Background: Cigarette Smoking plays an important role in causing chronic diseases around the world and its consumption among adolescents is quickly increasing. Significant relationship has been reported between the smoking status and health literacy. Objective: This investigation aimed at recognizing the relationships between smoking intention and various dimensions of health literacy in university students. Methods: In the current cross-sectional investigation, 542 students of Mashhad Universities of Applied Sciences were collected using cluster sampling method. Data collection tools were sociodemographic, health literacy, and smoking intention questionnaire. Data were analyzed through SPSS software. Results: Among the various investigated dimensions of health literacy, the decision making and health information application dimension has the lowest score and the reading skills and access dimensions have the highest score, respectively. Results showed that the smoking intention was associated significantly with decision making (ß Standard: -0.27, Confidence interval: -0.03 - -0.01) and health information application and access dimensions (ß Standard: -0.3, Confidence interval: -0.03 - -0.02). Furthermore, decision making and health information application dimension was the strongest smoking intention predictor. Conclusion: Recognizing the skills that are most strongly associated with smoking decision-making can help designers develop clear, informative, and actionable programs and training. The findings of this investigation indicated the fact that in order to reduce the intention of smoking and in contrast to increase carrying out preventive and healthy behaviors among university students, specific consideration must be had to the factor of health literacy and its effective dimensions.
{"title":"The Relationships Between Smoking Intention and Various Dimensions of Health Literacy Among University Students","authors":"S. Mohammadnabizadeh, Vahid Ghavami","doi":"10.32598/cjhr.8.3.476.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.32598/cjhr.8.3.476.1","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Cigarette Smoking plays an important role in causing chronic diseases around the world and its consumption among adolescents is quickly increasing. Significant relationship has been reported between the smoking status and health literacy. Objective: This investigation aimed at recognizing the relationships between smoking intention and various dimensions of health literacy in university students. Methods: In the current cross-sectional investigation, 542 students of Mashhad Universities of Applied Sciences were collected using cluster sampling method. Data collection tools were sociodemographic, health literacy, and smoking intention questionnaire. Data were analyzed through SPSS software. Results: Among the various investigated dimensions of health literacy, the decision making and health information application dimension has the lowest score and the reading skills and access dimensions have the highest score, respectively. Results showed that the smoking intention was associated significantly with decision making (ß Standard: -0.27, Confidence interval: -0.03 - -0.01) and health information application and access dimensions (ß Standard: -0.3, Confidence interval: -0.03 - -0.02). Furthermore, decision making and health information application dimension was the strongest smoking intention predictor. Conclusion: Recognizing the skills that are most strongly associated with smoking decision-making can help designers develop clear, informative, and actionable programs and training. The findings of this investigation indicated the fact that in order to reduce the intention of smoking and in contrast to increase carrying out preventive and healthy behaviors among university students, specific consideration must be had to the factor of health literacy and its effective dimensions.","PeriodicalId":112656,"journal":{"name":"Caspian Journal of Health Research","volume":"49 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130985038","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}
Saman Rastgoo, G. Shokoohi, Hooshmand Ghorbaani Barnaaji, A. Abolghazi
Background:Crimean Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) is an emerging tick-borne viral zoonotic disease that is endemic in Iran. The CCHF virus is spread by an RNA virus of the genus Orthonairovirus , the family Nairoviridae. CCHF has been identified as the most frequent viral hemorrhagic fever in Iran. The route of CCHF transmission to humans is through infected tick bites, contact with infected livestock, infected blood or tissues of humans. Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate the infection of livestocks with different species of ticks and also to determine the presence of CCHF virus in the ticks in Jahrom township. Methods:A total of 200 ticks were collected from Jahrom township, Fars Province, Southern Iran. To detect virus in infected ticks, total RNA was extracted using the RNeasy Mini Kit Qiagen and subjected to reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction. Results:Of all the ticks tested, twelve (6%) were positive for the virus, 124 (62%) belonged to the species Rhipicephalus sanguineus, 37 (18.5%) belonged to Hyalomma anatolicum, 23 (11.5%) belonged to Hyalomma marginatus, 7 (3.5%) belonged to Hyalomma asiaticum, 4 (2%) belonged to Hyalomma dromedarii, and 5 (2.5%) belonged to Rhipicephalus bursa. Of the 200 ticks collected in the area, 117 (58.5%) were male and 83 (41.5%) were female. Conclusion:In this study, for the first time, we analyzed tick samples collected from Jahrom township for the presence of CCHF virus. The findings of our study might be valuable for designing preventive measures regarding CCHF in Fars province, although further studies are required.
