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Journal of Attention Disorders, 2009
Objective: A brief cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) group intervention was designed to treat co... more Objective: A brief cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) group intervention was designed to treat comorbid anxiety, depression, and low self-esteem and self-efficacy in adults with ADHD. It was hypothesised that participants would gain knowledge about ADHD, experience a reduction in comorbid symptoms, and benefit from the supportive aspect of group treatment. Method: Participants in the study formed a CBT treatment group that attended six workshops and a waiting list control group. The intervention was evaluated with measures assessing knowledge about ADHD, psychological symptoms, and support received. The groups were compared using repeated measures ANOVAs. Results: The CBT group had significantly greater improvement on measures of knowledge about ADHD, self-efficacy, and self-esteem than the control group. Participants' evaluations of the sessions suggested that sharing personal experiences with other adults with ADHD was an important aspect of the intervention. Conclusion: Brief...
علوم مراقبتی نظامی, Nov 1, 2021
Introduction: Teaching is very important in the educational system of medical universities. Impro... more Introduction: Teaching is very important in the educational system of medical universities. Improving the quality of education of medical students is not possible without changes in teaching techniques. So training can be very effective while using different teaching and learning methods. Objective: The present study was conducted to compare the effect of teaching through lectures and debates on the learning and satisfaction of nursing students. Material and Methods: This study is a quasi-experimental study that was performed on 2 groups of nursing students in a maternal health lessons at Aja University. Sampling was performed by the census. The lecture method was performed in the control group and debate was applied for the test group. The student satisfaction questionnaire was used. Students' scores at the end of the semester were an indicator of students' learning in both methods. Finally, the data were analyzed using SPSS software version 16. Results: The findings showed that there was no significant difference between the final scores and satisfaction in two groups (P > 0.05). There were significant difference between satisfaction, ease of receiving answers to questions, spending energy to participate in this method and motivating to the educational method items on two groups. Discussion and Conclusion: In this study, debate method did not improve students' grades. It is suggested that this teaching method be used in the postgraduate courses of Aja Nursing School.
ACTA MEDICA IRANICA
Since the ancient times when human beings started to teach and learn, effective teaching is a mat... more Since the ancient times when human beings started to teach and learn, effective teaching is a matter of attention. In this regard, considering effective teaching in graduate courses and programs is critical and there are key points that must be considered by the faculty members and educational institutes. The present study is an attempt to investigate the experiences of faculty members of medical education regarding effective teaching in the medical education Ph.D. program offered in Iran. In this qualitative research, the study participants were faculty members of two national public medical universities of Iran who taught at the medical education centralized Ph.D. program developed by Iran Ministry of Health and Medical Education. The data were collected through semi-structured interviews and the gathered data were analyzed via conventional content analysis. The data analysis indicated five general categories including “the philosophy and characteristics of the Ph.D. program”, “co...
Military Caring Sciences
Introduction: Safe injection as a part of the quality and safe care, is one of the common methods... more Introduction: Safe injection as a part of the quality and safe care, is one of the common methods of prescribing drugs. If safety standards are not observed, recipients and service providers may face many risks.. Objective: The present study aims to compare the effect of training through a workshop and training through an online learning content on the knowledge, attitude and practice of emergency ward nurses in selected AJA hospitals regarding safe injections. Materials and Methods: This quasi-experimental study was performed on 46 nurses in the emergency ward of selected hospitals in Aja, Tehran in 2019-2020. Eligible participants were randomly divided into two training groups through the workshop and virtual training. The effect of training on nurses' knowledge, attitude, and practice about safe injection before, after, and one month after the intervention was investigated. Awareness, Knowledge and attitude questionnaires and observational performance checklists were used for this purpose. Data were analyzed through descriptive and inferential tests in SPSS 23 and the significance level was considered less than 0.05. Results: There was no significant difference between the knowledge and attitude of the two groups before and after the intervention (P>0.05). Furthermore, there was no significant difference between the performance of the two groups before the intervention (P>0.05), but after the intervention, the performance score in the workshop training group was significantly lower than that of the other group (P<0.05). There was no significant difference between the performances of the two groups one month after the intervention (P>0.05). Discussion and Conclusion: The results of present study showed that the nurses who participated in the training group had a higher performance than the those trained by online learning educational content. Therefore, this method can be used to improve the performance of nurses and ultimately improve the quality of their performance in providing care services.
