scholarly journals Occupational accidents in Yazd University of Medical Sciences hospitals

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
M Hajimaghsoudi ◽  
MH Dehghani ◽  
M Sadooghian
Keyword(s):  
Statistical Tests ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Occupational Accidents ◽  
Teaching Hospitals ◽  
Level Shift ◽  
Complex Nature ◽  
Work Experiences ◽  
Medical Sciences ◽  
Hospital Organization ◽  
Cross Sectional

Introduction: Health care workers are exposed to numerous occupational accidents and injuries, the occurrence of which leads to physical and psychological problems for employees. Accident control is an important factor in reducing risks; Ensuring the health of staff and patients and efforts to prevent occupational accidents, especially in clinical settings. This study was conducted to investigate occupational accidents in three hospitals of Yazd. Materials and Methods: This is a descriptive-analytical cross-sectional study that was conducted in three teaching hospitals in Yazd. A total of 186 non-physicians from different wards of these three hospitals were included in the study by simple stratified random sampling. Data collection was performed using an 18-item occupational accident questionnaire. Data analysis was performed using SPSS21 software using descriptive statistics and Mann-Whitney and Kruskal-Wallis statistical tests. Results: Among understudy accidents, exposure to blood or body fluids showed the highest frequency while falling had the lowest frequency. The results showed that there was no relationship between gender and the number and type of accidents, but in some of the accidents, there was a significant relationship between the number and type of accidents, workplace, work experiences, educational level, shift work, and hospital type (p<0.05). Conclusion: Because these accidents occurred at least once in each of the three selected hospitals, it is necessary to prevent these accidents. Regarding the complex nature of hospital accidents and prevention of incidents, management of hospital accidents and prevention of accidents, requires the determination of all staff and management of the hospital organization.

scholarly journals Identifying the Factors Affecting the Incidence of Medication Errors of Nurses in Teaching Hospitals of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ali Reza Yusefi ◽  
Parnian Nikmanesh ◽  
Zahra Kavosi ◽  
Ahmad Sadeghi
Keyword(s):  
Human Factors ◽  
Medication Errors ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Employment Relationship ◽  
Teaching Hospitals ◽  
Medical Sciences ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Number Of Patients ◽  
Heavy Workload

Background: Medication errors are one of the major causes of injury to patients while receiving medical care. This study aimed  to investigate the effective causes of medication errors in nurses in educational hospitals affiliated with Shiraz University of Medical Sciences. Methods: This descriptive-analytical and cross-sectional study was conducted in 2020 on 340 nurses from 10 educational  hospitals affiliated to Shiraz University of Medical Sciences. The data collection tool was a questionnaire. Data were analyzed using t-test, ANOVA and Pearson correlation coefficient were analyzed using SPSS23 software . Results: According to the results, human factors have been the most important factor in the occurrence of medication errors. The most important causes of medication errors with respect to human, managerial and environmental factors include fatigue due to overwork (3.13 ± 1.16), method of supervision (3.06 ± 0.98) ,and heavy workload (3.00 ± 1.19), respectively. There was a statistically significant relationship between human factors and  age (p = 0.024), gender (p = 0.013), employment relationship (p = 0.016), and marital status (p = 0.027), and between management factors and employment relationship (p = 0.034) and the number of patients under observation (p = 0.011). Conclusion: Considering the most important causes of medication errors, including fatigue due to overload, supervision methods, and heavy workload, using strategies to reduce fatigue due to workload, such as balancing nurses' work shifts and also holding workshops on supervision methods is recommended in order to improve the level of managerial competencies of nurses.

scholarly journals Epidemiological Study of Cutaneous Malignant Melanoma in Shiraz, Southwest of Iran between 2011 and 2016

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 106
Author(s):  
Elaheh Shaghaghian ◽  
Mohammad Reza Namazi ◽  
Alireza Shaghaghian
Keyword(s):  
Malignant Melanoma ◽  
Teaching Hospital ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
General Information ◽  
Cutaneous Malignant Melanoma ◽  
Teaching Hospitals ◽  
Medical Sciences ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Southwest Of Iran ◽  
Epidemiologic Features

