Shahin Salarvand

Dr. Shahin Salarvand

Nursing, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences, Khorramābād, Lorestān, Iran
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Academic Career Length

14Years (2013-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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10 December 2022 in Brain and Behavior
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JNJavad Nadali
Javad Nadali
NGNeda Ghavampour
Neda Ghavampour
FBFarzaneh Beiranvand
Farzaneh Beiranvand
MTMona Maleki Takhtegahi
Mona Maleki Takhtegahi
MHMohammad Eghbal Heidari
Mohammad Eghbal Heidari
OCOmid Narimani Charan
Omid Narimani Charan
Objective: Myasthenia gravis (MG) people experience adverse psychiatric outcomes, which may impact on their life and disturb their daily activity. Depression and anxiety are identified as significant psychiatric problems that MG people face. However, there is no sufficient epidemiological information about depression and anxiety‐based publication. Due to this limitation, the aim of this study was to review the prevalence of depression and anxiety in MG patients.Methods: Original and international databases were searched to find papers about the estimation of anxiety and depression. Random‐effects analysis was used for calculating the proportions of anxiety and depression. For estimating anxiety and depression based the severity, instruments, type of studies, and study regions, subgroup analysis was performed.Results: 38 studies met inclusion criteria and entered study. The pooling of the prevalence of depression was found at 36%, (95% CI 28% to 45%). Also, prevalence of anxiety was found at 33%, (95% CI 25% to 42%). Prevalence of depression based on mild, moderate, and severe level was 27%, 14%, and 9%, respectively.Conclusions: Anxiety and depression are a major concern among MG individuals. The estimation of both anxiety and depression are high even when compared to other autoimmune diseases. It seems depression and anxiety are important issues and more attention needs to be paid to these psychiatric disorders.

30 March 2023 in BMC Medical Education
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Shahin SalarvandShahin Salarvand
Shahin Salarvand
MMMasoumeh-Sadat Mousavi
Masoumeh-Sadat Mousavi
MRMajid Rahimi
Majid Rahimi
Background: The increasing prevalence of COVID-19 affected all aspects of life, including education. Communication and interaction are vital in any form of education. This study explained health profession educators’ and students’ experiences regarding the challenges of communication and cooperation in exclusively online classrooms during the COVID-19 era.Methods: The present descriptive explanatory qualitative study examined health profession educators’ and students’ experiences with exclusively online classrooms during the COVID-19 era. They were included in the study by purposive sampling. In-depth and semi-structured telephone interviews were conducted to collect data. The content analysis presented by Graneheim and Lundman was used to analyze the data. The present study employed four strength criteria: credibility, confirmability, transferability, and dependability.Results: The results of the present study included communication and cooperation challenges in exclusively online classrooms related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Two themes emerged from 400 open codes: lack of students’ socialization and communication-related concerns, which each had subcategories.Conclusions: Lack of students’ socialization and communication problems were identified as the participants’ main experiences. Defects in teacher training due to the sudden transition to virtual education, acquiring a professional identity that is possible in in-person education was also flawed. The participants experienced challenges in their class activities, leading to a decrease in trust, a lack of motivation to learn from students, and teachers’ teaching. Policymakers and authorities should adopt new tools and techniques to improve exclusively virtual education outcomes.

25 January 2022 in Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking
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Shahin SalarvandShahin Salarvand
Shahin Salarvand
AAAhmed N. Albatineh
Ahmed N. Albatineh
SDSahar Dalvand
Sahar Dalvand
EKElnaz Baghban Karimi
Elnaz Baghban Karimi
RGReza Ghanei Gheshlagh
Reza Ghanei Gheshlagh
This systematic review and meta-analysis aims to estimate the overall prevalence of Internet addiction among Iranian university students. A total of 49 articles written in Persian or English, without time limitation, were gathered. Databases of Scientific Information Database, MagIran, PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science were searched during the period from February 13 to March 13, 2018. The following keywords and their possible combinations were used: Iran, student, Internet dependency, Internet addiction, and problematic Internet use. The Cochran's Q test was used to test the heterogeneity among the studies, and because heterogeneity was not significant, the random effects model was used to estimate the overall prevalence of Internet addiction. Data analysis was performed using STATA, version 12. Meta-analysis of 49 selected articles with a total sample size of 16,585 indicated that the overall prevalence of Internet addiction among Iranian students was 31.51 percent (95% confidence interval: 26.47–36.55). In addition, meta-regression analysis showed no significant relationship between Internet addiction and year of publication (p = 0.972) and sample size (p = 0.915). About one-third of Iranian students have Internet addiction. It is necessary to provide training workshops on learning about the consequences of Internet addiction and its management.

