JOURNAL OF TORBAT HEYDARIYEH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES
Year:2016 | Volume:4 | Issue:1|Papers Count:9

Background & Aim: Caregivers of children with cancer play a main and fundamental role in providing care. Although paying attention to spiritual needs of caregivers is one of the indispensable components of holistic care in nursing, it has been less considered in recent years. This research aimed to investigate the effect of Spiritual education on depression, anxiety and stress (DAS) of caregivers of children with leukemia.Method: This semi experimental study comprised 60 caregivers of children with leukemia. Intervention group received spiritual intervention for 5 sessions of 60 minutes based on the Richards and Bergin pattern. Research instruments consisted of demographic data questionnaire, spiritual health questionnaire, DASS questionnaire which were filled before and after the intervention. Data were analyzed using SPSS 16.Results: the mean and standard deviation of age in control and experimental groups were 40±6.9 and 35.7±6.2, respectively. Findings showed that in the experimental group, DAS scores reduced after education (p˂0.05), while no reduction was observed in the control group in this regard (p˃0.05). Moreover, in experimental group, spiritual health after education significantly increased compared to pre-education stage (p˂0.001).Conclusion: Due to the positive impact of spiritual support on caregivers’ health level, implementing educational interventions for caregivers are recommended because of low cost and more effectiveness.

Background & Aim: Dyes are one of the most important pollutants in textile wastewater that are toxic, carcinogenic, mutagenic and non-biodegradable. Melia azedarach core and fruit are among the inexpensive natural absorbents that have important place in the treatment of textile wastewater. This study was conducted to determine the efficiency of Melia azedarach core and fruit in removal of Methylene blue from synthetic wastewater.Methods: In this study, structural characteristics of absorbent were analyzed using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and Scanning electron microscope (SEM). Also the effect of various parameters such as initial dye concentrations (10-100 mg/l), adsorbent dosage (0.1-1.1 g/l), contact time (0-60 min) and solution pH (4-10) on the removal of dye was investigated and at the end, kinetics and adsorption isotherm were also determined. Dye concentration was analyzed by UV/VIS spectrophotometer at wavelength of 665 nm.Results: Maximum removal of dye (85%) was observed in dye concentration of 32.5 mg/l, adsorbent dose of 0.85 g/l, detention time of 45 min and pH=8.5. Initial concentration had the greatest impact on color removal (P=0.0001). The results showed that data were explained acceptably by pseudo second-order model (R2=0.95-0.99) and Langmuir isotherm model (R2=0.98).Conclusion: Melia azedarach core and fruit have the ability to remove methylene blue. Since in this study, the optimum pH was obtained in alkaline range and most textile wastewaters are in this range, it is an appropriate and cost-effective adsorbent to remove dye from the wastewater of textile industries.

Background & Aim: Increasing the quality of the educational system as the most influential factor in the development of countries. Achievement motivation and academic failure is one of the most important problems of the educational system in all countries. This study performe to investigate the effect of cognitive behavioral group therapy on achievement motivation and academic failure.Methods: This quasi-experimental study on 24 students who have academic failure in students of Torbat Heydariyeh University of Medical Sciences had been done in 2015. At the beginning of the study achievement motivation questionnaire was completed by the intervention group and the control group. The intervention group participated in 8 sessions of cognitive behavioral therapy group and the control group received no intervention. After the end of the last session of group therapy, two questionnaires were completed by both groups again. Data analyzed using descriptive statistics, independent and paired t-test, Mann-Whitney and Wilcoxon tests SPSS software version 20.Results: The mean and standard deviation of participants’ age in control group was 19.33±0.61 and in experimental group was 19.92±1.07. There was no significant difference in achievement motivation control group and experimental group before and after intervention (p>0.05). But there was a significant difference in academic failure students of experimental group before and after intervention (p<0.05).Conclusion: The results was showed that the clinical effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral group therapy on students’ academic failure, so that this treatment is probably effective to improve students’ academic achievement.

Background & Aim: Emotional Intelligence (EI) has been known as an effective factor not only in academic achievement but also in individual duty performance abilities and the collective qualities required for individual success in the work place, especially in the field of nursing. Taking this into account, the present study was undergone to compare EI scores among nursing and midwifery students.Methods: This study was executed using the sectional method. The study population consisted of all the nursing and midwifery students in the Nursing and Midwifery School of Mashhad, including a total of 189 students who had been chosen via simple random sampling. A questionnaire was used as the data accumulation tool. The data was analyzed using statistical software, the Independent t-test, One-way Variance test and Pearson’s Correlation Coefficient.Results: Of the total study units (189 people), 134 (70.9%) were female and the rest were male. The mean age of the students participating in this study was 22.29±4.05 within a range of 18-45 years. The average and Standard Deviation of the study unit’s emotional intelligence stood at 109.64±14.07. Moreover, no meaningful difference was seen among the students in the variables of gender, field of study, level of education and the different years of college (p>0.05).Conclusion: On an average, the participants manifested low Emotional Intelligence scores. We recommend that this important and sensitive subject be given rightful attention in student acceptance and educational programs in universities.

