JOURNAL OF QUALITATIVE RESEARCH IN HEALTH SCIENCES
Year:2017 | Volume:6 | Issue:1 |Papers Count:9

Introduction: Organizational resources are the effective valuable resources in achieving organizational goals and predictors of interaction. This study aimed to find out the organizational resources affecting nursing inter-professional collaboration. Method: This qualitative study was carried out with 23 nurses from hospitals of Tehran، Tabriz، and Ilam cities، Iran. Purposive sampling was applied to select the participants. In-depth and unstructured interviews and field notes were used to collect the data. Interviews were transcribed and simultaneously analyzed using conventional content analysis method. Results: Three categories of "physical resource"، "financial resource"، and "human resource" described the characteristics of organizational resources based on participant experiences. Conclusion: Organizational resources are the effective factors on nurse's inter-professional collaboration which include the supply and allocation of resources in different areas. Solving problems in this field can have positive effects.

Introduction: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is one of the most important diseases of the nervous system. The incidence of this disease in women is about two to three times that of men. The main cause of this disease is not fully understood and there is no definitive treatment for it. The aim of this study was to identify the treatment problems in this group of patients. Method: In this qualitative study، content analysis method was used. Based on the purposive sampling method and theoretical saturation criterion، 23 patients with multiple sclerosis who referred to the Association for the Protection of Menthol Patients in Tehran، Iran، during the year 2014 participated in this study. Semi-structured interview method was used to collect the data. Data were analyzed using qualitative content analysis method. Results: Out of the interviews، 1100 codes were obtained in three stages of analysis. These codes fell into one category of treatment problems and five subcategories of "high cost of treatment"، "lack of access to medicine"، "neglecting patient's rights from doctors and medical personnel"، "lack of adequate empathy from medical personnel"، and "Complications of medications". Conclusion: Patients with multiple sclerosis are facing specific problems in the treatment of their illness، which require social attention and protection; they can be supported by appropriate insurance coverage and the provision of medicines، especially foreign drugs، at affordable and low-cost tariffs by the government and the community. A great contribution is needed to reduce the pain and suffering of this group of patients.

Introduction: Expressed emotion has been used as a measure of the relationship between parents and children. This study aimed to compare expressed emotion among mothers and finally of children with and without autism and to investigate the factors influence it among them. Method: The Embedded Design Mixed Research Method was used to assess the quantity of mothers expressed emotion. The study population consisted of 50 mothers of the children with autism that their children ages were between 3-13 years were selected non-randomly and 50 mothers of children with normal growth at the same age were selected randomly. At the second phase، qualitative research method was used to examine the factors influenced mothers expressed emotions. Results: The mothers of the children with autism had higher score both in the total score of expressed emotion، and emotional over-involvement (EQI) and criticism. In addition، five factors influenced the mothers of the children with autism to be of high expressed emotion that were "being worried about others comment"، "being worried about the child's future"، "just paying attention to child's needs and ignoring their own and other family member’ s needs"، "comparing their child with other children"، and "blaming and criticizing the child". Conclusion: According to the results، it is recommended that in rehabilitation of children with autism، intervention procedures that consider parents expressed emotion should be developed as well.

Introduction: Academic burnout is a phenomenon that has received great attention in recent decades، as it has a negative effect on the performance of education and mental health among the students. This study aimed to achieve a deep understanding of the original essence of academic burnout phenomenon. Method: Qualitative descriptive phenomenological research method، chain sampling method، and in-depth interviews were used in this study on the medical students in Tabriz University of Medical Sciences، Tabriz، Iran، in the academic year of 2014-15. Interviews were recorded and then، written. This process was continued to reach saturation point of data and the sample number reached to 9 people. Obtained data were analyzed using Smith method. To verify the trustworthiness، implication، and authenticity of the data، summary of statements were presented to the participants، and they announced to coordinate their views with the findings of researchers; and if there was a contradiction، perceptions of researcher were amended. Results: Experiences of academic burnout were summarized in 3 main theme included "poor planning"، "problems of motivation"، and "problem of adaptation"، and 8 subthemes included "flaws in targeting"، "postponing"، "repeating programming mistakes"، "disinterest"، "external motivation"، "feeling fatigue and impatience"، "external locus of control"، and "efficiency expectations". Conclusion: These findings can provide useful information on the characteristics and the situation of medical students، and also preventive strategies and corrective interventions to improve academic performance.

sexually transmitted diseases more than any other groups. This study was designed to explore the role of lack of social support on young women's risky sexual behaviors. Method: In this qualitative inquiry، we recruited 72 young women aged 18 to 35 years. Data were collected using focus group discussions (7) and individual interviews (12) during 2012. Content analysis (Graneheim and Lundman's approach) was applied to analyze the data. Multiple data collection methods، maximum variation sampling، and external check were used to enhance the dependability and credibility of the data. Results: Four main themes were emerged from analyzing the data including "emotional umbrella"، "support services"، "social adherence"، and "informational support". Informational support had two subclasses as "dysfunctional sexual education" and "lack of sexual education". Emotional umbrella included two subclass، "boyfriends love" and "absence of family emotion". Participants believed that their boyfriend's emotional support and lack of familial support were important emotional factors in their involvement in risky sexual behaviors. They reported they did not have access to sexual health services and education. In addition، provided limited sexuality education did not have a good quality. Conclusion: Participants believed that different types of social support affect their involvement in risky sexual behavior. The results can be helpful to design some centers in order to support young women and provide sexual health consult.