Military Caring Sciences
Introduction: In the biological outbursts, nurses are at the frontline of response. They need edu... more Introduction: In the biological outbursts, nurses are at the frontline of response. They need education about biological disasters. Objective: The present study aimed to compare the effectiveness of two methods including lecture-based training and multimedia software on military nurses' knowledge about the triage of biological incident victims. Material and Methods: This study was quantitative, quasi-experimental, and interventional. Participants included 50 nurses of emergency wards or Members of the Crisis Committee in two military hospitals. They were randomly divided into two groups of multimedia software or lecture-based training about triage in biological disasters. Furthermore, Pre-test and post-test were performed. The researchermade questionnaire was valid and reliable. Data were analyzed by SPSS 25. The significance level of the tests was less than 5%. Results: The participants of both groups were homogeneous in terms of age, gender, education level, history of membership in disaster team, shift work, work experience, and participation in training courses. Mean knowledge scores of both groups did not show a significant difference before and after the intervention (P>0.05). Each group had a significant difference in knowledge before and after the intervention (P=0.001). Thus, the knowledge score had increased after the education in both groups. Discussion and Conclusion: Either of the methods (lecture-based and multimedia training) can be used due to their same effects. However, implementing virtual and distance learning methods in key items such as triage will be necessitated due to the rapid spread of the disease, the time-consuming nature of classical education, dependence on time, place, and coordination required in the formation of the class, and the lack of human resources as one of the challenges facing the hospital in such disasters. Evaluating the effectiveness and professional development of multimedia educational software, animation, and remote interactive training is recommended in teaching the content required in biological disasters.
Journal of advances in medical education & professionalism, Oct 1, 2022
Introduction: The concept of professional ethics of academic educational leaders is an abstract c... more Introduction: The concept of professional ethics of academic educational leaders is an abstract concept for which several highly context-dependent definitions have been provided in the literature. The analysis of this concept is critical to reaching a shared understanding, developing behavioral standards, and designing evaluation measures at universities of medical sciences. Methods: To explain the concept of professionalism among academic educational leaders, Walker and Avant's eight-stage concept analysis method was adopted. After an extensive review of resources, 37 articles were included and the antecedents, attributes, and consequences of the concept were extracted. Results: An examination of the resources and concept analysis revealed that professionalism in academic educational leaders has three main attributes of care ethics, justice-oriented ethics, and ethics of criticism, and its formation depends on personal characteristics, professional capabilities, and having a systemic view. Conclusions: The identification of components and professional characteristics of professionalism among academic educational leaders provides a shared understanding of professionalism and is a basic step towards designing measures to evaluate this concept.
International Journal of Orthopaedic and Trauma Nursing
Background: Evidence shows that the majority of medical students experience some kind of sleep qu... more Background: Evidence shows that the majority of medical students experience some kind of sleep quality disorder, which can affect their academic performance. Increasing exposure of students to environmental and academic stresses may result in the incidence of sleep disorders and fatigue, which can consequently influence their academic efficacy. This study was conducted to determine the factors affecting sleep quality and its correlation with students' fatigue severity and academic performance at AJA University of Medical Sciences, during 2012-2013. Methods: This descriptive, analytical study was performed on 658 students studying at all levels at AJA University of Medical Sciences. Having taken informed consent from the participants, they were selected through census sampling. The instruments for data collection comprised of demographic and academic performance questionnaires, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index and Fatigue Severity Scale, which were completed by the participants dur...
Introduction: Student assessment is of the most important responsibilities of a clinical teacher.... more Introduction: Student assessment is of the most important responsibilities of a clinical teacher. Application of new methods of assessment is necessary due to significant improvement in clinical teaching methods. In the meantime, new assessment approaches that simultaneously enforce learning have been greeted more than other methods. Therefore, this study was conducted to compare the new methods (Mini-CEX and DOPS) with traditional method of assessment on the clinical skills of nursing internships students in Army University of Medical Science. Methods: This study is a randomized trial which was carried out on nursing students of Army University of Medical Science. All eligible students and instructors willing to take part were randomly divided into two groups of experiment and control. After training the instructors and assessing the reliability of evaluators, three rounds of assessments were performed using DOPS and Mini-CEX for experiment group while control group was evaluated u...
