Iranian Journal of Nursing Research
Year:2020 | Volume:15 | Issue:4|Papers Count:10

Introduction: The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between using Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and research performance of faculty members in the educational departments of the Imam Khomeini Hospital in Tehran 2019". Methods: This study is a descriptive-correlation research. Among 311 faculty members, 173 members were selected as the sample from Imam Khomeini Hospital based on Morghan table. The researcher made two questionnaires, the faculty members’ ICT usage and the research performance along with demographic information for both with 0. 91 and 0. 98 Cronbach’ s alpha reliability, respectively. Two methods, descriptive (frequency, percentage) and inferential (Pearson correlation coefficient, independent t-test, ANOVA, Multiple Linear Regression, Scheffe Post Hoc) statistics used to analyze the data. Results: The research results showed the faculty members’ used ICT (Information and Communication Technology) for their education and research in average. There is a direct relationship between faculty members’ ICT usage and their research performance; means that the increasing of the ICT usage relates to the research performance. Finally, the results of the impact of the ICT usage and faculty members' educational and research performance based on the demographic variables (age, gender, position, academic background, recruiting status and departments) showed the significant differences. Conclusions: The ICT usage has a significant impact on the faculty members’ research performance. Therefore, the increasing in ICT usage by the academic members, systematically, increases the faculty members’ academic status.

Introduction: Satisfaction with relationships between couples enhances marital relations, vitality and vitality of spouses and prevents the disorders associated with them. The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of communication skills training on reducing marital burnout and enhancing marital quality of married female nurses working in Hamadan hospitals. Methods: This study was a quasi-experimental with pre-test and post-test design with control group. The statistical population of the study was all female nurses aged 25-40 years working in hospitals of Hamadan city in 1398, 160 of whom were the sample of the study. Of the nurses who scored high on the Couple Burnout Measure (CBM) and Revised Dyadic Adjustment Scale (RDAS) scores (n = 97), 32 were randomly selected into two groups (intervention group and control group). The intervention group received sex education based on the Communication Skills Training (Miller, Nunnally & Wackman) 1999 Package for 8 sessions of 90 minutes and the control group did not receive any intervention. At the end of training sessions, both groups received post-test. Data were analyzed by analysis of covariance. Results: The results showed that in the pre-test and post-test stages, there was a significant difference between the intervention and control groups in marital dissatisfaction (P = 0. 001, F = 13. 28) and marital quality (F = 68. 33, P <0. 001). . There was a significant difference. In other words, communication skills training will reduce marital distress and increase marital quality. Conclusions: The results of this study showed the effect of communication skills training on reducing marital fatigue and enhancing marital quality. It can be concluded that many marital problems with various training including communication skills can be improved and improved. Therefore, counselors and psychologists can use this method to reduce marital burnout and increase the quality marriage.

Introduction: Internet addiction is a disorder of impulse control and an inconsistent pattern of Internet use that leads to significant distress or disorder and causes psychological, educational, and occupational problems in one's life. Our main objective in this study is to identify the causal relationship between emotion regulation and spiritual intelligence regulation strategies with a tendency to Internet addiction with the mediating role of imposing distress on students of Islamic Azad University, Tehran Central Branch. Methods: The statistical population of the present study was 19-to 35-year-old Internet users at the Azad University, Tehran Central Branch. Sample size was selected based on simple random sampling method of 353 people In this study, descriptive statistics and inferential statistics were used to analyze the data. At the inferential level, the Kalmogroff-Smirnov, Pearson and Regression tests were used. Also used for computational calculations and analysis were the path analysis software and SPASS version 21. Confirmatory factor analysis method was used to investigate structural equations. Results: The results showed that there is a positive and significant relationship between emotional regulation and anxiety tolerance approach (rxy = 0. 76), and there is a negative and significant relationship between Internet addiction regulation approach (rxy = 0. 69)., And there is also a negative and significant relationship between Internet tolerance and Internet addiction (rxy = 0. 74). Also, the indirect effect of Internet addiction regulation with the role of mediator of anxiety tolerance (standard estimation = 0. 60 and value = 0. 01) and the indirect effect of spiritual intelligence on Internet addiction mediated by anxiety tolerance (standard 90. 0) and 0. 01-value =) is significant. Conclusions: Based on the results of this study, it can be stated that regulatory strategies, intelligence through endurance tolerance have an effect on the rate of Internet addiction and to reduce Internet addiction should pay more attention to these variables.