背景:克里米亚刚果出血热(CCHF)是一种新出现的蜱传病毒性人畜共患疾病，在伊朗流行。CCHF病毒由一种正鼻虫病毒属(鼻虫病毒科)的RNA病毒传播。CCHF已被确定为伊朗最常见的病毒性出血热。CCHF传播给人类的途径是通过受感染的蜱叮咬、与受感染的牲畜接触、受感染的血液或人类组织。目的:调查贾罗姆镇不同种类蜱对家畜的感染情况，确定蜱中是否存在CCHF病毒。方法:在伊朗南部法尔斯省Jahrom镇采集蜱虫200只。采用RNeasy Mini Kit Qiagen试剂盒提取总RNA，逆转录聚合酶链反应检测感染蜱的病毒。结果:检出病毒阳性蜱12只(6%)，其中血头蜱124只(62%)、鸭眼透明体37只(18.5%)、边缘透明体23只(11.5%)、亚洲透明体7只(3.5%)、单峰透明体4只(2%)、法氏鼻头蜱5只(2.5%)。共捕获蜱200只，其中雄蜱117只(58.5%)，雌蜱83只(41.5%)。结论:本研究首次对采自Jahrom镇的蜱类标本进行了CCHF病毒检测。我们的研究结果可能对法尔斯省CCHF的预防措施设计有价值，尽管需要进一步的研究。
{"title":"Crimean Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus in Ticks Isolated from Ruminants in Jahrom, Fars Province, Southern Iran","authors":"Saman Rastgoo, G. Shokoohi, Hooshmand Ghorbaani Barnaaji, A. Abolghazi","doi":"10.32598/cjhr.8.3.496.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.32598/cjhr.8.3.496.1","url":null,"abstract":"Background:Crimean Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) is an emerging tick-borne viral zoonotic disease that is endemic in Iran. The CCHF virus is spread by an RNA virus of the genus Orthonairovirus , the family Nairoviridae. CCHF has been identified as the most frequent viral hemorrhagic fever in Iran. The route of CCHF transmission to humans is through infected tick bites, contact with infected livestock, infected blood or tissues of humans. Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate the infection of livestocks with different species of ticks and also to determine the presence of CCHF virus in the ticks in Jahrom township. Methods:A total of 200 ticks were collected from Jahrom township, Fars Province, Southern Iran. To detect virus in infected ticks, total RNA was extracted using the RNeasy Mini Kit Qiagen and subjected to reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction. Results:Of all the ticks tested, twelve (6%) were positive for the virus, 124 (62%) belonged to the species Rhipicephalus sanguineus, 37 (18.5%) belonged to Hyalomma anatolicum, 23 (11.5%) belonged to Hyalomma marginatus, 7 (3.5%) belonged to Hyalomma asiaticum, 4 (2%) belonged to Hyalomma dromedarii, and 5 (2.5%) belonged to Rhipicephalus bursa. Of the 200 ticks collected in the area, 117 (58.5%) were male and 83 (41.5%) were female. Conclusion:In this study, for the first time, we analyzed tick samples collected from Jahrom township for the presence of CCHF virus. The findings of our study might be valuable for designing preventive measures regarding CCHF in Fars province, although further studies are required.","PeriodicalId":112656,"journal":{"name":"Caspian Journal of Health Research","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131168933","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}
Background: COVID-19 pandemic has created many serious challenges to the frontline workers in their day-to-day job activities. Job satisfaction among healthcare workers is most predominant component to smooth functioning of institutional activities and to improve the quality of patient care. Objective: To find out job satisfaction among frontline healthcare workers during COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 228 healthcare workers (doctors and nurses) working in Chitwan Medical College Teaching Hospital (CMC-TH) during the COVID-19 pandemic. A simple random sampling technique was used to select the sample and a self-administered structured questionnaire with a job satisfaction scale was used to collect the data. Obtained data were analyzed in SPSS version 20 for Windows using descriptive and inferential statistics. Results: The majority (71.1%) of the healthcare workers were ambivalent whereas few (18%) were satisfied, and 11.0% were dissatisfied with their job during the COVID-19 pandemic. Healthcare workers' median percentage satisfaction score was higher on the domains of coworkers (70.8%), nature of work (70.8%), and supervision (70.8%) whereas lower on fringe benefits (54.2%), and contingent rewards (54.2%) other domains. There was a statistically significant association between job satisfaction level with age (p=0.037), marital status (p= <0.001) and experience (p=0.016) of the doctors and nurses. Conclusions: Job satisfaction is very low among healthcare workers in a teaching hospital. Hence, appropriate strategies are needed to be implemented considering the identified domains of satisfaction to enhance the healthcare workers’ job satisfaction and quality patients’ care.
