MILITARY CARING SCIENCES
Year:2016 | Volume:3 | Issue:1 (7)|Papers Count:8

Introduction: Given the post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has high prevalence among veterans. On the other hand, this disorder creates problems for veterans and their families.Objective: Therefore, the aim of current research is to investigate the efficacy of Eye movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) on PTSD among male veterans resident in a nursing home.Material & Method: This research is a quasi-experimental study with pre and post- tests. The population of study was veteran resident in Kahrizak nursing home.20 veterans selected with purposely sample. They were assigned randomly to the control and experimental groups. The experimental groups received techniques of MDRE for ten treatment sessions (90 minutes for one session, per week). The research instrument was PTSD Checklist- military version (PCL-m). Statistical analysis conducted by analysis of covariance.Results: There is significantly difference in PTSD (F=1.05, sig=0.318) and subscales, intrusion (F=1.63, sig=0.218), avoidance (F=0.017, sig=0.427), hyper-arousal (F=0.641, sig=0.434) between veterans in pre and post-test.Discussion and Conclusion: the findings indicated that MDRE has positive influence on reducing of symptoms PTSD in male veterans resident in a nursing home.

Introduction: Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is one the anxiety disorders caused by a specific event, i.e. catastrophic events such as natural disasters, war, and imprisonment in labor camps, or more ordinary adversities as a relative death, divorce and theft. What is important in these events is the individual’s response. As prisoners are exposed to such incidents.Objective: This study aimed at determining the prevalence of PTSDs in this group.Materials and Methods: This study was a cross-sectional and correlation type survey on 584 prisoners in Zahedan Prison, Iran in 2011. Convenience sampling was applied. The subjects filled PTSD (Mississippi) questionnaire in groups. The data were analyzed using chi-squared test, one factor analysis of variance and post-hoc Tukey test.Results: The results showed that the prevalence of PTSD in prisoners was 26%. Demographic variables such as age, mass, and length of the sentence passed with PTSD were related, but the level of education, occupation and marital status had no relationship with the disorder.Discussion and Conclusion: The results showed that the prisoners were at risk of PTSD. This shows the necessity of coping skills training for prisoners, also, prevention of this disorder is advised.

Introduction: Accidents are the first cause of death in children under five years old, especially in low- and middleincome countries.Objective: The aim of this study was to identify the determinants of behavior as well as prevention of domestic accidents in mothers of children under five years old referring to health centers in Jooibar, Iran, based on protection motivation theory in 2015.Materials and Methods: In this cross-sectional descriptive-analytical study, 190 mothers were randomly selected. The data gathering tool was individual information form and researcher-made questionnaire about prevention of home accidents in children under five years of age based on protection motivation theory, which was vailed and reliable in a preliminary study. Data were entered in SPSS software version 16 and analyzed using descriptive and analytical statistics.Results: The mean of perceived response efficacy was good and the means of other structures of protection motivation theory were moderate. There was a significant correlation between the scores of perceived vulnerability (r=0.39, P=0.001) and perceived severity, as well as between the scores of perceived response efficacy and selfefficacy (r=0.47, P=0.001). In mothers with higher education, scores of perceived response efficacy was higher (P=0.012). Mean of scores of perceived response efficacy and self-efficacy were higher in mothers who took care of their children themselves compared with mothers whose children were taken care of by others.Discussion and Conclusion: perceptions of vulnerability, severity and response costs were moderate in the studied mothers and planning promotional interventions in this area based on protection motivation theory is proposed (P=0.0001, P=0.0004).

Introduction: According to the statistics, hemodialysis is a widely used medical practice for patients with kidney problems. This method involves frequent intravenous cannulation, which is associated with an intense pain insofar, as it is expressed intolerable by one fifth of patients undergoing hemodialysis.Objective: This study aimed to investigating the effect of shiatsu massage as a non-pharmacological and nonaggressive method on venipuncture pain in patients undergoing hemodialysis.Materials and Methods: This randomized clinical trial was conducted with participation of 72 patients undergoing hemodialysis, visiting the hemodialysis wards of AJA hospitals in Tehran in 2015. Patients were first divided into intervention and control groups using random number table. On the first visit, demographic information of both groups were collected using demographic inventory and their pain was measured with pain assessment scale. On the second visit, 20-minute shiatsu massage of the point LI-4 was given to the intervention group before intravenous cannulation, and the amount of pain at the insertion site was measured again with the same scale. The collected data was analyzed with descriptive and inferential tests using SPSS 19.Results: There were no significant differences between the two groups in background variables using chi-squared, Fisher’s exact and independent t-tests. The mean pain scores at the insertion site were 5.91 ± 0.8 versus 5.75 ± 0.64 in the intervention and control groups, respectively. This between-group difference was not statistically significant (P=0.87). The mean post-intervention pain score was significantly lower in the intervention group than the control group (3.69 ± 1.16 versus 5.61 ± 0.76) (P=0.001).Discussion and Conclusion: The research findings suggested that the use of shiatsu massage of the point LI-4 (between the thumb and the index finger of patient with arteriovenous fistula) can decrease the pain at the site of insertion. Therefore, nurses are recommended to use this technique to ease the pain at the insertion site in patients undergoing hemodialysis.

