Department of Nursing (1990 - Present)
Health Education
, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
Nursing education
, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
Nursing
, University of Esfahan, Iran
Background: Quality of life drives from the individuals' perceptions of their position in life long and allows holistic assessment of the effects of health conditions beyond the symptoms, signs, and complications. This study aimed to assess the quality of life and recognize females' point of view about the quality of life aspects. Hence, perhaps it could be a step toward improving women's health status. Materials and Methods: This study was an explanatory mixed method research one which was conducted in the two following steps. In the quantitative step, five hundred women aged 15–49 years were selected from varied zone of Tehran Province, using cluster random sampling method. In order to assess the quality of life, Short Form SF-36 instru
Context: Pain management is one of the main clinical challenges that health-care jobs encounter with it. The nurses play a pivotal role in providing pediatric pain management.Aims: This study was conducted to determine nurses' strategies for managing pain in pediatric units in Iran.Settings and Design: This qualitative study was conducted with a content analysis approach at one teaching hospital in Amirkola Children's Hospital in Babol, Iran.Materials and Methods: Data were collected from 16 nurses, using semi-structured interviews during the year 2015–2016. The inclusion criteria were the nurses with at least 3 years of work experience in children's departments. Sampling was purposeful with maximum variation. Immediately after each inter
BackgroundAccording to the fact that women make up half the population of each community and are considered as a family health center, exploring the factors promoting their quality of life and health must be prioritized.Objective
Background: Patients with heart valve disease need to receive long-term care from their family members after surgical valve replacement. Thus, family caregivers should have adequate self-efficacy for patient care. Objectives: This study examined the effects of the family-centered empowerment model (FCEM) on self-efficacy and self-esteem among the family caregivers of patients with prosthetic heart valve. Methods: In this quasi-experimental study, forty patients together with one of their family caregivers were consecutively recruited and allocated to an intervention or a control group. The FCEM was used in three to five sessions for patients in the intervention group. Besides, we sent their family caregivers educational cards containing the
Background & Aim: Self-control is the capacity to organize cognitive and emotional responses in order to provide continuous and adaptive behavior with ideal standards for long-term goals. Due to the high levels of care burden of patients with chronic disease, this study aims to explain the concept of self-control in the family caregivers of patients with chronic disease based on the family-centered empowerment model.Methods & Materials: Data were collected through in-depth, semi-structured interviews with 26 participants (19 caregivers, four nurses and three patients with chronic disease) from June 2016 to August 2017 in southwestern of Iran. Data were analyzed using the directed content analysis approach. The documents recording, accurate
BackgroundAnemia is the most prevalent disease in teenage girls and like other chronic diseases not only affects different aspects of their quality of life (QOl) but also quality of life of their parents.ObjectiveThe aim of present study is investigating the effectiveness of family centered empowerment model (FCEM) on adolescent girls with anemia and their mother’s quality of life.MethodsSemi-experimental practical research is performed by choosing 60 girls with anemia and their mothers classified in two case and control groups based on random allocation in Tehran city. The eight sessions of educational program based on educational needs of girls & mothers in case group done for two months. The post test was carried out 1/5 month after th
Background: According to the widespread prevalence of different chronic diseases, nurses need to know the choices, necessities, and abilities of patients. The study purpose was to investigate the methodological quality of published papers based on Family-Centered Empowerment Model (FCEM).Methods: This study was a systematic review. The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guideline was used to retrieve all national and international studies in the field of FCEM. The final papers were reviewed for different methodological dimensions using three quantitative scales: Jadad, Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials (CONSORT) 2010, and Newcastle-Ottawa, and qualitative scale of Cochrane risk of bias.Findi
Introduction: Due to the increasing of the number of retirees and the duration of the retirement period, as well as the challenges that exist in employees transitioning to retirement, it is necessary to explore these challenges. The aim of this study was to explore the presence of challenges in the transition to retirement. Method: This qualitative study was a conventional content analysis with purposive sampling method. Sampling continued until data saturation. Data were collected through semi-structured and deep interviews. Data were analyzed using conventional content analysis. Results: Twenty retired nurses participated in the study. The main theme extracted from the data was shock and disbelief caused by being retired. The categories i
Methods: The review study was conducted in-the-year-2017. The PRISMA guideline was used to retrieve all national and international studies using the FCEM keyword.Results: In the initial search, 644 papers were retrieved, following PRISMA screening guideline, 47 relevant papers were recognized. The final studies were classified and reviewed using the variables: authors, year, type of research with the number of studied groups, the purpose of the research, the sampling method, the characteristics of the research samples in terms of the number of people and the type of disease, the method of data collection and final conclusion.Conclusion: The review of the published studies with the FCEM and the effectiveness of all of those on the different
Method: To analyze the quality of women's life, Schwartz-Barcott and Kim's hybrid model was used. At theoretical stage, in order to deeply analyze and redefine the concept of women's quality of life, 571 articles from available and reputable databases without a year limit and with keywords of life quality and women were searched in Persian and English. At practical stage, 40 Iranian women living in Tehran were interviewed. Then, the text of interviews was handwritten and analyzed using Zhang's content analysis method. Finally, the similarities and differences of definitions obtained from the previous two stages were evaluated and a general analysis was performed.Results: In the final analysis, women's quality of life was defined as follows:
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