背景:新冠肺炎疫情给一线工作人员的日常工作带来了许多严峻挑战。卫生保健工作者的工作满意度是机构活动顺利运作和提高患者护理质量的最主要组成部分。目的:了解新冠肺炎大流行期间一线医护人员的工作满意度。方法:对新冠肺炎大流行期间在奇旺医学院附属医院(CMC-TH)工作的228名医护人员(医生和护士)进行横断面调查。采用简单的随机抽样方法选取样本，采用自我管理的结构化问卷和工作满意度量表收集数据。获得的数据在SPSS version 20 for Windows中使用描述性和推断性统计进行分析。结果:在新冠肺炎疫情期间，大多数医护人员(71.1%)对自己的工作感到矛盾，少数(18%)感到满意，11.0%的医护人员对自己的工作不满意。医务工作者的满意度中位数在同事(70.8%)、工作性质(70.8%)和监督(70.8%)领域较高，而在附带福利(54.2%)和偶然奖励(54.2%)其他领域较低。医护人员的工作满意度与年龄(p=0.037)、婚姻状况(p= <0.001)、工作经验(p=0.016)存在显著的相关。结论:某教学医院医护人员工作满意度较低。因此，考虑到确定的满意度领域，需要实施适当的策略，以提高医护人员的工作满意度和高质量的患者护理。
{"title":"Job Satisfaction Among Healthcare Workers Working During COVID-19 Pandemic at a Private Teaching Hospital in Nepal.","authors":"Ram Prasad Sharma G, K. Sharma, Sunita Uprety","doi":"10.32598/cjhr.8.3.488.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.32598/cjhr.8.3.488.1","url":null,"abstract":"Background: COVID-19 pandemic has created many serious challenges to the frontline workers in their day-to-day job activities. Job satisfaction among healthcare workers is most predominant component to smooth functioning of institutional activities and to improve the quality of patient care. Objective: To find out job satisfaction among frontline healthcare workers during COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 228 healthcare workers (doctors and nurses) working in Chitwan Medical College Teaching Hospital (CMC-TH) during the COVID-19 pandemic. A simple random sampling technique was used to select the sample and a self-administered structured questionnaire with a job satisfaction scale was used to collect the data. Obtained data were analyzed in SPSS version 20 for Windows using descriptive and inferential statistics. Results: The majority (71.1%) of the healthcare workers were ambivalent whereas few (18%) were satisfied, and 11.0% were dissatisfied with their job during the COVID-19 pandemic. Healthcare workers' median percentage satisfaction score was higher on the domains of coworkers (70.8%), nature of work (70.8%), and supervision (70.8%) whereas lower on fringe benefits (54.2%), and contingent rewards (54.2%) other domains. There was a statistically significant association between job satisfaction level with age (p=0.037), marital status (p= <0.001) and experience (p=0.016) of the doctors and nurses. Conclusions: Job satisfaction is very low among healthcare workers in a teaching hospital. Hence, appropriate strategies are needed to be implemented considering the identified domains of satisfaction to enhance the healthcare workers’ job satisfaction and quality patients’ care.","PeriodicalId":112656,"journal":{"name":"Caspian Journal of Health Research","volume":"2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133469190","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}
S. Omidi, Elham Zolelmeyn, M. Shirzad-Siboni, Mohammad Naimi-jobani, Azita Mohagheghian
Background: The entry of heavy metals into the food chain is an important environmental challenge for humans. Due to their potential for accumulating in the body, the different aspects of the hazard posed by heavy metals should be carefully examined. Objectives: The present study was conducted to determine the concentrations of heavy metals such as Arsenic (As), Cadmium (Cd), Chromium (Cr), Lead (Pb), and Nickel (Ni) in tuber crops i.e., potatoes and onions in Rasht, north of Iran. Materials & Methods: A total of 140 potatoes and onions that were planted in difference cities of Iran were randomly procured from the city's fresh market in the spring during ten-day intervals. The acid digestion method was used for the preparation of the samples and the heavy metals were measured using an Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectrometer (ICP-OES). Results: The mean concentration of Pb, Cd, Cr, and Ni found in the potato samples were 0.057, 0.079, 0.299, and 0.190 mg/kg of dry weight, respectively. The mean concentration of Pb, Cd, Cr, and Ni found in the onion samples were 0.067, 0.020, 0.275, and 0.235 mg/kg of dry weight, respectively. In both products, the amount of As was less than the device’s detection limit (1.187 ppb). The mean concentration of heavy metals in the products received from the northern region was higher than the central and southern parts of Iran. Conclusion: The results of this study showed that the mean concentration of Pb in both potatoes and onions were in the normal range. Similarly, the mean concentration of Cd, in onions was under the standard limit, but it was higher than the standard limit in some potato samples. Also, the mean concentration of Cr was higher than the standard limit.
