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R Safdari , M Maleki , V Ghorbani ,
Volume 3, Issue 2 (9-2009)
Abstract
Background and Aim: Today, cardiovascular diseases are the most important public health challenges in the world. Prevention and management of cardiovascular diseases necessitate the existence of a comprehensive system for recording data. Patient medical document is one of the most important data which should be classified so to facilitate and expedite the treatment process. A comparison of cardiovascular disease classification systems could assist health care policy makers to battle cardiovascular diseases.
Materials and Methods: This descriptive-comparative study conducted during years 2007-2008. The cardiovascular diseases classification systems in USA, Australia, England and Canada were reviewed. Data collecting was done through literature review, Internet and e-mail.
Results : The cardiovascular disease classification systems of all the developed countries are national. The developed countries, with the exception of England, utilize a multiracial classification model, especially designed to reflect the individual requirements of every single one of them. This model employs health care standards, e-learning, annual educational programs, and consultation with experts. Iran lacks such a national classification system for cardiovascular diseases.
Discussion and Conclusion : In order to improve the management and prevention of cardiovascular diseases in Iran, it is essential that the cardiovascular disease classification system in the country be national.
A Fatemi, A Kazemi, Mm Peighambari, N Givtaj, H Bakhshandeh,
Volume 5, Issue 2 (9-2011)
Abstract
Background and Aim: Myocardial infarction (MI) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Epidemiological studies indicate that MI results from complex interactions between long-term environmental influences, concomitant disorders, and genetic susceptibility factors. Identification of genetic risk factors, particularly in premature MI, is very important. Since thrombosis plays a critical role in the pathophysiology of MI, recent studies focus on coagulation genetic polymorphisms. The critical role of platelets and their surface glycoproteins in the formation of occlusive thrombus leading to acute myocardial infarction is now well accepted. Platelets have two major receptors for collagen, glycoprotein I/IIa (integrin α2β1) and glycoprotein VI. In the present study, platelet GP VI T13254C polymorphism was chosen due to its potential association with altered platelet reactivity. The aim of the present study was to determine whether or not GP VI T13254C polymorphism was associated with premature acute myocardial infarction.
Materials and Methods: One hundred patients with premature acute myocardial infarction and 100 age-matched controls with normal coronary angiograms were studied. Genotyping was done using PCR followed by RFLP. Statistical analyses included chi-square, t-test and logistic regression model.
Results: The findings of the present study showed that the prevalence of T13254C polymorphism did not differ much between patient (38%) and control (33%) groups and that polymorphism was not associated with premature acute MI (P=0.46). Logistic regression analysis also indicated no association between this polymorphism and premature acute MI (P=0.20).
Conclusion: This study showed that there was no significant association between GP VI T13254C polymorphism and premature acute MI.
Azar Tol, Sima Esmaeili Shahmirzadi, Davoud Shojaeizadeh, Mohamad Reza Eshraghian, Bahram Mohebbi,
Volume 6, Issue 3 (9-2012)
Abstract
Background and Aim: Cardiovascular diseases are the main cause of death and disabilities in the world. The purpose of the present study is to determine the perceived barriers and benefits of adopting health-promoting behaviors among individuals at risk of cardiovascular diseases referring to TUMS Teaching Hospitals in 2011.
Materials and Methods: This is a cross-sectional study in which 325 patients at risk of cardiovascular diseases were randomly selected. The data were collected using a self-made questionnaire having three parts: 14 items for demographic and health-related variables, 12 items for perceived barriers, and another 12 items for benefits. For data analysis, SPSS 18 was used.
Results: The mean age of patients was 53.56±11.27 about 47.7% of patients(n=155) were female and 52.3% (n=170) were male. There was a meaningful relationship between the mean of perceived benefits on the one hand and occupation, physical activity, type and frequency of physical activity, smoking and awareness of cardiovascular diseases on the other(p0.001). Moreover, the mean of perceived barriers showed a meaningful relationship with occupation, smoking and awareness of cardiovascular diseases(p0.05).