Introduction: Contradictory results were reported about the infertile couple relationship. The aim of this study was to determine infertile women's perception and experience after infertility diagnosis and during infertility treatment، and also the influence of infertility on their sexual function. Method: This qualitative content analysis study was performed with targeted sampling from October to February 2014 on 15 infertile women and 8 key informants referred to Yazd Infertility Center، Yazd، Iran. All participants were interviewed depth and semi-structured. Content analysis performed for data analyzing. Gaba and Lincoln criteria were used to obtain trustworthiness. Results: There were two main categories، "sexual response cycle" and "factors related to sexual function". The sexual response cycle consisted of three sub-categories، "desire"، "arousal"، and "orgasm"; factors related to sexual function divided into two sub-categories of "dyspareunia" and "couple intimacy". Conclusion: Although infertile women could experience sexual response cycle in desire، arousal، and orgasm phase like other women، but a number of them، after infertility diagnosis and more during the treatment of infertility problems are mentioned in these phases. Infertile couples and women consultation about sexual response cycle and sexual health can improve sexual life of infertile women.

Introduction: Sexual intercourse is not a biological process، but it is an experience emerged in combined interpersonal، intrapersonal، and cultural contexts. This study aimed to deeply explore and clarify married women’ s perception on the meaning of sexual-marital activity. Method: This qualitative study was carried out on 65 married women aged 16-60 years attending prenatal care، family planning، and gynecology clinics in an educational hospital in Rasht City، Iran، during 2012-2013. Data were collected through 9 focus group discussions. Participants were recruited using purposive sampling method and maximum variation. All interviews were continued until the data saturation was achieved. Data analysis was done based on Graneheim and Lundman conventional content analysis approach. Results: Four main categories and several sub-categories were extracted from the data. The main categories included “ the role of sexual sensation and perception on sex” ، “ intrapersonal and interpersonal sexual challenges” ، “ lack of knowledge vs. knowledge” ، and “ sexual self-sacrifice (task-oriented sexual activity)” . Conclusion: According to this study، married women’ s perception on the meaning of sexual-marital activity has been clearly identified. On one hand، participants expressed a dynamic meaning of sexual-marital activity. On the other hand، their interpretations emerged a new meaning of sexual activity as task-oriented or responsibility-centered of sexual activity.

Introduction: The rising rate of running away from home by the Iranian girls indicates the significance of doing more profound researches about runaway phenomenon. This study aimed to investigate the lived experiences of runaway girls who lived in correction and rehabilitation center about personal and family reactions to running away from home. Method: In this research، which was based on phenomenological research، 12 girls who had been referred to correction and rehabilitation center were chosen via purposive sampling and their lived experiences were studied using semi-structured interview. The texts of the interviews were interpreted using interpretative phenomenology approach and Van Manen method. As a result، the main theme، sub-themes، and semantic units were achieved. Results: The results were shown by two sub-themes as repression and adaptability reactions to running away. These sub-themes showed the lived experiences of the girls about personal and family reactions to running away which was the main theme of this study. Conclusion: The results indicate that family adaptive reactions and their toleration about the children runaway result in making a safe atmosphere in the family and make a context to prevent renew runaways from home. In addition، repressive reactions cause the teenagers to consider the family as an insecure base and as a result، a base to renew runaways will be provided. Besides، the results indicate that guilty and regret feelings of the samples provide a serve motivation to modify the personal function and help the turmoil family after freedom from the correction and rehabilitation center.

Introduction: Case study as a qualitative research has been used in many disciplines including sociology، anthropology، history، psychology، medicine، education، political science، and economics. Now، case study is used by nursing researchers for exploring phenomena in health care practice. The article aimed to assess the principles of the case study and its’ using in nursing. Method: Computerized search was done in Medline and Elsevier databases with case study، qualitative research، and nursing keywords among the articles in English language between 2000 and 2015. The main themes، agreement، and disagreement were assessed among the articles. Results: Case study is a research approach for providing deeper understanding of the complex and multifaceted phenomenon in real life context and checks general and significant characteristics of events. So، using this method is useful to evaluate the performance of nursing practice. This method was used in some of nursing researches. Conclusion: Qualitative case study is a method that can play an important role in the production new knowledge in nursing and health system research by providing a holistic view about a phenomenon.