{"title":"Assessment of Heavy Metals in Potato and Onion Supplies in Rasht","authors":"S. Omidi, Elham Zolelmeyn, M. Shirzad-Siboni, Mohammad Naimi-jobani, Azita Mohagheghian","doi":"10.32598/cjhr.8.3.367.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.32598/cjhr.8.3.367.1","url":null,"abstract":"Background: The entry of heavy metals into the food chain is an important environmental challenge for humans. Due to their potential for accumulating in the body, the different aspects of the hazard posed by heavy metals should be carefully examined. Objectives: The present study was conducted to determine the concentrations of heavy metals such as Arsenic (As), Cadmium (Cd), Chromium (Cr), Lead (Pb), and Nickel (Ni) in tuber crops i.e., potatoes and onions in Rasht, north of Iran. Materials & Methods: A total of 140 potatoes and onions that were planted in difference cities of Iran were randomly procured from the city's fresh market in the spring during ten-day intervals. The acid digestion method was used for the preparation of the samples and the heavy metals were measured using an Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectrometer (ICP-OES). Results: The mean concentration of Pb, Cd, Cr, and Ni found in the potato samples were 0.057, 0.079, 0.299, and 0.190 mg/kg of dry weight, respectively. The mean concentration of Pb, Cd, Cr, and Ni found in the onion samples were 0.067, 0.020, 0.275, and 0.235 mg/kg of dry weight, respectively. In both products, the amount of As was less than the device’s detection limit (1.187 ppb). The mean concentration of heavy metals in the products received from the northern region was higher than the central and southern parts of Iran. Conclusion: The results of this study showed that the mean concentration of Pb in both potatoes and onions were in the normal range. Similarly, the mean concentration of Cd, in onions was under the standard limit, but it was higher than the standard limit in some potato samples. Also, the mean concentration of Cr was higher than the standard limit.","PeriodicalId":112656,"journal":{"name":"Caspian Journal of Health Research","volume":"52 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127222873","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}
Background: The COVID-19 virus epidemic has caused a major physical and psychological burden on nurses in Iran and around the world. Objectives: The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of anxiety and resilience in predicting occupational fatigue in nurses during the COVID ‐ 19 virus epidemic in Iran. Materials & Methods: This cross-sectional online survey was conducted on the nurses of Razi and Porsina public hospitals in Rasht, north of Iran. A total of 160 nurses of were selected using simple random sampling method. Data were collected using the Swedish occupational fatigue inventory (SOFI), the corona disease anxiety scale (CDAS) and the Connor-Davidson resilience scale (CD-RISC). Results: Participation rate was 87.5%. The score level of most nurses in CDAS was low to moderate. The CDAS score was higher in women and those who work in the COVID units than those who work in both the COVID and non-COVID units. The CD-RISC score was higher in married people than singles and in people with permanent employment status than in contract and temporary employment status. SOFI was positively correlated with CDAS and negatively correlated with CD-RISC; But CDAS and CD-RISC were not significantly related (p<0.05). In multivariate linear regression model. Anxiety was the only significant independent predictor of occupational fatigue (B=1.16, P<0.001). Conclusion: Despite the COVID-19 epidemic crisis in the fourth wave and high mortality, anxiety level in nurses was low and moderate, which can be attributed to the COVID-19 vaccine. But the anxiety score still played an important role in occupational fatigue. It is suggested that appropriate interventions be developed and implemented to improve nurses' anxiety to stressful epidemic conditions of Covid-19 and thereafter.
