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{"title":"Effects of Reminiscence on Distress Tolerance and Spiritual Health of Mothers with Premature Newborns Admitted to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of Shahid Beheshti Hospital in Isfahan, Iran","authors":"","doi":"10.32592/ajnmc.31.1.38","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.32592/ajnmc.31.1.38","url":null,"abstract":"Background and Objective: Hospitalization in the neonatal intensive care unit is a psychological crisis for the family. However, reminiscence has positive effects on the improvement of mental health. In this regard, this study aimed to investigate the effects of reminiscence writing on distress tolerance and spiritual health of mothers with hospitalized newborns.\u0000Materials and Methods: This quasi-experimental study was performed on 40 mothers of newborns admitted to the intensive care unit of Shahid Beheshti Hospital in Isfahan, Iran from February 2021 to August 2022. The research samples were divided into two experimental and control groups. During the hospitalization of the newborns in the hospital, the mothers in the intervention group recorded their daily memories with their newborns in a notebook for half an hour every day for 6 days. Data collection tools were demographic questionnaires, Distress Tolerance Scale by Simmons and Gaher, and the Spiritual Well-Being Questionnaire by Polotzin and Ellison which were completed by mothers in both groups. At the descriptive level, the mean and standard deviation values as well as frequency distribution tables were used. Moreover, at the inferential level, Chi-square, Fisher's exact, independent t-test, and Mann-Whitney tests were employed.\u0000Results: The distress tolerance and the spiritual health scores of the mothers in the intervention group before the intervention were 45.03±5.57 and 39.63±18.16, respectively, which were increased to 56.95±12.32 and 68.60±30.07 after the intervention, respectively. After the intervention, the scores of distress tolerance and spiritual health in the intervention group were significantly higher than those in the control.\u0000Conclusion: Reminiscence in mothers of newborns admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit can positively affect the anxiety and spiritual health of mothers.","PeriodicalId":129048,"journal":{"name":"Avicenna Journal of Nursing and Midwifery Care","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123908031","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Determining the Relationship between Stress Management and the Level of Perceived Job Stress and the Quality of Services Provided by Midwives Working in the Maternity Department of Hospitals in Hamedan Province in 2022","authors":"","doi":"10.32592/ajnmc.31.2.134","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.32592/ajnmc.31.2.134","url":null,"abstract":"Background and Objective: One of the important problems of midwifery is high job stress and its consequences. Having the ability to manage stress is one of the basic requirements of this profession that can reduce midwifery mistakes in the workplace. Although job stress exists in all jobs, midwives face higher levels of stress due to the nature of their job, and this issue can lead to a decrease in service quality. The present study was conducted to determine the relationship of stress management with the level of perceived job stress and the quality of services provided by midwives working in the maternity department of hospitals in Hamedan province, Iran.\u0000Materials and Methods: The statistical population of this descriptive cross-sectional study consisted of 210 midwives working in hospitals with obstetrics and gynecology departments in Hamedan province. The random sampling method was used to select the samples. The required data for this study were collected using a demographic information form, Cobin's Stress Management Questionnaire, Hospital Stress Scale, and Maternity Care Quality in Maternity Unit Scale. Data were analyzed in Stata-13 software using Kolmogorov-Smirnov statistical tests and multivariate linear regression. The significance level was considered less than 0.05.\u0000Results: The findings showed that 81.4% of midwives had a high level of stress management ability. Moreover, 65.7% of midwives perceived moderate-level job stress, and 79% of midwives provided good quality services in the delivery room. Based on the results, was a moderate and inverse relationship between stress management and perceived job stress (beta=-0.47), and a moderate and direct relationship between stress management and the quality of provided services (beta=0.56). It was also found that perceived job stress had a weak and inverse relationship with the quality of provided services (beta=-0.25).\u0000Conclusion: The results revealed that having the ability to manage stress and control job stress could improve the quality of services provided by midwives. It is necessary for midwife managers to improve the process of providing quality services by holding stress management workshops.","PeriodicalId":129048,"journal":{"name":"Avicenna Journal of Nursing and Midwifery Care","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-02-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121035775","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Effectiveness of Compassion-based Treatment in Depression, Anxiety, and Aggression of Emergency Medical Workers with Covid-19","authors":"","doi":"10.32592/ajnmc.31.2.85","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.32592/ajnmc.31.2.85","url":null,"abstract":"Background and Objective: With the spread of Covid-19, emergency medical workers have suffered physical and mental problems that require therapeutic interventions. The present study aimed to determine the effectiveness of compassion-based treatment in depression, anxiety, and aggression of medical emergency workers with Covid-19.