R. Jorvand, K. Sadeghirad, A. H. Haeri Mehrizi, Fazlollah Ghofranipour, M. Tavousi
The obesity is increasing as one of the risk factors of CVD among high classes in developing countries. This study aimed to identify the determinants of daily exercises among overweight or obese employees using the Health Belief Model (HBM) in 2017. For the purpose of the study, 101 employees working in healthcare facilities affiliated with Ilam University of Medical Sciences were included after presenting a written consent form. The tool to collect data was a self-made questionnaire, which was applied after reviewing and approving its validity and reliability. The results showed that the mean of daily exercises among participants was 8.22±1.19 min. Statistical tests showed that there was a significant relationship between gender and the amount of daily exercises so that the mean exercises of men was higher than that of women. Accordingly, self-efficacy was determined as the strongest predictor of daily exercises based on multiple linear regression tests. At the end of the study, the researchers concluded that amount of daily exercises among the participants of this study was low while overweight and obesity would increase the risk of cardiovascular diseases; therefore, applying appropriate interventions, based on HBM in particular, can be effective in reducing the risk of obesity.
{"title":"Determinants of daily exercises among employees with overweight or obesity: the application of health belief model","authors":"R. Jorvand, K. Sadeghirad, A. H. Haeri Mehrizi, Fazlollah Ghofranipour, M. Tavousi","doi":"10.29252/jrh.9.5.387","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29252/jrh.9.5.387","url":null,"abstract":"The obesity is increasing as one of the risk factors of CVD among high classes in developing countries. This study aimed to identify the determinants of daily exercises among overweight or obese employees using the Health Belief Model (HBM) in 2017. For the purpose of the study, 101 employees working in healthcare facilities affiliated with Ilam University of Medical Sciences were included after presenting a written consent form. The tool to collect data was a self-made questionnaire, which was applied after reviewing and approving its validity and reliability. The results showed that the mean of daily exercises among participants was 8.22±1.19 min. Statistical tests showed that there was a significant relationship between gender and the amount of daily exercises so that the mean exercises of men was higher than that of women. Accordingly, self-efficacy was determined as the strongest predictor of daily exercises based on multiple linear regression tests. At the end of the study, the researchers concluded that amount of daily exercises among the participants of this study was low while overweight and obesity would increase the risk of cardiovascular diseases; therefore, applying appropriate interventions, based on HBM in particular, can be effective in reducing the risk of obesity.","PeriodicalId":14122,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Medical Research and Health Sciences","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-08-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91084999","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. Izadi-Avanji, S. Miranzadeh, H. Akbari, N. Ajorpaz, Darius Ahmadi
Poor sleep quality is one of the most common problems among older adults. Non-pharmacological interventions are considered as a better choice for treatment of sleep problems in older adults. The aim of the present study was to examine the effects of aromatherapy with lavender essential oil on sleep quality in older adults. This single-blind randomized controlled clinical trial was conducted on 100 retired older adults. Participants were divided into two groups using simple random sampling. The intervention group received 2 drops of lavender essential oil and the control group received 2 drops of placebo in a glass of water, during bedtime, for 7 nights. All participants filled out the Pittsburgh sleep quality index before and after the intervention. There was no statistically significant difference between the groups in terms of socio-demographic characteristics and sleep quality score before intervention. A significant difference in sleep quality was observed in the group receiving lavender essential oil compared to the control group 7 nights after intervention. Lavender essential oil has a positive effect on improving older adults’ sleep quality.