{"title":"Anxiety, Resilience and Occupational Fatigue in Nurses during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Iran","authors":"A. Saberi, S. Saadat, Azin Boromand, R. Soleimani","doi":"10.32598/cjhr.8.2.311.3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.32598/cjhr.8.2.311.3","url":null,"abstract":"Background: The COVID-19 virus epidemic has caused a major physical and psychological burden on nurses in Iran and around the world. Objectives: The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of anxiety and resilience in predicting occupational fatigue in nurses during the COVID ‐ 19 virus epidemic in Iran. Materials & Methods: This cross-sectional online survey was conducted on the nurses of Razi and Porsina public hospitals in Rasht, north of Iran. A total of 160 nurses of were selected using simple random sampling method. Data were collected using the Swedish occupational fatigue inventory (SOFI), the corona disease anxiety scale (CDAS) and the Connor-Davidson resilience scale (CD-RISC). Results: Participation rate was 87.5%. The score level of most nurses in CDAS was low to moderate. The CDAS score was higher in women and those who work in the COVID units than those who work in both the COVID and non-COVID units. The CD-RISC score was higher in married people than singles and in people with permanent employment status than in contract and temporary employment status. SOFI was positively correlated with CDAS and negatively correlated with CD-RISC; But CDAS and CD-RISC were not significantly related (p<0.05). In multivariate linear regression model. Anxiety was the only significant independent predictor of occupational fatigue (B=1.16, P<0.001). Conclusion: Despite the COVID-19 epidemic crisis in the fourth wave and high mortality, anxiety level in nurses was low and moderate, which can be attributed to the COVID-19 vaccine. But the anxiety score still played an important role in occupational fatigue. It is suggested that appropriate interventions be developed and implemented to improve nurses' anxiety to stressful epidemic conditions of Covid-19 and thereafter.","PeriodicalId":112656,"journal":{"name":"Caspian Journal of Health Research","volume":"52 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132784168","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}
Background: Female heads of households (FHHs) experience more anxiety and stress which result in many mood swings that can affect their belief in their capabilities and decrease the feeling of enjoyment of life. Objective: The present study aimed to investigate the relationship between social support and psychological capital with the empowerment of female heads of households through the mediating role of cognitive emotion regulation. Materials & Methods: The current descriptive cross-sectional study was performed on all female heads of households referring to Imam Khomeini Relief Foundation and the Welfare Department of Yasuj city, of whom, 250 were selected as the sample using convenience sampling method. The psychological empowerment instrument, the psychological capital questionnaire, the multidimensional scale of perceived social support, and the cognitive emotion regulation Questionnaire (short form) were used to collect data. Data were then analyzed using Pearson correlation coefficient and path analysis in SPSS and AMOS 25. Results: The results showed that there was a positive correlation between empowerment and social support (r=0.29), psychological capital (r=0.44), and adaptive emotion regulation (r=0.36). Moreover, there was a negative correlation between empowerment and maladaptive emotion regulation (r=-0.35). The results showed that the indirect correlation of social support and psychological capital with the empowerment of the FHHs was significant through the mediating role of cognitive emotion regulation (P<0.001). Conclusions: The proposed model had a good fit. Empowering FHHs and improving their social support and psychological capital will enable them to deal with stress resulting from daily problems.
