scholarly journals Humanitarian care: Facilitator of communication between the patients with cancer and nurses

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Foroozan Atashzadeh-Shoorideh ◽  
Jamileh Mohtashami ◽  
Mohammadali Farhadzadeh ◽  
Neda Sanaie ◽  
Ensieh Fathollah Zadeh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Cancer Patients ◽  
Response To Treatment ◽  
Main Theme ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Analysis Study ◽  
Patients With Cancer ◽  
Purposeful Sampling ◽  
Conventional Content Analysis ◽  
Improve Health

Background & Aim: Effective communication with the patients and engaging patients in decision-making and care planning are necessary to improve health outcomes and satisfaction with the treatment. Communicating effectively can help prevent and manage complications following the treatment of cancer. Therefore, this study aimed to describe and explain cancer patients’ communication facilitators' experiences between patients and nurses. Methods & Materials: This is a qualitative conventional content analysis study. The study was conducted on 22 cancer patients who were selected based on a purposeful sampling approach. Semi-structured interviews were performed to collect the data. The data were then analyzed using conventional content analysis. Also, the Lincoln and Guba criteria were used to measure the trustworthiness of the data. Results: The researchers have identified the main theme as “humanitarian care”. Besides, five categories of “good-naturedness”, “empathy”, “patience”, “confidentiality”, and “honesty” were also extracted from 18 subcategories. Conclusion: Effective nurse-patient communication facilitates patients’ healing, enhances clinical outcomes and improves patients’ response to treatment. Hence, these ethical features need to be reinforced among nurses.

scholarly journals Barriers and Facilitators of Adherence to the COVID-19 Prevention Guidelines: A Qualitative Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-20
Author(s):  
Shoaib Dehghani ◽  
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Arash Pooladi ◽  
Bijan Nouri ◽  
Sina Valiee ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Sampling Method ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Barriers And Facilitators ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Analysis Study ◽  
The People ◽  
Data Saturation ◽  
Conventional Content Analysis ◽  
Prevention Guidelines

Background: Despite the recommendations to follow guidelines for the prevention of COVID-19, different communities do not completely adhere to these guidelines. The aim of this study was to explore the barriers and facilitators of the adherence of the people of Sanandaj to the COVID-19 prevention guidelines. Materials & Methods: The present study was a qualitative content analysis study conducted in 2020. A purposive sampling method among the residents of Sanandaj, Iran was applied and continued until data saturation was achieved. Twenty semi-structured interviews were conducted with the participants. A verbatim transcription of interviews was analyzed through qualitative conventional content analysis. Results: Participants included 12 men and 8 women. Data analysis yielded 8 categories and 26 sub-categories regarding the barriers and facilitators of the participants’ adherence to the COVID-19 prevention guidelines. The barriers included myths, being under pressure, and letting and facilitators included awareness, fear, commitment, unity against the disease, and warnings. Conclusion: According to the findings, it is necessary to correct people’s beliefs, support them, and continue to make them informed about the disease. Increasing awareness and commitment, strengthening the spirit of unity among people, and increasing the level of warnings can be effective in increasing adherence of people to the COVID-19 prevention guidelines.

scholarly journals Explaining the Challenges of Coping with Coronavirus Crisis in the Workplaces: A Qualitative Study

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdolhamid Tajvar ◽  
Zahra Hosseini ◽  
Mohammadreza Farahbakhsh ◽  
Anahita Fakherpour ◽  
atefeh homayuni
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Organizational Factors ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Governmental Organizations ◽  
Purposeful Sampling ◽  
The Family ◽  
Conventional Content Analysis ◽  
Lack Of Commitment ◽  
Valid Information

