease (P<0.001). Conclusion: Thyroid nodules are very common, and their incidence is increasing. Considering the nature of malignancy, the good prognosis of these nodules, and effective treatment, early diagnosis of malignancy assumes critical importance.
    Keywords pathology ; thyroid nodules ; thyroid surgery ; Medicine ; R
    Subject code 610
    Language Persian
    Publishing date 2023-06-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher Hamadan University of Medical Sciences
    Document type Article ; Online
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  6. Article ; Online: Effectiveness of theory-based educational interventions of promoting oral health among elementary school students.

    Shirahmadi, Samane / Bashirian, Saeed / Soltanian, Ali Reza / Karimi-Shahanjarini, Akram / Vahdatinia, Farshid

    BMC public health

    2024  Volume 24, Issue 1, Page(s) 130

    Abstract: Background: The aim of the present study was to determine the effect of oral health education programs on the oral health of primary school students.: Methods: In this randomized controlled trial study, 190 elementary fifth-grade female students were ...

    Abstract Background: The aim of the present study was to determine the effect of oral health education programs on the oral health of primary school students.
    Methods: In this randomized controlled trial study, 190 elementary fifth-grade female students were chosen using the multistage cluster sampling method. In this study, the Plaque Index (PI), Simplified Oral Hygiene Index (OHI-S), Community Periodontal Index (CPI), tooth brushing using fluoride toothpaste, dental flossing frequency and factors affecting them were determined according to social cognitive theory (SCT). Interventions were implemented using the play method and with the help of three pamphlets, five posters, a celebration of oral health, and the creation of a Telegram group. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics indexes, t tests, paired sample t tests, chi-square tests, and Pearson correlation tests.
    Results: The results showed that 3 months after the intervention, compared to before the intervention, the percentage of participants in the intervention group who brushed their teeth twice or more per day increased by 48.5%, and the percentage of participants who used dental floss at least once per day increased by 64.2%. The rate of gum bleeding decreased by 6.3%. The good OHI-S rate increased by 44.4%. Dental plaque decreased by 38.1%.
    Conclusion: The results demonstrated that a gamification design can be effective and useful in promoting the oral health of students.
    Trial registration: registration timing: retrospective, registration date: 18/10/2022, registration number: IRCT20141128020129N2.
    MeSH term(s) Female ; Humans ; Health Education, Dental ; Oral Health ; Pamphlets ; Retrospective Studies ; Students ; Child
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-01-09
    Publishing country England
    Document type Randomized Controlled Trial ; Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 2041338-5
    ISSN 1471-2458 ; 1471-2458
    ISSN (online) 1471-2458
    ISSN 1471-2458
    DOI 10.1186/s12889-023-17528-0
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  7. Article: The Performance Evaluation of The Random Forest Algorithm for A Gene Selection in Identifying Genes Associated with Resectable Pancreatic Cancer in Microarray Dataset: A Retrospective Study.

    Rabiei, Niloofar / Soltanian, Ali Reza / Farhadian, Maryam / Bahreini, Fatemeh

    Cell journal

    2023  Volume 25, Issue 5, Page(s) 347–353

    Abstract: Objective: In microarray datasets, hundreds and thousands of genes are measured in a small number of samples, and sometimes due to problems that occur during the experiment, the expression value of some genes is recorded as missing. It is a difficult ... ...

    Abstract Objective: In microarray datasets, hundreds and thousands of genes are measured in a small number of samples, and sometimes due to problems that occur during the experiment, the expression value of some genes is recorded as missing. It is a difficult task to determine the genes that cause disease or cancer from a large number of genes. This study aimed to find effective genes in pancreatic cancer (PC). First, the K-nearest neighbor (KNN) imputation method was used to solve the problem of missing values (MVs) of gene expression. Then, the random forest algorithm was used to identify the genes associated with PC.
    Materials and methods: In this retrospective study, 24 samples from the GSE14245 dataset were examined. Twelve samples were from patients with PC, and 12 samples were from healthy control. After preprocessing and applying the fold-change technique, 29482 genes were used. We used the KNN imputation method to impute when a particular gene had MVs. Then, the genes most strongly associated with PC were selected using the random forest algorithm. We classified the dataset using support vector machine (SVM) and naïve bayes (NB) classifiers, and F-score and Jaccard indices were reported.
    Results: Out of the 29482 genes, 1185 genes with fold-changes greater than 3 were selected. After selecting the most associated genes, 21 genes with the most important value were identified.
    Conclusion: This study is based on the application of the fold change technique, imputation method, and random forest algorithm and could find the most associated genes that were not identified in many studies. We therefore suggest researchers use the random forest algorithm to detect the related genes within the disease of interest.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-05-28
    Publishing country Iran
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2647430-X
    ISSN 2228-5814 ; 2228-5806
    ISSN (online) 2228-5814
    ISSN 2228-5806
    DOI 10.22074/cellj.2023.1971852.1156
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  8. Article ; Online: Impact of COVID-19 Disease Control Committee (CDCC) policies on prevention of the disease using Bayes network inference in west of Iran.

