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Mohammad Mahdi Parvizi - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • A randomized clinical trial on treatment of chronic constipation by traditional persian Medicine recommendations compared to Allopathic Medicine: A pilot study
    Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2017
    Co-Authors: Mohammad Reza Fattahi, Seyed Morteza Emami Alorizi, Majid Nimrouzi, Mohammad M Zarshenas, Mohammad Mahdi Parvizi
    Abstract:

    Background: The aim of this study was to compare the efficacy and side effects of lactulose plus traditional Persian Medicine with only lactulose on the functional chronic constipation. Methods: Participants included 20 patients (10 in each group) aged 18–80 years, with major inclusion criteria of ROME III. They were assigned into two parallel therapeutic groups, including the intervention group (lactulose plus traditional Persian Medicine [TPM] advices) and control group (only lactulose) through a block randomization. Weekly follow-up was done for 1 month for both groups. Results: After the intervention, the frequency of bowel habit increased significantly in patients of both groups (P = 0.001), and the frequency of hard stool defecation, sensation of painful defecation, sensation of incomplete evacuation, sensation of anorectal obstruction, and manual maneuver for evacuation were decreased significantly in patients of both groups (P < 0.001 for all comparisons and 0.025 for manual maneuver). However, the only significant difference between the two groups was more reduction in the sensation of painful defecation in the lactulose group versus lactulose plus TPM advices (P = 0.014). Conclusions: Based on the pilot study, no significant difference was shown between TPM with lactulose and lactulose only in the management of chronic functional constipation. However, the easy recommendations of TPM can be useful in improving chronic constipation

  • a randomized clinical trial on treatment of chronic constipation by traditional persian Medicine recommendations compared to Allopathic Medicine a pilot study
    International Journal of Preventive Medicine, 2017
    Co-Authors: Mohammad Reza Fattahi, Seyed Morteza Emami Alorizi, Majid Nimrouzi, Mohammad M Zarshenas, Mohammad Mahdi Parvizi
    Abstract:

    Background: The aim of this study was to compare the efficacy and side effects of lactulose plus traditional Persian Medicine with only lactulose on the functional chronic constipation. Methods: Participants included 20 patients (10 in each group) aged 18–80 years, with major inclusion criteria of ROME III. They were assigned into two parallel therapeutic groups, including the intervention group (lactulose plus traditional Persian Medicine [TPM] advices) and control group (only lactulose) through a block randomization. Weekly follow-up was done for 1 month for both groups. Results: After the intervention, the frequency of bowel habit increased significantly in patients of both groups (P = 0.001), and the frequency of hard stool defecation, sensation of painful defecation, sensation of incomplete evacuation, sensation of anorectal obstruction, and manual maneuver for evacuation were decreased significantly in patients of both groups (P

Mohammad Reza Fattahi - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • A randomized clinical trial on treatment of chronic constipation by traditional persian Medicine recommendations compared to Allopathic Medicine: A pilot study
    Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2017
    Co-Authors: Mohammad Reza Fattahi, Seyed Morteza Emami Alorizi, Majid Nimrouzi, Mohammad M Zarshenas, Mohammad Mahdi Parvizi
    Abstract:

    Background: The aim of this study was to compare the efficacy and side effects of lactulose plus traditional Persian Medicine with only lactulose on the functional chronic constipation. Methods: Participants included 20 patients (10 in each group) aged 18–80 years, with major inclusion criteria of ROME III. They were assigned into two parallel therapeutic groups, including the intervention group (lactulose plus traditional Persian Medicine [TPM] advices) and control group (only lactulose) through a block randomization. Weekly follow-up was done for 1 month for both groups. Results: After the intervention, the frequency of bowel habit increased significantly in patients of both groups (P = 0.001), and the frequency of hard stool defecation, sensation of painful defecation, sensation of incomplete evacuation, sensation of anorectal obstruction, and manual maneuver for evacuation were decreased significantly in patients of both groups (P < 0.001 for all comparisons and 0.025 for manual maneuver). However, the only significant difference between the two groups was more reduction in the sensation of painful defecation in the lactulose group versus lactulose plus TPM advices (P = 0.014). Conclusions: Based on the pilot study, no significant difference was shown between TPM with lactulose and lactulose only in the management of chronic functional constipation. However, the easy recommendations of TPM can be useful in improving chronic constipation

  • a randomized clinical trial on treatment of chronic constipation by traditional persian Medicine recommendations compared to Allopathic Medicine a pilot study
    International Journal of Preventive Medicine, 2017
    Co-Authors: Mohammad Reza Fattahi, Seyed Morteza Emami Alorizi, Majid Nimrouzi, Mohammad M Zarshenas, Mohammad Mahdi Parvizi
    Abstract:

    Background: The aim of this study was to compare the efficacy and side effects of lactulose plus traditional Persian Medicine with only lactulose on the functional chronic constipation. Methods: Participants included 20 patients (10 in each group) aged 18–80 years, with major inclusion criteria of ROME III. They were assigned into two parallel therapeutic groups, including the intervention group (lactulose plus traditional Persian Medicine [TPM] advices) and control group (only lactulose) through a block randomization. Weekly follow-up was done for 1 month for both groups. Results: After the intervention, the frequency of bowel habit increased significantly in patients of both groups (P = 0.001), and the frequency of hard stool defecation, sensation of painful defecation, sensation of incomplete evacuation, sensation of anorectal obstruction, and manual maneuver for evacuation were decreased significantly in patients of both groups (P

