Showing 9 results for Performance
Masomeh Delaram, Ali Hasanpoor Dehkordi, Kobra Noriyan, Afsaneh Kazemyan, Nasrin Fouroozandeh,
Volume 0, Issue 0 (2-2008)
Abstract
Background and Objectives: Emergency contraception methods used in a specilic time after an unprotected intercourse can reduce the incidence of unwanted pregnancy. Considering the role of health care provider's intercourse can extremely reduce the incidence of unwanted pregnancy, Considering the role of health- care providers in preventing unintended pregnancy, we decided to assess their knowledge, Attitude and Practice about emergency contraceptive methods in Shahr-e-kord, Irun.
Material and Methods: The subjects of this descriptive study were 102 lealth care providers engaged in all heath centers (N=9) and Hajar hospital of shahr-e-kord. After collecting the data by a researcher- made questionnaire, we used Chi-square and Pearson correlation coefficient to analyze the data
Results: The results show that their knowledge of emergency contraceptive methods is inadequate (5.9%), moderate (37.3 %) and adequate (59.9%). Their attitude (80%) is positive and believe that these methods can not be considered abortion. More than 70% of them try to recommend these methods to the women. There is signilicant correlation between the level of knowledge and education level (P=0.002).
Conclusion: We recommend updating the people's knowledge about emergency contraceptive methods, mainly jud
Mis Roghieh Nazari, Mr Mohammad Saberi, Mis Sima Khazaie Nezhad,
Volume 9, Issue 1 (8-2012)
Abstract
Background and Objective : Nosocomial infection is a major cause of mortality and morbidity in hospitalized patient. Some experts believe that nurses have a major role in infection control. We aimed to examine and compare the knowledge and practice of prevention and control of Nosocomial infection among nurses and nursing students in Amol.
Material and Methods : This cross-sectional study was conducted on 190 nurses working in state hospitals of Amol (n=100) and internship nursing students (n=90) in 2010.We collected the data by a questionnaire including personal characteristics, knowledge and practice part, and analyzed, using statistical software SPSS-16,by descriptive statistics and independent samples t-test, chi-square and Pearson correlation.
Results: The mean score of nurses' knowledge and practice, respectively, was 6.91±1.06 and 8.00±1.33 in the range of 0-10 that is significantly more than students' knowledge and practice 6.29±1.73 and 7.56 ± 7.56(P=0.009). More Than half of the participants (59% of students and 53.4% nurses) have a moderate level of knowledge. There is significant difference between nurses' knowledge and students' (P=0.003).
Conclusion: The results suggest that students’ knowledge and performance is weaker than those of nurses. And they both need to receive Documented and managed training programs related to prevention and control of nosocomial infection during their educational period and work.
Keywords: Knowledge, Performance, Nosocomial infection, Nurse, Nursing student, Prevention
Shiva Pejmankhah, Sheida Pejmankhah, Dr Hamid Alavi Majd,
Volume 10, Issue 1 (4-2013)
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Background and Objective: Nurses should be so determined and competent that, in the dynamic and changing conditions of the patients, they could use their technical skills and professional knowledge to make a rigorous clinical judgment about the patient's health status. Accordingly, a study was conducted to assess the health status of patients and nurses in the hospitals affiliated with the social security organization in Tehran, Iran.
Material and Methods: This descriptive – analytical study was conducted on 96 nurses working in medical-surgical and emergency wards of the hospitals affiliated with Social Security Organization in Tehran. The instrument was a questionnaire including two parts of demographic data and 11 questions for assessing nurses' performance. To analyze the data, we useddescriptive and inferential statistics.
Results: The mean age is 7.15 ± 32.8 and 75% of the patients are females. Their (53.1%) work of experience is between 73-96 months and their (52.1%) performance is observed poor. There is significant correlation between nurses' performance and variables such as gender, age, marital status, work experience and ward of hospital.
Conclusion: Because of low performance of the nurses, it is important for nurses to assess the health status of patients , the same as physicians using screening forms on the file of patients.
