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Yalda Soleiman Ekhtiari, Fereshtah Majlessi, Mohsen Shams, Abbas Rahimi Foroushani,
Volume 9, Issue 1 (9-2010)
Abstract
Background: Health care providers have important role in identification and management of domestic violence against women. The purpose of this study was to explore views and ideas of the women health worker about the screening and management programs related to domestic violence against women, their benefits and barriers and introducing the appropriate interventions for removing the barriers.
Materials and methods: This qualitative study was held through six focus group discussions and three in-depth interviews by the participation of fifty-six women who had provided reproductive health care of South Tehran, Rey and Eslamshahr Health Networks. The health care providers' views about domestic violence screening and management were extracted, categorized and analyzed.
Results: The majority of health care providers were aware of the importance of identifying and management of domestic violence cases in health care facilities. Respondents felt that they have responsibility to screen for domestic violence. Major barriers to domestic violence screening and management included perceived lack of time and place, insufficient knowledge and skills related to domestic violence screening and management, insufficient personnel and referral services.
Conclusion: : Improvement of identifying and management of domestic violence in health care settings by removing the barriers to screening and improvement of referral and supportive services, can lead to decreasing in domestic violence against women cases.
Seyed A Alavi , A Ahmadabadi , M Molaei Qelichi , V Pato , K Borhani ,
Volume 12, Issue 2 (9-2013)
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Background: In Iran, the rapid growth of urbanization is in a way that it fits into the appropriate location for urban spaces are not switching. The main consequence of this is failure of service delivery and service system to citizens. One of the most important public services that hospitals provide most of the citizens' health. The purpose of this study, “Optimal locating of hospitals in region 7 in Tehran city”.
Material and methods: This research is descriptive - analytical study has been done. For collecting information and data is used field studies and According to information obtained, To review the study area in terms of access to communication road, green space, away from industrial centers, military, and the fault, as well as for weighting the criteria, is used the AHP model. Then, using a decision model of TOPSIS in GIS software, valuation of criteria has been studied and appropriate maps is prepared, finally map that represents the best location for the construction of hospitals in this area is extracted.
Results: with combination and overlaying of data layers, the final map was obtained and determined that the northeastern section (Cross Resalat Street and cabli), central (martyr Motahari streets and Miremad) and southeast (Bakhshi fard and part of Damavand street) in district 7 are have priority and more points to construct hospitals.
Conclusion : System of Multi Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) with GIS can be used as effective tool in site selection of hospitals. Being located of hospitals, near to green spaces and comunication road and its distance from the industrial and military areas as well as the fault, capability of this model in this study is prove.
S Rafeiyee, A Pour Reza, A Rahimi,
Volume 13, Issue 1 (6-2014)
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Background: Human resource management has a critical role in organizations and organization culture is an outcome of human resource management performance. One of the dimensions of the organizational culture is power distance. This study aims to investigate the attitude of employees of selected hospitals of Tehran University of medical sciences towards the power distance in the organization and its consequences.
Materials and Method: This is a cross sectional study with a descriptive research design conducted in a sample of 306 employees and managers from Tehran University of Medical Sciences hospitals located in Tehran, Iran. A distinctive questionnaire for each group was developed, distributed and collected as a main procedure to gather data. Data were analyzed using SPSS 16.
Results: Study results indicates that there is a positive and significant relationship between power distance and employee participation, organizational commitment, job satisfaction, perception of justice and readiness to accept job responsibilities in the level of 95%(p value<0.05). The moderated multiple regression results also supported the hypothesis that managers’ attitude towards power distance had a significant relationship with their manner with the employees, noticing their qualifications and abilities, giving them independence and responsibility and supporting them in their role.
Conclusion: A limited power distance in an organization will result in more committed and satisfied employees with positive perception toward justice in the organizational interactions and ready to accept job responsibilities and movement toward the organization objectives.
Sh Nosratnejad , A Purreza , M Moieni , H Heydari ,
Volume 13, Issue 2 (8-2014)
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Background: Nowadays Social health insurance does not cover all health expenditures because of increasing cost of diagnosis and treatment services which results in private insurer entry to health market. This study is aimed to determine key indicators which have important effect on the demand for private health. This identification of indicators leads to better planning for prospering private health insurance.
Material & Method: This is a a descriptive and analytical study. The data were collected by questionnaires which has been filled by a sample of 950 households .The samples had been chosen by three-stage cluster sampling. The model had been estimated by econometric methods based on models of Probit and extreme value distribution..
