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Marjan Mardani Hamooleh, Hayedeh Heydari ,
Volume 2, Issue 2 (5-2009)
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Marjan Mardani Hamooleh, Aziz Shahraki Vahed,
Volume 2, Issue 4 (10-2009)
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Marjan Mardanihamoleh, Aziz Shahrakivahed, Sodabeh Hamedishahr,
Volume 3, Issue 3 (5-2010)
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Ehteram Ibrahimi, Marjan Mardani Hamoleh, Haydeh Heidari, Mohammd Mahboobi,
Volume 5, Issue 1 (12-2011)
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One of the most important factors for effective function in an organization is human factor. Social support is known as a psychocognitional factor in workplace that affects human productivity. The purpose of this study was to determine the rate of perceived social support at domain of emotional support among hospital staff.
In this cross-sectional study, 120 hospital staff who worked at a selected hospital of Isfahan were included based on convenience sampling. Data was collected using social support and demographic data questionnaires. These questionnaires were developed by researcher. The validity of questionnaires was evaluated by content analysis and reliability of questionnaires was evaluated by test re-test and data were analyzed by descriptive and analytical statistics.
Our results show that perceived social support at the domain of emotional support from coworkers (mean ± SD=3.34±0.9) was significantly more than perceived social support at domain of emotional support from managers (mean± SD =2.58±0.88). Also, a significant association was found between perceived social support at the domain of emotional support and age and work experience (P<0.005).
In conclusion social support from personnel at the domain of emotional support is necessary for increasing human productivity and hospital managers can affect staff efficiency by developing their relationship with hospital personnel.
Marjan Mardani Hamooleh, Ehteram Ebrahimi, Mehrdad Mostaghasi, Taraneh Taghavi Larijani,
Volume 6, Issue 3 (8-2013)
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Organizational justice is of great importance particularly for hospital personnel, and job stress has the potential to put their health at risk. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between organizational justice and job stress among the personnel of a hospital in Isfahan.
In this correlation study, the samples consisted of 150 personnel that were working in a governmental hospital in Isfahan. Samples were selected through convenience sampling in 2012. Data were gathered by personal data questionnaire, Niehoff organizational justice questionnaire and job stress questionnaire. Data were analyzed by descriptive and analytical statistics.
Results showed that job stress among hospital personnel varied from 48.6% (moderate) to 39.4% (mild) and 12% (severe). Moreover, findings showed there was a relationship between organizational justice in the domain of interactional justice and job stress among hospital personnel (r = - 0.18, P = 0.03).
According to the findings, it is essential to pay attention to the concept of organizational justice in hospitals in order to decrease job stress among the personnel.
Ali Akbar Aminbeidokhti, Ebrahim Mardani,
Volume 7, Issue 2 (7-2014)
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Organizational justice can dramatically impact the personnel’s attitudes and behaviors and is therefore considered to be of great importance. Moreover, high quality of work life is known as the basic prerequisite to empower human resources in healthcare systems. The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between perceived organizational justice and quality of work life among hospital personnel.In this descriptive correlational study, the samples consisted of 268 staff members of a public hospital in Ahvaz. Samples were selected through census. Data were gathered by a demographic information questionnaire, Niehoff and Moorman Organizational Justice Scale, and Quality of Work Life Questionnaire. Data analysis was performed using descriptive and analytical statistics.Results showed that quality of work life among the hospital personnel in this study was moderate (64.2 %), relatively good (16%), poor (13 %) and good (6.8%). Dimensions of organizational justice including distributive and procedural justice had a significant relationship with quality of work life.Since there is a direct relationship between perceived organizational justice and quality of work life, hospital managers should pay attention to this issue, which will lead to enhanced quality of work life in personnel.
