Original Article
Nursing
Ghazal Ghaderi; Mahni Rahkar Farshi; Mahnaz Jabraeili
Abstract
Background: Provision of pediatric palliative care is of particular importance. Therefore, this study aims to assess knowledge and attitude of nurses working in pediatric wards about this matter.Methods: The current descriptive study was conducted in 3 hospitals in Tabriz, Iran. The sample consisted ...
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Background: Provision of pediatric palliative care is of particular importance. Therefore, this study aims to assess knowledge and attitude of nurses working in pediatric wards about this matter.Methods: The current descriptive study was conducted in 3 hospitals in Tabriz, Iran. The sample consisted of all nurses working in pediatric wards, who were selected through a convenience sampling method. For data collection, a checklist for demographic variables, Palliative Care Quiz for Nursing, and Frommelt Attitudes Toward Care of the Dying Patients were used. Collected data were then analysed using SPSS.Results: Of the total of 247 questionnaires distributed, 220 were returned completely. Most of the participants were female (96.3%). Their mean age was 32 years, and their mean work experience in clinical wards was 7.22 years. The results showed that the mean total scores of nurses’ knowledge and attitude about pediatric palliative care were 10.70±2.83 and 97.90±98.83, respectively.Conclusion: Findings of this study showed that nurses have a good attitude and poor knowledge about pediatric palliative care. Considering the findings of this study as well as the importance of pediatric palliative care, it is necessary to improve nurses’ knowledge about this matter. Further studies are also recommended in this regard.
Original Article
COVID-19
Ram Prasad Sharma G; Kalpana Sharma; Niki Shrestha
Abstract
Background: Health Care Workers (HCWs) treating Coronavirus Diseases (COVID-19) patients face many physical and psychosocial challenges when working in COVID wards and ICUs. This study aimed to explore the challenges of HCWs caring for COVID-19 patients. Method: A qualitative phenomenological study was ...
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Background: Health Care Workers (HCWs) treating Coronavirus Diseases (COVID-19) patients face many physical and psychosocial challenges when working in COVID wards and ICUs. This study aimed to explore the challenges of HCWs caring for COVID-19 patients. Method: A qualitative phenomenological study was adopted and 12 HCWs (8 nurses and 4 doctors) working with COVID-19 patients were selected purposively as the study sample. Semi-structured interview guideline was used for data collection and Giorgi’s method was applied for the analysis. Results: Health care workers faced many challenges while working with COVID-19 patients in a hospital during this pandemic. There were five significant challenges faced by HCWs: (i) increased workload and shortage of staff, (ii) mental stress, (iii) social stigma and isolation, (iv) scarcity of resources, and (v) lack of specific skill training. Conclusion: Health care workers have faced many physical, psychological, and social challenges while caring for the COVID-19 patients during this pandemic. Hence, these issues must be considered for the quality of care services in the hospital.
Original Article
Nursing
Shila latifzadeh; Alice khachian; Shaghayegh Sedigh; Sona Elyasi; Maedeh Mortezanasab; Ghazal Ghaderi
Abstract
Background and Objective: Collaborative care model is one of the novel models of nursing that improves treatment outcomes through collaboration. Therefore, this study aims to investigate the effect of collaborative care model on quality of life and anxiety in patients with leukemia.Methods: The current ...
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Background and Objective: Collaborative care model is one of the novel models of nursing that improves treatment outcomes through collaboration. Therefore, this study aims to investigate the effect of collaborative care model on quality of life and anxiety in patients with leukemia.Methods: The current non-randomized clinical trial with a control group was performed on 60 patients with leukemia in Firoozgar and Rasoul Akram hospitals in Tehran. The hospitals were randomly divided into two groups of control and intervention, and patients in each hospital were selected. In the intervention group, the collaborative care model was implemented, while in the control group, no specific measure was taken. Before, one and two months after the intervention, quality of life of patients in both groups was measured using the Quality of Life Questionnaire in oncology patients, and their anxiety was measured using the Beck Anxiety Inventory.Results: Before the intervention, no statistically significant difference was observed between the two groups in terms of the mean scores of anxiety, and quality of life and its dimensions (p>0.05). After the intervention, a statistically significant difference was observed between the two groups in terms of the mean scores of anxiety, and quality of life (p<0.05), indicating a decrease in anxiety and an increase in quality of life among patients in the intervention group.Conclusion: Based on the findings, it seems that collaborative care model has a positive effect on reducing anxiety and improving quality of life in patients with leukemia.
Original Article
Health Sciences
Shila latifzadeh; Kourosh Zarea
Abstract
Background:If disloyalty and betrayal occur in a family the betrayed spouse will be damaged more than anybody else causing mental health disorder and loss of their emotional and behavioral balance. This research was carried out to explain the divorce crisis in the betrayed spouses. Method:This qualitative ...
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Background:If disloyalty and betrayal occur in a family the betrayed spouse will be damaged more than anybody else causing mental health disorder and loss of their emotional and behavioral balance. This research was carried out to explain the divorce crisis in the betrayed spouses. Method:This qualitative research was carried out as the content analysis method in Iran, Ahvaz. Data was collected through 18 semi-structured interviews with 14 betrayed participants that were selected through purposeful sampling. The data was analyzed using conventional content analysis approach. Results:After analyzing the data three main themes and seven subcategories were identified. The themes included divorce issues with the subcategory of "fear of disclosure", divorce push with the subcategory of "moving towards divorce" and divorce inhibitors with the subcategories of "fear of consequences, lack of support, and parent household problems".Conclusion:The findings indicate that some of the participants in the research hadn't forgiven their spouse after detecting their betrayal and broke up, but some others had to ignore their partner's faults and continue their lives due to some reasons such as the concern to lose their children, fear of loneliness and lack of support. eurther study in this regards recommended.
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