Health Information management
Vahid Nakhzarimoghaddam; Ehsan Geraei; Firoozeh Zare Farashbandi
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This article introduce a new term in the field of health information and health communication called the "Doom Scrolling" and tries to draw the attention of health professionals to this issue by referring to its effects on the health of the individual and society.People are faced with a wide range of ...
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This article introduce a new term in the field of health information and health communication called the "Doom Scrolling" and tries to draw the attention of health professionals to this issue by referring to its effects on the health of the individual and society.People are faced with a wide range of news in their lives, some of which have negative and unpleasant content (1). Usually, people consider searching for information as a way to deal with challenging situations. On the other hand, coping and adapting to unpleasant information can also be a coping behavior; because it warns people about existing dangers and prepares them for similar threats in the future (2). One of the new challenges in the health science is the existence, tendency and desire of some people to "follow unpleasant news" (Doom Scrolling or Doom surfing), which has various reasons and can occur in different health fields. Some of these reasons are: passive use of social media, habitual media use, anxiety, weak self-control and some other personality traits of people. Men, younger adults, and politicians are also more likely to do doom scrolling. In general, it seems that following such news is particularly attractive for some people. (3).
Ehsan Geraei; Peyman Adibi; Firoozeh Zare-Farashbandi
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Introduction: Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is one of the most common and costly gastrointestinal diseases which results in disturbances in the performance of intestines. In this study, the most important historical references of IBS were identified using spectroscopy method.Methods: This was a bibliometrics ...
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Introduction: Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is one of the most common and costly gastrointestinal diseases which results in disturbances in the performance of intestines. In this study, the most important historical references of IBS were identified using spectroscopy method.Methods: This was a bibliometrics investigation carried out using Reference Publication Year Spectroscopy (RPYS) approach. Data gathering was carried out from the Web of Science database, and by searching for the term irritable bowel syndrome in the subject field. 13841 records and 320218 citations were retrieved and analyzed using the RPYS.exe software application.Results: The distribution of the number of references in the IBS documents was divided into four time periods: 1900-1950, 1951-1975, 1976-2000, and 2001-2015. The first group of highly-cited articles focused on the introduction of IBS, its diagnostic methods, and possible causes, and the second group focused on the pathophysiological and physiological aspects of the disease. The next group dealt with other aspects of IBS, including epidemiology, medicine, financial costs, and physiological and clinical factors, and the large number of citations in the fourth group was due to the type of review articles and their potential for receiving more citations.Conclusion: The results indicate that the articles compared to other resources have the greatest impact on the formation of the historical origin of the topics in the field of IBS, and the most highly cited resources follow the historical process of the disease.
Razieh Farshid; Faramarz Soheili; Hamed Gholami; Ehsan Geraei
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Introduction: Scientometric study is one of the efficient methods of academic evaluation in authentic databases. Hierarchical clustering is also a useful instrument in providing an overview of a studies in a field and understanding of its knowledge structure. Therefore, this study tries to explore the ...
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Introduction: Scientometric study is one of the efficient methods of academic evaluation in authentic databases. Hierarchical clustering is also a useful instrument in providing an overview of a studies in a field and understanding of its knowledge structure. Therefore, this study tries to explore the intellectual structure of the studies carried out in the field of gastric cancer.Methods: This study was carried out using co-word analysis and hierarchical clustering of scientometric methods with an analytical approach. The study population included keywords of articles indexed in Web of Science database in the field of stomach cancer from 1979 to 2019. The population included 58,709 records indexed on the Web of Science database from 1979 to 2019 and included 207,625 keyword extracted. Data were analyzed through strategic and dendrogram chart.Results: Findings related to hierarchical clustering by Ward method led to the formation of four clusters in this domain: Cell signaling in cancer, Oncogenes and cancer, Roll of cell cycle and check points in cancer, Reasons and diagnosis. The clusters 2 and 1 (Oncogenes and cancer and Cell signaling in cancer) had the highest and lowest concentration among the clusters, respectively. Besides, clusters 1 and 2 (Cell signaling in cancer and Oncogenes and cancer) had respectively the highest and lowest density among the clusters.Conclusion: Hierarchical clustering has the potential of providing a clear image of the academic structure of studies in the gastric cancer domain. The results of the analysis of articles in the field of gastric cancer that led to the identification of underdeveloped areas can be an academic basis for future researchers.
Saba Siamaki; Ehsan Geraei; Firoozeh Zare-Farashbandi
Volume 13, Issue 5 , October 2016, , Pages 341-346
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Introduction: ResearchGate is one of the first social networks aims to foster collaboration and communication between researchers and their readers. The goal of the present research was to study the degree of presence of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences researchers in ResearchGate.Methods: The ...
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Introduction: ResearchGate is one of the first social networks aims to foster collaboration and communication between researchers and their readers. The goal of the present research was to study the degree of presence of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences researchers in ResearchGate.Methods: The current study was a survey research using altmetrics data. The data of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences and its researchers were loaded through ResearchGate social network in February 2015. Then, the data were analyzed based on indicators ResearchGate score, total publications, total impact, loads, and views and descriptive statistics.Results: 947 of the researchers in Isfahan University of Medical Sciences had joined and loaded 2984 scientific works in ReseachGate. In addition, School of Medicine was the most active school with 659 active researchers and 200 scientific works. Moreover, in terms of the number of researchers, Department of Pediatrics was known as the most active department with 237 researchers.Conclusion: Despite the great number of university researchers in Isfahan University of Medical Sciences which is one of the great universities of Iran, the results showed that the amount of researchers’ presence in ResearchGate is relatively low. This may indicate the researchers’ limited use of ResearchGate network facilities.
Firoozeh Zare Farashbandi; Parastoo Parsaei Mohammadi; Ehsan Geraei; Morteza Amraei
Volume 9, Issue 5 , November and December 2012, , Pages 632-645
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AbstractIntroduction: Quantitative evaluations are considered as one of the appropriate criteria inaccepting or rejecting the selection of information resources in libraries. Through theseassessments, one can evaluate how much the selected resources meet the needs of the users. Thepresent study aimed ...
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AbstractIntroduction: Quantitative evaluations are considered as one of the appropriate criteria inaccepting or rejecting the selection of information resources in libraries. Through theseassessments, one can evaluate how much the selected resources meet the needs of the users. Thepresent study aimed to review the cost-benefit analysis of the Persian books on Department ofLibrary and Information Sciences in Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahwaz, Iran.Methods: This cross-sectional survey described the current situation, evaluated how much thebooks in the field of Library and Information Science are used and did a cost-benefit analysis ofthese books in Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences in Ahwaz. The study populationincluded all the Persian books related to the Library and Information Sciences at the aforesaiduniversity's libraries. Data collection tool was a researchers-made checklist, and the data werecollected using the Library software. Descriptive statistics and cost-benefit formula were used foranalyzing the data.Results: Findings showed that average total cost for using each of the books once wasapproximately 4589 Iranian Rial rate (IRR) which was considered to be a relatively high price.The lowest cost for using each book once was related to those published in 2002 (2913 IRR) andthe highest cost for using each book once was related to those published in 2005 (31413 IRR).Cost-benefit analysis of the books showed that the lowest cost-benefit was for the books relatedto the "library collection" (755 IRR), then in a growing rate for books related to the "references"(2777 IRR), "library management" (2877 IRR) and "organizing" (5693 IRR).Conclusion: The cost-benefit analysis showed that use of each of these books every time isexpensive and is not affordable for the libraries. The Persian books related to the "librarycollection" had a higher rate of use by the users than other books in the field of Library andInformation Sciences, and therefore have been more affordable.