{"title":"The Relationship of Social Support and Psychological Capital with Empowerment of Female Heads of Households: The Mediating Role of Cognitive Emotion Regulation","authors":"Maryam Behroz, F. Marashian, M. Alizadeh","doi":"10.32598/cjhr.8.2.408.2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.32598/cjhr.8.2.408.2","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Female heads of households (FHHs) experience more anxiety and stress which result in many mood swings that can affect their belief in their capabilities and decrease the feeling of enjoyment of life. Objective: The present study aimed to investigate the relationship between social support and psychological capital with the empowerment of female heads of households through the mediating role of cognitive emotion regulation. Materials & Methods: The current descriptive cross-sectional study was performed on all female heads of households referring to Imam Khomeini Relief Foundation and the Welfare Department of Yasuj city, of whom, 250 were selected as the sample using convenience sampling method. The psychological empowerment instrument, the psychological capital questionnaire, the multidimensional scale of perceived social support, and the cognitive emotion regulation Questionnaire (short form) were used to collect data. Data were then analyzed using Pearson correlation coefficient and path analysis in SPSS and AMOS 25. Results: The results showed that there was a positive correlation between empowerment and social support (r=0.29), psychological capital (r=0.44), and adaptive emotion regulation (r=0.36). Moreover, there was a negative correlation between empowerment and maladaptive emotion regulation (r=-0.35). The results showed that the indirect correlation of social support and psychological capital with the empowerment of the FHHs was significant through the mediating role of cognitive emotion regulation (P<0.001). Conclusions: The proposed model had a good fit. Empowering FHHs and improving their social support and psychological capital will enable them to deal with stress resulting from daily problems.","PeriodicalId":112656,"journal":{"name":"Caspian Journal of Health Research","volume":"62 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123688485","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}
Background: It has been established that active aging should be a policy objective for aging societies. Objective: the present study aimed to test the feasibility and effectiveness of a community-based counseling intervention for active aging. Materials & Methods: The current quasi-experimental study was conducted on all elderly men who were referred to Salmandan park, the southern side of Zayandeh Rood Bastar Park between the Khajo and Bozorgmehr bridges of Isfahan, Iran in 2022. A total of 30 people were selected through the convenience sampling method. The experimental group (n=15) received eight sessions (60 minutes sessions per week) of Community-based counseling intervention, while the control group (n=15) did not receive any training. Data were collected by Ryff's Psychological Well-Being Scale (PWB) and Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS). Results: Active aging protocol was effective in psychological well-being (F1,28=19.52; P<0.001, η2=0.764) and depression (F1,28=20.36; P<0.001, η2=0.791). Conclusion: The findings revealed that the community-based counseling approach improved depression and psychological well-being in the elderly. Increasing evidence suggests that any meaningful activity is beneficial for different aspects of well-being in older people.
{"title":"Community-Based Counseling Intervention for Depression and Psychological Well-being in the Elderly: A pilot quasi-experimental study","authors":"A. Amiri, Roghayeh Taghipour, Maryam Rahimzadeh Soumesaraee, Zahra Meftahy, Saeed Alizade","doi":"10.32598/cjhr.8.2.465.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.32598/cjhr.8.2.465.1","url":null,"abstract":"Background: It has been established that active aging should be a policy objective for aging societies. Objective: the present study aimed to test the feasibility and effectiveness of a community-based counseling intervention for active aging. Materials & Methods: The current quasi-experimental study was conducted on all elderly men who were referred to Salmandan park, the southern side of Zayandeh Rood Bastar Park between the Khajo and Bozorgmehr bridges of Isfahan, Iran in 2022. A total of 30 people were selected through the convenience sampling method. The experimental group (n=15) received eight sessions (60 minutes sessions per week) of Community-based counseling intervention, while the control group (n=15) did not receive any training. Data were collected by Ryff's Psychological Well-Being Scale (PWB) and Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS). Results: Active aging protocol was effective in psychological well-being (F1,28=19.52; P<0.001, η2=0.764) and depression (F1,28=20.36; P<0.001, η2=0.791). Conclusion: The findings revealed that the community-based counseling approach improved depression and psychological well-being in the elderly. Increasing evidence suggests that any meaningful activity is beneficial for different aspects of well-being in older people.","PeriodicalId":112656,"journal":{"name":"Caspian Journal of Health Research","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116109673","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}
Background: Increasing public health concerns are being raised about adolescent self-harming behaviors. The previous study indicates that childhood trauma can be related to self-harm. Objectives: The study aimed to investigate the relationship between childhood trauma, cognitive flexibility, and cognitive distortions in predicting self-harming behaviors among female adolescents in Shahrood, Iran. Materials & Methods: The research method was cross-sectional. The statistical population of the study included all female students in the junior high schools of Shahrood, Iran in the academic year 2022-23. A sample of 220 female adolescents (aged 13–15) was recruited through multi-stage sampling. Participants had at least one self-harming behavior in their clinical records. The child Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ), Cognitive Flexibility Inventory-Iranian Version, The Cognitive Distortion Scale, and Self-Harm Behavior Questionnaire were completed. Data were analyzed using the Pearson correlation coefficient and multivariate linear regression model. Results: The mean age of study participants was 13.70 (standard deviation=1.02), almost 73% of the samples were from 13 to 14 years old, and most students came from three- and four-member families (81%). Findings of multivariate linear regression revealed that childhood trauma (β=0.137, t=2.828) and cognitive distortions (β = 0.188, t=3.940) were positive and significant predictors of self-harming behaviors in adolescents. Moreover, Cognitive flexibility (β = -0.237, t=-4.957) was a negative and significant predictor of self-harming behaviors in adolescents. Conclusion: The results of this study may have implications for increasing mental health awareness among students and school programs to prevent self-harm.
