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Validation of the revised stressful life event questionnaire using a hybrid model of genetic algorithm and artificial neural networks
, Article Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine ; Volume 2013 , 2013 ; 1748670X (ISSN) ; Roohafza, H ; Sadeghi, M ; Andalib, E ; Shavandi, H ; Sarrafzadegan, N ; Sharif University of Technology
2013
Abstract
Objectives. Stressors have a serious role in precipitating mental and somatic disorders and are an interesting subject for many clinical and community-based studies. Hence, the proper and accurate measurement of them is very important. We revised the stressful life event (SLE) questionnaire by adding weights to the events in order to measure and determine a cut point. Methods. A total of 4569 adults aged between 18 and 85 years completed the SLE questionnaire and the general health questionnaire-12 (GHQ-12). A hybrid model of genetic algorithm (GA) and artificial neural networks (ANNs) was applied to extract the relation between the stressful life events (evaluated by a 6-point Likert scale)...
Iran in transition
, Article The Lancet ; Volume 393, Issue 10184 , 2019 , Pages 1984-2005 ; 01406736 (ISSN) ; Farzadfar, F ; Kelishadi, R ; Rashidian, A ; Rouhani, O. M ; Ahmadnia, S ; Ahmadvand, A ; Arabi, M ; Ardalan, A ; Arhami, M ; Azizi, M. H ; Bahadori, M ; Baumgartner, J ; Beheshtian, A ; Djalalinia, S ; Doshmangir, L ; Haghdoost, A. A ; Haghshenas, R ; Hosseinpoor, A. R ; Islami, F ; Kamangar, F ; Khalili, D ; Madani, K ; Masoumi Asl, H ; Mazyaki, A ; Mirchi, A ; Moradi, E ; Nayernouri, T ; Niemeier, D ; Houshang Omidvari, A ; Peykari, N ; Pishgar, F ; Qorbani, M ; Rahimi, K ; Rahimi Movaghar, A ; Ramezani Tehrani, F ; Rezaei, N ; Shahraz, S ; Takian, A ; Tootee, A ; Ezzati, M ; Jamshidi, H. R ; Larijani, B ; Majdzadeh, R ; Malekzadeh, R ; Sharif University of Technology
Lancet Publishing Group
2019
Abstract
Being the second-largest country in the Middle East, Iran has a long history of civilisation during which several dynasties have been overthrown and established and health-related structures have been reorganised. Iran has had the replacement of traditional practices with modern medical treatments, emergence of multiple pioneer scientists and physicians with great contributions to the advancement of science, environmental and ecological changes in addition to large-scale natural disasters, epidemics of multiple communicable diseases, and the shift towards non-communicable diseases in recent decades. Given the lessons learnt from political instabilities in the past centuries and the...
The global, regional, and national burden of oesophageal cancer and its attributable risk factors in 195 countries and territories, 1990-2017: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