Introduction: Mental health is the most important factor for achievement of national and ideal goals in a community. Staff members of hospitals, depending on their profession and work environment, are exposed to high stress levels.Objective: This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of depression and its relation to the incidence of hypochondriasis in hospital Nursing Staff of Neyshabur University of Medical Sciences, Iran.Materials and Methods: This descriptive-analytical study was performed on 196 randomly selected clinical staff of hospitals affiliated to Neyshabur University of Medical Sciences with Evans hypochondria and Beck depression questionnaire in 2014. The data was analyzed with SPSS version 16.Results: The prevalence of depression and hypochondriasis was 26% 45.4%, respectively. There was a significant relationship in depression with workplace and the number of shifts per month. There was also a significance relationship between depression and hypochondriasis (P=0.0001).Discussion and Conclusion: Since hypochondriasis and depression are two issues that can affect the social and professional function of nurses, identifying the factors that influence their incidence is very important and it is necessary for decisions making regarding prevention or remediation of such problems.

Introduction: Implementation of nutrition education in schools is one of the strategies to improve nutrition behaviors.Objectives: This study aimed to compare the efficacy of traditional and modern education on knowledge, attitude and dietary behavior of female students in Chabahar in 2014.Materials and Methods: This was a semi-experiential research conducted on two groups of 70 students, selected randomly from two primary schools in Chabahar County, Iran. Training intervention was then made into the first group using traditional method, and in the second group using multimedia package. Three nutritional variables of the target students, namely knowledge, attitude, and behavior were measured using researcher-designed questionnaires filled out by the students in three stages: before, immediately after, and two months after training. The data collection tool was a self-made questionnaire. The validity confirmation and the reliability of available samples were approved and SPSS 16 software was used for data analysis.Results: Before the intervention, no significant differences were observed between the two groups in terms of nutritional knowledge, attitude, or behavior (P=0.947, P=0.14, and P=0.71, respectively). After the intervention, knowledge scores in both groups increased significantly (P<0.05). After two months, the attitude and behavior scores increased in both groups compared to before the intervention (3.5, 28.02), but was not statistically significant (P>0.05).Discussion and Conclusion: The results confirmed the fact that knowledge does not necessarily lead to a change of attitude in an individual’s health behavior. Therefore, nutritional knowledge is not the only factor affecting dietary behavior. In other words, poor nutrition is a multifactor problem and other factors may be responsible for it as well.

Introduction: One of the indicators of mental health is satisfaction of life. The meaning of life is satisfaction, attitudes, public assessment of the totality of life or some aspects of life such as family and educational experience.Objective: The Aim of this study was to investigate the relationship of personality traits and spiritual intelligence with life satisfaction among the personnel of an industrial company in Ilam province, Iran.Materials and Methods: In this study which was implemented in 2014, 115 personnel of a company were selected using convenience sampling and completed three questionnaires of personality traits, spiritual intelligence and life satisfaction. The research design was correlational, which is a descriptive design, and data were analyzed with Pearson’s correlation coefficient and multiple regression analyzes.Results: The results showed that people with lower neuroticism had higher life satisfaction. In addition, the ones with higher extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness and spiritual intelligence had greater life satisfaction. The highest correlation was related to extraversion (r=0.64), which was also the most important predictor variable in this study. There was no significant relationship between openness to experience and life satisfaction (P>0.05). Coefficients of linear regression analysis repeatedly to combine personality and spiritual intelligence with life satisfaction variables were significant in less than 0.001.Discussion and Conclusion: Modification and adjustment of personality traits as well as increase of spiritual intelligence can lead to increased life satisfaction.

Introduction: Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) has an effective role in reducing mortality due to respiratory and cardiac arrest and in the case of timely and accurate implementation, it can significantly save lives. Therefore, teaching and learning CPR is one of the most basic and vital skills that a person must learn in life. During the past few years, CPR and first aid in the form of simple and basic education programs have been provided for the public around the world.Objective: The purpose of this paper was discussing the latest findings in CPR.Materials and Methods: This is a review article based on the translation of the instructions of CPR in American Heart Association in 2015, with an emphasis on CPR, as well as other library materials and articles written between 2010 and 2015.Results: unprofessional and professional revivalists play a vital role in restoring a person who has undergone cardiopulmonary arrest, therefore, they must be trained in CPR operations in accordance with the latest guideline updates. These changes in 2015 adults’ basic life support measures and guidelines for resuscitation include correction of the algorithm with the emphasis on comprehensive simplified algorithm, based on the recommendations of CPR performance by professional and unprofessional revivalists, the use of defibrillation in cardiac arrest by the public, CPR quality, and reduction of delays as much as possible.Discussion and Conclusion: Knowledge of CPR and its latest changes is obviously necessary to all professional and unprofessional revivalists.