{"title":"Effects of aromatherapy with lavender essential oil on sleep quality among retired older adults","authors":"F. Izadi-Avanji, S. Miranzadeh, H. Akbari, N. Ajorpaz, Darius Ahmadi","doi":"10.29252/jrh.9.5.437","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29252/jrh.9.5.437","url":null,"abstract":"Poor sleep quality is one of the most common problems among older adults. Non-pharmacological interventions are considered as a better choice for treatment of sleep problems in older adults. The aim of the present study was to examine the effects of aromatherapy with lavender essential oil on sleep quality in older adults. This single-blind randomized controlled clinical trial was conducted on 100 retired older adults. Participants were divided into two groups using simple random sampling. The intervention group received 2 drops of lavender essential oil and the control group received 2 drops of placebo in a glass of water, during bedtime, for 7 nights. All participants filled out the Pittsburgh sleep quality index before and after the intervention. There was no statistically significant difference between the groups in terms of socio-demographic characteristics and sleep quality score before intervention. A significant difference in sleep quality was observed in the group receiving lavender essential oil compared to the control group 7 nights after intervention. Lavender essential oil has a positive effect on improving older adults’ sleep quality.","PeriodicalId":14122,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Medical Research and Health Sciences","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-08-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90871354","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}
Child labor is regarded as an ambiguous and controversial challenge encountered in majority of countries across the world. Given the incidence and prevalence of this phenomenon in Iran and the importance of household health expenditures, this study was done to evaluate the impact of children’s entry into labor market on household health expenditures. This study was conducted on urban households living in all provinces in Iran in 2016. The sample size was estimated 6517 households. The statistics of these households were extracted from the raw data of income-cost of urban households. The probit and ordered probit econometric models were also used to estimate the coefficients of the model. The results showed that the entry of children into labor markets in both models had a positive impact on household health expenditures. Therefore, making policies for eliminating child labor, compensating the income they got from working, and providing the possibility of further education for these children were of utmost importance. Household income per capita, family size, father’s age, and parental education had also a positive and significant effect on household health expenditures. Moreover, parental employment in private sector could increase household health expenditure, but such costs could be decreased if parents were employed in public sector.
{"title":"The impact of children’s entry to labor market on health expenditures of urban household","authors":"M. Shahraki, S. Ghaderi","doi":"10.29252/jrh.9.5.428","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29252/jrh.9.5.428","url":null,"abstract":"Child labor is regarded as an ambiguous and controversial challenge encountered in majority of countries across the world. Given the incidence and prevalence of this phenomenon in Iran and the importance of household health expenditures, this study was done to evaluate the impact of children’s entry into labor market on household health expenditures. This study was conducted on urban households living in all provinces in Iran in 2016. The sample size was estimated 6517 households. The statistics of these households were extracted from the raw data of income-cost of urban households. The probit and ordered probit econometric models were also used to estimate the coefficients of the model. The results showed that the entry of children into labor markets in both models had a positive impact on household health expenditures. Therefore, making policies for eliminating child labor, compensating the income they got from working, and providing the possibility of further education for these children were of utmost importance. Household income per capita, family size, father’s age, and parental education had also a positive and significant effect on household health expenditures. Moreover, parental employment in private sector could increase household health expenditure, but such costs could be decreased if parents were employed in public sector.","PeriodicalId":14122,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Medical Research and Health Sciences","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-08-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83329694","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}
personality symptoms scale among Iranian students Sohrab Amiri1, Yusef Jamali2 Abstract Histrionic personality is a personality disorder in the international classification of disease and diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders. This study was aimed to evaluate the psychometric properties of brief histrionic personality symptoms scale (BHPS). 322 university students were selected by using multistage cluster sampling. Initially the questionnaire was translated (backward and forward). Reliability of the scale was assessed by Cronbach's alpha, test-retest and splitting coefficient, which were 77.0, 89.0, 56.0, 49.0, 67.0, 71.0. The criterion validity was done with histrionic personality subscale from millon clinical multiaxial inventory and five-factor personality inventory. As well as its factor structure was assessed by using exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, fit indexs of X2/df equal to 3.2, SRMR=0.07, CFI=0.90 and RMSEA=0.10. The results of the factor analysis indicated that BHPS has 2 factors, test the reliability of the scale by using Cronbach's alpha, retest and splitting coefficient reflects the reliability of the scale, the criterion validity of the questionnaire with other questionnaires showed desirable discriminant and convergence validity. In Overall, these findings indicated BHPS has good psychometric properties among Iranian students.