Result: The result indicated that having basic health insurance, doing exercise each day routinely, having regular medical checks, being landlord and being retired raised the probability of demand for private health insurance. On the other hand, demanding private health insurance is less common among older adults and people who use to wear seat belts.
Conclusion: Identification of important factors which influence the demand for private health insurance would assist policy makers to provide essential structures for expanding private health insurance coverage.
Dr Mohammad Arab, Farhad Habibi Nodeh, Dr Abbas Rahimi Foroushani, Dr Ali Akbari Sari,
Volume 13, Issue 4 (3-2015)
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Background: Hospital waste need a very sensitive and cautious attention due to holding hazardous, toxic, and pathogenic factors such as infectious, pharmaceutical, pathological, chemical and radioactive left-overs. Thus, this study aimed to evaluate the observance of safety measures by workers responsible for collecting hospital wastes in the public hospitals affiliated to Tehran University of medical sciences.
Methods and Materials: This cross-sectional and descriptive-analytic study was conducted in 1391. Data were collected through using a questionnaire. According to the frequency distribution, total score for participants was divided into three weak (<26), average (26-30), and high (>30) categories. Data were analyzed by the SPSS 18 software using T-Test, one-way ANOVA and regression analysis.
Findings: Based on the results, 33.3% of hospitals received suitable, 55.5% received average and the remaining (11.2%) received a weak score regarding safety measures. Moreover, there was a statistically significant correlation between cleaning staff’s characteristics (education, age, work experiences and their training) with their safety status score.
Conclusion: Implementing current national principles and standards and conquering shortages, proper planning, using young workers alongside with experienced ones, more training courses and respecting and paying enough attention to cleaning staff would help to improve the safety of collecting hospital wastes.
Hossien Dargahi, Alia Akbar Razghandi, Zeynab , Rajab Nezhad,
Volume 15, Issue 2 (6-2016)
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Background: Concerning to the importance of team learning and process change, the clinical laboratories employees should be familiar with organizational learning. This study aimed at assessing and determining organizational learning capability among clinical laboratories employees of Tehran University of Medical Sciences hospitals.
Materials and Methods: This study was a descriptive-analytical and cross-sectional one which conducted among 85 employees of clinical laboratories using Cochran formula at five general teaching hospitals of Tehran University of Medical Sciences. The research instrument was Gomez et al. questionnaire consisted of four dimensions such management commitment, systematic approach, open climate and knowledge transfer in 17 questions. Five point Likert scale was used to rank questions. SPSS software 19 version was utilized to data analysis using t- test, Pearson Correlation Coefficient and Welch method.
Results: The average score of organizational learning among employees of studied clinical laboratories was 3.11 which showed relative desirable situation. Also, management commitment as an element of organizational learning had significant difference among the clinical laboratories (p=0.002). There was a significant relationship between employees education level with knowledge transfer and integration capability (p=0.04).
Conclusion: The process of organizational learning capability of the studied clinical laboratories was not desirable. Therefore, in order to complete establishment of organizational learning in clinical laboratories, should pay attention to some elements such establishment of patient safety system, initiation of error registration system and encouraging employees to report the errors
Dr Ebrahim Jaafaripooyan, Dr Golrokh Atighechian, Ameneh Saradar,
Volume 16, Issue 2 (7-2017)
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Background: Hospitals directly affected by disasters and crises which will be provided services facing with crises by well-informed and high performing personnel. This study aimed to determine self-efficacy level in disasters among senior managers of hospitals.
Materials and Methods: This study was a descriptive-analytical and applied one which was conducted in all public and private hospitals affiliated to Tehran University of Medical Sciences in 2015. Study population was all senior managers of hospitals and data was collected by a researcher-developed, valid and reliable questionnaire. Data analyzed using descriptive and Inferential statistics.
Results: Self-efficacy facing with crisis was assessed on average level (101 out of 130) and high among married men with previous experience in disasters. Also, self-efficacy level reported high among aged and position of ED managers. Nevertheless, there was no significant relationship between self-efficacy and participation in educational course and hospital ICS membership.
Conclusion: Given the relationship of self-efficacy with the aged and prior experience in disasters, these variables should be considered in selecting proper people for these positions. Moreover, having successful experiences dealing with challenges enhances the level of Self-efficacy among managers. Hence, using some techniques such as simulation or providing maneuvers can acquaint managers with the possible conditions facing with disasters.