Introduction: Motivation and job satisfaction of faculty can play a fundamental role in their per... more Introduction: Motivation and job satisfaction of faculty can play a fundamental role in their performance. Inattention to staff’s job satisfaction causes cessation, relative stagnation and evanescence of them. Therefore this study aimed to determine job satisfaction of academic members in two selected Tehran’s military universities in year 2010. Methods: In this descriptive, cross-sectional study, 150 academic members were selected and received the survey questionnaire. The questionnaire, including 45 items with 5 point Likert scale, had been developed and validated in Isfahan University of Medical Sciences. Then data were analyzed using independent t, ANOVA and Pearson correlation tests. Results: Mean scores of job satisfaction domains ,in a descending order, belonged to mode of supervision and communication(46.51± 10.61), nature of the job (23.83± 4.33), job security (23.76 ± 5.60), physical conditions and job environment(20.43± 6.79), promotion opportunities (17.29 ± 5.93), and s...
Background High levels burden of long-term care of patients with schizophrenia can disrupt the fu... more Background High levels burden of long-term care of patients with schizophrenia can disrupt the functioning of family caregivers. This study evaluated a peer-assisted education method on family caregivers’ functioning of patients with schizophrenia. Methods In this randomized controlled trial, 64 family caregivers of schizophrenia patients in military hospitals of Tehran, Iran, were selected and randomly allocated to intervention and control groups, in 2018–2019. The peer-assisted education was performed in the experimental group for six 1-hour sessions and the family functioning was measured in both groups by the Family Assessment Device Scale. The data were analyzed by SPSS software ver. 16.0 (SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL, USA) and group differences at a level of P-value <0.05 were considered as significant. Results There was no significant differences between groups in the pre-intervention phase in all dimensions of family functioning (P>0.05). There were significant differences b...
Introduction: Evidence shows that the majority of medical students experience some kind of sleep ... more Introduction: Evidence shows that the majority of medical students experience some kind of sleep quality disorder, which can affect their academic performance. Increasing exposure of students to environmental and academic stresses may result in the incidence of sleep disorders and fatigue, which can consequently influence their academic efficacy. This study was conducted to determine the factors affecting sleep quality and its correlation with students’ fatigue severity and academic performance at AJA University of Medical Sciences, during 2012-2013. Materials and Methods: This descriptive, analytical study was performed on 658 students studying at all levels at AJA University of Medical Sciences. Having taken informed consent from the participants, they were selected through census sampling. The instruments for data collection comprised of demographic and academic performance questionnaires, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index and Fatigue Severity Scale, which were completed by the part...
Military Caring Sciences
Introduction: Burnout is one of the main outcomes of job stress. It seems, burnout is one of the ... more Introduction: Burnout is one of the main outcomes of job stress. It seems, burnout is one of the effective factors on quality of working life. If the relationship between these two variables become apparent, managers will be able to provide conditions for nurses to increase quality of working life and be more productive. The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between burnout and quality of working life in nurses of AJA hospitals in Tehran. Materials and Methods: This research is cross-sectional (descriptive-analytical) study that carried out on 322 clinical nurses working in AJA hospitals in Tehran. The subjects were recruited by multi-stages random sampling method in 2012-2013. Data was collected by using the Persian version of Burnout Maslach's Inquiry and quality of working life's questionnaire, and then analyzed through descriptive and analytical statistics by SPSS software (version 19). Results: Findings showed a statistical reverse relationship between emotional exhaustion and personal accomplishment with quality of working life's nurses (p=0.006). Discussion and Conclusion: The majority ofof nurses had medium quality of working life score which require further follow-up in order to reduce burnout and increase their quality of working life raise
Iranian Journal of Medical Education, Sep 15, 2012
Background: Remarkable advances in educational measurement have proved need to the implementation... more Background: Remarkable advances in educational measurement have proved need to the implementation of modern and appropriate methods of clinical evaluation. This study was carried out to compare the effect of applying direct observation procedural skills and routine evaluation method on clinical skills of nursing students. Methods: This randomized clinical trial was conducted on students of Nursing Army College, Tehran, Iran. After obtaining approval from the Ethics Committee of the Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences Research Deputy, all nursing students and instructors who agreed to participate in this study sign the informed consent. The participants were randomly assigned into intervention and control groups. After the teachers were trained and an inter-raters reliability test was conducted, evaluation was performed through DOPS in the intervention group while the control groups were evaluated through the routine method. Assessment checklists for two procedures (Intra venous catheterization and change dressing) were valid and reliable. Finally data were analyzed through descriptive and analytical statistics (Chi-square, t-test, Repeated Measure ANOVA) using SPSS version 16. Results: No significant difference was observed between the two groups in terms of demographic variables (P>0.05), but a significant difference was observed between intervention and control scores (P=0.000). In other words, application of DOPS has improved clinical skills of the students significantly. Conclusion: Using this new method improved the students' scores in clinical procedures implementation; therefore, we suggest that nursing colleges apply this evaluation method for clinical education.