Background: Melanoma is the most deadly of all skin cancers in the world, its incidence rate has increased in the last decades. We aim to define the frequency, and epidemiologic features of Cutaneous Malignant Melanoma Cases diagnosed between 2011 and 2016 in teaching hospitals of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, southwest of Iran. Materials and Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study was have performed at hospitals affiliated with Shiraz University of Medical Sciences from 2011 to 2016. Pathology reports collected from the laboratory along with general information such as age, sex, site of the tumor and had ulceration or not. SPSS version 23 statistical software was used for data analyzing. P-values less than 0.05 were considered significant. Results: A total of 183 cases of Cutaneous Malignant Melanoma were registered in Faghihi Teaching hospital, 7 cases in Namazi Teaching Hospital and 6 cases in Motahari clinic in Shiraz, between 2011 and 2016. The average age was 64.5 years with age range of 1year to 89 years, mostly in women (51.5%) and also most of the tumor sites were in the foot 46 (23.5%) and then in the scalp 20 (10.2%). The incidence of ulceration was 41 (20.9%), and the most common stage of the tumor was stage one. Conclusion: The results proved the importance of awareness of the physicians about the frequency and epidemiologic features of Cutaneous Malignant Melanoma in their region that they can diagnose or screen and treat them more earlier in better ways.

Evaluation of strategic thinking and its affecting factors among managers and personnel in a medical sciences university in Iran

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 248-255 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sedigheh Salavati ◽  
Mohammad Amerzadeh ◽  
Amjad Mohammadi Bolbanabad ◽  
Bakhtiar Piroozi ◽  
Shilan Amirihoseini
Keyword(s):  
Work Experience ◽  
Statistical Tests ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Strategic Thinking ◽  
Affecting Factors ◽  
Strategic Decisions ◽  
Medical Sciences ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Significant Difference

Purpose Prediction of future changes and making appropriate strategic decisions require strategic thinking in any organization. It helps managers to create new opportunities. The purpose of this paper is to measure strategic thinking and its affecting factors at Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences. Design/methodology/approach This is a descriptive-analytic as well as a cross-sectional study which was conducted in 2016. Its statistical community included 300 managers and personnel of Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences. The sample size was equal to statistical community. Data were collected using a standard questionnaire. Data were then entered into SPSS20 and were analyzed using statistical tests such as Freedman, Whitney and Kruskal-Wallis. Findings Overall, strategic thinking was evaluated “good” and “somewhat good” among managers (5.0±72.28) and personnel (6.0±25.48), respectively. Moreover, among the elements of strategic thinking, conceptual thinking obtained the highest score among both managers (6.0±06.32) and personnel (5.0±53.52), which was evaluated in a “good” level. There was a significant difference between managers’ and personnel’s strategic thinking score (p=0.001). Different education groups of managers and personnel were different in terms of strategic thinking (p<0.05), but strategic thinking score of managers and personnel were not significant based on the work experience and type of employment. Originality/value Although both managers and personnel received a good score in terms of strategic thinking, improving the level of strategic thinking especially for future trends and opportunities can lead to enhanced strategic thinking among managers and personnel of Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences.

scholarly journals Relationship Between Work-Family Conflict and Perceived Organizational Support Among Nurses of Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 137-146
Author(s):  
Boshra Ebrahimi ◽  
◽  
Obeidollah Faraji ◽  
Bijan Nouri ◽  
Sina Valiee ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Support ◽  
Family Conflict ◽  
Perceived Organizational Support ◽  
Statistical Tests ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Medical Sciences ◽  
Work Family Conflict ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Family Work ◽  
Work Family

Background: Due to the importance of work-family conflict, it is necessary to find its relationship with organizational variables like perceived organizational support. The present study investigated the relationship between work-family conflict and perceived organizational support in nurses of Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences. Materials & Methods: The present study was a descriptive cross-sectional study conducted on 300 nurses working at educational hospitals of Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Iran. A three-part questionnaire including demographic information, Carlson’s family-work conflict, and perceived organizational support of Eisenberg was used. Descriptive statistics and analytical statistical tests (Mann-Whitney and Kruskal-Wallis) and Spearman correlation coefficient were used. Results: The majority of the participants were female (64.2%) and married (55.9%). Work-family conflict was slightly higher than the mean. The dimensions of time-based work-family conflict (10.79±2.95) and strain-based work-family conflict (10.66±2.72) had the highest scores compared to other dimensions of work-family conflicts. Perceived organizational support was less than mean and there was a negative correlation between work-family conflict and perceived organizational support (r=-0.21, P=0.001). Conclusion: The present study showed the importance of paying attention to reducing workfamily conflict by increasing perceived organizational support. Therefore, reducing the dimensions of work-family conflict is necessary and organizational managers should increase organizational support for nurses and thus reduce the conflict between nurses and family work.