Yeganeh Hayati , Dr Hojjat Rahmani , Dr Mohammad Arab,
Volume 16, Issue 3 (11-2017)
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Background: Health of hospital staff has a determinant role in increased productivity and since the main mission of hospitals is community health promotion, in order to achieve this important issue, monitoring, maintaining and improving general health is essential; this study developed to assess general health of staff affiliated to Tehran University of Medical Sciences and identify its related factors.
Materials and Methods: This Cross-Sectional, Descriptive-analytical study was conducted among 320 staff members of the Tehran University of Medical Sciences who selected using random sampling. In order to data collection, the General Health questionnaire was used. Collected data were analyzed using SPSS software through t-test and ANOVA tests.
Results: Study findings revealed that 47.5% of participants had psychological disorders suspiciously; prevalence of physical symptoms, anxiety, social dysfunction and depression were 53.9%, 49.3%, 79.5% and 14.6% respectively. There was a significant relation between general health and demographic features such as gender, marital status, major, job department, housing situation and type of employment (p<0.05). Also, the personal characteristics of managers influenced on the general health staff.
Conclusion: General Health of staff in hospitals Tehran University of Medical Sciences in comparison with similar studies at inside and abroad is not in good condition, therefore, it is recommended that policy makers and managers concerned the programs and solutions towards priorities in order to promote health personnel.
Saeid Mahmoudi, Zeinab Gholampour Noghondar , Farhad Habibi Nodeh, Hossein Safari, Parvin Abbasi Borogeni,
Volume 16, Issue 4 (2-2018)
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Background: Length of stay is one of the most important and practical indices used in hospitals today which represents the performance and efficiency of the hospitals. This study aimed to identify the factors affecting length of stay in hospitals affiliated to Tehran and Iran Universities of Medical Sciences based on Hierarchical Analysis Technique.
Materials and Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted in 2013. Study population consisted of 40 participants using purposive sampling method in the two groups including 13 matrons (nursing managers) and 27 supervisors (Clinical and educational) of hospitals affiliated to Tehran and Iran Universities of Medical Sciences. Data collection tool was the paired comparisons questionnaire which was confirmed validity by experts using Lawshe and reliability by Inconsistency Ratio. Data analysis was performed using Expert Choice software version 11.
Results: In general, in the studied hospitals, study results revealed that the "diagnostic, treatment and care methods (treatment efficacy)” with the mean of 21.4% and "admission and discharge in the end days of the week and the days off” with an average of 0.36 were the highest and the lowest priority is given to other factors affecting the length of stay of the patient,respectively.
Conclusion: Efficacy of provided treatment through using equipment, appropriate diagnostic and therapeutic procedures and factors related to hospital manpower were effective on length of stay in quantitative and qualitative dimensions. These important issues need more planning and pay attention by hospital officials.
Dr Hossein Dargahi, Seddigheh Asadi , Dr Batoul Ahmadi, Dr Mahmoud Mahmoudi ,
Volume 17, Issue 1 (5-2018)
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Background: Today, the organizations have found their need to a strategic planning for valuation of knowledge management. One of the most important elements for knowledge management is organizational creativity and innovation. Therefore, this study aimed to determine the relationship between knowledge management and organizational creativity and innovation among Tehran University of Medical Sciences.
Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was a descriptive-analytical one which conducted in 120 employees of teaching hospital in 2015-2016. The study questionnaire included three questionnaires as Probst’s knowledge management questionnaire, researcher made questionnaire for organizational creativity, Patchen’s organizational innovation questionnaire and demographic information. SPSS software version 21 utilized to data analysis using descriptive statistics, independent t-test and Pearson correlation coefficient at the significant level of less than 0.05.
Results: The study results revealed that there was a relationship between knowledge management and creativity (r=0.661, P<0.001) and organizational innovation (r=0.325, P<0.001). Also, there was a significant association between organizational creativity with innovation (P=0.02).
Conclusion: Development of knowledge management could increase the rate of organizational creativity and innovation. Therefore, the policymakers, leaders and managers of hospitals should establish the knowledge management system to improve the organizational creativity and innovation, and finally promote the efficiency and effectiveness of hospital practice.