Journal of Archives in Military Medicine, 2014
Background: Due to nurses' important role in patients' quality of care and health promotion, it i... more Background: Due to nurses' important role in patients' quality of care and health promotion, it is vitally important that nurses remain productive. Undoubtedly, burnout is one of the factors that has the greatest effect on productivity. If the strong relationship between burnout and productivity is proven, then managers can be encouraged to provide better conditions for nurses to be more productive. Objectives: The current study was conducted to investigate the relationship between productivity and burnout in nurses of the Aja Hospitals in Tehran. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was carried out on 322 clinical nurses working in Aja Hospitals in Tehran. The subjects were recruited by multi-stage sampling methods in 2012-2013. Data was collected using the Persian version of the productivity questionnaire which was prepared by Nayeri et al. and the Maslach Burnout Inventory, which was then analyzed by SPSS software Version: 19, IBM Company. Results: The findings showed that many nurses (35.1%) obtained a high productivity score. From the viewpoint of burnout intensity, the majority of nurses (85.4%) were at medium to high levels in the dimension of emotional exhaustion. Moreover, most (79.8%) obtained high scores in the dimension of depersonalization. In the dimension of personal accomplishment, 61.5% of nurses felt little success. Pearson's correlation coefficient indicated a weak statistical reverse relationship between total productivity score and burnout dimensions (P < 0.001). Conclusions: Based on the high levels of burnout found in this study, greater awareness and knowledge of the contributing factors are essential in order to increase nurses' productivity. Formulating policies in order to remove these contextual factors, prophylaxis, treatment and training methods, and adaptive coping strategies, are also required.
Journal of Attention Disorders, 2009
Objective: A brief cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) group intervention was designed to treat co... more Objective: A brief cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) group intervention was designed to treat comorbid anxiety, depression, and low self-esteem and self-efficacy in adults with ADHD. It was hypothesised that participants would gain knowledge about ADHD, experience a reduction in comorbid symptoms, and benefit from the supportive aspect of group treatment. Method: Participants in the study formed a CBT treatment group that attended six workshops and a waiting list control group. The intervention was evaluated with measures assessing knowledge about ADHD, psychological symptoms, and support received. The groups were compared using repeated measures ANOVAs. Results: The CBT group had significantly greater improvement on measures of knowledge about ADHD, self-efficacy, and self-esteem than the control group. Participants' evaluations of the sessions suggested that sharing personal experiences with other adults with ADHD was an important aspect of the intervention. Conclusion: Brief...
علوم مراقبتی نظامی, Nov 1, 2021
Introduction: Teaching is very important in the educational system of medical universities. Impro... more Introduction: Teaching is very important in the educational system of medical universities. Improving the quality of education of medical students is not possible without changes in teaching techniques. So training can be very effective while using different teaching and learning methods. Objective: The present study was conducted to compare the effect of teaching through lectures and debates on the learning and satisfaction of nursing students. Material and Methods: This study is a quasi-experimental study that was performed on 2 groups of nursing students in a maternal health lessons at Aja University. Sampling was performed by the census. The lecture method was performed in the control group and debate was applied for the test group. The student satisfaction questionnaire was used. Students' scores at the end of the semester were an indicator of students' learning in both methods. Finally, the data were analyzed using SPSS software version 16. Results: The findings showed that there was no significant difference between the final scores and satisfaction in two groups (P > 0.05). There were significant difference between satisfaction, ease of receiving answers to questions, spending energy to participate in this method and motivating to the educational method items on two groups. Discussion and Conclusion: In this study, debate method did not improve students' grades. It is suggested that this teaching method be used in the postgraduate courses of Aja Nursing School.