Introduction: Problems and issues related to obesity are not limited to medical and physical conditions; rather, obesity has a profound effect on the functional capacity and health-related quality of life. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the effect of obesity on various aspects of health-related quality of life. Methods: In this review study, the relationship between obesity and health-related quality of life, internal and external articles and dissertations were written between 1980 and 2019 were reviewed. The search for articles was done through the use of Magiran, Google Scholar, SID, Proquest, Irandoc and databases. The keywords used in the searches included obesity, overweighting, quality of life, health-related quality of life. Results: Through the analysis of aforementioned points, all four physical, psychological, social and environmental dimensions of health-related quality of life are negatively affected by obesity. Conclusions: These findings can serve as the basis for improvement of health-related quality of life of obese people in various dimensions.

Introduction: Chronic low back pain is a complex disorder with wide-ranging adverse consequences that can impact on people’ s lifestyles. It has been suggested that further research is needed to develop a better understandin g of its impact and helped reaserchers to develop and adapt multicomponent interventions that will address patients needs. Thus, The purpose of this study was to examine the lived experience of chronic low back pain individuals in the Iranian culture. Methods: A qualitative study using descriptive phenomenological approach was employed to conduct the study. The data collection method was semi-structured interview. 14 Chronic low back pain participants purposively recruited from Imam Khomeini Hospital in Tehran. In-depth interviews were taped and transcribed interviews were analyzed based on the Colaizzi approach. Results: Result of the present study indicated that 209 initial codes, 11 subthemes and 4 main themes can be identified. The main concepts extracted from the experiences of the participants in the study including: personal and psychological consequences, social consequences, Economic consequences and coping strategies. Conclusions: Based on our results, we concluded that chronic low back pain has a majar determintial effect in all areas including self, work, and interpersonal relationships. In addition, they experience significant psychological distress. these Findings improve our understanding of the patients experience and highlighte the necessity of measuring the pain consequences in research and in clinical practice. Also, it is important to address patients needs when treating chronic low back pain patients. Accordingly, it would be beneficial to adopt more psychological and family based interventions.

Introduction: Following breast cancer, there are several problems for patients, including changes in the body with surgery, hair loss, burns caused by radiation therapy and reduced sexual attraction that can reduce the quality of life of patients. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy on body image and fear of negative evaluation of women with mastectomy breast cancer. Methods: This was a quasi-experimental study with a pretest-posttest design with experimental and control groups. The statistical population of the study included all women with mastectomy breast cancer referred to Shohada-e-Tajrish Hospital in Tehran between 2016-2017. Experiments and controls were assigned. Research data were collected by Body Image Concern (BICI) and Fear of Negative Assessment (FNES-B) questionnaires using descriptive statistics (mean and standard deviation) and inferential statistics (multivariate analysis of covariance) and analysis software. Statistical and SPSS. v. 22 data were analyzed. Results: The results of data analysis showed that mindfulness-based cognitive therapy reduced body dissatisfaction, reduced body anxiety and also reduced the fear of negative evaluation in women with mastectomy breast cancer in the experimental group compared to the control group. These findings were statistically significant (P <0. 001). Conclusions: Through mindfulness-based cognitive therapy, body image and fear of negative evaluation of mastectomy women can be changed and their quality of life can be improved.

Introduction: The comparative study of university program, by identifying the similarities and differences, it offers new approaches to competition between universities and quality Assurance. The purpose of this study was to comparative study of undergraduate nursing program in national university of Singapore and Iran. Methods: This descriptive study was carried out Bereday's comparative education model in 2019. The latest undergraduate nursing program was obtained from the official website of the Ministry of Health and Medical Education of Iran and the National University of Singapore website. Data were analyzed using the Bereday's comparative education model in four stages of description, interpretation, Juxtaposition and comparison. Results: The nursing undergraduate program at the National University of Singapore and Iran has similarities in the basic principles of educational planning and full-time, face-to-face and educational strategies, but there are differences in the details, include: course length, number of units, basic courses, specialized courses, student recruitment, inter-professional communication and internationalization. Conclusions: The flexibility and dynamics of the undergraduate nursing education program have made Singapore National University one of the top universities in the world. Considering the experiences of the world's top universities can bring Iran's undergraduate nursing program closer to international standards.