Dr Ebrahim Jaafaripooyan, Tahere Sharifi, Dr Sara Emamgholi Poor, Dr Mir Saeed Yekani Nejad, Samaneh Esmaeili,
Volume 17, Issue 2 (9-2018)
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Background: Hospital accreditation is assumed as an effective control mechanism for health systems to improve quality and efficiency. Current study thus, seeks to look into the relationship between hospitals’ accreditation and efficiency
Materials and Methods: In order to measure efficiency, hospital inputs and outputs included the ratio of physician and nurse to bed, mortality and nosocomial infection rate and quality of inpatientservices were used. A sample of 554 hospitalized patients selected using stratified random sampling
method. Data gathering instruments were researcher-developed questionnaire and checklists. DEAP and SPSS software deployed to assess correlation between accreditation rank and technical efficiency
Results: Average hospitals’ technical efficiency score was 0.94 indicating an improvement capacityof %5.1 for hospitals efficiency. The mean quality score was 4.13 out of 5( in the range of 3.9-4.3)There was no correlation between hospitals accreditation rank and their technical efficiency
Conclusion: According to the results, it seems efficiency should be also considered in accreditationmetrics. In addition, for measuring efficiency, performance based inputs and specifically outputs tohave reliable results should be chosen
Dr Hossein Dargahi, Rostam Zalvand,
Volume 18, Issue 1 (5-2019)
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Background: Physicians' full time attendance is related to increment of many hospitals performance. Regarding the present challenges, this study aimed to analyze this plan using SWOT technique and present TOWS model in Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS).
Materials and Methods: This study was a descriptive-analytical and cross-sectional one conducted during 2016-2017. Based on Cochran formula, 234 full time attending physicians randomly selected using simple randomization method. The research tool was a researcher made SWOT questionnaire which confirmed its content validity and reliability. Collected data was analyzed by SPSS software using SWOT technique and suggested TOWS strategic model.
Results: The most valuable weaknesses of mentioned plan were inappropriate coordination of physicians; lack of compensatory system, and the most important strengths were employment of young physicians and better education for medical students. The most important opportunities and threads of mentioned plan were establishment of competitive work between public and private hospitals and burnout and dispensing of experienced physicians moving to private sector, respectively.
Conclusion: Based on study findings, TOWS model strategies can be suggested for improvement of the plan.
Zahra Tahmasebi, Dr Maryam Tajvar, Dr Mohammad Arab,
Volume 18, Issue 1 (5-2019)
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Background: Due to the presence of valuable and expensive equipments in hospitals’ warehouses, scientific management and continuous evaluation plays an important role to improve the performance of warehouses and whereby the performance of hospitals’ wards. This study aimed to evaluate the performance of the central stores of hospitals affiliated to Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS).
Materials and Methods: In order to conduct this cross-sectional study, a checklist was designed and validated to examine the warehouses’ status considering structural, process and outcome dimensions of 39 depots in 14 hospitals. The status of hospitals’ warehouses were assessed using descriptive analysis and in order to assess association between performance evaluation score and charchetristics of warehouses and its staff Pearson Correlation Coefficient was utilized.
Results: Although, warehouses’ performance of studied hospitals in general was satisfactory, there were some items in unsuitable condition particularly in structural and process dimensions which should be addressed quickly. Also, performance of warehouses revealed a positive and significant correlation with number of beds, area and size of warehouse and number of staff (p <0.05).
Conclusion: Given that fair warehouses status, some items particularly in structural and process dimensions were in inappropriate condition which needed rapid consideration. Furthermore, hospitals with more beds have more and bigger warehouses achieved better evaluation score, but some of warehouses without these condition should be addressed in priority.
Sara Bigdeli, Dr Maryam Tajvar, Dr Mohammad Arab,
Volume 18, Issue 1 (5-2019)
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Background: Visual disorders in old age is one of the most important factors in decreasing quality of life of older people. This study aimed to access the vision-related quality of life of older people in Tehran and to examine some of the underlying factors.
Materials and Methods: This was a population-based cross-sectional study among 566 older people aged 60 years and over, living in Tehran. A multistage cluster randomized sampling method was used to select study population, data was gathered using interviewing them at their home. NEI-25 VFQ (Visual-Functioning Questionnaire) was used to measure the vision-related quality of life of the participants. Multi-level linear regression analysis was used to data analysis.