\u0000Materials and Methods: In this study, we adopted a quasi-experimental pretest-posttest control group design. The statistical population included emergency medical workers infected with Covid-19 in Mashhad in 2021. A total of 40 cases were selected as the sample using the available sampling method and were randomly assigned to two groups: experimental (n=20) and control (n=20). The compassion-based treatment was implemented in the form of eight 90-minute sessions once a week for the experimental group, and the control group did not receive any intervention. The participants were assessed in the pre-test and post-test stages according to Zigmond and Smith's (1983) depression and anxiety tests and Bass and Perry's (1992) aggression tests. The data were analyzed in SPSS software (version 26) using Covariance analysis.\u0000Results: According to the results of this research, compassion-based treatment had an effect on depression, anxiety, and aggression of medical emergency workers with Covid-19 (P< 0.001). Based on the eta square, this effect was 0.44 on depression, 0.39 on anxiety, and 0.52 on aggression.\u0000Conclusion: Therefore, it is suggested that counselors and therapists use the compassion-based treatment approach to reduce the psychological problems of emergency medical workers, especially during the Covid-19 crisis.","PeriodicalId":129048,"journal":{"name":"Avicenna Journal of Nursing and Midwifery Care","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131048881","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The effect of telemidwifery counseling on breastfeeding self-efficacy in primiparous women during the covid-19 pandemic","authors":"","doi":"10.32592/ajnmc.31.2.124","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.32592/ajnmc.31.2.124","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction: The covid-19 pandemic restrict face-to-face breastfeeding counseling. The present study aimed to investigate \"the effect of telemidwifery counseling on breastfeeding self-efficacy of primiparous mothers during the covid-19 pandemic\".\u0000Methods: In this randomized controlled trial, 122 primiparous pregnant mothers referring to health centers from January to May 2022 participated. Random allocation was done using balanced blocks method. In addition to the usual counseling during prenatal care, the intervention group received virtual breastfeeding counseling individually on the social media platform during pregnancy. Breastfeeding self-efficacy, mother's perception of breastfeeding adequacy, and mother's breastfeeding status were investigated on the 5th, 15th, and 45th days after child birth.\u0000Results: The mean breastfeeding self-efficacy score on the fifth day after childbirth between the two intervention and control groups was not significantly different, but the mean difference of this score (95% confidence interval) between the two groups on the 15th day equals 4.13 (1.41- 6.86) and on the 45th day it was 6.62 (1.12- 4.41), which was significantly higher in the intervention group than the control group. There was no significant difference in the breastfeeding status of the mothers in the two groups during the follow-up period. The mean score of the mother's perception of breastfeeding adequacy in the intervention group was significantly higher than the control group only on the 45th day after delivery with a mean difference of 1.12(0.53-1.71).\u0000Conclusion: Telemidwifery breastfeeding counseling can be suggested as an effective method to increase the breast feeding self-efficacy of primiparous mothers.","PeriodicalId":129048,"journal":{"name":"Avicenna Journal of Nursing and Midwifery Care","volume":"169 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116405705","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Effect of Diabetes Self-care Education through WhatsApp Virtual Messenger on the Self-care Behavior of Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: A Semi-experimental Study","authors":"","doi":"10.32592/ajnmc.31.2.95","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.32592/ajnmc.31.2.95","url":null,"abstract":"Background and Objective: Immediate interventions are necessary to improve the self-care behaviors of diabetic patients. This study aimed to investigate the effect of diabetes self-care education through WhatsApp virtual messenger on the self-care behavior of diabetic patients.\u0000Materials and Methods: This semi-experimental study was conducted in Jiroft, Iran, in 2019, and included 96 patients with type 2 diabetes who met the inclusion criteria and were selected randomly and divided into intervention and control groups using simple random allocation (lottery). The educational content of self-care was sent to the intervention group by the researcher for 8 sessions of 60 minutes (2 sessions per week) through the WhatsApp virtual messenger. Summary of Diabetes Self Care Activities questionnaire was completed in two stages before and one month after the end of the intervention in both groups. The obtained data were analyzed in SPSS software (version 24) through descriptive (Mean±SD) and inferential statistics (ANCOVA).\u0000Results: Before and one month after the intervention, the overall score of self-care behaviors and the scores of such subscales as diet adherence, foot care, blood sugar control, and regular medication use, increased significantly in the intervention group (P<0.001); however, there was no significant change in the overall score of self-care behavior and its subscales in the control group (P>0.05).