Conclusion: The findings of the present study revealed that demographic and health-related variables could affect the perception of barriers and benefits of adopting certain behaviors for the prevention of cardiovascular diseases. Therefore, using interventional and educational approaches appropriate for target group features can help us take effective steps towards health promotion.
Maryam Momeni , Arsalan Salari, Atefeh Ghanbari, Maryam Shakiba ,
Volume 7, Issue 2 (7-2013)
Abstract
Background and Aim: Pre-hospital delay is an important cause of increasing mortality in acute myocardial Infarction. There are conflicting data regarding the relationship between sex and pre-hospital delay for patients with acute myocardial Infarction. The aim of the present study was to determine the relationship between pre-hospital delay and sex.
Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional survey was conducted on 162 consecutive patients with acute myocardial Infarction admitted to Cardiac Care Unit (CCU) in Dr. Heshmat hospital in Rasht between May 2010 and September 2011. A convenient sampling method was used. All patients were interviewed within 7 days after admission by using a data collection form.
Results: Mean of pre-hospital delay for women was more than men. Majority of men had chest pain. The women often experienced different and non specific symptoms compared to men. Regression analysis showed no significant relationship between patients' characteristics and pre-hospital delay in women whilst, pre-hospital delay was significantly related to perceiving symptoms to be serious and interpreting symptoms to a cardiac origin in men.
Conclusion: Results of the current study suggest that pre-hospital delay for women was longer than men with acute myocardial Infarction as women often experienced no specific symptoms compared to men. Therefore, it recommended that clinicians educate public, particularly women, on acute myocardial infarction to enable them to recognize the signs and symptoms of acute myocardial infarction correctly and realize the benefits of early treatment.
Seyed Javad Ghazi Mirsaeid , Zahra Pouramini,
Volume 7, Issue 6 (3-2014)
Abstract
Background
and Aim: The lack of paying attention
to overlap between two databases cause purchase of duplicate resources waste of
funds. This study examined overlap of articles in the field of cardiovascular
which was indexed in Scopus and Web of science databases during years 2001 to
2010.
Materials
and Methods: In this study, at first,
sub-headings in cardiovascular field from medical thesaurus (Mesh 2012) was
extracted, then each keyword in the title of the articles in both databases
were searched and articles retrieved. Then bibliographic information of these
articles entered into Endnote X3 software and afterwards was arranged based on
alphabetically title. As a result common articles between the two databases and
unique articles to each database was determined. Using SPSS version 0.1.0.8 the amount of relative and traditional overlaps was
calculated between the two databases.
Results:
Totally 45,680 articles were
retrieved. There were 27,979 common titles, 14,875 articles belonged only to
Scopus and 2826 articles belonged to Web of Science. Finally traditional
overlap was 61/5%. Overlaps of Web of Science with Scopus 65/28% and Scopus
with Web of Science were 65/28% and 90/82% repectively.
Conclusion: The amount of relative overlap between the two
databases as well as relative overlaps from Scopus with Web of Science is more
than the relative overlaps from Web of science with Scopus. It means many
articles that have been indexed in Scopus don’t exist in the Web of science.
Khalil Ali Mohammadzadeh, Hamid Reza Mohseni,
Volume 10, Issue 1 (4-2016)
Abstract
Background and Aim: With regard to the effect of environmental health for employees, and with regard to the lack of a proper plan for identifying and controlling harmful occupational factors, it is necessary to create workplace health identification cards. The aim of this research is to design an identification card, which includes all the information about the workplace health of the employees of administrative section of a ministry, which could be updated in specific time intervals.
Materials and Methods: The present research was an applied, descriptive and observational study which was conducted in 2015 in 100 work stations which were randomly selected in a governmental ministry through designing of two forms, including the information about workplace building, and the health information of the work station. The employees were also interviewed in order to collect data about each workstation regarding the machines for measuring the light, sound, temperature, ventilation, and rays. The opinions of four experts in the fields of environmental health, public health, occupational health, and civil health was used to analyze the data.