    Soltanian, Ali Reza / Ahmaddoost-Razdari, Roya / Mahjub, Hossein / Poorolajal, Jalal

    BMC public health

    2023  Volume 23, Issue 1, Page(s) 2008

    Abstract: Background: The start of the COVID-19 pandemic was an emergency situation that led each country to adopt specific regional strategies to control it. Given the spread of COVID-19 disease, it is crucial to evaluate which policy is more effective in ... ...

    Abstract Background: The start of the COVID-19 pandemic was an emergency situation that led each country to adopt specific regional strategies to control it. Given the spread of COVID-19 disease, it is crucial to evaluate which policy is more effective in reducing disease transmission. The purpose of this study was to determine the impact of policies made by COVID-19 Disease Control Committee (CDCC) to reduce the risk of the disease in Hamadan province.
    Methods: In the observational study, the data were extracted from three sources in Hamadan, west of Iran; first, the session reports of CDCC; second, information on periodic evaluations conducted by the primary health care directory in Hamadan from April to August 2021 and third, expert panel opinion. Bayes network analysis was used to determine the effect of each policy on mortality rate by GeNIe software version 2.2.
    Results: Among the policies adopted by CDCC in Hamadan, seven policies, i.e., vaccination, limiting gatherings, social distancing, wearing a mask, job closure, travel restriction, and personal hygiene had the most impact to prevent the spread of COVID-19, respectively. In this study, the prevalence of the disease was 17.64% with the implementation of these policies. Now, if all these policies are observed 30% more, the prevalence will decrease to 14.18%.
    Conclusion: This study showed that if the seven policies (i.e., vaccination, limiting gatherings, social distancing, wearing a mask, job closure, travel restriction, and personal hygiene) are followed simultaneously in the community, the risk of contracting the disease will be greatly reduced. Therefore, in the pandemic of infectious diseases, such policies can help prevent the spread of the disease.
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; COVID-19/epidemiology ; COVID-19/prevention & control ; SARS-CoV-2 ; Pandemics/prevention & control ; Iran/epidemiology ; Bayes Theorem ; Policy
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-10-16
    Publishing country England
    Document type Observational Study ; Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 2041338-5
    ISSN 1471-2458 ; 1471-2458
    ISSN (online) 1471-2458
    ISSN 1471-2458
    DOI 10.1186/s12889-023-16879-y
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  9. Article ; Online: A novel epigenetic biomarker, plasma miR-138-5p gene promoter-methylated DNA, for colorectal cancer diagnosis.

    Asefi, Masoud / Saidijam, Massoud / Rezvani, Nayebali / Soltanian, Ali Reza / Khalilian, Ali Reza / Mahdavinezhad, Ali

    Personalized medicine

    2022  Volume 19, Issue 4, Page(s) 315–325

    Abstract: Aim: ...

    Abstract Aim:
    MeSH term(s) Biomarkers, Tumor/genetics ; Colorectal Neoplasms/diagnosis ; Colorectal Neoplasms/genetics ; DNA ; Epigenesis, Genetic/genetics ; Humans ; MicroRNAs/genetics
    Chemical Substances Biomarkers, Tumor ; MIRN138 microRNA, human ; MicroRNAs ; DNA (9007-49-2)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-06-17
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 2299146-3
    ISSN 1744-828X ; 1741-0541
    ISSN (online) 1744-828X
    ISSN 1741-0541
    DOI 10.2217/pme-2021-0095
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  10. Article ; Online: Effectiveness of theory-based educational interventions of promoting oral health among elementary school students

    Samane Shirahmadi / Saeed Bashirian / Ali Reza Soltanian / Akram Karimi-shahanjarini / Farshid Vahdatinia

    BMC Public Health, Vol 24, Iss 1, Pp 1-

    2024  Volume 22

    Abstract: Abstract Background The aim of the present study was to determine the effect of oral health education programs on the oral health of primary school students. Methods In this randomized controlled trial study, 190 elementary fifth-grade female students ... ...

    Abstract Abstract Background The aim of the present study was to determine the effect of oral health education programs on the oral health of primary school students. Methods In this randomized controlled trial study, 190 elementary fifth-grade female students were chosen using the multistage cluster sampling method. In this study, the Plaque Index (PI), Simplified Oral Hygiene Index (OHI-S), Community Periodontal Index (CPI), tooth brushing using fluoride toothpaste, dental flossing frequency and factors affecting them were determined according to social cognitive theory (SCT). Interventions were implemented using the play method and with the help of three pamphlets, five posters, a celebration of oral health, and the creation of a Telegram group. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics indexes, t tests, paired sample t tests, chi-square tests, and Pearson correlation tests. Results The results showed that 3 months after the intervention, compared to before the intervention, the percentage of participants in the intervention group who brushed their teeth twice or more per day increased by 48.5%, and the percentage of participants who used dental floss at least once per day increased by 64.2%. The rate of gum bleeding decreased by 6.3%. The good OHI-S rate increased by 44.4%. Dental plaque decreased by 38.1%. Conclusion The results demonstrated that a gamification design can be effective and useful in promoting the oral health of students. Trial registration registration timing: retrospective, registration date: 18/10/2022, registration number: IRCT20141128020129N2.
    Keywords Oral health promotion ; Social cognitive theory ; Oral hygiene index ; Telegram group ; Gamification ; Public aspects of medicine ; RA1-1270
    Subject code 796
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher BMC
    Document type Article ; Online
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