ACTA MEDICA IRANICA
Since the ancient times when human beings started to teach and learn, effective teaching is a mat... more Since the ancient times when human beings started to teach and learn, effective teaching is a matter of attention. In this regard, considering effective teaching in graduate courses and programs is critical and there are key points that must be considered by the faculty members and educational institutes. The present study is an attempt to investigate the experiences of faculty members of medical education regarding effective teaching in the medical education Ph.D. program offered in Iran. In this qualitative research, the study participants were faculty members of two national public medical universities of Iran who taught at the medical education centralized Ph.D. program developed by Iran Ministry of Health and Medical Education. The data were collected through semi-structured interviews and the gathered data were analyzed via conventional content analysis. The data analysis indicated five general categories including “the philosophy and characteristics of the Ph.D. program”, “co...
Military Caring Sciences
Introduction: Safe injection as a part of the quality and safe care, is one of the common methods... more Introduction: Safe injection as a part of the quality and safe care, is one of the common methods of prescribing drugs. If safety standards are not observed, recipients and service providers may face many risks.. Objective: The present study aims to compare the effect of training through a workshop and training through an online learning content on the knowledge, attitude and practice of emergency ward nurses in selected AJA hospitals regarding safe injections. Materials and Methods: This quasi-experimental study was performed on 46 nurses in the emergency ward of selected hospitals in Aja, Tehran in 2019-2020. Eligible participants were randomly divided into two training groups through the workshop and virtual training. The effect of training on nurses' knowledge, attitude, and practice about safe injection before, after, and one month after the intervention was investigated. Awareness, Knowledge and attitude questionnaires and observational performance checklists were used for this purpose. Data were analyzed through descriptive and inferential tests in SPSS 23 and the significance level was considered less than 0.05. Results: There was no significant difference between the knowledge and attitude of the two groups before and after the intervention (P>0.05). Furthermore, there was no significant difference between the performance of the two groups before the intervention (P>0.05), but after the intervention, the performance score in the workshop training group was significantly lower than that of the other group (P<0.05). There was no significant difference between the performances of the two groups one month after the intervention (P>0.05). Discussion and Conclusion: The results of present study showed that the nurses who participated in the training group had a higher performance than the those trained by online learning educational content. Therefore, this method can be used to improve the performance of nurses and ultimately improve the quality of their performance in providing care services.
Military Caring Sciences
Introduction: In the biological outbursts, nurses are at the frontline of response. They need edu... more Introduction: In the biological outbursts, nurses are at the frontline of response. They need education about biological disasters. Objective: The present study aimed to compare the effectiveness of two methods including lecture-based training and multimedia software on military nurses' knowledge about the triage of biological incident victims. Material and Methods: This study was quantitative, quasi-experimental, and interventional. Participants included 50 nurses of emergency wards or Members of the Crisis Committee in two military hospitals. They were randomly divided into two groups of multimedia software or lecture-based training about triage in biological disasters. Furthermore, Pre-test and post-test were performed. The researchermade questionnaire was valid and reliable. Data were analyzed by SPSS 25. The significance level of the tests was less than 5%. Results: The participants of both groups were homogeneous in terms of age, gender, education level, history of membership in disaster team, shift work, work experience, and participation in training courses. Mean knowledge scores of both groups did not show a significant difference before and after the intervention (P>0.05). Each group had a significant difference in knowledge before and after the intervention (P=0.001). Thus, the knowledge score had increased after the education in both groups. Discussion and Conclusion: Either of the methods (lecture-based and multimedia training) can be used due to their same effects. However, implementing virtual and distance learning methods in key items such as triage will be necessitated due to the rapid spread of the disease, the time-consuming nature of classical education, dependence on time, place, and coordination required in the formation of the class, and the lack of human resources as one of the challenges facing the hospital in such disasters. Evaluating the effectiveness and professional development of multimedia educational software, animation, and remote interactive training is recommended in teaching the content required in biological disasters.
Journal of advances in medical education & professionalism, Oct 1, 2022
Introduction: The concept of professional ethics of academic educational leaders is an abstract c... more Introduction: The concept of professional ethics of academic educational leaders is an abstract concept for which several highly context-dependent definitions have been provided in the literature. The analysis of this concept is critical to reaching a shared understanding, developing behavioral standards, and designing evaluation measures at universities of medical sciences. Methods: To explain the concept of professionalism among academic educational leaders, Walker and Avant's eight-stage concept analysis method was adopted. After an extensive review of resources, 37 articles were included and the antecedents, attributes, and consequences of the concept were extracted. Results: An examination of the resources and concept analysis revealed that professionalism in academic educational leaders has three main attributes of care ethics, justice-oriented ethics, and ethics of criticism, and its formation depends on personal characteristics, professional capabilities, and having a systemic view. Conclusions: The identification of components and professional characteristics of professionalism among academic educational leaders provides a shared understanding of professionalism and is a basic step towards designing measures to evaluate this concept.