Results: A workplace health identification card was designed and determined through using the data obtained in this research. The following issues from this identification card, including standardizing the workplace of administrative employees, creating a data bank from the information, related to workplace health.
Conclusion: Workplace health identification card will be created and the standard management procedure will be designed for the purpose of health inspections of the workplace of administrative employees through the data extracted from this research.
Reza Safdari, Masoumeh Hamidi, Mohsen Aghaee, Marjan Ghazi Saeedi ,
Volume 10, Issue 6 (3-2017)
Abstract
Background and Aim: The objective of this study was to design electronic card of health for schizophrenic patients to better manage their clinical information.
Materials and Methods: The study was conducted year 2014. The population of the study included 40 psychiatrists. The information, based on minimal clinical and demographic data, was gathered through field study and survey using a questionnaire. Referential and inferential statistics techniques were used to analyze the data. To schizophrenic patients' electronic health cards, various software were studied to design database, card and card reader.
Results: According to the results and observed frequencies, it was confirmed that the components of demographic and clinical information be inserted in the electronic card of health. The project includes hardware of card reader machine, card and visual studio software. Microsoft SQL Server, 2008, was applied to design database.
Conclusion: The electronic card of health for schizophrenic patients helps the treatment team to provide effective health care as well as medical records and hospital admission's staff in better management of patient information. It also reduces the problems of relatives and family members of the patients in the medical centers and facilitates, and the process of treatment of schizophrenic patients significantly. Using schizophrenia patient’s electronic health card, hospital in better management of patient information puts in good condition.
Sara Emamgholipour, Ali Akbari Sari , Sara Geravandi , Hoda Mazrae ,
Volume 11, Issue 3 (9-2017)
Abstract
Background and Aim: The World Health Organization (WHO) has placed special emphasis on the protection of families against the costs of health services. Patients suffer not only from the burden of a disease, but also from the burden of their health costs. The aim of this study was to estimate out-of-pocket costs and to identify the factors that affect catastrophic expenditures among patients with cardiovascular diseases in Khuzestan Province.
Materials and Methods: In this descriptive-analytic study, 100 cardiovascular patients having referred to educational hospitals in Ahwaz, Khuzestan Province, were considered. Out-of-pocket costs were estimated and using Econometrics Logit model, factors affecting catastrophic expenditures among households were identified. All analyses were performed using SPSS and Stata.
Results: The average out-of-pocket cost was 16,008,936 rials per patient during one year. Also, 55% of patients faced with catastrophic expenditures. Income level and family size had a significant negative impact; however, patients’ employment status had a positive but insignificant effect on catastrophic expenditures.
Conclusion: Hospital inpatient expenses and drug costs cover most of out-of-pocket expenditures and should be considered by policymakers. By increasing the income level and family size, families will encounter catastrophic expenditures less. The out-of-pocket costs among patients with cardiovascular diseases can be reduced by boosting the insurance coverage and government help.
Mohammad Yahyaei , Ali Akbar Ahmadi , Pirhossein Koulivand, Mojtaba Rajab Beygi,
Volume 13, Issue 5 (1-2020)
Abstract
Background and Aim: In today's complex work environment, organizations need a strong link between strategy and effective strategy execution. The purpose of this research is to integrate Balanced Scorecard model with Kaizen management to meet this need and increase innovation efficiency in organization and create sustainable competitive advantage.
Materials and Methods: This study was a descriptive study in terms of purpose and in terms of data collection, in three stages. Two researcher-made questionnaires(validity and reliability of 0.852)were used perform this applied research in Shahroud hospitals. The first is identify factors using the Delphi method by 16 experts and The second was to confirm the indices, which were completed randomly by 829 hospital beneficiaries and analyzed by confirmatory factor analysis. Structural-interpretive model was used to determine the effect of indicators on each other. In order to determine the cause and effect relationships between the goals and the two models Quality Function Deployment matrix was used by expert opinion.
Results: This study showed that in order to achieve the goals of learning development perspective in BSC model, one needs to use "mura" in Kaizen model. Also, to achieve internal process goals, the muri dimension must be used, to achieve the financial perspective objectives of the "deletion"(muda), and for the customer perspective goals, the "mura" dimension must be applied.