Maliheh Kadivar, Marjan Mardani Hamooleh,
Volume 8, Issue 1 (5-2015)
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Moral necessities in the field of children’s cancer are among the most important issues in medical services. The present study was conducted to explore this issue based on a case discussed during the medical ethics round in Tehran Children's Medical Center. A 13 year-old girl diagnosed with left ovarian cancer 5 years ago stated that she had not been informed about the disease and the type of surgery by her family, doctors and the medical staff. The family even denied the child’s disease, but she was struggling to adapt to the situation and eventually recovered after chemotherapy and surgery. Findings of the present study showed that through observance of moral necessities, health workers can assist children suffering from cancer and their families to better adapt to the situation. This is possible by providing supportive resources to these children as well as their families
Malihe Kadivar, Marjan Mardani Hamooleh, Nasrin Nejadsarvari, Mohammad Gharagozlou,
Volume 8, Issue 4 (11-2015)
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Severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) is an inherited primary immunodeficiency syndrome characterized by a profound deficiency in T-lymphocytes and variable defects in the B-lymphocyte number. The present study aimed to evaluate the ethical aspects of the clinical management of children with SCID. This report is based on the case of a 6-month-old male infant with SCID diagnosis presented during the Medical Ethics Grand Rounds in the Children's Medical Center in Tehran, Iran.
The patient had a positive history of recurrent infections and frequent hospitalization. His parents were consanguineous and came from a low socioeconomic level of the community. He was the fourth child of the family. The first and second children were healthy girls, while the third child was a boy with a history of numerous problems post vaccination who had eventually died of widespread infections. The physician had recommended bone marrow transplant, but the parents had been directed by a neighbor to visit a religious healer.
Timely management of severe combined immunodeficiency can reduce complications and improve the patients’ quality of life. The need for early screening tests is therefore ethically justified, although ethical issues surrounding the subject should not be overlooked. Instances of these issues include: neglecting the scientific criteria necessary to conduct the tests the economic burden imposed on the family of the child failure to provide sufficient information to parents and ignoring their consent to conduct testing and treatment lack of equitable access to diagnostic and treatment facilities and lack of attention to the child’s autonomy. It should, however, be noted that in certain cases, healthcare providers could perform their management activities with an ethical and supportive approach, taking into account all physical and psychological needs of infants with severe combined immunodeficiency, as well as those of their families
Malihe Kadivar, Mansure Madani, Marjan Mardani Hamooleh, Nazafarin Ghasemzadeh,
Volume 8, Issue 5 (2-2016)
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Chronic renal failure in infants is a life-threatening condition that can also severely affect their families. Patients and their families are under great physical, mental and social pressure, and therefore require medical, palliative and supportive care. Moreover, ethics has an important role in care for these infants and their families. The purpose of this study was to identify an ethical approach to providing medical, supportive and palliative services for infants with chronic renal failure and their families. The study was based on a case report in the Medical Ethics Grand Rounds of the Children's Medical Center in Tehran, Iran. The case pertained to a male newborn infant with diagnosis of renal failure. Assessments indicated severe bilateral hydronephrosis and multicystic dysplastic kidneys accompanied by high creatinine levels. The patient underwent surgery but further evaluations revealed a low glomerular filtration rate accompanied by elevated blood pressure. The physicians suggested insertion of a catheter for CAPD (continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis) after the initial peritoneal dialysis until a kidney transplant was performed. The proposal, however, was rejected by the parents and the patient was discharged by their consent. A few weeks later, the infant expired at home. It seems that health professionals need effective ethical strategies to offer medical, supportive and palliative services for infants with chronic renal failure and their families
Marjan Mardani Hamooleh, Masoomeh Iranshahi, Naimeh Seyedfatemi, Hamid Haghani,
Volume 9, Issue 2 (8-2016)
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Moral distress has been identified in nursing literature as a major dilemma affecting nurses in all healthcare systems. It is viewed as an important factor threatening the integrity of nurses and ultimately the quality of patient care. The present study attempted to determine levels of moral distress among the nursing staff employed in hospitals across the city of Malayer. This was a descriptive and cross-sectional study conducted on 195 nurses of Malayer hospitals during 2015. Data were collected using a demographic questionnaire and the standard moral distress scale (MDS). Data analysis was performed by descriptive and analytical statistics using SPSS software version 18.