Introduction: Corona virus disease has become one of the largest public health crises of present time. Diabetes disease has a very high prevalence and people with diabetes are one of the main groups at risk of corona disease. It seems that positive and negative meta-emotions, religious beliefs and resilience are associated with corona anxiety. As a result, the aim of this study was investigate the role of positive and negative meta-emotions, religious beliefs and resilience in predicting corona anxiety of patients with type 2 diabetes. Methods: The present study was descriptive-analytical from correlation type. The research population was patients with type 2 diabetes of Fars province in 2020 year. The research sample was consisted of 450 patients who were selected by voluntary sampling method. The study tools were the scales of Alipour and et al’ s corona anxiety, Mitmansgruber and et al’ s positive and negative meta-emotions and Allport and Ross’ s religious beliefs and questionnaire of Connor and Davidson’ s resilience. Data after entering to SPSS software version 23 were analyzed with methods of Pearson correlation coefficients and multiple regression with enter model. Results: The findings showed that positive meta-emotions (r=-0/294), internal religious orientation (r=-0/355) and resilience (r=-0/380) have a negative and significant relationship with corona anxiety in patients with type 2 diabetes and negative meta-emotions (r=0/336) and external religious orientation (r=0/181) have a positive and significant relationship with their corona anxiety. Also, positive and negative meta-emotions, religious beliefs and resilience could predicted the 27/6 percent of corona anxiety variance in patients with type 2 diabetes (P<0/05). Conclusions: positive meta-emotions, internal religious orientation and resilience have a negative role and negative meta-emotions and external religious orientation have a positive role in predicting corona anxiety of patients with type 2 diabetes. Therefore, designing programs to increase positive meta-emotions, internal religious orientation and resilience, and decrease negative meta-emotions and external religious orientation and implement them through virtual and e-learning workshops can play an effective role in reducing corona anxiety.

Introduction: low-conscious Patients’ families should be having healthy mental, because of the have a crucial role in the supportive of patient, then this study aimed for determinant of impact the family-center interventions on anxiety and depression of low-conscious patient’ s family hospitalized in the intensive care unit (ICU). Methods: This study was a randomize clinical trial with before after design, that conducted in the Shohadaie Ashaier and Shahid Rahimi hospitals’ intensive care units in the Khorramabad city in 2019. 70 people of patients’ family selected by conventional method and allocated intervention and control groups by stratified randomized block design for sexual. Data gathered by the hospital anxiety and depression scale. Intervention conducted based family-centered model for intervention group. Data analyzed by SPSS software and statistical tests such as Chi Squared, independent and dependent T test and ANOVA test. Results: Data showed, between changes of score average of anxiety and depression in the control and intervention groups were significant deferential statistically (p<0. 001). Conclusions: Participation of low-conscious Patients’ families, in the caring of their patients in the ICU could lead to reduce of anxiety and depression of patients’ family members.

Introduction: Dressing change is a routine care practiced for burn patients, which due to the skin injury of patients, can be associated with anxiety and pain. In spite of drug intervention, older patients with burn have to tolerate severe pain in this process. Sedation and analgesia as premedication can lead to complications in the elderly and those with comorbidities. The present study was conducted to determine the effect of visual distraction technique on reducing anxiety and pain due to dressing change in burn elderly patients. Methods: The present study was a single-blind, three-group clinical trial. The research population consisted of elderly patients with burns in Mottahari Hospital. Sixty elderly patients were selected using convenience sampling and randomly assigned to two experiment and control groups. For experiment group, visual distraction technique (films about nature) was designed to reduce anxiety and pain, and was carried out 20 minutes before dressing. In the control group received routine care. The intensity of Pain and anxiety in patients was evaluated before, immediately after intervention (before dressing), and finally after dressing change using a visual analogue scale. Data were gathered through questionnaires including, the demographics characteristics, visual pain scale, and burn specific pain anxiety scale. For analyzing the data ANOVA, U MannWhitney, and chisquared were performed using SPSS version 21. Results: Demographic variables were similar in two groups. The finding indicated that there was not a significant reduction of severity of anxiety (70. 5 ± 20. 64) and pain (7. 75 ± 0. 64) in the patients with dressing change burns in the experimental group in compare with control group (70. 60 ± 86. 87) (7. 60 ± 0. 86) respectively. (P˂ 0/01). After intervention, as a significant reduction of severity of anxiety (62. 6 ± 55. 98) and pain (6. 06 ± 0. 91) in the patients with dressing change burns in the experimental group in compare with control group (70. 51 ± 7. 65) (7. 73 ± 0. 75). After dressing change, as a significant reduction of severity of anxiety (62. 6 ± 55. 98) and pain (6. 06 ± 0. 91) in the patients with dressing change burns in the experimental group in compare with control group (70. 33 ± 7. 52) (7. 68 ± 0. 87). Conclusions: It seems that Visual distraction technique as a supplement medicine can reduce the level of anxiety and pain due to dressing change in burn elderly patients.