Azar Pirdehghan

School of Public Health and Research Center for Health Sciences, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran

Associate Professor

Email:pirdehghan93@gmail.com

Qualifications

2008-2010 Specialist in Community and preventive medicine. Isfahan University of medical science, Isfahan, Iran

2007-2008 MPH. Isfahan University of medical science, Isfahan, Iran

1997-2004 MD. Iran University of medical science, Tehran, Iran

Publications(Selected)

-Diabetes mellitus:

1-   Pirdehghan A, Poortalebi N. Predictors of adherence to type 2 diabetes medication. Journal of Research in Health Sciences. 2016;16(2):72.

2-   Pirdehghan A, Eslahchi M, Esna-Ashari F, Borzouei S. Health literacy and diabetes control in pregnant women. Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care. 2020;9(2):1048.

3-   Ahmadipour H, Farajzadegan Z, Kachoei A, Pirdehghan A. Secondary prevention by enhancing adherence in diabetic patients. International journal of preventive medicine. 2010;1(1):50.

4-   Rajabi F, Pirdehghan A, Sanaie Z, Ghadirian L, Sayarifard A, Esna-Ashari F. Designing and investigating the validity and reliability of the health literacy questionnaire in Iran: Recognizing the risk factors for cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, and cancer. International journal of preventive medicine. 2020;11.

5-   Ashari FE, Pirdehghan A, Khoshabi AS, Gharakhani M, Jiryaee N. Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome in Patients Admitted to the Cardiology Ward of Farshchian Hospital in Hamadan City, Iran. 2018.

6-   Pirdehghan A, Razavi Z, Rajabi R. Evaluation of the Factors Influencing Diabetic Control among Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes. Avicenna Journal of Clinical Medicine. 2020;26(4):227-33.

-Cancer:

7-   Vakili M, Pirdehghan A, Adimi M, Sadeghian M, Akhondi M. Epidemiology and Trend of Cancer in Yazd, a Central Province of Iran, 2005-2009. Journal of Research in Health Sciences. 2014;14(2).

8-   Pirdehghan A, Khosropour P, Seif Rabiei MA. Assessing breast cancer knowledge among Iranian physicians. International Journal of Cancer Management. 2019;12(4).

9-   Binesh F, Pirdehghan A, Mirjalili MR, Samet M, Majomerd ZA, Akhavan A. Comparative assessment of the diagnostic value of transbronchial lung biopsy and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid cytology in lung cancer. Asian Pac J Cancer Prev. 2015;16(1):201-4.

10- Binesh F, Akhavan A, Pirdehghan A, Davoodi M. Does oral contraceptive pill increase the risk of abnormal Pap smear? Iranian journal of reproductive medicine. 2013;11(9):761.

11- Abbasi M, Asgari S, Pirdehghan A. Survival Rate of Colorectal Cancer and Its Effective Factors in Iran. Acta Medica Iranica.2021 59(5):290-97.

12- Vakili M, Pirdehghan A, survival rate of patients with colorectal cancer in Yazd during 2001-2011.

-Burden of diseases:

13- Vakili M, Mirzaei M, Pirdehghan A, Sadeghian M, Jafarizadeh M, Alimi M, et al. The burden of road traffic injuries in Yazd province-Iran. Bulletin of Emergency & Trauma. 2016;4(4):216.

14- Maracy M, Farajzadegan Z, Pirdehghan A.Comparison of vaginal delivery and cesarian section burden in peregnant women.Iran epidemiology Journal, 2011;7(3):13-22.

-Adolescent’s health- child abuse:

15- Pirdehghan A, Vakili M, Rajabzadeh Y, Puyandehpour M. Child abuse and neglect epidemiology in secondary school students of Yazd Province, Iran. Iranian journal of psychiatry and behavioral sciences. 2015;9(4).

16- Pirdehghan A, Rajabzadeh Y. Child abuse perpetrators of Iranian adolescents. Iranian journal of pediatrics. 2018;28(3).

17- Pirdehghan A, Vakili M, Rajabzadeh Y, Puyandehpour M, Aghakoochak A. Child abuse and mental disorders in Iranian adolescents. Iranian journal of pediatrics. 2016;26(2).

18- Pirdehghan A, Esna-ashari F, Gharebaghi A, Haghighi M, Ahmadpanah M, Seife Rabiei MA. Child Abuse and Neglect Among Iranian High School Students. Iranian Journal of Pediatrics. 2020;30(2).

-Adolescent’s health- substance abuse:

19- Pirdehghan A, Rezaee MP, Mirzababaee B. Epidemiology of substance abuse among Iranian adolescents (Yazd: 2014). Iranian journal of psychiatry and behavioral sciences. 2017;11(4).

20- Pirdehghan A, Mahmoodi S, Seifrabie MA, Haghighi M. Prevalence of Substance Abuse Among High School Students in Hamedan, Iran in 2015. Avicenna Journal of Neuro Psycho Physiology. 2019;6(2):0-.