Showing 4 results for Sayadi
Leila Sayadi, Khatereh Seylani, Masomeh Akbari Sarruei, Elham Faghihzadeh,
Volume 25, Issue 3 (10-2019)
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Background & Aim: Patient monitoring in cardiac intensive care unit (CICU) is considered to be non-invasive and safe, but it can cause unintentional catastrophic consequences due to the alarm fatigue. The aim of the study was to determine the status of monitoring system alarms and nurses’ alarm fatigue.
Methods & Materials: This descriptive, cross-sectional study was carried out in cardiac intensive care units of a hospital in Fars province from January to March 2019. The alarm status of 24 monitoring devices was observed for 100 hours in 100 patients under the physiological monitoring. Patients under monitoring were included in the study using a continuous and convenience sampling. Also, 62 nurses working in five CICUs of this hospital completed the alarm fatigue questionnaire (through census). The data obtained from the observation and the questionnaires were analyzed by the SPSS software version 16 using descriptive statistics.
Results: The auditory alarms of monitoring devices were turned off and only visual alarms could be recorded. In the visual alarms recorded during 100 hours, 131 alarms (53.47%) were technical, followed by the false, nuisance, and ultimately real or actual alarms with rates of 40 (16.33%), 38 (15.51%) and 36 (14.69%), respectively. The mean (and standard deviation) score of alarm fatigue among nurses was 21.04 (7.52), and the alarm fatigue score for %50 of nurses was higher than the average score.
Conclusion: Turning off the auditory alarms can lead to serious risks to patients. Also, a high proportion of technical, nuisance, and false alarms can cause alarm fatigue in nurses. Adopting solutions in accordance with standard guidelines and checking physiological monitoring devices in hospitals are necessary in order to reduce false, nuisance, and technical alarms. Failure to pay attention to these issues leads to the alarm fatigue among nurses, which itself results in numerous consequences such as compromising the patients’ safety.
Shirin Khajeh Hosseini, Ahmadreza Sayadi, Mohammad Mobini Lotfabad, Shahin Heidari,
Volume 25, Issue 4 (1-2020)
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Background & Aim: Nursing is a shift-working job at different hours of the day. Therefore, sleep disorders caused by disruption of sleep-wake cycle and circadian rhythm commonly occur in this group. The Benson’s relaxation technique is an easy, non-invasive, and non-pharmacological method that can affect the sleep quality in people. Therefore, this study was conducted to evaluate the effect of Benson's relaxation technique on sleep quality among shift-working nurses in hospitals.
Methods & Materials: In this quasi-experimental study, 80 nurses working in three hospitals in Rafsanjan in 2019, who had poor sleep quality score on the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Questionnaire were selected by the convenience sampling method, and were assigned into either intervention- or control group, using stratified random sampling method. The intervention group was taught the Benson’s technique and they were asked to perform it before sleeping for one month. After one month, the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Questionnaire was completed again by the both groups. The data were analyzed by independent t-test, paired t-test, Chi-square and fisher exact test using the SPSS software version 18.
Results: the mean and standard deviation of sleep quality score for the intervention group and control group before the intervention were 7.79±2.53 and 7.95±2.78 respectively and there was no significant difference between the two groups. One month after performing the technique, the mean and standard deviation of the sleep quality score for the intervention group were 5.58±2.32 and for the control group were 8.53±2.93, and the two groups were significantly different from each other (P<0.0001).
Conclusion: In this study, the Benson’s relaxation technique, which is a simple, low-cost, and non-invasive method with no side effects, improved the sleep quality of shift-working nurses. Therefore, nurses’ education and the implementation of this technique is recommended to improve their sleep quality.
Clinical trial registry: IRCT20180306038981N1
Yaser Shahsavari, Seyed Habibollah Hosseini, Ahmad Reza Sayadi, Tabandeh Sadeghi,
Volume 28, Issue 1 (4-2022)
Abstract
Background & Aim: Reduced quality of life and self-efficacy are among problems of mothers of children with chronic diseases. This study aimed to determine the effect of empowerment based on the Gibson model on self-efficacy and quality of life in the mothers of children with thalassemia.
Methods & Materials: In this quasi-experimental study, the study population were the mothers of children with thalassemia referred to rare disease clinics in Rafsanjan and Kerman in 2020. The sample size was 25. Mothers were selected by the convenience sampling method and divided into two groups. In the intervention group, mothers participated in five training sessions based on the Gibson model, and in the control group, mothers received routine care. Data collection tools included the Zhang’s self-efficacy questionnaire and the SF-36 which were completed before the intervention and six weeks after the intervention. Data were analyzed using chi-square test, independent and paired t-test via the SPSS software version 18.
Results: Before the intervention, the mean score of self-efficacy (P=0.31) and quality of life (P=0.47) were not statistically significant between the groups, but after the intervention, the mean score of self-efficacy in the intervention group (68.81±9.36) was significantly higher than that of in the control group (44.69±6.87) (P<0.001). But there was no significant difference in the mean score of quality of life between the intervention (60.64±10.08) and control (56.19±11.41) groups after the intervention (P=0.19).
Conclusion: According to the results, empowerment based on the Gibson model is an appropriate method for improving self-efficacy in the mothers of children with thalassemia. However, further studies are recommended about its effect on quality of life.
Hamed Khosravi, Leila Sayadi, Esmaeil Mohammadnejad,
Volume 28, Issue 4 (1-2023)
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Background & Aim: The COVID-19 survivors are prone to psychological distress due to their experience of illness and severe conditions. Diseases can also affect patients’ quality of life. The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between mental health and quality of life among the COVID-19 survivors one year after the infection.
Methods & Materials: This is a descriptive, correlational, cross-sectional study that was conducted from February, 2020 to July 2020. A total of 276 patients who survived from COVID-19 were included to the study through the convenience sampling method. Data were collected using a demographic and clinical information form, the 12-item general health questionnaire (GHQ-12) and the 36 item short form survey (SF-36). Data analysis was performed through the SPSS software version 16 using independent t-test, Pearson correlation coefficient, analysis of variance (ANOVA) and linear regression.
Results: The mean score of mental health and total score of quality of life were 6.26±2.75 and 59.2±18.30, respectively. There is a significant relationship between the score of mental health and the score of quality of life (P<0.001), so that with the increase of the mental health score, which indicated the worsening of the mental health status of the participants, their quality of life score decreased.
Conclusion: Paying attention to the mental health and quality of life of the survivors of COVID-19, as well as adopting supportive strategies for them are recommended. Providing psychological and psychiatric services can improve their mental health and quality of life.