Violence against Nursing Students in the Workplace: An Iranian Experience

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Samira Samadzadeh ◽  
Masoumeh Aghamohammadi
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Students ◽  
Workplace Violence ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Teaching Hospitals ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Medical Sciences ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Quality Of Patient Care ◽  
Questionnaire Form

AbstractBackgroundWorkplace violence has a great impact on the quality of patient care and satisfaction. This study aimed to determine the extent of violence experienced by nursing students, and its predisposing factors.MethodsThis was a cross-sectional study which was conducted on 150 nursing students in teaching hospitals of Ardabil University of Medical Sciences. A questionnaire form was used for data collection.ResultsParticipants stated they were abused physically (12.7%), verbally (73.3%), racial (40.7%), and sexually (5.3%). The lack of awareness of the population about the tasks of the nursing students (40.0%) was the most important risk factor for violence against them.ConclusionThe violence against nursing students is a common problem in the workplace. It is mainly caused by the lack of awareness of people from the duties of the nursing students. Therefore, it is necessary to educate the population about the responsibilities of nurses and nursing students.

scholarly journals Evaluation of Spiritual Health Level in Pregnant Women Referred to Hospitals Affiliated to Shiraz University of Medical Sciences

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (7) ◽  
pp. 54
Author(s):  
Hanieh Dehestani ◽  
Naeimeh Tayebi ◽  
Fatemeh Ahmadinezhad
Keyword(s):  
Pregnant Women ◽  
Statistical Tests ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Spiritual Health ◽  
Health Centers ◽  
Medical Sciences ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Women's Lives ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Psychological Dimensions

Pregnancy and motherhood are considered as enjoyable and evolutionary events in women's lives. In Iran, a study that measured the spiritual health of pregnant women has been conducted very limited. The aim of this study was to evaluate the mean score of spiritual health in pregnant women referred to hospitals affiliated to Shiraz University of Medical Sciences. This descriptive cross-sectional study was performed in 2016 on 200 pregnant women referring to health centers in Shiraz. Sampling was performed by available sampling method and information was collected by Palutzin and Ellison spiritual health tools and personal and demographic information by self-performed method. Data were analyzed by SPSS software (version 22) and descriptive statistical tests. The mean age was 28.92 with a gestational age of 37-41 weeks. 17 (8.5%) of the sample were less than 20 years old, 28 (14%) were 36-40 years old and 7 (3.5%) were over 40 years old. The mean age of spiritual health was 102.68(14.61) and 63 people (31.5%) had moderate spiritual health. And 137 people (68.5%) had high spiritual health. Most of the mothers participating in this study had high spiritual health. Therefore, more attention to the spiritual and psychological dimensions of pregnant women along with other dimensions of health is recommended.

scholarly journals The Relationship Between Ethical Awareness in Nursing Profession, and Moral Sensitivity in Nurses of Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Iran.

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ziba Mohammadi ◽  
Sahel Darderafshi ◽  
Mahboubeh Akhlaghi ◽  
Zeinab Makvandi
Keyword(s):  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Moderate Level ◽  
Nursing Profession ◽  
Teaching Hospitals ◽  
Moral Sensitivity ◽  
Medical Sciences ◽  
Ethical Awareness ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract Background: knowledge about moral principles and having moral sensitivity lead to the right decision in nurses when facing moral problems. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between ethical awareness in the nursing profession and moral sensitivity in nurses of Hamadan University of Medical Sciences in 2018.Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 333 nurses working in teaching hospitals of Hamadan University of Medical Sciences participated; selected by stratified sampling method with proportional allocation. Data collection tools included demographic information form, and questionnaires of ethics awareness in the nursing profession, and moral sensitivity. Data normality was assessed by Kolmogorov-Smirnov test and according to which, parametric t-test and ANOVA or non-parametric Mann-Whitney and Kruskal-Wallis tests were done in SPSS 24.Results: The results showed that the overall mean score of nurses' awareness and moral sensitivity was moderate. Also, the majority of nurses had a moderate level of awareness (65.3%) and moral sensitivity (80.4%). The level of ethics awareness by gender and the level of moral sensitivity in according to gender, marital status, shift work and employment status were significantly different (p <0.05). The findings showed that there was no statistically significant correlation between ethical awareness and moral sensitivity in nurses.Conclusion: given to the moderate level of awareness and moral sensitivity of nurses, efforts should be made to improve and promote ethical issues in nursing. It is also recommended to conduct more tailoring studies to teaching the principles of ethical awareness and moral sensitivity and to recognizing the factors affecting them.