In this study, 88 nurses (45.1%) were found to be suffering from severe moral distress. The most important factors causing moral distress pertained to substandard care and treatment due to a shortage of health professionals and care providers (6.6±0.21), physician orders for unnecessary tests, treatments and care (6±0.12), and measures taken by staff who lacked clinical competency (5.9±0.22). Among the nurses’ demographic data, gender (P=0.001), job experience (P=0.001) and nursing ward (P=0.01) were significantly related to the level of moral distress experienced by the nursing staff. The results imply that in nursing, moral distress is a highly important and pertinent issue that requires greater consideration by health service managers, policymakers and nurse educators.
Amirhossein Mardani, Maryam Nakhoda, Ehsan Shamsi Goshki, Alireza Noruzi,
Volume 10, Issue 0 (3-2017)
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Substantial concerns about the research integrity in Iran have caused research misconducts to be issue for studies. But adequate recognition about causal factors is a necessary part of clear and explicit policy in order to manage the research misconducts and supply the research integrity. This study attempted investigating the available evidence on the reported research misconducts in the Iranian research and its causal factors. Therefore, 30 studies on the Iranian research misconducts were studied. The detected factors to research misconducts based on the reported evidence included: 1. Structural factors such as publication pressure, scientific promotion policies, research funding and job preservation; 2. Organizational factors such as research environment, regulatory-control activities on research and teaching research activities; 3. Personal factors such as research skills, degree orientation, financial benefits, understanding and moral judgment. The analytical model of causal factors was designed. Therewith, cultural and situational factors have received less attention in the literature and they have major focus on the obvious types of research misconduct (data fabrication, Falsification and Plagiarism), especially plagiarism.
Talieh Khalifi, Naimeh Seyedfatemi, Marjan Mardani - Hamooleh, Hamid Haghani,
Volume 11, Issue 0 (3-2018)
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Spiritual health (SH) is a supernatural force and endeavor to achieve perfection and peace of mind in life.When it is endangered, a person experiences loss of meaning in life. In nursing, caring services and SH are related to each other. It is necessary to promote the SH of nurses so that patients will receive better care. The study aim was the effect of spiritual education on SH of nursing students. In this quasi-experimental study, 76 of undergraduate nursing students were selected using random simple sampling method and divided into experimental group (EG) and control group (CG) (n= 38) with random allocation method. Educational intervention was done for the EG for a period of 4 weeks, a 60-minute session per week, but no intervention was performed for the CG. Four weeks after the intervention, the post-test was taken in 2 groups. Data were collected using the SH scale by Paloutzian and Ellison. Independent t-test didn’t indicate any difference before the intervention in the mean score of SH in 2 groups (t=-0.49, p=0.62), while in the post-test, the independent t-test indicated the mean score of SH was higher in the EG than in the CG (t=-2.14, p<0.03). After the intervention, there was a significant increase in the SH (t=-4.39, p<0.001) in the EG. The paired t-test indicated no difference in the SH in the CG compared to the pre and post-test (t=-0.25, p<0.79). Spritual education influenced SH of nursing students. It is recommended that spiritual education be considered as one of the strategies for promoting SH in students.
Marjan Mardani - Hamooleh, Masoomeh Ahmadi, Naimeh Seyedfatemi, Hamid Haghani,
Volume 11, Issue 0 (3-2018)
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Empathy is considered an essential prerequisite for a nurse to effectively care for a patient. Also, spirituality is an important component in nurse-patient relationships. The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between empathy and spiritual attitude among nursing students. In this descriptive and correlation study, the samples consisted of 272 nursing students that were studying in 3 Medical Sciences Universities in Tehran, 2017. Samples were selected through convenience sampling method. Data were collected by demographics’ data form, validated and reliable scales of empathy and spiritual attitude. Data were analyzed by descriptive and analytical (Pearson Coefficient, Independent T test, and ANOVA) statistics. The students had a mean empathy score of 106.982 ± 14.65 that this was more than median scores of scale (60). Furthermore, they had a spiritual attitude score of 115.79 ± 15.8 that this was more than median scores of scale (86). Findings indicated that a significant relationship between empathy and spiritual attitude among nursing students (r=.265, p=.0001). Gender, educational level, interest in nursing, work status, and the average score of the previous term had significant relationships with empathy (P < 0.05). Interest in nursing and work status had significant relationships with spiritual attitude (P < 0.05).Research findings support the hypothesis of association between empathy and spiritual attitude. Since empathy has a significant relationship with spiritual attitude, it seems that nursing students’ empathy will increase by promoting their spiritual attitude.