{"title":"The Role of Childhood Trauma, Cognitive Flexibility, and Cognitive Distortions in Predicting Self-harming Behaviors among Female Adolescents","authors":"Marzieh Mashalpoure fard, Masoumeh Fallah Neudehi, Fatemeh Jamshiddoust Mianroudi, Z. Solgi","doi":"10.32598/cjhr.8.2.445.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.32598/cjhr.8.2.445.1","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Increasing public health concerns are being raised about adolescent self-harming behaviors. The previous study indicates that childhood trauma can be related to self-harm. Objectives: The study aimed to investigate the relationship between childhood trauma, cognitive flexibility, and cognitive distortions in predicting self-harming behaviors among female adolescents in Shahrood, Iran. Materials & Methods: The research method was cross-sectional. The statistical population of the study included all female students in the junior high schools of Shahrood, Iran in the academic year 2022-23. A sample of 220 female adolescents (aged 13–15) was recruited through multi-stage sampling. Participants had at least one self-harming behavior in their clinical records. The child Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ), Cognitive Flexibility Inventory-Iranian Version, The Cognitive Distortion Scale, and Self-Harm Behavior Questionnaire were completed. Data were analyzed using the Pearson correlation coefficient and multivariate linear regression model. Results: The mean age of study participants was 13.70 (standard deviation=1.02), almost 73% of the samples were from 13 to 14 years old, and most students came from three- and four-member families (81%). Findings of multivariate linear regression revealed that childhood trauma (β=0.137, t=2.828) and cognitive distortions (β = 0.188, t=3.940) were positive and significant predictors of self-harming behaviors in adolescents. Moreover, Cognitive flexibility (β = -0.237, t=-4.957) was a negative and significant predictor of self-harming behaviors in adolescents. Conclusion: The results of this study may have implications for increasing mental health awareness among students and school programs to prevent self-harm.","PeriodicalId":112656,"journal":{"name":"Caspian Journal of Health Research","volume":"2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132002768","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}
Maryam Khoshbakht-Pishkhani, F. Asgari, Mehrnoosh Khoshtrash, Nastran Mirfarhadi
Background: The roles of Faculty members of medical sciences universities in responding to and controlling critical situations and epidemic diseases are critical and of great importance. Objective: This study was aimed to explain the role of faculty members in dealing with epidemics and crises. Materials and Methods: This qualitative study was conducted using a content analysis method at Guilan University of Medical Sciences in 2020. Thirteen faculty members (physician, Ph.D. in nursing, anesthesiologist, PhD in reproductive health, and Ph.D. in disaster and emergency health) were selected through purposive sampling method, and their viewpoints were surveyed until data saturation was reached. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews. Qualitative content analysis was used to analyze the data. Results: Based on participants’ experiences, several roles could be considered under 3 main categories: a public educator, a clinical therapist, and a manager. Each of these main categories included several sub-categories. Based on the participants’ experiences, among faculty members’ roles, the public educator, as the most central role, influences other duties of faculty members. Conclusions: The results of this study showed that medical faculty members have numerous and significant roles in dealing with crises and emerging diseases. Identifying the medical faculty’s roles in coping with epidemics can help better understand the capabilities of these instructors and plan a basis for their greater cooperation and participation in controlling, preventing, and managing crises and emerging diseases. The results of this study can be advantageous in planning training programs and preparing faculty members to deal with epidemics and crises.