, Article The Lancet Gastroenterology and Hepatology ; Volume 5, Issue 6 , June , 2020 , Pages 582-597 ; Nasrollahzadeh, D ; Safiri, S ; Sepanlou, S. G ; Fitzmaurice, C ; Ikuta, K. S ; Bisignano, C ; Islami, F ; Roshandel, G ; Lim, S. S ; Abolhassani, H ; Abu Gharbieh, E ; Adedoyin, R. A ; Advani, S. M ; Ahmed, M. B ; Aichour, M. T. E ; Akinyemiju, T ; Akunna, C. J ; Alahdab, F ; Alipour, V ; Almasi Hashiani, A ; Almulhim, A. M ; Anber, N. H ; Ansari Moghaddam, A ; Arabloo, J ; Arab Zozani, M ; Awedew, A. F ; Badawi, A ; Berfield, K. S. S ; Berhe, K ; Bhattacharyya, K ; Biondi, A ; Bjørge, T ; Borzì, A. M ; Bosetti, C ; Carreras, G ; Carvalho, F ; Castro, C ; Chu, D. T ; Costa, V. M ; Dagnew, B ; Gela, J. D ; Daryani, A ; Demeke, F. M ; Demoz, G. T ; Dianatinasab, M ; Elbarazi, I ; Emamian, M. H ; Etemadi, A ; Faris, P. S ; Fernandes, E ; Filip, I ; Fischer, F ; Gad, M. M ; Gallus, S ; Gebre, A. K ; Gebrehiwot, T. T ; Gebremeskel, G. G ; Gebresillassie, B. M ; Ghasemi Kebria, F ; Ghashghaee, A ; Ghith, N ; Golechha, M ; Gorini, G ; Gupta, R ; Hafezi Nejad, N ; Haj Mirzaian, A ; Harvey, J. D ; Hashemian, M ; Hassen, H. Y ; Hay, S. I ; Henok, A ; Hoang, C. L ; Hosgood, H. D ; Househ, M ; Ilesanmi, O. S ; Ilic, M.D ; Irvani, S. S. N ; Jain, C ; James, S. L ; Jee, S. H ; Jha, R. P ; Joukar, F ; Kabir, A ; Kasaeian, A ; Kassaw, M. W ; Kaur, S ; Kengne, A. P ; Kerboua, E ; Khader, Y. S ; Khalilov, R ; Khan, E. A ; Khoja, A. T ; Kocarnik, J. M ; Komaki, H ; Kumar, V ; La Vecchia, C ; Lasrado, S ; Li, B ; Lopez, A. D ; Majeed, A ; Manafi, N ; Manda, A. L ; Mansour Ghanaei, F ; Mathur, M. R ; Mehta, V ; Mehta, D ; Mendoza, W ; Mithra, P ; Mohammad, K. A ; Mohammadian Hafshejani, A ; Mohammadpourhodki, R ; Mohammed, J. A ; Mohebi, F ; Mokdad, A. H ; Monasta, L ; Moosavi, D ; Moosazadeh, M ; Moradi, G ; Moradpour, F ; Moradzadeh, R ; Naik, G ; Negoi, I ; Nggada, H. A ; Nguyen, H. L. T ; Nikbakhsh, R ; Nixon, M. R ; Olagunju, A. T ; Olagunju, T. O ; Padubidri, J. R ; Pakshir, K ; Patel, S ; Pathak, M ; Pham, H. Q ; Pourshams, A ; Rabiee, N ; Rabiee, M ; Radfar, A ; Rafiei, A ; Ramezanzadeh, K ; Rath, G. K ; Rathi, P ; Rawaf, S ; Rawaf, D. L ; Rezaei, N ; Roro, E. M ; Saad, A. M ; Salimzadeh, H ; Samy, A. M ; Sartorius, B ; Sarveazad, A ; Sekerija, M ; Sha, F ; Shamsizadeh, M ; Sheikhbahaei, S ; Shirkoohi, R ; Malleshappa, S. K. S ; Singh, J. A ; Sinha, D. N ; Smarandache, C. G ; Soshnikov, S ; Suleria, H. A. R ; Tadesse, D. B ; Tesfay, B. E ; Thakur, B ; Traini, E ; Tran, K. B ; Tran, B. X ; Ullah, I ; Vacante, M ; Veisani, Y ; Vujcic, I. S ; Weldesamuel, G. T ; Xu, R ; Yazdi Feyzabadi, V ; Yuce, D ; Zadnik, V ; Zaidi, Z ; Zhang, Z. J ; Malekzadeh, R ; Naghavi, M ; GBD 2017 Oesophageal Cancer Collaborators ; Sharif University of Technology
Elsevier Ltd
2020
Abstract
Background Oesophageal cancer is a common and often fatal cancer that has two main histological subtypes: oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma and oesophageal adenocarcinoma. Updated statistics on the incidence and mortality of oesophageal cancer, and on the disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) caused by the disease, can assist policy makers in allocating resources for prevention, treatment, and care of oesophageal cancer. We report the latest estimates of these statistics for 195 countries and territories between 1990 and 2017, by age, sex, and Socio-demographic Index (SDI), using data from the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study 2017 (GBD). Methods We used data...