{"title":"Psychometric properties of brief histrionic personality symptoms scale among Iranian students","authors":"S. Amiri, Y. Jamali","doi":"10.29252/jrh.9.5.411","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29252/jrh.9.5.411","url":null,"abstract":"personality symptoms scale among Iranian students Sohrab Amiri1, Yusef Jamali2 Abstract Histrionic personality is a personality disorder in the international classification of disease and diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders. This study was aimed to evaluate the psychometric properties of brief histrionic personality symptoms scale (BHPS). 322 university students were selected by using multistage cluster sampling. Initially the questionnaire was translated (backward and forward). Reliability of the scale was assessed by Cronbach's alpha, test-retest and splitting coefficient, which were 77.0, 89.0, 56.0, 49.0, 67.0, 71.0. The criterion validity was done with histrionic personality subscale from millon clinical multiaxial inventory and five-factor personality inventory. As well as its factor structure was assessed by using exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, fit indexs of X2/df equal to 3.2, SRMR=0.07, CFI=0.90 and RMSEA=0.10. The results of the factor analysis indicated that BHPS has 2 factors, test the reliability of the scale by using Cronbach's alpha, retest and splitting coefficient reflects the reliability of the scale, the criterion validity of the questionnaire with other questionnaires showed desirable discriminant and convergence validity. In Overall, these findings indicated BHPS has good psychometric properties among Iranian students.","PeriodicalId":14122,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Medical Research and Health Sciences","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-08-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91302165","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}
Dear Chief in Editor As a result of improving health science, the elderly population has increased. The World Health Organization (WHO) mentions the age of 60 as the starting point for aging, and it has also been shown that aging has the highest development rate, particularly in developing nations, according to worldwide stats among distinct age groups. Due to the improvement of health science, the population of elderly has been increasing. the WHO mentions 60 years old as the starting point for aging, also it has been shown that according to global statistics among different age groups, aging has the fastest growth rate, especially in developing countries. Accordingly, approximately two-thirds of the world's elderly population live in developing nations and is estimated to achieve 80% by 2050 [1] At present, the elderly make up 9% of the Iranian population (7.4 million). The Iranian elderly population is projected to reach 26 million or 26% of the total population by 2050. Considering the rise in the elderly, one of the factors regarded by health practitioners is the mental health status of the elderly. Elderly individuals are more vulnerable to mental health issues in the form of anxiety and depression owing to elevated age and physical and mental disabilities. The causes of mental health losses in ancient era are the disadvantages that lead to mournful Journal of Research & Health Social Development & Health Promotion Research Center Vol. 9, No.5, Sep & Oct 2019 Pages: 371372 DOI: 10.29252/jrh.9.5.371 Letter to Editor
{"title":"Investigating mental health status and prevalence of suicidal ideation in the elderly","authors":"Ameneh Jafari Nodolaghi, F. Souri, Zohreh Jamloo","doi":"10.29252/jrh.9.5.371","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29252/jrh.9.5.371","url":null,"abstract":"Dear Chief in Editor As a result of improving health science, the elderly population has increased. The World Health Organization (WHO) mentions the age of 60 as the starting point for aging, and it has also been shown that aging has the highest development rate, particularly in developing nations, according to worldwide stats among distinct age groups. Due to the improvement of health science, the population of elderly has been increasing. the WHO mentions 60 years old as the starting point for aging, also it has been shown that according to global statistics among different age groups, aging has the fastest growth rate, especially in developing countries. Accordingly, approximately two-thirds of the world's elderly population live in developing nations and is estimated to achieve 80% by 2050 [1] At present, the elderly make up 9% of the Iranian population (7.4 million). The Iranian elderly population is projected to reach 26 million or 26% of the total population by 2050. Considering the rise in the elderly, one of the factors regarded by health practitioners is the mental health status of the elderly. Elderly individuals are more vulnerable to mental health issues in the form of anxiety and depression owing to elevated age and physical and mental disabilities. The causes of mental health losses in ancient era are the disadvantages that lead to mournful Journal of Research & Health Social Development & Health Promotion Research Center Vol. 9, No.5, Sep & Oct 2019 Pages: 371372 DOI: 10.29252/jrh.9.5.371 Letter to Editor","PeriodicalId":14122,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Medical Research and Health Sciences","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-08-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83288816","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}
There are many psychiatric consequences of severe and debilitating diseases. Psychiatric disorders are therefore commonly present after a physical illness. The purpose of this study was to investigate the process of acceptance of illness in patients with incurable diseases. The conceptual research framework was based on Kübler-Ross's theory of acceptance of illness. In this qualitative research, a guided approach to content analysis has been used. This study was carried out using semi structured interviews based on theoretical saturation with 15 patients with incurable diseases. The results of this study have shown that patients with incurable diseases have passed seven stages of death acceptance: shock disease, coping strategies, disease denial, anger, depression, referral group reactions, and acceptance of illness. Considering the need to recognize the process of accepting the disease in patients with incurable disease, the results of this study may be useful for those patients involved in treating the disease correctly. Furthermore, the results of this study can be used by researchers, managers, and planners to enhance their knowledge of incurable patient needs and evidence-based planning.