\u0000Conclusion: Implementation of the self-care education program through WhatsApp virtual messenger helps to improve the self-care behaviors of diabetes patients and can be used as an effective method in preventing the adverse consequences of diabetes.","PeriodicalId":129048,"journal":{"name":"Avicenna Journal of Nursing and Midwifery Care","volume":"18 15","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"113943088","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Assessment of the Barriers to Medical Error Reporting the Viewpoint of Nurses in Selected Hospitals of Ahvaz","authors":"","doi":"10.32592/ajnmc.31.1.65","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.32592/ajnmc.31.1.65","url":null,"abstract":"Background and Objective: Error reporting leads to changes in hospital processes and improved health outcomes. In this regard, this study aimed to examine the barriers to the reporting of medical errors from the viewpoint of nurses in selected hospitals in Ahvaz, Iran.\u0000Materials and Methods: The statistical population of this descriptive analysis research included all the nurses working at Golestan Educational and Medical Hospital, Amir AL-Mominin Hospital, and Aria Hospital, Ahvaz, Iran. The total sample size was calculated at 256 participants with the help of the Morgan table. The required data were collected using Anderson's questionnaire on barriers to reporting medical errors. Quantitative data analysis was performed in SPSS software (version 23).\u0000Results: The results showed that legal factors (2.14±0.476) are the most important reason for not reporting medical errors. Fear of reprimand (85.9%), high workload (92.5%), exposure to accusations (93.8%), and the possibility of added workload (87.4%) were the most important legal, cultural and organizational, supervision regulation, and financial factors, respectively. Moreover, the results showed that the nurses of Golestan and Amir AL-Mominin Public Hospital and Aria Private Hospital stated legal and financial factors as the most important reason for not reporting medical errors, respectively. Besides, the findings revealed that there are significant relationships between the factors of reporting medical errors and the variables of age, work experience, and the amount of overtime.\u0000Conclusion: Effective communication, sufficient support of managers for nurses, the existence of an efficient error reporting system, and effective use of the obtained reports are effective in increasing medical error reporting.","PeriodicalId":129048,"journal":{"name":"Avicenna Journal of Nursing and Midwifery Care","volume":"75 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114544080","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A Comparative Study of BETTER and PLISSIT Approaches in the Treatment of Common Sexual Dysfunction among Women in Isfahan, Iran","authors":"","doi":"10.32592/ajnmc.31.1.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.32592/ajnmc.31.1.1","url":null,"abstract":"Background and Objective: Healthy sexual performance leads to well-being with a high quality of life. The present study aimed to compare BETTER and PLISSIT approaches in the treatment of common sexual dysfunction among women referred to selected treatment centers in Isfahan, Iran in 2022.\u0000Materials and Methods: This quasi-experimental study was conducted on 60 women with common sexual dysfunction (30 in the BETTER group and 30 in the PLISSIT group) who met the inclusion criteria, using a convenient sampling method. The female Sexual Function Index (FSFI) was the data collection tool. The members of the two groups individually participated in face-to-face counseling sessions. A follow-up test and completion of the questionnaires were performed one month and six months after the intervention. Data were analyzed using SPSS software (version 12).\u0000Results: No significant difference was observed in the overall level of sexual function between the two groups before the intervention (P<0.05). However, one month and six months after the intervention, this level was significantly higher in the BETTER group than that in the PLISSIT group (P<0.05). The scores of sexual desire, sexual arousal, orgasm, and sexual satisfaction were significantly higher in the BETTER group one and six months after the intervention compared to those before the intervention, and the score of painful intercourse was significantly lower than that before the intervention.\u0000Conclusion: The present study indicated that education and counseling in the form of a BETTER model can have better results on sexual function.","PeriodicalId":129048,"journal":{"name":"Avicenna Journal of Nursing and Midwifery Care","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129221745","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Relationship between Moral Distress and Moral Courage in Nurses Working in Selected Hospitals of Hamadan University of Medical Sciences during the Covid-19 Pandemic","authors":"","doi":"10.32592/ajnmc.31.1.18","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.32592/ajnmc.31.1.18","url":null,"abstract":"Background and Objective: Moral distress is a harmful factor in nursing and nursing care. Ethical courage helps nurses to perform nursing care. The present study aimed to determine the relationship between moral distress and moral courage of nurses working in selected hospitals of Hamadan University of Medical Sciences during the Covid-19 pandemic.\u0000Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted with the participation of 204 nurses working in selected educational hospitals by random sampling method. Data were collected by the self-report method using a demographic checklist, as well as Corelli Moral Distress and Sekerka Moral Courage questionnaires. The data were analyzed in SPSS software (version 21) using independent t-test, ANOVA, and regression analysis. A P≤0.050 was considered statistically significant.