Abstract Background: Workplaces play a highly important role in controlling or spreading the prevalence of COVID-19. Therefore, the lack of proper implementation of hygienic protocols in theses environments might increase the risk of getting infected with the COVID-19 among the employees, following the increase of the COVID-19 in the family and community levels. This qualitative study was aimed to explain the challenges of coping with coronavirus crisis in the workplaces.Methods: The present qualitative study was conducted with a conventional content analysis approach. We used the purposeful sampling with maximum diversity in terms of working processes. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews. Interviews were performed to the point of information saturation. MAXQDA software version 10 was used for data management.Results: Through the content analysis of the interviews with the participants, we identified 2 main classes and 9 sub-classes. The main classes included problems and limitations related to the intra-organizational factors (job nature, budget allocation problems, individual factors, disorganization, manpower and equipment, and Lack of commitment and insufficient support of managers) and extra-organizational factors (lack of accessibility to valid information, black market, and inter-sectorial coordination problems). Conclusion: The study findings indicated that organizations and industries face numerous internal and external challenges in coping with the COVID-19 pandemic. Paying attention to the mentioned limitations and attempting to eliminate them; especially, by the governmental organizations, employers, and managers could help in effective confronting the COVID-19 pandemic.

Nurses’ Communication With the Families of Patients at the End-of-Life

2020 ◽  
pp. 003022282095993
Author(s):  
Reza Norouzadeh ◽  
Monireh Anoosheh ◽  
Fazlollah Ahmadi
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
End Of Life ◽  
Quality Care ◽  
Main Theme ◽  
Ethical Sensitivity ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
The Family ◽  
Conventional Content Analysis ◽  
Nurses Perceptions

Background Effective communication is important in providing quality care to families at the end-of-life. In the end-of-life situations, the nurses’ views on how to communicate with the family are not well understood. Aim This study was conducted to explore the nurses' experiences of their communication with families of patients at the end-of-life situations. Methods The authors used standards for reporting qualitative research. The data were analyzed by conventional content analysis. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 24 Iranian nurses who had the experiences of dealing with patients’ families at the end-of-life. Results Nurses’ perceptions of communication with families emerged base on the main theme: “Disrupted communication” consisting of two categories: “restricted communication” and “abortive communication.” Conclusion The results of this study highlight the need to increase the professional and ethical sensitivity of nurses in dealing with patients' families at the end-of-life.

Spiritual self-care in adolescents: a qualitative study

2020 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nafiseh Hekmati Pour ◽  
Gholam Reza Mahmoodi-Shan ◽  
Abbas Ebadi ◽  
Nasser Behnampour
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Self Care ◽  
Spiritual Needs ◽  
Religious Activities ◽  
Spiritual Beliefs ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Purposeful Sampling ◽  
Spiritual Self ◽  
Age Range

AbstractObjectivesOne of the existential questions during adolescence is about the ambiguity in spiritual realms. Adolescents at this age not only have the spiritual, psychological, and unique needs, but also have spiritual needs that help them to relax and solve problems. Therefore, this qualitative study aimed to understand the concept of spiritual self-care in Iranian adolescents in 2019.MethodsThis qualitative study with content analysis approach was conducted on 14 adolescents with the age range of 14–20 years, who had been selected by purposeful sampling method. Data were collected by semi-structured interviews which were carried out between 4 March 2019 and 20 August 2019.ResultsThe interviews were transcribed immediately after the recording, and then were analyzed using direct content analysis. A total of 252 primary codes related to the adolescents’ spiritual self-care were extracted from the analysis, which determined 4 main aspects of spiritual self-care (spiritual belief, spiritual experience, social-religious activities, and spiritual growth).ConclusionsThe findings of this study showed that, spiritual self-care is a form of self-care by which a person uses his or her spiritual beliefs, teachings, and experiences as a source of control over stress and crises, and will be able to cope with problems.

scholarly journals Perceptions About the Nursing Assistant Role in Ganjavian Hospital of Dezful: A Conventional Content Analysis