{"title":"Acceptance of illness in patients with incurable diseases a qualitative study","authors":"B. Asghari, Sedighe Arabi","doi":"10.29252/jrh.9.5.443","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29252/jrh.9.5.443","url":null,"abstract":"There are many psychiatric consequences of severe and debilitating diseases. Psychiatric disorders are therefore commonly present after a physical illness. The purpose of this study was to investigate the process of acceptance of illness in patients with incurable diseases. The conceptual research framework was based on Kübler-Ross's theory of acceptance of illness. In this qualitative research, a guided approach to content analysis has been used. This study was carried out using semi structured interviews based on theoretical saturation with 15 patients with incurable diseases. The results of this study have shown that patients with incurable diseases have passed seven stages of death acceptance: shock disease, coping strategies, disease denial, anger, depression, referral group reactions, and acceptance of illness. Considering the need to recognize the process of accepting the disease in patients with incurable disease, the results of this study may be useful for those patients involved in treating the disease correctly. Furthermore, the results of this study can be used by researchers, managers, and planners to enhance their knowledge of incurable patient needs and evidence-based planning.","PeriodicalId":14122,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Medical Research and Health Sciences","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88823152","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}
Mahnaz Sheikh, M. Raghibi, H. Sheikh, Zahedan Iran Bluchestan
Anxiety is the most prevalent psychiatric disorder in childhood which affects various aspects of children’s lives. This study aimed to compare graphic characteristics of drawing a family, attachment disorders, and parental parenting styles in anxious and normal girl children. This was a causal-comparative study. Its statistical population included all girl children aged 5 to 8 years old who were studying in kindergartens and elementary schools of Zahedan in 2015-16 and their parents. 50 children with anxiety disorders and 50 normal children were randomly selected as the sample. The tools were the Baumrind parenting style test, the Randolph attachment disorder questionnaire, and the draw-a-family Test. The data were analyzed by the chi-square and multivariate analysis of variance and the graphical characteristics of the children’s drawings were evaluated using the draw-a-family test. The results indicated that considering the graphic characteristics of the children’s drawings, there was a significant difference between the anxious and normal children and with regard to attachment disorders, there was a significant difference in terms of bullying at 0.99 confidence level. No significant difference was found between the anxious and normal children considering their parents’ parenting styles. Overall, it can be inferred that drawing a family can be used as a proper method to detect children’s family and emotional issues and to protect them from mental disorders.