International Journal of Orthopaedic and Trauma Nursing
Background: Evidence shows that the majority of medical students experience some kind of sleep qu... more Background: Evidence shows that the majority of medical students experience some kind of sleep quality disorder, which can affect their academic performance. Increasing exposure of students to environmental and academic stresses may result in the incidence of sleep disorders and fatigue, which can consequently influence their academic efficacy. This study was conducted to determine the factors affecting sleep quality and its correlation with students' fatigue severity and academic performance at AJA University of Medical Sciences, during 2012-2013. Methods: This descriptive, analytical study was performed on 658 students studying at all levels at AJA University of Medical Sciences. Having taken informed consent from the participants, they were selected through census sampling. The instruments for data collection comprised of demographic and academic performance questionnaires, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index and Fatigue Severity Scale, which were completed by the participants dur...
Introduction: Student assessment is of the most important responsibilities of a clinical teacher.... more Introduction: Student assessment is of the most important responsibilities of a clinical teacher. Application of new methods of assessment is necessary due to significant improvement in clinical teaching methods. In the meantime, new assessment approaches that simultaneously enforce learning have been greeted more than other methods. Therefore, this study was conducted to compare the new methods (Mini-CEX and DOPS) with traditional method of assessment on the clinical skills of nursing internships students in Army University of Medical Science. Methods: This study is a randomized trial which was carried out on nursing students of Army University of Medical Science. All eligible students and instructors willing to take part were randomly divided into two groups of experiment and control. After training the instructors and assessing the reliability of evaluators, three rounds of assessments were performed using DOPS and Mini-CEX for experiment group while control group was evaluated u...
Introduction: Motivation and job satisfaction of faculty can play a fundamental role in their per... more Introduction: Motivation and job satisfaction of faculty can play a fundamental role in their performance. Inattention to staff’s job satisfaction causes cessation, relative stagnation and evanescence of them. Therefore this study aimed to determine job satisfaction of academic members in two selected Tehran’s military universities in year 2010. Methods: In this descriptive, cross-sectional study, 150 academic members were selected and received the survey questionnaire. The questionnaire, including 45 items with 5 point Likert scale, had been developed and validated in Isfahan University of Medical Sciences. Then data were analyzed using independent t, ANOVA and Pearson correlation tests. Results: Mean scores of job satisfaction domains ,in a descending order, belonged to mode of supervision and communication(46.51± 10.61), nature of the job (23.83± 4.33), job security (23.76 ± 5.60), physical conditions and job environment(20.43± 6.79), promotion opportunities (17.29 ± 5.93), and s...
Background High levels burden of long-term care of patients with schizophrenia can disrupt the fu... more Background High levels burden of long-term care of patients with schizophrenia can disrupt the functioning of family caregivers. This study evaluated a peer-assisted education method on family caregivers’ functioning of patients with schizophrenia. Methods In this randomized controlled trial, 64 family caregivers of schizophrenia patients in military hospitals of Tehran, Iran, were selected and randomly allocated to intervention and control groups, in 2018–2019. The peer-assisted education was performed in the experimental group for six 1-hour sessions and the family functioning was measured in both groups by the Family Assessment Device Scale. The data were analyzed by SPSS software ver. 16.0 (SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL, USA) and group differences at a level of P-value <0.05 were considered as significant. Results There was no significant differences between groups in the pre-intervention phase in all dimensions of family functioning (P>0.05). There were significant differences b...
Introduction: Evidence shows that the majority of medical students experience some kind of sleep ... more Introduction: Evidence shows that the majority of medical students experience some kind of sleep quality disorder, which can affect their academic performance. Increasing exposure of students to environmental and academic stresses may result in the incidence of sleep disorders and fatigue, which can consequently influence their academic efficacy. This study was conducted to determine the factors affecting sleep quality and its correlation with students’ fatigue severity and academic performance at AJA University of Medical Sciences, during 2012-2013. Materials and Methods: This descriptive, analytical study was performed on 658 students studying at all levels at AJA University of Medical Sciences. Having taken informed consent from the participants, they were selected through census sampling. The instruments for data collection comprised of demographic and academic performance questionnaires, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index and Fatigue Severity Scale, which were completed by the part...