Background & Aim: Job stress is one of the factors influencing job performance among health workers. It plays an important role in absenteeism from work and early retirement. The aim of this study was to survey the relationship between job stress and work ability of midwives working in health centers of Mashhad City.Methods: In this descriptive/correlation study, 60 midwives were selected via purposive sampling. Data were collected using Codron Job Stress and Work Ability Index Questionnaires. Data were analyzed with SPSS19 software and using descriptive and inferential statistics.Results: The mean age and work experience of subjects were 41.2±5.1 and 15.2±5.9, respectively. The mean total scores of job stress and work ability among midwives working in health centers were 44.1±12.7 and 36.6±1.5, respectively. There was a weak inverse association between work ability and job stress (P=0.04, r=-0.25).Conclusion: It seems that job stress significantly reduces work ability among employed midwives. This research can be conducted in larger sample size and also among other health workers in future studies.

Background & Aim: Quality of professional life is a critical concept which is related to personal characteristics and workplace of individuals. Also it is an important issue for health system and health care givers. There is a little information about the quality of professional life among health staff in the country. This study carried out to assess the quality of professional life among nurses of hospitals in Torbat Heydariyeh city in 2016.Methods: This was a descriptive/analytical study conducted on 200 nurses working in two 9-dey and Razi hospitals in Torbat Heydariyeh through stratified sampling. Data collection tool was ProQOL 5 (2009) standard questionnaire. Data were analyzed using SPSS 20 and descriptive and inferential statistics.Results: The mean scores of three subscales of quality of professional life (Compassion Satisfaction, Compassion Fatigue and secondary stressor) were 26.41±4.71, 36.17±7.79 and 31.73±7.75. In addition, there was a significant relation in the mean scores of Compassion Satisfaction, Compassion Fatigue with gender, job title and the hospitals.Conclusion: The quality of professional life among nurses was not satisfactory. This concept is affected by several factors that need to be studied in more details.

Background & Aim: Staphylococcus aureus is one of the main causes of nosocomial infections and plays an important role in making hospital staff sick. This study was aimed to investigate the frequency of Staphylococcus aureus carriers and its methicillin-resistant pattern in Torbat Heydariyeh hospitals staff in 2013.Methods: This is a descriptive/cross sectional study conducted on 130 hospital staff in Torbat Heydariyeh in 2013. The sampling was done using a sterile swab from anterior nasal of each person. Then, the samples were cultured on mannitol salt agar and identified by Gram staining test. Antibiotic Susceptibility of Staphylococcus strains was determined by Kirby-bauer method. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus were identified using oxacillin agar method.Results: 28 out of 130 cases (21.5%) were nasal carriers of Staphylococcus aureus. Staff of ICU and laboratory had the highest Staphylococcus aurous carriage, while staff working in obstetrics division showed the lowest. Among all studied variables, there was only a significant relationship between age and being a carrier of Staphylococcus aureus. The greatest resistance was observed to penicillin (100%), Glucosaciline (42.9%) and the lowest resistance was observed to cotrimoxazole (5%) antibiotics. In this study, 14 samples (10.8%) were resistant to methicillin by oxacillin agar method.Conclusion: The results showed that a considerable number of Torbat Heydariyeh hospitals staff are methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus carriers. Thus, detection and treatment of these carriers plays an important role in incidence rate of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus.Moreover, it is recommended to perform periodic screening to control this agent.

Background & Aim: Retinol binding protein 4 (RBP4) is known as an adipokine that involves in the regulation of insulin function and glucose metabolism. Increasing of RBP4 serum levels can lead to dysfunction in glucose tolerance and insulin resistance. Exercise training improves insulin resistance. Thus, this study was conducted to investigate the effect of exercise training on RBP4 serum levels and insulin resistance in women with type II diabetes.Methods: This is a quasi-experimental study conducted on 23 women with type II diabetes. Participants were randomly divided into 2 experimental groups (endurance training n=8, strength training n= 8) and a control group (n=7). The exercise training schedule was performed as follows: Endurance training with intensity (50% to 70%) maximal heart rate and strength training with intensity (60-70% of 1RM) three days a week for 10 weeks. To evaluate the RBP4 serum levels and blood insulin, blood samples were taken in fasting state from all subjects.Results: Mean and standard deviation of age in subjects were 50±3. After intervention, RBP4 serum levels significantly reduced in strength group (P=0.03) compared to endurance group (P=0.57). Also glucose serum levels significantly decreased in both experimental groups (P<0.05).Conclusion: Reduced RBP4 serum levels are associated with reduced body fat percentage. Strength training reduces body fat percentage and consequently leads to a decrease in RBP4 serum and glucose levels and, on the other hand, an improvement in insulin sensitivity.