Conclusion: Integration of BSC and Kaizen models can provide a suitable framework for continuous improvement of performance, because it has been successfully Performance in Shahroud hospitals, this research has shown that it seeks continuous improvement and increased productivity in the hospital.
Reza Safdari, Farnoosh Larti, Kamyar Fathi Salari, Saman Mohammadpour,
Volume 14, Issue 3 (7-2020)
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.
Mahdi Hadi, Ali Jahan, Lila Najafi, Mohamad Ali Shariat,
Volume 17, Issue 1 (3-2023)
Abstract
Background and Aim: Parallel to the progress of services, organizational complexity levels in health care centers (HCCs) have increased. The influential factors in this regard include the variety of services, the non-uniformity of the centers’ management conditions, and the rising expectations from the health system. Therefore, considering many factors influenced and effective, improvement of health services requires development of a systematic approach to evaluate their efficiency and management system. The aim of this study was to develop a balanced scorecard (BSC) model suitable for HCCs using a hybrid approach that combines the Fuzzy Delphi and DNAP techniques.
Materials and Methods: This research was a combined qualitative-quantitative study that was conducted with the aim of developing a BSC model suitable for HCCs. The statistical population consisted of 15 experts in health and medicine, who were selected based on the targeted snowball sampling. A researcher-made questionnaire and a 20×20 matrix questionnaire were used to collect the data. The questionnaire validity was calculated based on the experts’ opinions and the reliability was calculated using Cronbach’s alpha and consistency rate. The data was analyzed using Excel and MATLAB, and DNAP technique was used to determine the cause-and-effect relationship and the influence levels of the objectives.
Results: According to the results of the Fuzzy Delphi technique in the panel of experts, 5 viewpoints with 20 objectives of the BSC suitable for HCCs were identified and replaced the traditional viewpoints of the BSC. In addition, these results showed that the views of growth and development, intra-organizational processes, and social responsibility are considered as the influential factors due to the positive D-R values, while the views of patients and society, financial status, and performance are considered as the factors that are effective due to the negative D-R values.
Conclusion: The results of this study indicated that those points of view that are consistent with the goals of the HCCs should be used in the BSC in order to evaluate their performance. Also, prioritizing and determining the cause-and-effect relationship and considering the contribution of each point of view for achieving the goals of the HCCs can increase the performance.
Mohammad Hossein Sadeghian, Parviz Jahan, Mohammad Aarefi,
Volume 17, Issue 5 (12-2023)
Abstract
Background and Aim: Aluminum phosphide poisoning is one of the fatal poisonings in Asian countries, including Pakistan and India, which requires urgent treatment. Since one of the most important symptoms in patients poisoned with aluminum phosphide is cardiovascular manifestations; it seems that electrocardiogram and echocardiographic changes are one of the important things that need to be measured in patients poisoned with this substance. Therefore, the study was designed to investigate electrocardiogram and echocardiographic changes in patients poisoned with aluminum phosphide.
Materials and Methods: The present study was conducted cross-sectionally 2019-2021 on 107 patients poisoned with aluminum phosphide who referred to the poisoning emergency of Baharloo Hospital in Tehran. All patients were included in the study due to taking tablets, solution or inhalation of aluminum phosphide. Finally, the patients› information was collected based on the variables investigated in this study including age, gender, poisoning dose, time interval between taking pills and admission to the hospital, systolic blood pressure level, electrocardiogram and echocardiography changes.
Results: The mean systolic blood pressure was 107 mmHg at the beginning of the study that changed to 103 mmHg after 24 hours. In addition, the mean diastolic blood pressure was 71.19 mmHg at the beginning of the study that changed to 68.66 mmHg after 24 hours. The blood pH of the patients at the beginning of the study and after 24 hours, was 6.99 and 7.39, respectively (P-value= 0.081). The mean EF was 40.68at the beginning of the study which, on average, changed to 46.57 mmHg after 24 hours (%5.21 increase, P-value= 0.029).