Dr Asieh Sadat Baniaghil, Dr Ebrahim Salehi Omran , Dr Mohammad Fazeli, Dr Vahid Fallah,
Volume 11, Issue 1 (5-2014)
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Background and Objective: the world moving toward a knowledge based economy has led efficient human capital trained in university to the most important competitive factor in each country. Thus , it is vitally important to identify the factors related to their functions. The goal of this study was to explore the relationship between cultural capital and academic performance of Gorgan University of medical sciences’ students.
Material and Methods: This descriptive-analytical study was conducted ( 2013) on 126 randomly selected students , with at least 3 years of College experience, who had not any known physical or mental illnesses. The questionnaires, completed self-reportedly, were cultural capital and academic performance whose face and content validity (quantetive and qualitative) as well as reliability (internal consistency test) were confirmed. In data analysis, using SPSS-19, we measured frequency, Pearson Correlation Coefficient and stepwise regression techniques (0.05).
Results: Based on the results, there was a significant positive correlation (r = 0.45) between cultural capital and academic performance in that the higher cultural capital score the better academic performance. Furthemore, using the prediction formula, students’ academic performance can be predicted by their cultural capital.
Conclusion: According to the findings, the promotion of cultural capital can affect on academic performance of students.
Ahmad Nooreddini, Soheila Sedaghat, Dr Akram Sanagu, Hojjatollah Hoshyari, Bahman Cheraghian,
Volume 12, Issue 1 (4-2015)
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Background and Objective: Direct observation of medical learner working on real patients is of paramount importance to assess practical competency. The direct observation clinical skills (DOPS) needs to be performed by direct observation of the learner and simultaneous evaluation by a questionnaire. This study aimed to assess the effect of clinical skills evaluation applied by DOPS on the clinical performance nursing students.
Material and Methods: This quasi-experimental study was conducted on 35 nursing students allocated randomly to case and control groups, 2013. The data was collected by a research-made questionnaire and analyzed by Wilcoxon, Mann Whitney, Spearman Coefficient (r = 0.05) and Kappa Coefficient (K= 0.6), using SPSS software.
Results: The participants of case group were evaluated three times by DOPS and the ones in control were assessed once by routine method. The DOPS average point of case group stage 2 and 3 was significantly higher than that of controls (0.0001). But in control group, no change in mean point and no promotion in clinical performance were observed.
Conclusion: The accurate implementation of DOPS can be a useful approach to connect knowledge to development of professional and skillful behavior. Thus, we recommend that the faculty members of nursing schools to focus on this way of evaluation and other modern approaches to develop continuing education.
Maasumeh Jaafarpour, Dr Mohsen Maroufi, Dr Mitra Molaeinezhad,
Volume 12, Issue 3 (2-2016)
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Background and Objective: Sexual self-concept (SSC) is considered as an important factor in human sexual performance. This study aimed at assessing the relationship between SSC and sexual performance in a group of Iranian married women.
Material and Methods: This correlational study was conducted on 374 married women selected via cluster random sampling in health centers of Mobarakeh, 2013. The data was collected by Multidimensional Sexual Self-concept Questionnaire (MSSCQ) and female sexual function index (FSFI), and analyzed by pearson correlation and multiple regressions.
Results: In accordance with the mean scores of positive SSC (106.32±35.03), negative SSC (36.64±5.16) and sexual performance (22.30±2.68), there was a significant correlation between positive SSC and sexual performance(r= 0.23, p<0.001), and between negative SSC and sexual performance (r= 0.38, p<0.001). Furthermore, positive SSC directly and negative SSC inversely was the predictor of sexual performance of married women.
Conclusion: Given the results, the women with higher positive SCC may have better sexual function. It seems that SCC score can be a significant predictor of women's sexual functioning.
Fahimeh Dehghani, Fatemeh Foroughian Yazdi, Rohollah Askari,
Volume 16, Issue 2 (11-2019)
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Background: The quality of hospital systems depends greatly on the performance of nurses, and the performance of nurses has a significant effect on individual patients` satisfaction. Therefore, it is important to examine the factors related to nurses' performance. This study was designed to investigate the relationship between spiritual intelligence and occupational hardiness and the job performance in pre-hospital and hospital emergency nurses in Yazd.