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nasrin Sarabi
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Nursing Assistants ◽  
Nursing Assistant ◽  
Skill Levels ◽  
Main Category ◽  
Nursing Managers ◽  
Purposeful Sampling ◽  
Expert Nurses ◽  
Conventional Content Analysis ◽  
Similarities And Differences

Background: Using different skill levels for patient care not only helps better and more fully meet patients' needs but also reduces the need for expert nurses. Objectives: This study was conducted to determine the perceptions of nurses and nursing assistants about the nursing assistant role. Methods: This study was conducted based on a conventional content analysis approach. The data was collected at the Ganjavian hospital in Dezful, Iran. Ten nurses and eleven nursing assistants were selected by purposeful sampling, and data were collected using unstructured interviews. The recorded interviews were eventually transcribed verbatim, and meaning units were then identified. Coding was then performed by compressing the meaning units and converting them into codes. The codes were summarized and classified to form categories. At last, the categories formed themes based on their similarities and differences. Results: Displeasure of the position was the main category of the study, which consisted of the two main subcategories of “having a small role in assisting nurses” and “reluctance to work”. Conclusions: The results of the study showed that nursing assistants have problems performing their roles, which need to be addressed by nursing managers.

scholarly journals Reasons Behind the Tendency Toward the Only Child in Iranian Families: A Conventional Content Analysis Study

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (8) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Yousefi-Nayer ◽  
Jalal Poorolajal ◽  
Zahra Cheraghi
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Only Child ◽  
Analysis Study ◽  
Conventional Content Analysis

scholarly journals The Nurses’ Experiences of the Knowledge Creation Space in Clinical Setting: A Qualitative Study

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 369-376
Author(s):  
Kamal Salehi ◽  
Sima Kermanshahi ◽  
Eesa Mohammadi ◽  
Mohammad Hassanzadeh
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Interpersonal Relationships ◽  
Clinical Setting ◽  
Knowledge Creation ◽  
Analysis Approach ◽  
Teaching Hospitals ◽  
Clinical Experiences ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Scientific Discussion ◽  
Conventional Content Analysis

The concept of nursing knowledge and development of its body has become more important along with growth in phenomenon of professionalism of nursing. Nursing as a profession should have a deep look at the creation of new knowledge to provide services to clients. The exploration of knowledge creation space in clinical setting may be is the first important step. The objectives of this study was to explore the nurses’ experiences of knowledge creation space in clinical setting. A qualitative method with conventional content analysis approach was selected. Seventeen semi-structured interviews were conducted with staff nurses, head nurses, and supervisors working in tow teaching hospitals located in Tehran, Iran. The conventional content analysis approach was used for data analysis. Four main themes emerged from experiences of participants in this study included "scientific discussion", "sharing of clinical experiences." "Enrichment of conference and clinical unit rounds “and "Establishing interpersonal relations". It seems based on the experiences of the nurses who have participated in this study that the knowledge creation space in nursing to be an interactive space that is created following to formation of a scientific discussion, enrichment of clinical rounds and conferences and sharing clinical experiences among the nurses. Thus, the nursing managers should prepare the conditions in which the nurses to be encouraged for holding further scientific discussions upon clinical conferences and rounds, nursing reports, delivery and receiving the patients in addition to establishing appropriate interpersonal relationships and at the same time to show more tendency to share their clinical experiences with each other.

scholarly journals The Way of Implementing the New Accreditation Standards at Shahid Motahhari Educational Center in Marvdasht City: A Qualitative Study

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hasan Jafari ◽  
Abbass YazdanPanah ◽  
Abdolreza Akbari
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Human Resources ◽  
Snowball Sampling ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Effective Factors ◽  
Accreditation Standards ◽  
Conventional Content Analysis ◽  
Lack Of Commitment ◽  
The Way