Conclusion: The results of the present study showed that extensive changes in the echocardiography of the heart, especially the left ventricular ejection fraction, as well as the patient›s ECG could indicate the severity of heart poisoning in patients poisoned with aluminum phosphide.
Reza Safdari, Sharare Rostam Niakan Kalhori, Afzal Shamsi, Homa Hajizadegan,
Volume 17, Issue 5 (12-2023)
Abstract
Background and Aim: Atherosclerosis of coronary arteries is the most common heart disease and indication of coronary artery bypass graft(CABG). After CABG, patients need proper self-care and lifestyle changes to increase their quality of life. The present research aimed to the conceptual design of self-care Android software, focusing on the third phase of cardiac rehabilitation.
Materials and Methods: This descriptive research has been carried out in two main phases and a total of six steps in order to assess the informational and functional needs of self-care software and design its conceptual model. After searching in reliable scientific sources and guidelines and checking the available Persian software, through the content validity index questionnaire of Lavshe, Welts and Bassel, 23 people from the medical staff with a history of caring for heart patients participated in the step of determining the requirements and the results were analyzed using SPSS Software. Descriptive analysis was done. Finally, the software model was prepared using integrated modeling language and th mind map was drawn.
Results: Sixty two items were identified in 6 general categories (personal information, medical records, interventions, personal health record, essential information, emergency communication). In the phase of determining the requirements by the experts, 52 items were accepted and 10 items were included in the conceptual model of the application program with minor changes and revisions.
Conclusion: Using mobile health in self-care and cardiac rehabilitation will be a suitable solution in order to increase treatment, follow-up and optimal continuation of self-care in patients. By having different functions, this tool can facilitate lifestyle change and help patients in secondary prevention of cardiovascular events and improve their health.
Mahdieh Jafari, Majid Razavi, Sepideh Fanaei Nookar, Mehryar Taghavi Gilani,
Volume 19, Issue 1 (4-2025)
Abstract
Background and Aim: Hypertension is one of the most common comorbidities in cataract surgery and severe hypertension sometimes cause surgery to be postponed. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the relationship between preoperative hypertension and intraoperative hemodynamic changes and postoperative early cardiovascular and cerebral complications on cataract surgery.
Materials and Methods: This study was performed on 160 patients with cataract surgery in Mashhad Khatam-al-anbia hospital. Before induction, the patients were divided into three groups by blood pressure measurement: normotensive (blood pressure <140/90) 100 patients, hypertensive (blood pressure 140/90 to 180/110) 30 patients and hypertensive crisis (blood pressure>180/110) 30 patients. Blood pressure and heart rate were assessed before entering to operating room, before induction and every 5 minutes to the end of surgery, after recovery and ward transfer. Cardiovascular and neurological complications were assessed 24 hours after surgery. Data were analyzed by SPSS software. P<0.05 was considered significant.
Results: There was no significant difference between patients for demographic and preoperative hemodynamic parameters. Preinduction, the blood pressure increased compared to the ward, which was more significant in the hypertensive and hypertensive crisis groups (P=0.001). After induction, systolic blood pressure reduced which was more significant in the hypertensive crisis group than two other groups (P=0.001). The heart rate increased after transferring to the operation room and returned to normal after induction of anesthesia, but in three groups were not statistically significant (P=0.25). Systolic blood pressure < 90 mmHg during the surgery, and also cardiovascular and nervous complications up to 24 hours were not significantly different in three groups (P=0.75 and P=0.08, respectively).
Conclusion: Blood pressure instability was more common in patients with hypertension crisis, but no early or debilitating complications were observed. Primary hemodynamic changes were rapidly reduced and controlled by induction of anesthesia. According to the findings, preinduction blood pressure alone is not sufficient to cancellation of cataract surgery.
