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L Vali, R Ravangard,
Volume 8, Issue 2 (23 2009)
Abstract
Background: Nowadays, health care section is one of the most important parts of sustained development in human societies because of having relationship with human health. Achieving this goal needs to have healthy and motivational staff, including nurses. We see nurses in all hospital wards who have been interested in their works when entering the hospital, but feel fatigue after several years and may give up their jobs. This survey has been conducted to study of effective factors on nurses' job motivation in Kerman University of Medical Sciences hospitals.
Material and Methods: This is a cross-sectional survey that studies 232 nurses occupied in Kerman university of medical sciences' hospital inpatient wards who were selected by stratified random sampling using a questionnaire which had 31 questions in 5 area: psychological, educational, financial, administrative and welfare factors. For determining the reliability of questionnaire, we conducted a pilot study and its _Krunbakh was 0.92. we used spss11.5 and Kruskal-Wallis and Mann-Whitney tests to analyze data.
Results: The results show the statistical relationships between welfare factor and hospital type (P=0.012), between psychological factor with sex, job experience and marital status (respectively, p=0/002, p=0/043 and p=0/011). But there weren't any statistical relationships between nurses' age and educational status and the studied area of motivation.
Conclusion: In this study, nurses who have following characteristics, have also better motivation status: occupying in hospital B, being married, being man, having master of science degree, having more than 10 years job experience and being between 30-40 years old.
L Vali, A Pourreza, B Ahmadi, A Akbari Sari,
Volume 11, Issue 4 (17 2013)
Abstract
Background: aging is a very sensitive period of life and paying attention to the problems and requirements of this period seems to be a social necessity. Improving medication for old patients is challenging and sometimes medication`s benefits are less than its disadvantages for the patient.Because of the numerous evidences of problems caused by medication in the elderly in the recent decade, many specialists and physicians have introduced tools and techniques for identifying these problems which are caused by medication and prescription of risky medicines.
Materials and Methods: Several methods, tools and criteria for assessment of quality of medication and medicine prescription in elderly have emerged since 1990.. We found out two categories of criteria reviewing the literature which are generally named as distinct criteria (criterion based) and implicit criteria (judgement based).
Result:The distinct category including Beers, Zhan, McLeod, Laroch and STOP/START criteria are all developed by a panel of experts and consensus in several stages. The second category of criteria concentrates on evaluation of clinical information.
Conclusion: All the tools and methods described in this study are used in Europe and in the USA which have limited market similarities with our country thereforedevelopment of tools for assessing prescription quality for the elderly in Iran is absolutely necessary.
L Vali , M ,amini Zade, T Sharifi , N Oroomiei , S Mirzaee , R Ghorbani Nia ,
Volume 13, Issue 2 (8-2014)
Abstract
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Background: EMS technicians are faced with numerous stressful situations during a working day. These mental tensions may significantly effect on delivered services quality actually. This situation can be considered as a threaten risk for people who use the EMS. This study aimed to determine the most common stressful factors influencing the EMS technicians in Kerman.
Materials Methods: In this cross-sectional study 140 EMS technicians participated. Sampling method was census and data collection was done by using a valid and reliable nursing tension factors questionnaire. Data analyzing was performed by SPSS software version 19 using Pearson correlation coefficient, Spearman and regression tests.
Results: The most and least common stressful factors were patient care (Mean=3.24) and environmental tension (Mean=2.64) respectively. Regression analysis revealed significant relation between age and environment tension factors (β = -0.155, p=0.034,) and managerial stressful factors had significant relation with gender (β= -2.955, p= 0.047) and educational level of EMS technicians (β= -0.23,p=0.05).
Conclusion: Patient care and personal factors cause stressful situations among EMS technicians. Therefore, it is recommended emergency managers to provide strategies toward decreasing job stress in order to improve the quality of working life and organizational commitment to help EMS technicians.
