Original Article
Clinical Epidemiology
F Aliakbari; F Safei; F. Deriss; S Salehitali
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Introduction: patient with chronic kidney diseases are at risk for dyspnea that can influence the quality of life in these patients. Regarding to lack of agreement on the efficacy of breathing exercise in respiratory status of hemodialysis patients, the current study aimed at investigate the effect of ...
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Introduction: patient with chronic kidney diseases are at risk for dyspnea that can influence the quality of life in these patients. Regarding to lack of agreement on the efficacy of breathing exercise in respiratory status of hemodialysis patients, the current study aimed at investigate the effect of breathing exercise on respiratory parameters in hemodialysis patients Method: A clinical trial study that participants randomly divided in two groups (intervention and control) .The intervention group performed breathing intervention (deep and slow breathing) for eight sessions within a month under the guidance of a nurse .Data were collected by two questionnaire (demographic and respiratory parameter checklist then analysis by descriptive and analytical test such as independent t-test, paired t-test and Chi-square test. SPSS software version 21 was used to analyze the data and the significance level of them was considered as P <0.05Results: The mean difference between the pre- and post- scores of respiratory score in the intervention and control groups showed a significant difference (P=0.000). Conclusion: Breathing intervention is effective in reducing dyspnea and improve respiratory parameters so with regard to the uncomplicated and low cost of this method, it is advisable for nurses as a suitable method in these patients can be used.
Original Article
Behavioral Health
Kian Nourozi Tabrizi; Maedeh Mortezanasab; Farahnaz Mohammadi-Shahboulaghi; Mostafa Shokati Ahmad Abad; Mahdi Noroozi
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Objective: With the increasing population of the elderly around the world, medical students must have sufficient knowledge to provide health services to them. Therefore, the present study aimed to investigate the knowledge of medicine, health and nursing students about the facts of aging and related ...
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Objective: With the increasing population of the elderly around the world, medical students must have sufficient knowledge to provide health services to them. Therefore, the present study aimed to investigate the knowledge of medicine, health and nursing students about the facts of aging and related factors.Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in 2020 in Yazd. Students of Yazd University of Medical Sciences formed the research community. The required sample size was 105 students from medicine, health and nursing students. Data were collected with two tools a) Demographics characteristics checklist. The Facts on Aging Quiz (FAQI). FAQI consists of 25 items in four dimensions that are answered by three options "correct", "do not know" and "false". A higher score indicates a better situation and a higher level of knowledge about the facts of aging.Results: The mean age of students was 29 years. About 75% of the participants were women. Less than 20% of the participants attended conferences and seminars related to the health of the elderly. The majority of students in all three disciplines (medicine, health and nursing students) had no experience of volunteering with the elderly. The mean scores of knowledge about the facts of aging in medical, nursing, and health students were 11.09, 8.8, and 11.8, out of 25 respectively. Conclusion: Students participating in the present study did not have sufficient knowledge about the facts of aging. It is necessary to increase students' knowledge in this regard by implementing appropriate educational programs.
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