{"title":"A comparison of graphic characteristics of drawing a family, attachment disorders, and parental parenting styles in anxious and normal girl children","authors":"Mahnaz Sheikh, M. Raghibi, H. Sheikh, Zahedan Iran Bluchestan","doi":"10.29252/jrh.9.5.418","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29252/jrh.9.5.418","url":null,"abstract":"Anxiety is the most prevalent psychiatric disorder in childhood which affects various aspects of children’s lives. This study aimed to compare graphic characteristics of drawing a family, attachment disorders, and parental parenting styles in anxious and normal girl children. This was a causal-comparative study. Its statistical population included all girl children aged 5 to 8 years old who were studying in kindergartens and elementary schools of Zahedan in 2015-16 and their parents. 50 children with anxiety disorders and 50 normal children were randomly selected as the sample. The tools were the Baumrind parenting style test, the Randolph attachment disorder questionnaire, and the draw-a-family Test. The data were analyzed by the chi-square and multivariate analysis of variance and the graphical characteristics of the children’s drawings were evaluated using the draw-a-family test. The results indicated that considering the graphic characteristics of the children’s drawings, there was a significant difference between the anxious and normal children and with regard to attachment disorders, there was a significant difference in terms of bullying at 0.99 confidence level. No significant difference was found between the anxious and normal children considering their parents’ parenting styles. Overall, it can be inferred that drawing a family can be used as a proper method to detect children’s family and emotional issues and to protect them from mental disorders.","PeriodicalId":14122,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Medical Research and Health Sciences","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82018679","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}
Fatemeh Barati, A. Atarodi, B. Asghari, Ahmadreza Atarodi
People have some rights to use it for living, patients are people and they should be aware of their rights. The purpose of this study was to determine the level of awareness and observation of patients’ rights and the factors affecting it from the perspective of the patients and nurses among all hospitalized patients and the nurses working at Bohlool hospital in Gonabad city. 100 patients and 100 nurses were selected as the statistical sample. Data were collected using the patients' rights questionnaire of bokai. The priority of the patients’ rights were as the followings: respect to patient privacy and secrecy principle (96% Moderate and Good), receiving desirable health services (92% Moderate and Good), access to an efficient complaints system (90% Moderate and Good), patient’s access to appropriate and adequate information (91% Moderate and Good), and the right to making choice and decision freely for the patients (76% Moderate and Good) in receiving hospital services, respectively. Also, there was a relationship between the level of awareness and observance of patients rights with demographic variables among the nurses. The results of the research showed that the lack of the patients’ awareness from their health and treatment rights and the enforcement lack of patients’ rights charter by the health and medical personnel can endanger health, life and safety of the patients. Therefore, the awareness and observance of these rights seemed necessary.
{"title":"Awareness and observation of patients’ rights from the perspective of patients and nurses","authors":"Fatemeh Barati, A. Atarodi, B. Asghari, Ahmadreza Atarodi","doi":"10.29252/JRH.9.4.315","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29252/JRH.9.4.315","url":null,"abstract":"People have some rights to use it for living, patients are people and they should be aware of their rights. The purpose of this study was to determine the level of awareness and observation of patients’ rights and the factors affecting it from the perspective of the patients and nurses among all hospitalized patients and the nurses working at Bohlool hospital in Gonabad city. 100 patients and 100 nurses were selected as the statistical sample. Data were collected using the patients' rights questionnaire of bokai. The priority of the patients’ rights were as the followings: respect to patient privacy and secrecy principle (96% Moderate and Good), receiving desirable health services (92% Moderate and Good), access to an efficient complaints system (90% Moderate and Good), patient’s access to appropriate and adequate information (91% Moderate and Good), and the right to making choice and decision freely for the patients (76% Moderate and Good) in receiving hospital services, respectively. Also, there was a relationship between the level of awareness and observance of patients rights with demographic variables among the nurses. The results of the research showed that the lack of the patients’ awareness from their health and treatment rights and the enforcement lack of patients’ rights charter by the health and medical personnel can endanger health, life and safety of the patients. Therefore, the awareness and observance of these rights seemed necessary.","PeriodicalId":14122,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Medical Research and Health Sciences","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-06-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88229049","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}
The Activity-Based Costing (ABC) method possesses the capability to identify the costs accurately and provide non-financial information for improving system function and increasing its efficiency. The present study aimed to calculate the final costs of radiology services to determine the final costs deviation from the enacted tariffs. This study was a retrospective cross-sectional analysis of radiology final costs for 19 different types of radiology services (1077 stereotypes) at the hospital in Shiraz, Iran. The required data was collected through reports, specified forms, interviewing with hospital personnel and authorities as well as direct observation of hospital activity centers. The final costs of the radiology services were determined using the activity-based costing method as well as the cost sharing of activity centers through concurrent equations technique. The results showed a great amount of loss for all provided services in this center. The Mean tariff of the services equaled 625,626 Rials while the mean final cost of the provided services equaled 3,036,390 Rials. So, the findings of this study show an average loss of 2,410,764 Rials for each service.
