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Determining the Information Requirements of Electronic Prescribing and Medication Administration System for Cardiovascular Patients
Reza Safdari, Farnoosh Larti, Kamyar Fathi Salari, Saman Mohammadpour,
Volume 14, Issue 3 (Aug & Sep 2020)
Abstract
Background and Aim: Cardiovascular diseases and medication errors are among the leading causes of morbidity and mortality around the world. Electronic prescribing and Medication Administration(ePMA) systems can prevent medication errors to some extent. This study aimed to determine the information requirements of ePMA systems.
Materials and Methods: This descriptive study was conducted in Imam Khomeini Hospital of Tehran and School of Allied Medical Sciences affiliated to Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS) in the summer of 2019 in two phases: literature review and survey-based questionnaire. Information items obtained from reviewing the texts of 100 articles were organized in three questionnaires. In the survey phase, questionnaires were distributed among physicians, nurses, and the experts of health information management(HIM) and medical informatics, using census sampling method. The reliability of the questionnaires was measured using Cronbach's coefficient alpha. Statistical analysis was done using SPSS.
Results: The findings showed that based on specialists’ point of view, patients' demographic information items and unique identifiers gained the highest average, above 4.7. Physicians agreed most with clinical information, including medication history and generic names. From the nurses’ point of view, the information items of the patients’ problems and the procedures performed and the types of drug doses obtained a complete average of 5.
Conclusion: The need for information items varies among different users of ePMA systems, but there may be items that are common for them. Future studies should further investigate financial and pharmaceutical information requirements based on the perspectives of other hospital pharmacy and accounting staff.

Study of Dimensions of Low Back Pain and Its Characteristics among Operating Room Nurses in Ahvaz Hospitals: A Cross-Sectional Study
Mohammad Ghasembandi, Samaneh Dehghan Abnavi, Negin Larti, Foziye Hamoole Tahmasbi, Jaber Zabihirad,
Volume 19, Issue 1 (4-2025)
Abstract
Background and Aim: Low back pain (LBP) is one of the most common musculoskeletal disorders among operating room nurses, and numerous studies have well explained its causes and factors. However, studies focusing on the characteristics and dimensions of low back pain and its relationship with influencing factors have not been conducted. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of the type of LBP, duration of back pain, and severity of back pain, and their relationship with the demographic characteristics of operating room nurses.
Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 350 operating room nurses at Ahvaz teaching hospitals in Iran in 2023. Data were collected using a questionnaire that included demographic information and LBP characteristics. Data were analyzed using IBM SPSS.
Results: 64.8% of the subjects were female, 63.5% were married, and their mean age was 33.83±7.02 years. The prevalence of LBP among operating room nurses was 74.3%. In 60.7% of participant who have LBP, the first experience of back pain was in the past 5 years. The most common diagnosis of LBP was muscular disorders (29.9%). Also, 57.3% of them had pain only in the lower back and 42.7% of them had LBP radiating to the legs. We found no statistically significant relationship between the duration and severity of LBP and demographic characteristics (P<0.05). A statistically significant relationship was found between the type of LBP and gender and level of education, as well as between the duration of LBP and severity of LBP (P<0.05).
Conclusion: The findings of this study showed a high prevalence of LBP among operating room nurses, and differences in the type of LBP were observed based on gender and educational level, which may be attributed to individual factors. Additionally, the significant relationship between the duration of LBP and its severity may indicate the effect of the long duration of LBP on its severity, which suggests that providing counseling and treatment programs for nurses who are in the early stages of LBP.

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