Military Caring Sciences
Introduction: Burnout is one of the main outcomes of job stress. It seems, burnout is one of the ... more Introduction: Burnout is one of the main outcomes of job stress. It seems, burnout is one of the effective factors on quality of working life. If the relationship between these two variables become apparent, managers will be able to provide conditions for nurses to increase quality of working life and be more productive. The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between burnout and quality of working life in nurses of AJA hospitals in Tehran. Materials and Methods: This research is cross-sectional (descriptive-analytical) study that carried out on 322 clinical nurses working in AJA hospitals in Tehran. The subjects were recruited by multi-stages random sampling method in 2012-2013. Data was collected by using the Persian version of Burnout Maslach's Inquiry and quality of working life's questionnaire, and then analyzed through descriptive and analytical statistics by SPSS software (version 19). Results: Findings showed a statistical reverse relationship between emotional exhaustion and personal accomplishment with quality of working life's nurses (p=0.006). Discussion and Conclusion: The majority ofof nurses had medium quality of working life score which require further follow-up in order to reduce burnout and increase their quality of working life raise
Iranian Journal of Medical Education, Sep 15, 2012
Background: Remarkable advances in educational measurement have proved need to the implementation... more Background: Remarkable advances in educational measurement have proved need to the implementation of modern and appropriate methods of clinical evaluation. This study was carried out to compare the effect of applying direct observation procedural skills and routine evaluation method on clinical skills of nursing students. Methods: This randomized clinical trial was conducted on students of Nursing Army College, Tehran, Iran. After obtaining approval from the Ethics Committee of the Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences Research Deputy, all nursing students and instructors who agreed to participate in this study sign the informed consent. The participants were randomly assigned into intervention and control groups. After the teachers were trained and an inter-raters reliability test was conducted, evaluation was performed through DOPS in the intervention group while the control groups were evaluated through the routine method. Assessment checklists for two procedures (Intra venous catheterization and change dressing) were valid and reliable. Finally data were analyzed through descriptive and analytical statistics (Chi-square, t-test, Repeated Measure ANOVA) using SPSS version 16. Results: No significant difference was observed between the two groups in terms of demographic variables (P>0.05), but a significant difference was observed between intervention and control scores (P=0.000). In other words, application of DOPS has improved clinical skills of the students significantly. Conclusion: Using this new method improved the students' scores in clinical procedures implementation; therefore, we suggest that nursing colleges apply this evaluation method for clinical education.
Journal of Archives in Military Medicine, 2014
Background: Due to nurses' important role in patients' quality of care and health promotion, it i... more Background: Due to nurses' important role in patients' quality of care and health promotion, it is vitally important that nurses remain productive. Undoubtedly, burnout is one of the factors that has the greatest effect on productivity. If the strong relationship between burnout and productivity is proven, then managers can be encouraged to provide better conditions for nurses to be more productive. Objectives: The current study was conducted to investigate the relationship between productivity and burnout in nurses of the Aja Hospitals in Tehran. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was carried out on 322 clinical nurses working in Aja Hospitals in Tehran. The subjects were recruited by multi-stage sampling methods in 2012-2013. Data was collected using the Persian version of the productivity questionnaire which was prepared by Nayeri et al. and the Maslach Burnout Inventory, which was then analyzed by SPSS software Version: 19, IBM Company. Results: The findings showed that many nurses (35.1%) obtained a high productivity score. From the viewpoint of burnout intensity, the majority of nurses (85.4%) were at medium to high levels in the dimension of emotional exhaustion. Moreover, most (79.8%) obtained high scores in the dimension of depersonalization. In the dimension of personal accomplishment, 61.5% of nurses felt little success. Pearson's correlation coefficient indicated a weak statistical reverse relationship between total productivity score and burnout dimensions (P < 0.001). Conclusions: Based on the high levels of burnout found in this study, greater awareness and knowledge of the contributing factors are essential in order to increase nurses' productivity. Formulating policies in order to remove these contextual factors, prophylaxis, treatment and training methods, and adaptive coping strategies, are also required.