{"title":"Applying activity-based costing to determine the final costs of radiology services in Shiraz, Iran: a concurrent equations approach","authors":"Hossein Khoshnoud Khankahdani","doi":"10.29252/JRH.9.4.309","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29252/JRH.9.4.309","url":null,"abstract":"The Activity-Based Costing (ABC) method possesses the capability to identify the costs accurately and provide non-financial information for improving system function and increasing its efficiency. The present study aimed to calculate the final costs of radiology services to determine the final costs deviation from the enacted tariffs. This study was a retrospective cross-sectional analysis of radiology final costs for 19 different types of radiology services (1077 stereotypes) at the hospital in Shiraz, Iran. The required data was collected through reports, specified forms, interviewing with hospital personnel and authorities as well as direct observation of hospital activity centers. The final costs of the radiology services were determined using the activity-based costing method as well as the cost sharing of activity centers through concurrent equations technique. The results showed a great amount of loss for all provided services in this center. The Mean tariff of the services equaled 625,626 Rials while the mean final cost of the provided services equaled 3,036,390 Rials. So, the findings of this study show an average loss of 2,410,764 Rials for each service.","PeriodicalId":14122,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Medical Research and Health Sciences","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-06-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83998297","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}
Dear Chief in Editor Societies are mostly using smartphones and the World Wide Web in the era of information technology, (IT). Information technology and its impact is revealed to everyone on modern society. IT enables communication worldwide but reduced faceto-face interaction, reduced physical activity, made headache, fatness, heart disease, diabetes, neck pain, cost, job loss, and so many other health problems. Either way, IT systems that run can yield good and bad results. IT affects the environment, individuals and society as a whole. The way we use IT determines if its impacts are positive to society or negative. For example, we can make the most of our Internet smartphones and web to develop our societies, make them new and modern. Internet-based computers have changed the way people relate and make their living environment better, organize their work, their communities and their time and place faster, easier and cheaper than yesterday. IT has also put patients associated with the implementation and use of health information technology (HIT) at risk of harm and injury, creating new safety challenges for the healthcare system. Error reduction is a primary goal for the introduction of HIT, but unintended consequences arise with these new risks that adversely affect patient safety and quality. HIT integration creates new errors because of improper design, development, use, and implementation [1]. IT is produced largely in the form of smartphones and available Journal of Research & Health Social Development & Health Promotion Research Center Vol. 9, No.4, Jul & Agu 2019 Pages: 282283 DOI: 10.29252/jrh.9.4.282 Letter to Editor
{"title":"Information technology VS it’s social concerns of health","authors":"A. Atarodi, Ahmadreza Atarodi","doi":"10.29252/JRH.9.4.282","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29252/JRH.9.4.282","url":null,"abstract":"Dear Chief in Editor Societies are mostly using smartphones and the World Wide Web in the era of information technology, (IT). Information technology and its impact is revealed to everyone on modern society. IT enables communication worldwide but reduced faceto-face interaction, reduced physical activity, made headache, fatness, heart disease, diabetes, neck pain, cost, job loss, and so many other health problems. Either way, IT systems that run can yield good and bad results. IT affects the environment, individuals and society as a whole. The way we use IT determines if its impacts are positive to society or negative. For example, we can make the most of our Internet smartphones and web to develop our societies, make them new and modern. Internet-based computers have changed the way people relate and make their living environment better, organize their work, their communities and their time and place faster, easier and cheaper than yesterday. IT has also put patients associated with the implementation and use of health information technology (HIT) at risk of harm and injury, creating new safety challenges for the healthcare system. Error reduction is a primary goal for the introduction of HIT, but unintended consequences arise with these new risks that adversely affect patient safety and quality. HIT integration creates new errors because of improper design, development, use, and implementation [1]. IT is produced largely in the form of smartphones and available Journal of Research & Health Social Development & Health Promotion Research Center Vol. 9, No.4, Jul & Agu 2019 Pages: 282283 DOI: 10.29252/jrh.9.4.282 Letter to Editor","PeriodicalId":14122,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Medical Research and Health Sciences","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-06-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77243014","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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