Background: One of the ways through which the quality of the hospital services can be improved is the accreditation, and most of the countries have launched their own accreditation system as a strategy to improve services. The aim of this research was to investigate the way of implementing the accreditation programs at Shahid Motahhari educational center in Marvdasht city. Methods: The current study was qualitative with conventional content analysis which was conducted by using the semi-structured interviews with eight officials and employees of Marvdasht Shahid Motahhari Medical Education Center in 2017. Purposeful sampling was done in this study and the next stage; the snowball sampling method was used to select the desired samples. Data were gathered to reach the data saturation point, and conventional content analysis was done to analyze the research data. Results: Two main themes and nineteen sub-themes were obtained through the nine categories. Self-confidence in the team, sense of superiority and achievement, all units’ coordination, accurate and scientific coherent supervision and management, and considering the book of standards as a guiding factor are among the strengths of this research.Poor management of programs, lack of proper context while running the program, lack of proper training, lack of financial and human resources, lack of commitment and interest in implementing the program among different groups were main identified barriers of the program. Conclusion: The effective factors on the implementation of the accreditation standards in the healthcarecenters should be identified. Besides, planning effective education, continued monitoring and assessing, creating suitable contexts of financial and human resources,consolidating the strengths and using the available potentials can be effective factors in line with the implemetation of accreditation standards.   Keywords: Accreditation, Hospital, Qualitative study, Evaluation

scholarly journals Ups and downs of drug rehab among women: a qualitative study

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
zahra boroumandfar ◽  
masoud kianpour ◽  
maryam afshari
Keyword(s):  
Substance Use ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Lived Experience ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Vulnerable Group ◽  
Addiction Prevention ◽  
Theoretical Sampling ◽  
Data Saturation ◽  
Conventional Content Analysis

Abstract Background: due to the increasing importance of addicted women and the need to pay particular attention to this vulnerable group, and more awareness of women-specific addiction prevention and rehab programs among authorities. Objectives: In this content analysis of qualitative study we explored experiences of the women’s experience of the ups and downs of drug rehab Methods: 30 participants (addicted women) were selected through purposive and theoretical sampling until data saturation. Data collection was conducted through semi structured interviews. Conventional content analysis was utilized to analyze the transcribed interviews. Results: Based on analysis of the obtained results, the experience of women from the ups and downs of leaving the drug abuse yielded two themes and nine sub-themes. The themes were “the need for emancipation” and “Sinking factors”. Conclusions: It is concluded that addiction rehab strategies can only lead the addicted women to a brighter life when, along with open-hearted assistance by the families, women-specific rehab centers are established to help them meet their specific needs. Keywords: Substance Use, Lived Experience, Addiction disorders, Women's Health, qualitative study

scholarly journals Elderly Women’s Experience of the Role of Hydrotherapy in Health: Content Analysis

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Parand Pourghane
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Elderly Women ◽  
Life Quality ◽  
Sampling Strategy ◽  
Physical Activities ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Purposeful Sampling ◽  
Women's Experience

Living to an old age is considered by many elderly women to bring about a decreased quality of life. Hydrotherapy allows individuals to engage in certain physical activities that cannot be done outside the water. The purpose of this study was to explore elderly women’s experience of the role of hydrotherapy in their health and was conducted in selected pools of Guilan province in Iran in 2015-2016. Twenty-three elderly women were selected using a purposeful sampling strategy. The data was gathered through semi-structured interviews; Researchers used a qualitative design, based on a content analysis approach. Analysis results were identified as 3 main themes and 12 subthemes. Improved physical health: reduced consumption of painkillers, improved balance, pleasant breathing, easy menopause; Moving toward ability: increased independence, role fulfillment, application of efficient strategies, will to health; Psychological and social relief: sense of liveliness, reduced stress, peaceful sleep and re-emergence in society. “Competence development” was identified as the central code. Results indicate that participation in hydrotherapy by elderly women supported the benefit of advising them to participate in hydrotherapy sessions, as well as government’s cooperation with regard to creating proper conditions for improving the health and life quality of this valuable population.

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