scholarly journals Depression and anxiety among pregnant mothers in the initial stage of the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) pandemic in the southwest of Iran

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Najmeh Maharlouei ◽  
Pedram Keshavarz ◽  
Niloufar Salemi ◽  
Kamran B. Lankarani
Keyword(s):  
Short Form ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Medical Sciences ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Initial Stage ◽  
Medical Histories ◽  
Southwest Of Iran ◽  
Maternity Clinics ◽  
Abnormal Level ◽  
Pregnant Mothers

Abstract ‌Background Women are at a higher risk for depression progression, especially during pregnancy. The current study purposed to investigate depression, anxiety, and stress levels of pregnant mothers in the initial stage of the COVID-19 infection in the southwest of Iran. Methods This cross-sectional study was conducted during March and April, 2020, in Shiraz, Iran. Pregnant mothers registered in maternity clinics affiliated with Shiraz University of Medical Sciences were included. An online self-administered checklist was used. It included socio-demographic, obstetric and medical histories, and the short form of the Depression Anxiety Stress Scales (DASS-21) to evaluate depression, anxiety, and stress. A p-value < 0.05 was considered significant. Results In total, 540 pregnant mothers answered the questionnaire. 83.5% had no comorbidity. Abnormal depression scores were significantly higher in those who had no insurance (OR = 2.5) and in those with poor self-rated health (SRH) (OR = 27.8). Pregnant mothers with lower SRH and two or more comorbidities had a higher chance of having an abnormal level of anxiety subscale (6.9, 3.7 times, retrospectively). Conclusion The results revealed that an abnormal level of depression was associated with SRH and medical insurance status. Moreover, the number of comorbidities and poor SRH significantly increased the chance of achieving abnormal anxiety levels in pregnant mothers during the COVID-19 pandemic.

scholarly journals Validation of an interviewer-administered seven-day semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire for the dietary assessment of preschool children in rural Bangladesh

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sabuktagin Rahman ◽  
Patricia Lee ◽  
Santhia Ireen ◽  
Moudud ur-Rahman Khan ◽  
Faruk Ahmed
Keyword(s):  
Food Frequency Questionnaire ◽  
Statistical Tests ◽  
Dietary Assessment ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Preschool Age ◽  
Food Groups ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Food Frequency ◽  
Preschool Age Children ◽  
Absolute Agreement

Abstract A validation study of an interviewer-administered, seven-day semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire (7-d SQFFQ) was conducted in Bangladeshi rural preschool age children. Using a cross-sectional study design, 105 children from 103 households were randomly selected. For the SQFFQ, a list of commonly consumed foods was adapted from the Bangladesh national micronutrient survey 2011–12. The data on the actual number of times and the amount of the children's consumption of the foods in the preceding 1 week were collected by interviewing the mothers. The intake was compared with two non-consecutive days 24-h dietary recalls conducted within 2 weeks after the SQFFQ. Validity was assessed by the standard statistical tests. After adjusting for the energy intake and de-attenuation for within-subject variation, the food groups (cereals, animal source foods, milk and the processed foods) had ‘good’ correlations between the methods (rho 0⋅65–0⋅93; P < 0⋅001). Similarly, the macronutrients (carbohydrate, protein and fats) had ‘good’ correlations (rho 0⋅50–0⋅75; P < 0⋅001) and the key micronutrients (iron, zinc, calcium, vitamin A, etc.) demonstrated ‘good’ correlations (rho 0⋅46–0⋅85; P < 0⋅001). The variation in classifying the two extreme quintiles by the SQFFQ and the 24-h recalls was <10 %. The results from Lin's concordance coefficients showed a ‘moderate’ to ‘excellent’ absolute agreement between the two methods for food groups, and nutrients (0⋅21–0⋅90; P < 0⋅001). This interviewer-administered, 7-d SQFFQ with an open-ended intake frequency demonstrated adequate validity to assess the dietary intake for most nutrients and suitable for dietary assessments of young children in Bangladesh.

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