2023
Prevalence of injecting drug use and HIV, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C in people who inject drugs in the Eastern Mediterranean region: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Aghaei A, Gholami J, Sangchooli A, Rostam-Abadi Y, Olamazadeh S, Ardeshir M, Baheshmat S, Shadloo B, Taj M, Saeed K, Rahimi-Movaghar A. Prevalence of injecting drug use and HIV, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C in people who inject drugs in the Eastern Mediterranean region: a systematic review and meta-analysis. The Lancet Global Health 2023, 11: e1225-e1237. PMID: 37474230, DOI: 10.1016/s2214-109x(23)00267-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrevalence of injection drug useInjection drug usePrevalence of HIVHepatitis B virusHepatitis C virusB virusC virusMeta-analysisSystematic reviewHepatitis C virus infection ratesEastern Mediterranean RegionCharacteristics of peopleDrug useHIV infection ratesOpioid agonist treatmentInfection rateProgramme servicesPopulation size of peopleHepatitis CAgonist treatmentHarm reduction servicesHepatitis BWHO Eastern Mediterranean RegionWeb of ScienceProvision of servicesDrug use, drug use disorders, and treatment services in the Eastern Mediterranean region: a systematic review
Rostam-Abadi Y, Gholami J, Jobehdar M, Ardeshir M, Aghaei A, Olamazadeh S, Taj M, Saeed K, Mojtabai R, Rahimi-Movaghar A. Drug use, drug use disorders, and treatment services in the Eastern Mediterranean region: a systematic review. The Lancet Psychiatry 2023, 10: 282-295. PMID: 36848914, DOI: 10.1016/s2215-0366(22)00435-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDrug use disordersEastern Mediterranean RegionDrug useTreatment servicesUse disorderIncreasing global public health concernCost-effective carePrevalence of drug use disordersGlobal public health concernPublic health concernPrevalence of drug useGrey literaturePatterns of drug useOpioid agonist treatmentEvidence-basedSystematic reviewTreatment coverageHealth concernAgonist treatmentRegional levelYoung peoplePrevalenceOnline databasesDrugLimited dataParental Objective, Subjective, and Contextual Socioeconomic Status and Children's Mental Health in Iran: The Mediating Effect of the Subjective Measure
Aghaei, A.M., Wissow, L., Mojtabai, R., Zarafshan, H., Shahrivar, Z., Nikzad, A.H. and Sharifi, V., 2023. Parental Objective, Subjective, and Contextual Socioeconomic Status and Children's Mental Health in Iran: The Mediating Effect of the Subjective Measure. Progress in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, 17(2), e133044.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2022
A social network intervention to improve connectivity and burnout among psychiatry residents in an academic institution: a quasi-experimental study.
Aghaei AM, Sharifi V, Tabatabaee M, Abdi-Masouleh F, Nooraie RY. A social network intervention to improve connectivity and burnout among psychiatry residents in an academic institution: a quasi-experimental study. BMC Med Educ 2022, 22: 367. PMID: 35562826, DOI: 10.1186/s12909-022-03440-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLoneliness in the presence of others: A mixed-method study of social networks of caregivers of patients with severe mental disorders
Tabatabaee M, Nooraie R, Aghaei A, Rostam-Abadi Y, Ansari M, Sharifi S, Sharifi V. Loneliness in the presence of others: A mixed-method study of social networks of caregivers of patients with severe mental disorders. International Journal Of Social Psychiatry 2022, 69: 190-199. PMID: 35148620, DOI: 10.1177/00207640221077580.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCaregivers of patientsPersonal support networksImmediate family membersSupport networksMental disordersSevere mental illnessNetwork of caregiversFamily membersSource of family distressMiddle-income countriesMixed-methods designMixed-methods studySevere mental disordersCaregiver networkCaregiver supportMental illnessFamily distressEmotional supportCaregiversSocioeconomic variablesPerceived needStigmaParticipantsSocial relationshipsSystem support
2021
A fused mixed-methods approach to thematic analysis of personal networks: Two case studies of caregiver support networks
Yousefi Nooraie, R., Thompson, B., D’Silva, C., Zenlea, I., Tabatabaee, M., & Mohammad Aghaei, A. (2021). A fused mixed-methods approach to thematic analysis of personal networks: Two case studies of caregiver support networks. Network Science, 9(2), 236-253. doi:10.1017/nws.2021.4Peer-Reviewed Original Research