Tadatoshi Kuratsuji - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • a traditional healers training model in rural nepal strengthening their roles in community health
    Tropical Medicine & International Health, 2003
    Co-Authors: Amod Kumar Poudyal, Masamine Jimba, Izumi Murakami, Ram Chandra Silwal, Susumu Wakai, Tadatoshi Kuratsuji
    Abstract:

    In this paper, we evaluated a western medical training model for traditional healers (THs) in rural Nepal. We used semi-structured interviews to compare 48 trainees with 30 randomly selected untrained THs, 1 year after the training was completed. We asked them about their knowledge of the causes, prevention and treatment of common illnesses and HIV/AIDS, and their relationship with government health workers (GHWs) in the area. Nine GHWs were also interviewed about their perceptions of THs. We found that trained THs had a better knowledge of Allopathic Medicine, practised modern treatment using first aid kits, and were more likely to refer patients to GHWs. They also improved their relationships with the GHWs. Up-scaling this model is a challenge for improving community health care in Nepal in the future.

Kyle Whitfield - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • the paradoxical reliance on Allopathic Medicine and positivist science among skeptical audiences
    Social Science & Medicine, 2007
    Co-Authors: Juanne N Clarke, Stephanie Arnold, Michelle M Everest, Kyle Whitfield
    Abstract:

    Abstract A number of studies have found an association between what people see, hear and read in the mass media and their corresponding actions and beliefs. This link has been demonstrated both at the micro and at the macro levels of analysis. However, when people are asked directly about the impact of mass media they tend to deny that they are personally affected. In fact, they tend to describe themselves as critical and skeptical media consumers. The purpose of this paper is to explore this contradiction through 12 in-depth focus group discussions undertaken in Ontario, Canada in 2004. Findings from the focus group interviews confirm earlier research in that people claimed that they were not susceptible to media influence. At the same time as they said that they took information from the mass media “with a grain of salt”, they articulated sophisticated and nuanced accounts of how and why they evaluated some information as good and some as bad. In general they evaluated media stories on the basis of the values of Allopathic Medicine and positivistic science. Moreover, in the context of the focus groups and their explicit comments on their skepticism, they discussed health information from the magazine articles that they were given to read (on either HIV/AIDS, Alzheimer's disease, or a heart disease). Possible explanations for these paradoxical findings are discussed.

Seyed Morteza Emami Alorizi - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • A randomized clinical trial on treatment of chronic constipation by traditional persian Medicine recommendations compared to Allopathic Medicine: A pilot study
    Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2017
    Co-Authors: Mohammad Reza Fattahi, Seyed Morteza Emami Alorizi, Majid Nimrouzi, Mohammad M Zarshenas, Mohammad Mahdi Parvizi
    Abstract:

    Background: The aim of this study was to compare the efficacy and side effects of lactulose plus traditional Persian Medicine with only lactulose on the functional chronic constipation. Methods: Participants included 20 patients (10 in each group) aged 18–80 years, with major inclusion criteria of ROME III. They were assigned into two parallel therapeutic groups, including the intervention group (lactulose plus traditional Persian Medicine [TPM] advices) and control group (only lactulose) through a block randomization. Weekly follow-up was done for 1 month for both groups. Results: After the intervention, the frequency of bowel habit increased significantly in patients of both groups (P = 0.001), and the frequency of hard stool defecation, sensation of painful defecation, sensation of incomplete evacuation, sensation of anorectal obstruction, and manual maneuver for evacuation were decreased significantly in patients of both groups (P < 0.001 for all comparisons and 0.025 for manual maneuver). However, the only significant difference between the two groups was more reduction in the sensation of painful defecation in the lactulose group versus lactulose plus TPM advices (P = 0.014). Conclusions: Based on the pilot study, no significant difference was shown between TPM with lactulose and lactulose only in the management of chronic functional constipation. However, the easy recommendations of TPM can be useful in improving chronic constipation

  • a randomized clinical trial on treatment of chronic constipation by traditional persian Medicine recommendations compared to Allopathic Medicine a pilot study
    International Journal of Preventive Medicine, 2017
    Co-Authors: Mohammad Reza Fattahi, Seyed Morteza Emami Alorizi, Majid Nimrouzi, Mohammad M Zarshenas, Mohammad Mahdi Parvizi
    Abstract:

    Background: The aim of this study was to compare the efficacy and side effects of lactulose plus traditional Persian Medicine with only lactulose on the functional chronic constipation. Methods: Participants included 20 patients (10 in each group) aged 18–80 years, with major inclusion criteria of ROME III. They were assigned into two parallel therapeutic groups, including the intervention group (lactulose plus traditional Persian Medicine [TPM] advices) and control group (only lactulose) through a block randomization. Weekly follow-up was done for 1 month for both groups. Results: After the intervention, the frequency of bowel habit increased significantly in patients of both groups (P = 0.001), and the frequency of hard stool defecation, sensation of painful defecation, sensation of incomplete evacuation, sensation of anorectal obstruction, and manual maneuver for evacuation were decreased significantly in patients of both groups (P