Farshad Faghisolouk , Ali Valinejadi, Roghaye Ershad Sarabi , Pouran Raeissi,
Volume 13, Issue 3 (12-2014)
Abstract
Background: Hospital as core of health and care system requires an effective leadership style and suitable strategy for organizational differences and conflict’ solving. Main goal of this study is to survey of relationship between leadership style and strategy of conflict management among chief executive officers of Urmia hospitals.
Materials and Methods: This analytical-descriptive cross-sectional study was implemented in Urmia hospitals in 2013. Study population of the research includes thirty top managers in ten hospitals of Urmia. Data gathered through three questionnaires (personal and job characteristic leadership style with method of Fiedler LPC and conflict management). Data analyzed through SPSS software, mainly by Chi 2, Kruskal–Wallis and Spearman's Rho tests.
Results: Results showed that Leadership style had significant statistical relationship with average of managers work experience (p=0.040). Also age and strategy of control had significant statistical relationship (p=0.01). Leadership styles and strategies of conflict management weren’t significantly with other descriptive variables such as (position, level of education, marriage situation, work experience, managerial studies and second job). Leadership styles and strategy of conflict management weren’t significant relationship, finally.
Conclusion: Since that the determination of leadership style and methods of dealing with conflict management in hospitals is important, it is recommended that ever done comprehensive research on the effects of other factors such as organizational culture, social culture, character on leadership style and conflict management.
Sayed Masood Mosavi-Negad, Omid Adeli, Tahere Hariri, Neda Vali-Pour, Zahra Moshkani,
Volume 15, Issue 3 (8-2016)
Abstract
Background: Many hospitals of Iran make use of their therapeutic capacities in order to attract medical tourists and increase revenue and efficiency of their affiliated hospitals. This issue has major benefits for hospital and tourists. This study assessed the potential of medical tourists' attraction in a military hospital in Tehran.
Materials and Methods: This was a descriptive- analytical one which used secondary data to analyze. Data gained from quality improvement and finance offices, recipients of service and health information management units from the first of 2014 to the first semester of 2015. Strategic plan document were used to analyze the opportunities and strengths points.
Results: The mean of studied hospital performance indicators like bed occupancy rate, length of stay, Bed turnover, rate of admissions to bed, mortality and bedsores rates, nosocomial infections, medication error, patients' rights and patient satisfaction were 4.68 , 3.3, 5.1 , 6.6 , 5.2, 1, 69, 9.74 , 70 percent respectively. The strengths points of the studied hospital were diverse expertise, updated equipment and minimum waiting time.
Conclusion: Because of skilled man power, physical resources and especially modern equipment, the hospital does not need huge investment in medical tourists' attraction. This issue will increase admission, productivity and satisfaction of clients and staff.
Dr Siamand Anvari, Dr Esmaeil Asadi, Gilda Rajabi Damavandi, Dr Mashala Vali Khani, Dr Behrang Shadloo, Sepideh Masoud Sinaki,
Volume 18, Issue 4 (1-2020)
Abstract
Background: The purpose of this study was to investigate the quality of life of employees working in a psychiatric hospital.
Materials & Methods: The present study is a descriptive cross-sectional study conducted in Roozbeh Hospital in 2018. The sample size was calculated using Cochran's formula and 112 questionnaires were analyzed. Quality of life was assessed using the 36-item Short Form questionnaire (SF-36). Data analysis was conducted using SPSS software, descriptive statistics, Kruskal-Wallis, Chi-Square and Cramer's post-test.
Results: The findings revealed that the overall score of quality of life was 68.8. The highest mean of quality of life score was related to Physical functioning function (84.2) and energy fatigue had the least score (58.7). Also, the results of the study showed that there was a significant relationship between education groups and quality of life in terms of physical functioning (P-value=0.007); work experience and quality of life in social functioning dimensions (P-value<0.02); between having hospital patient communication and caregivers' communication with the quality of life in energy fatigue and pain dimensions (0.005, 0.05> P-Value); in Roozbeh Psychiatric Hospital staff.
Conclusion: According to the research findings, the quality of life of Roozbeh Psychiatric Hospital staff is moderate and educational and therapeutic interventions are recommended to improve the quality of life of the staff.