Results: The average score of the vision-related quality of life was 80 out of 100. Among 12 dimensions of Visual-Functioning Questionnaire, the dimensions of color vision (CV), vision specificsocial functioning (VSSF) and peripheral vision with the scores of 96.8, 96.7 and 95 gained the highest and the dimensions of driving and vision specific dependency (VSD) with the scores of 42.6 and 50.3 had the lowest scores, respectively. Significant associations were observed between being a women, older, and having a lower education with poorer vision-related quality of life.
Conclusion: This study results provides an evidence for policymakers in prioritizing visual health services based on more impaired visual function and also at risk older people.
Dr Hosein Dargahi, Sajjad Alahdadi, Abbas Salarvand,
Volume 18, Issue 3 (10-2019)
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Background: Human resources form the basis of health care systems and nurses are a large part of this community; therefore, paying attention to factors affecting the performance of nurses is necessary. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between mental health dimensions with organizational commitment and work ethics among nurses working in general hospitals affiliated to Tehran University of Medical Sciences. The mental health status among nurses was also investigated.
Materials and Methods: This is a descriptive-correlation study and the study population included nurses from general hospitals affiliated to Tehran University of Medical Sciences. 242 nurses were selected from Vali-Asr, Imam-Khomeini, Baharlu, Sina, and Amir-Alam hospitals using stratified sampling and responded to self-monitoring questionnaires including GHQ-28, Allen & Meyer's organizational commitment (OCQ), and work ethics (Petty, 1995). Data were analyzed using SPSS-23 software as well as Pearson correlation coefficient, ANOVA, one sample t-test, and independent t-test.
Results: Dimensions of social impairment(r=-0/19, p<0/01) and depression(r=-0/33, p<0/01) correlated with work ethics. Dimension of hypochondriasis correlated with nurses organizational commitment (r=-0/15, p<0/05). The mean of dimensions of hypochondriasis (7.45±0.28), anxiety and insomnia (6.97±0.27) and social impairment (6.33±0.19) among female nurses was higher than the average.
Conclusion: The dimensions of mental health of nurses are related to their organizational commitment and work ethics. Also, the mental health status among nurses is undesirable. Therefore, it is essential to address the issues of nurses at high levels, such as the Ministry of Health and the Nursing Organization, and low levels such as hospitals nursing management.
Mahmoud Biglar, Hossein Dargahi, Zohreh Ghorbani, Sima Garshasbi,
Volume 19, Issue 3 (11-2020)
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Background: Employees’ empowerment is the best and efficient organizational strategy for improvement of human resources productivity. Therefore, the present study was aimed to investigate the relationship between empowerment training courses with human resources productivity among Tehran University of Medical Sciences employees.
Materials and Methods: This was a descriptive-analytical and cross-sectional study. The study population included 1452 employees of the university deputies. Research sample was calculated 304 according to Krejcie and Morgan table. The research tool consisted of Hersey's empowerment training courses effectiveness translated by Jafari “et al.” and Hersey-Goldsmith's human resources productivity questionnaires. The content and structural validity including convergent and divergent validity of questionnaires were determined, and their reliability was confirmed by Alpha Cronbach with 0.86 and 0.89 coefficient, respectively. Data were analyzed by SPSS version 23, and descriptive results were presented by absolute and relative frequency and analytical results by inferential statistical techniques and Structural Equation Modeling.
Results: The mean of empowerment training courses effectiveness of employees and human resources productivity was relatively desirable. Also, the relationship between empowerment courses effectiveness and human resources productively of employees was confirmed.
Conclusion: Using different procedures of employees’ empowerment in early period of employment including organizational socialization, on-the-job training courses by workshops, distance learning and in-person training for empowerment of self-esteem, compatibility, and innovation of employees’ for promotion of organizational and individual productivity is recommended.
Hiwa Mirzaii, Hojjat Rahmani, Mohammad Arab, Jalal Saeidpour,
Volume 20, Issue 1 (5-2021)
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Background: Medical tourism has been considered in our country for many years. The arrival of international patients in the country will boost the medical tourism sector; however, the necessary infrastructure must be created for this. The guidelines for the establishment of the International Hospital Unit are one of the legal infrastructures for standardization in this field. Therefore, this study was conducted with the aim of strategic analysis of the establishment of an international patient unit in hospitals of Tehran University of Medical Sciences.