Methods: This cross-sectional study was carried out on 132 nurses working in pre-hospital and hospital emergency in Yazd University of Medical Sciences, who were selected using stratified sampling with proportional allocation in 2016. Data were collected through three questionnaires including spiritual intelligence, occupational hardiness and job performance. Data was analyzed using descriptive statistics and multiple regression in SPSS version 19.0 (IBM, USA).
Results: The mean score of job performance, spiritual intelligence and occupational hardiness were 52.46±11.16, 121.32±12.59, and 53.29±8.72, respectively. According to the results, spiritual intelligence and occupational hardiness can predict the job performance. (R2=%18, P<0.01). Both spiritual intelligence (β=0.32, P=0.001) and occupational hardiness (β=0.24, P=0.004) showed significant positive contribution in the prediction of the job performance.
Conclusions: According to the results, developing spiritual intelligence and occupational hardiness can help to improve the job performance of the pre-hospital and hospital emergency nurses.
Hamideh Mancheri, Zahra Sabzi, Zahra Royani, Zahra Talebi, Somaye Sadeghian,
Volume 20, Issue 1 (4-2023)
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Background: The curious, unplanned, and aimlessly searches of students on the internet result in a type of addiction to the internet and can have negative effects on their academic performance. This study aimed to investigate the effects of cyberspace addiction on the academic performance of nursing and midwifery students.
Methods: This cross-sectional study was performed on 302 nursing and midwifery students of Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Iran. Data were collected online using the Internet Addiction Test and a cell phone addiction questionnaire. The collected data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and Spearman’s, Mann-Whitney, and Kruskal-Wallis tests. The statistical significance level was set at 0.05.
Results: The average score of internet addiction was 44.61±12.77 (at a low level), and the average score of cell phone addiction was 51.46±14.59 (at a moderate level). There was a significant relationship between cell phone addiction and marital status (P=0.038) and age (P=0.011). The average score of internet addiction was significantly higher in dormitory students than in non-dormitory students (P = 0.011).
Conclusion: Considering the existence of cyberspace addiction among nursing and midwifery students, it is recommended to hold educational workshops to increase awareness about the consequences of this problem.
Mohammad Amin Alizadeh , Farideh Tohidi ,
Volume 23, Issue 1 (3-2026)
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Background: Toxoplasmosis poses a significant risk to pregnant women because of its potential for vertical transmission to the fetus. This study aimed to evaluate the knowledge and preventive practices of pregnant women regarding toxoplasmosis.
Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted among 506 pregnant women attending urban comprehensive health centers in Gorgan, northern Iran, between January 2023 and September 2024. Participants were selected using a stratified multistage cluster sampling method. Data were collected using a questionnaire with established validity and reliability. Statistical analyses were performed using SPSS version 25. Data were analyzed using analysis of variance (ANOVA), the independent-samples t-test, and Pearson's correlation coefficient. A p-value < 0.05 was considered statistically significant.
Results: A total of 506 pregnant women participated in the study. The mean maternal age was 26.79 ± 6.89 years, the mean gestational age was 25.88 ± 9.05 weeks, and the mean monthly household income was 8.85 ± 6.44 million Iranian rials. Overall, 41.7% of participants demonstrated poor knowledge regarding toxoplasmosis, and knowledge levels were predominantly poor to moderate, whereas 77% of participants correctly answered the questions assessing preventive practices. Statistical analysis revealed a significant positive correlation between maternal age and knowledge scores (r = 0.123, p = 0.006), as well as between household income and practice scores (r = 0.10, p = 0.02). In other words, higher household income was associated with better preventive practice scores. Multivariable regression analysis identified maternal age (B = 0.09, p = 0.005) and household income (B = 0.11, p = 0.002) as independent predictors of knowledge scores, while household income independently predicted practice scores (B = 0.06, p = 0.01).
Conclusion: The findings of this study indicate that knowledge regarding toxoplasmosis among pregnant women remains at a moderate to low level, whereas preventive practices are generally satisfactory. Integrating targeted education on toxoplasmosis into routine antenatal care services may represent an effective strategy for improving maternal and fetal health outcomes in endemic regions such as northern Iran.
