Zahra Ahmadian, Mansoureh Ashghali Farahani, Farideh Bastani, Hamid Haghani,
Volume 18, Issue 3 (11 2012)
Abstract
Background & Objective: Hospitals and healthcare centers, like any other organizations, have some common norms and beliefs called as organizational culture. Organizational culture plays a key role in organization&aposs and staffs&apos performances. Nurses&apos perspectives on the organizational culture affect the way they play their role in. This study aimed to investigate the role of organizational culture from perspectives of nurses working in selected hospitals at Tehran University of Medical Sciences.
Methods & Materials: In this cross-sectional study, 230 nurses working in different wards of selected hospitals of Tehran University of Medical Sciences were recruited to the study. Data were collected using a demographic characteristics checklist as well as the nurse and organizational culture questionnaire extracted from the Robbins criteria. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistical indexes, independent t-test, Pearson correlation coefficient and regression in the SPSS v.17.
Results: Results showed that the existing organizational culture in the selected hospitals was in a moderately good level from nurses&apos perspectives. From the scores obtained for various dimensions of the organizational culture, the highest and lowest scores were for control (44.2%) and conflict tolerance (31.8%), respectively.
Conclusion: The level of the organizational culture from the nurses&apos perspectives might lead them to decrease the quality of their performance. Optimizing the organizational culture can improve nurses&apos performance and motivate them to increase their quality of work.
Safoura Dorri, Hamideh Hakimi, Forough Rafii, Mansoureh Ashghali Farahani, Hossein Mohammadi,
Volume 25, Issue 3 (10-2019)
Abstract
Background & Aim: Iranian elderly population is increasing, and a high percentage of this population suffers from diabetes. Considering that the concept of active aging has not been developed in the context of chronic diseases that are common in aging (such as diabetes), the purpose of this study was to analyze the concept of active aging in diabetic elderly patients based on a hybrid model.
Methods & Materials: Three stages of hybrid model (theoretical, field work and final analysis) were used in this study. In the theoretical phase, 35 articles (published in 1990-2016) from scientific databases were analyzed. In the field work phase, 10 participants were interviewed and then a qualitative content analysis was performed. In the final phase, the findings of the two previous stages were merged and analyzed.
Results: The definition of active aging for the diabetic elderly is a comprehensive, dynamic, multidimensional and culturally dependent process that requires a sense of satisfaction, happiness, well-being, security, and physical and mental health, that is achieved through social participation, providence of appropriate health and employment services, awareness of diabetes, and financial, emotional, family, and governmental support that brings subjective and objective benefits to the international, national and individual levels (such as adaptation to illness, a sense of worth and self-esteem). In order to achieve this, paying attention to the whole life span from childhood to old age is needed.
Conclusion: The results of this study suggest that health, security, satisfaction, participation, access to health services, support and knowledge of diabetes play an important role in activating elderly people with diabetes in Iran.