30 March 2023 in BMC Public Health
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Shahin SalarvandShahin Salarvand
Shahin Salarvand
SGSepideh Ghazvineh
Sepideh Ghazvineh
FMFatemeh Mousivand
Fatemeh Mousivand
HGHasan Ahmadi Gharaei
Hasan Ahmadi Gharaei
SBSaeid Bitaraf
Saeid Bitaraf
Background: One of the effective factors on BF (Breastfeeding) continuation is Breastfeeding self-efficacy (BFSE). This study was conducted to determine the relationship between Health Literacy (HL) and BFSE in lactating mothers referring to primary health care centers. Methods: This cross-sectional descriptive study was carried out on lactating mothers referring to primary health care centers in 2022. Multi-stage cluster sampling was done with 160 samples. The data were collected using demographic questionnaire, Persian shortened form of the BSES is a self-reported instrument for measuring a mother's Breastfeeding self-efficacy and Health Literacy for Iranian Adults (HELIA). Data were analyzed using ANOVA, independent t-test, correlation test and liner regression by SPSS version 16, with a significance level of 5%. Results: There was a significant positive correlation between the HL score and its four domains( Reading, Behaviour and decision making, Accessing, and Understanding) except for the appraisal domain with BFSE score. The variables of use of formula, HL, duration of breastfeeding, and education were considered predictors of BFSE. Conclusion: In general, the results indicate a possible relationship between BFSE and mothers' HL. Therefore, improving mother's HL can have a positive effect on promoting infants’ nutrition.

1 December 2019 in Diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity
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AEAbbas Ebadi
Abbas Ebadi
DADavide Ausili
Davide Ausili
AAAhmed N Albatineh
Ahmed N Albatineh
Shahin SalarvandShahin Salarvand
Shahin Salarvand
RGReza Ghanei Gheshlagh
Reza Ghanei Gheshlagh
Background: Lifelong self-care is important in particular for patients with diabetes, because preventing diabetes complications can help maintain the quality of life and independence of diabetic patients. Currently, there are 16 self-care tools, the majority of which focus on one part of self-care. Therefore, the aim of this study was to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Farsi Self-Care of Diabetes Inventory (F-SCODI) in Iran. Methods: A cross-sectional study was performed on 400 diabetic patients who were selected by convenience sampling to complete the F-SCODI. In this regard, construct validity was assessed using exploratory factor analysis. Additionally, the internal consistency of the F-SCODI was evaluated by McDonald’s omega coefficient and Cronbach’s alpha; whereas its stability was assessed by a test re-test approach. Results: In total, four factors were extracted (activity-nutritional behavior, smoking avoidance behavior, illness-related behaviors, and health-promoting behaviors) in the dimension of self-care maintenance, three factors (symptom monitoring, symptom assessment, and symptom recognition) in the dimension of self-care monitoring, two factors (autonomous self-care and consultative self-care) in the self-care management dimension, and two factors (task-specific self-care confidence and persistence self-care) in the dimension of confidence. In this regard, the overall consistencies of the four dimensions were 0.809, 0.767, 0.590, and 0.886, respectively. Conclusion: This study indicated that the Farsi version of SCODI had acceptable internal consistency and reliability as well as content and construct validity. Given the acceptable psychometric properties, this tool can be used in future studies in Iranian patients with diabetes.

19 February 2024 in BMC Cardiovascular Disorders
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Shahin SalarvandShahin Salarvand
Shahin Salarvand
FFFarzad Farzanpour
Farzad Farzanpour
HGHasan Ahmadi Gharaei
Hasan Ahmadi Gharaei
Introduction: Given the importance of promoting self-care and quality of life for discharged elderly patients after acute Myocardial Infarction(MI), It is necessitated we conduct interventions to promote these items. This study was conducted to determine the effect of mHealth-Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) on the inner Strength and resilience of elderly patients with MI after discharge from the hospital.Methods: The present study was a randomized controlled trial that was conducted on 56 Elderly patients with myocardial infarction were discharged from the heart departments. In the intervention group after the patient’s discharge, the patients were contacted twice a week for one month and the necessary training and support were given online. To gather data, the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE), the demographic and clinical characteristics questionnaire, the inner strength scale (ISS), and the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC) were completed pre- and post-intervention. The data analysis was done by SPSS16.Results: This study showed the mean resilience and inner strength scores before and after the intervention in the control group had no statistically significant difference(P˃0.05). There was a significant increase in the mean resilience and inner strength scores in the intervention group after the intervention (P ≤ 0.001).Conclusion: The results of this study showed that mHealth as a kind of telenursing nursing has a significant effect on both variables of inner strength and resilience of post-discharge elderly patients after acute myocardial infarction. This means that using mHealth for these patients could increase the inner strength and resilience of the elderly discharged after myocardial infarction. Therefore, through using this method, elderly patients’ self-care ability and quality of life could be increased.