{"title":"Explaining the Role of Faculty members of medical sciences universities in Dealing with Epidemics: A Qualitative Study","authors":"Maryam Khoshbakht-Pishkhani, F. Asgari, Mehrnoosh Khoshtrash, Nastran Mirfarhadi","doi":"10.32598/cjhr.8.2.483.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.32598/cjhr.8.2.483.1","url":null,"abstract":"Background: The roles of Faculty members of medical sciences universities in responding to and controlling critical situations and epidemic diseases are critical and of great importance. Objective: This study was aimed to explain the role of faculty members in dealing with epidemics and crises. Materials and Methods: This qualitative study was conducted using a content analysis method at Guilan University of Medical Sciences in 2020. Thirteen faculty members (physician, Ph.D. in nursing, anesthesiologist, PhD in reproductive health, and Ph.D. in disaster and emergency health) were selected through purposive sampling method, and their viewpoints were surveyed until data saturation was reached. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews. Qualitative content analysis was used to analyze the data. Results: Based on participants’ experiences, several roles could be considered under 3 main categories: a public educator, a clinical therapist, and a manager. Each of these main categories included several sub-categories. Based on the participants’ experiences, among faculty members’ roles, the public educator, as the most central role, influences other duties of faculty members. Conclusions: The results of this study showed that medical faculty members have numerous and significant roles in dealing with crises and emerging diseases. Identifying the medical faculty’s roles in coping with epidemics can help better understand the capabilities of these instructors and plan a basis for their greater cooperation and participation in controlling, preventing, and managing crises and emerging diseases. The results of this study can be advantageous in planning training programs and preparing faculty members to deal with epidemics and crises.","PeriodicalId":112656,"journal":{"name":"Caspian Journal of Health Research","volume":"25 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132420663","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}
F. Mehrabian, A. Ashouri, Zahra Ahmadnia, A. Pourrajabi
Background: The MISSCARE survey is a useful instrument measuring the amount and type of missed nursing care and its important reasons, developed by Kalisch and Williams in 2009 and revised in 2019. Objective: The present paper aimed to report the psychometric properties of part A (missed nursing care) and part B (reasons for missed nursing care) of the MISSCARE tool translated into Persian. Materials & Methods: A Persian version of the MISSCARE tool were evaluated by a panel of experts, and the psychometric properties were determined with 326 nurses randomly selected from non-emergency wards of seven educational and medical centers in Rasht, North of Iran. Nurses completed the instruments from January to March 2021. Content validity was evaluated by calculating content validity index (CVI). Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was used to assess construct validity. Internal consistency (reliability) was measured using Cronbach's alpha coefficient. Results: CVI was measured 0.82 and 0.79 for parts A and B of the survey. The fit indices of CFA indicated the acceptable fit for the measurement model of part B (missed nursing care reasons). Also, factor loadings of items on three factors of labor, material and communication confirmed the structural validity of part B of the survey. Cronbach’s alpha coefficients for parts A and B were 0.991 and 0.994 in whole, and Cronbach's alpha coefficient for three factors of part B ranged from 0.831 to 0.936 confirmed their reliability. Conclusions: The Persian version of the MISSCARE tool is valid and reliable for measuring missed nursing care and its reasons. It can be used by nursing authorities for evaluation purpose in Iranian hospitals.
{"title":"Validity and reliability of the Persian version of MISSCARE survey","authors":"F. Mehrabian, A. Ashouri, Zahra Ahmadnia, A. Pourrajabi","doi":"10.32598/cjhr.8.2.159.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.32598/cjhr.8.2.159.1","url":null,"abstract":"Background: The MISSCARE survey is a useful instrument measuring the amount and type of missed nursing care and its important reasons, developed by Kalisch and Williams in 2009 and revised in 2019. Objective: The present paper aimed to report the psychometric properties of part A (missed nursing care) and part B (reasons for missed nursing care) of the MISSCARE tool translated into Persian. Materials & Methods: A Persian version of the MISSCARE tool were evaluated by a panel of experts, and the psychometric properties were determined with 326 nurses randomly selected from non-emergency wards of seven educational and medical centers in Rasht, North of Iran. Nurses completed the instruments from January to March 2021. Content validity was evaluated by calculating content validity index (CVI). Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was used to assess construct validity. Internal consistency (reliability) was measured using Cronbach's alpha coefficient. Results: CVI was measured 0.82 and 0.79 for parts A and B of the survey. The fit indices of CFA indicated the acceptable fit for the measurement model of part B (missed nursing care reasons). Also, factor loadings of items on three factors of labor, material and communication confirmed the structural validity of part B of the survey. Cronbach’s alpha coefficients for parts A and B were 0.991 and 0.994 in whole, and Cronbach's alpha coefficient for three factors of part B ranged from 0.831 to 0.936 confirmed their reliability. Conclusions: The Persian version of the MISSCARE tool is valid and reliable for measuring missed nursing care and its reasons. It can be used by nursing authorities for evaluation purpose in Iranian hospitals.","PeriodicalId":112656,"journal":{"name":"Caspian Journal of Health Research","volume":"15 4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121260174","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}
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