Materials & Methods: This combined study was performed in 2019 in three hospitals of Tehran University of Medical Sciences that had a license to operate this unit. In-depth interviews were conducted in each hospital with experts in this field. The data were then categorized into four categories of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats, and according to the results of the SWOT technique, the necessary strategies were presented.
Results: There are opportunities including low cost of medical services in Iran, low value of Iranian Rial and political and religious ties with countries in the region. Significant threats also included the existence of professional competitors, the widespread activity of brokers, and the large number of trustees for the industry within the country. Finally, appropriate strategies were presented for each hospital.
Conclusion: This market in our country faces many threats and needs policies appropriate to the current situation with an immediate action. The results also showed that two hospitals are in a competitive state and one hospital is in a defensive state.
Alireza Golabdoost, Abbas Monavarian, Abbas Nargesian,
Volume 20, Issue 2 (9-2021)
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Background: Social media is one of the low cost tools used by many organizations. The purpose of this qualitative research is to present a public accountability model based on the use of social media in public universities of medical sciences in Tehran.
Materials and Methods: The present study was performed using Clark's position data analysis method. In-depth interviews were conducted with 21 experts in 1400 to extract the main components of this model. The subjects of this study were managers and experts of medical universities in Tehran (Tehran, Shahid Beheshti, Iran) that participants were selected using purposive sampling method of theoretical sampling.
Results: The analysis of the accountability situation in medical universities showed that the "government" is the main and determining factor. Within this factor is the "Ministry of Health". The third factor is the "universities of medical sciences" and the social worlds active in it. The fourth factor is "public relations units", but in the corner of these overlapping factors is the "target community" factor.
Conclusion: The basis of accountability is reporting and information. Universities should give their staff the necessary leeway to report directly. According to the research findings, it is suggested that by forming a specialized department of public relations in relation to public accountability, in addition to identifying capacities, to remove existing barriers.
Abbasali Rastgar, Mahdieh Vishlaghi,
Volume 20, Issue 4 (12-2021)
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Objective: Organizational bullying leads to uncontrollable stressful situations in which people cannot perform their tasks properly and relax and this may lead to fatigue and exhaustion. The aim of this study is to determine the effect of organizational bullying on emotional exhaustion mediated by nurses' psychological distress.
Methodology: This study is applied research and descriptive. The population of the study is the nurses of Shariati Hospital in Tehran. 148 questionnaires returned Based on simple random sampling and the research data analyzed using SPSS and AMOS software. Research variables measured using the questionnaire of organizational bullying of Inerson et al. (2009), psychological distress of Kessler et al. (2003) and emotional Exhaustion of Maslaj and Jackson (1981).
Results: Organizational bullying has effect on nurses' emotional Exhaustion directly and also effect on nurses' emotional Exhaustion through mediation of psychological distress indirectly.
Conclusion: The results of the present study have brought innovations in the field of organizational bullying and psychological distress of nurses and also help hospital managers to understand the effect of organizational bullying on nurses' emotional Exhaustion by providing comfortable working conditions to prevent emotional Exhaustion. Also because of the effect of organizational bullying on psychological distress, managers have to create a friendly atmosphere to prevent such psychological states so that they can provide appropriate services.
Mohammadreza Zahedi, Seyyed Mahdi Hosseini Sarkhosh,
Volume 22, Issue 2 (9-2023)
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Background and purpose: The Internet of Things (IoT) essentially refers to the connectivity of various objects through the internet to facilitate a more efficient and intelligent experience. However, due to the emerging nature of this technology in Iran, instances of its full deployment in service organizations, including hospitals, are rare or infrequent. Therefore, the aim of this study is to identify the key success factors for the deployment of IoT and assess the readiness for implementing this technology in Milad Hospital, Tehran.
Methods: This research is a descriptive-survey study conducted in two phases. In the first phase, 30 key success factors were identified through a review of previous studies. In the second, survey phase, 93 managers and staff members of Milad Hospital formed the statistical population, and data was collected through a researcher-made questionnaire. The comparison of the current and ideal states of success factors for IoT implementation, and their ranking, were done using the t-test and Friedman test in SPSS software.
Results: Based on this study, factors such as information technology, organizational culture, organizational structure, and human resources were identified as the most crucial for successful IoT deployment in the hospital. Additionally, the results showed that there is a significant gap between the hospital's current state and the desired state for IoT implementation in these identified areas.
Conclusion: Successful implementation of IoT requires enhancement in readiness, both in terms of technological and organizational-cultural infrastructures
