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WPA Section on Epidemiology and Public Health

The report of WPA Section on Epidemiology and Public Health by Dr. Payman Salamati
 
Application Code :
306-0214-0096
 
Created Date : Sunday, November 02, 2014 13:15:04Update Date : Sunday, November 02, 2014 14:47:43IP Address : 194.225.53.5
Submit Date : Sunday, November 02, 2014 14:51:48Email : psalamati@tums.ac.ir
Personal Information
Name : payman
Surname : salamati
School/Research center : Sina Trauma and Surgery Research Center (STSRC)
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Possition : Professor
Tel : +98-21-66757001
Information of Congress
Title of the Congress : WPA Section on Epidemiology and
Public Health
Title of your Abstract : Comparison of health related quality of life between two
groups of veteran and non-veteran spinal cord injured
patients
country : Japan
From : Wednesday, October 15, 2014
To : Saturday, October 18, 2014
Abstract(Please copy/paste the abstract send to the congress) : Background and objectives: Patients with spinal cord injury (SCI) have a lower health related quality of life (HRQOL) in comparison with both healthy controls and the normal population. The aim of this study was to compare HRQOL between two groups of veteran and non-veteran SCI patients.
Methods: Male paraplegic non-veterans who had sustained complete SCI before the year 1988 and were residents of Tehran province, Iran, and a similar group of SCI veterans were enrolled in this study. The participants were interviewed based on the Iranian version of SF-36 questionnaire by two psychologists. Eight sub-scales and two physical and mental component summaries of the instrument were assessed. We used chi-square, odds ratio, Mann-Whitney U, independent t-test, and linear regression for analysis.
Results: Overall, 25 veterans and 22 non-veterans were enrolled in the study. The mean age, time since injury, and presence of comorbid illnesses were not significantly different between veterans and non-veterans. A greater number of veterans were married (P=0.003) and employed (P=0.047). On average, veterans had more years of formal education than non-veterans (P=0.001). The mean (SD) bodily pain sub-scale was 72.73(31.253) for non-veterans and 49.7(28.287) for veterans (P=0.011). Absence of comorbid illnesses was associated with a better physical component summary (P<0.001). Employment was associated with a better mental component summary (P=0.022).
Conclusion: We did not find any difference in HRQOL between the two groups except for the bodily pain sub-scale. Further studies with larger sample sizes are recommended.
Keywords of your Abstract : quality of life, spinal cord injuries, veterans, Iran.
Acceptance Letter : http://gsia.tums.ac.ir/images/UserFiles/13641/Forms/306/Letter_of_Acceptance_Abstract__Prof__Payman_Salamati_.pdf
The presentation : Poster
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Published abstract in the abstract book with the related code :
Where has your abstract been indexed? : none
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The Congress Reporting Form
How many volunteers were present at the Congress? : About 100 volunteers
Delegates from which countries presented in the congress? : From all of the world such as USA, UK, Japan, Korea, China, New Zealand, Syngapore and Australia.
Were the delegates of any other organizations present in the congress? : No
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What were the responses to your talking points? Were specific questions or concerns raised? : It was interesting . The congress was well scheduled and the participants presented hot topics in the congress both by oral presentations and posters. There was some general questions that I answered to them.
If you met staff members, please list their full names & positions. : I met Japanese secretariat staff members and their names was so difficult that I am not able to recall them.
Please inform us if there are any follow up actions we need to talk with the members of the congress : Thank you so much for your kind cooperation. There is not any follow up action that you need to talk with the members of the congress. I believe that being in such academic spaces are very useful for academic staffs of Tehran University of Medical Sciences. I appreciate your good interaction with medical professors.
Your experiences about the travel processes(Providing ticket, accommodation,...) : Japan is an expensive country. So, the most important problem was my costs which I paid them myself.
Please give a briefing of your own observations and outcomes of the congress: : Considering my own observations and outcomes of the congress, I can tell that it was a great and interesting experience for my academic major. The level of congress was advanced and many specialists and sub-specialists from the countries like United States of America, United Kingdom, Japan, Korea, China, Syngapore and New zeland participated in it. The congress had many ideas not only for community medicine especialists but also for epidemiologists, preventive medicne and public health experts and even general pracctitioners. Presenting posters and oral presentations in an interesting venue in Nara Park which was a deer park in Nara in a great and pleasant environment was very awesome and memorial for me.

 

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