\u0000Results: The results demonstrated that the majority of nurses were male (55.40%) with a mean age of 41.96±9.53 years, working in the emergency department (43.20%), with 5-10 years of work experience (51.38%), and contract employment (57.45%). Moral distress was significantly correlated with gender, place of service, and work experience; moreover, moral courage and age were significantly associated (P≤0.050). Nevertheless, no significant relationship was detected between moral distress and the type of employment. Moral courage was not correlated with the type of employment, work experience, gender, and place of service (P≥0.050). There was a significant negative relationship between moral distress and moral courage (R=-0.863, P≤0.050). The results of the adjusted regression model illustrated that with each unit increase in the moral distress score, the moral courage score decreases by 0.33. This relationship was statistically significant (β=-.033, P<0.001). The mean scores of moral distress and moral courage were 57.61±3.32 and 36.92±2.46, respectively.\u0000Conclusion: Since there is a significant negative relationship between moral distress and moral courage, it is recommended to hold moral motivation workshops to reduce moral distress and increase moral courage for nurses.","PeriodicalId":129048,"journal":{"name":"Avicenna Journal of Nursing and Midwifery Care","volume":"26 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121667014","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Comparison of the effect of face-to-face and virtual group training on the quality of life of postmenopausal women: a randomized controlled trial","authors":"","doi":"10.32592/ajnmc.31.2.114","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.32592/ajnmc.31.2.114","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction: The present study was conducted with the aim of determining and comparing the effect of face-to-face and virtual group training on the quality of life of postmenopausal women. Materials and methods: In this randomized controlled trial study, 96 postmenopausal women covered by the health service centers of Isfahan city were randomly assigned to two groups of face-to-face training and virtual training (48 people). The data collection tools included the questionnaire of demographic characteristics and the quality of life of postmenopausal women questionnaire. Face-to-face training sessions were held one day a week for 4 weeks. In the virtual training, video, audio and text, was placed in the WhatsApp group weekly for 4 weeks. Data were collected before the intervention and 4 weeks after the intervention and analyzed in SPSS software with the help of descriptive and analytical tests. A significance level of less than 0.05 was considered. Results: The results showed that in both face-to-face and virtual training groups, the mean scores of the total quality of life and in the areas of vasomotor symptoms, physical symptoms, psycho-social symptoms and sexual dysfunction decreased significantly after the intervention (P<0.001). After the intervention, the mean quality of life scores between the two groups did not show a statistically significant difference (P<0.05). Conclusion: Considering the positive effect of both face-to-face training and virtual training on improving the quality of life in menopausal women, the use of both types of training methods can be suggested in care and support programs for women during menopause.","PeriodicalId":129048,"journal":{"name":"Avicenna Journal of Nursing and Midwifery Care","volume":"62 14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114138336","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Investigating the Effect of Nursing Counseling on Health-related Anxiety and its Relationship with Trust in Nursing Services in Outpatients Referring to Health Services","authors":"","doi":"10.32592/ajnmc.31.1.57","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.32592/ajnmc.31.1.57","url":null,"abstract":"Background and Objective: We are witnessing a marked increase in demand for outpatient services. Patients experience health-related anxiety, which exerts destructive effects on the treatment. The control and management of this anxiety create confidence in health services. The present study aimed to determine the effect of nursing counseling on health anxiety and its relationship with trust in nursing services in the outpatient department.\u0000Materials and Methods: In this quasi-experimental study conducted in 2021, 60 participants were randomly selected from the outpatient department of a clinic and assigned to two groups: intervention and control. Data collection tools were a demographic information questionnaire, Alkovskis and Warwick Health Anxiety, and Trust in Nurses Scale (TNS) (Radwin and Cabral, 2010). The participants answered demographic and health anxiety questionnaires. After the visit, the intervention group received nursing counseling, while the control group only received routine training. One week later, the participants answered the health anxiety questionnaire and trust in nurses scale again. Data were analyzed in SPSS software (version 18) using descriptive and inferential statistical tests.\u0000Results: The mean of health anxiety before the consulting was not significantly different between the two groups (P=0.20); nonetheless, after the consulting, the intervention group obtained a lower mean score compared to the control group (P>0.001). There was a significant difference between this mean before and after consulting in the intervention group (P>0.001). There was a significant positive relationship between receiving nursing counseling and confidence in nursing services (P>0.001) (C.V=-0.145).\u0000Conclusion: As evidenced by the results of this study, the provision of nursing consultation reduces patients' health anxiety and increases confidence in nursing services. It is suggested to pay attention to this role of nurses in outpatient departments.","PeriodicalId":129048,"journal":{"name":"Avicenna Journal of Nursing and Midwifery Care","volume":"29 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116567115","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}