Amirhossein Mardani, Alireza Parsapour, Ehsan Shamsi Gooshki,
Volume 11, Issue 0 (3-2018)
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This research reviews the scientific productions of the field of biomedical ethics based on articles published in Iranian scientific journals in Farsi (Persian language). The findings showed that from 2003 to 2017, researchers have published 1238 Persian articles in this field. The average annual growth rate of published articles is 23.17 percent, but this growth has been declining since 2013. The citation rate of articles (0.4 per article) suggests a small impact. Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences and Tehran University of Medical Sciences with the publication of 36% and 33% had the largest share in the publication of articles, respectively. Biomedical ethics research was interdisciplinary and researchers from the medical, nursing, and law sciences played a major role in compiling and publishing them. The topics such as medical ethics, medical education, and Islamic ethics were, repetitive subjects in articles, respectively. Only 22% of these articles referred
directly to funding provided by universities and research centers.
Amirhossein Mardani, Maryam Nakhoda, Ehsan Shamsi Gooshki,
Volume 17, Issue 0 (Supplement of 11th Annual Iranian Congress of Medical Ethics 2024)
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Research misconduct cases reviewed by ethics committees serve as a valuable source of data for managing potential future misconduct. This study examines the reported cases within closed research misconduct files of the National Committee for Ethics in Biomedical Research of Iran, aiming to identify common manifestations of misconduct and influential factors across various activities within the research system. Documentation from 100 closed cases reviewed by the National Committee for Ethics in Biomedical Research during 2016 and 2017 was analyzed. A documentary research method and qualitative content analysis were employed. Using a directional analysis approach, the manifestations and factors contributing to misconduct in each case were extracted and categorized. Subsequently, causal relationships between the reported factors were defined. Twenty-one manifestations of research misconduct were identified, most of which involved undesirable micro-level activities, particularly the failure to adhere to ethical standards in research publication. Although negative impacts were observed at the meso level, including issues with research oversight, training in research standards and skills, journal management structures, and administrative and financial structures within universities, macro-level activities and deficiencies in research system performance—such as inadequate investment and financial resource allocation—were not addressed. Twelve causal relationships contributing to research misconduct were identified, highlighting how inadequate performance across different levels of the research system—including administrative structures for research approval and funding, research infrastructure, research evaluation, training, journal management, and oversight mechanisms—can interact and exacerbate misconduct. A key finding was the insufficient reporting of reasons for research misconduct in case documentation. Ethics committees appear to lack significant focus on analyzing the underlying causes of misconduct. Detailed and precise reporting of misconduct reasons, alongside independent studies, would provide decision-makers with valuable insights for preventing future occurrences.
Amirhossein Mardani, Maryam Nakhoda, Ehsan Shamsi Gooshki,
Volume 17, Issue 1 (3-2024)
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Since research misconduct can be considered as an adaptive reaction against the limitations, pressures, and demands arising from inappropriate functions of the research system, to manage it, the activities of the research system should be investigated and traced during the path of transferring research policies (macro level) to research development programs in institutions (meso level) and research implementation by researchers (micro level). By introducing the macro-meso-micro analytical framework, this study clarified the tasks, strategies, and activities formed at three levels of the research system of medical sciences in Iran; from macro policies of research (macro) to operational plans for the development of research in universities and research centers (meso) and researchers as research conductors (micro). For this purpose, three analytical levels of the research system were explained and defined according to the assumptions of this framework. By performing a qualitative content analysis of the relevant texts, those activities that could be useful at different levels to support the research integrity were identified and presented as different strategies. The results showed that the research system, based on the existing analytical framework, is not seen as a mere macro-system without regard to the interaction of its parts, but rather a system in which there is cross-sectional influence and interaction among the components. This approach can improve the focus, clarity, and capability to study research misconduct, and by using micro, meso, and macro levels, it can trace challenges in the interactive path of various activities and functions of the research system and their intertwining.