Alireza Seyfi Ardali, Yoones Shahbazi, Mohammad Javad Katani, Mehrdad Azarbarzin,
Volume 19, Issue 3 (9-2025)
Abstract
Background and Aim: Cognitive-behavioral therapy is one of the effective types of psychotherapy in the treatment of psychiatric disorders such as anxiety disorders, depression and improving mental health. This study was conducted with the aim of comparing the effectiveness of acceptance and commitment therapy and cognitive-behavioral therapy on the mental health of patients with a history of myocardial infarction hospitalized in hospitals in Kermanshah province in 2024.
Materials and Methods: The present study is applied in terms of purpose and in terms of implementation method, it is a quasi-experimental study with a pretest-posttest design and a control group. The statistical population of this study included all patients hospitalized with myocardial infarction in hospitals in Kermanshah province, from whom 45 people were selected conveniently and based on the inclusion and exclusion criteria and were randomly assigned to two experimental groups and one control group (three groups of 15 people). To collect the information required for the study, the Goldberg (2003) Demographic and Mental Health Questionnaire was used. SPSS statistical software and t-test and ANOVA statistical tests were used to analyze the research data.
Results: Out of a total of 45 participants, 29 were male (65.4%) and 16 were female (34.6%). The comparison of their mean mental health scores before the intervention in the pre-test and post-test was (64.8±11.18, 63.33±11.34), (62.6±12.22, 58.07±12.94) and (64.87±10.56, 61.87±10.59), respectively. Also, the results of the analysis of covariance test for comparing mental health in the acceptance and commitment therapy and cognitive therapy groups showed that the F value obtained was 7.111 and its significance level was also smaller than 0.05 and was significant (P<0.05). As a result, both text-based acceptance and commitment therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy had a positive effect on the mental health of patients with a history of heart attack, and among them, the effectiveness of acceptance and commitment therapy was higher.
Conclusion: Considering the lower mean scores of the ACT-based therapy group in the post-test, it can be concluded that it was more effective than cognitive behavioral therapy in increasing mental health.
Mozhgan Farazmand, Mandana Asgari, Hamid Bouraghi, Taleb Khodaveisi, Ali Mohammadpour, Soheila Saeedi,
Volume 19, Issue 3 (9-2025)
Abstract
Background and Aim: Cardiovascular diseases have a very high prevalence globally and are recognized as one of the main causes of mortality worldwide. Artificial intelligence, as a novel technology, has garnered attention in recent years in Iran and other parts of the world for the management of a wide variety of diseases. The present study aimed to systematically review research studies conducted in the field of applying artificial intelligence in cardiovascular diseases.
Materials and Methods: To investigate research studies conducted in the field of cardiovascular diseases utilizing artificial intelligence, the Persian language databases SID, Google Scholar, and Magiran were searched. This search was conducted without time limitations on April 3, 2024 and included all research studies that, up to this date, had used various artificial intelligence methods in the field of cardiovascular diseases in the present systematic review.
Results: The results of the search in the aforementioned three databases led to the retrieval of 17,819 research studies, of which 46 research studies met the inclusion and exclusion criteria of the study. These research studies had used artificial intelligence in three areas: prediction, treatment, and diagnosis. Neural networks (n=22), support vector machines (n=20), and decision trees (n=16) were the algorithms that were used more than other techniques. The data sources of the included research studies were mainly patient medical records and the UCI database. Additionally, MATLAB software was used more than other software. The most frequently mentioned limitations in the research studies included not considering all factors, limited access to data, insufficient data, the presence of noise in signals or images, and the presence of outliers, missing values, and non-normality of data.
Conclusion: The systematic review of research studies conducted in the field of cardiovascular diseases utilizing artificial intelligence showed that this technology has been used in a wide range of cardiovascular diseases, and most of the conducted research studies confirmed its effectiveness and successful performance.
Parsa Farmahin Farahany, Maryam Amirshekari, Mohsen Yaghmaie,
Volume 19, Issue 5 (12-2025)
Abstract
Background and Aim: Designing a standard surgical preference card and implementing it in the operating room environment can partially solve the problems related to the variety of surgical procedures and the preparation of tools and equipment required for each surgical procedure. The present study aimed to determine the effect of designing and implementing surgical preference card software on the clinical skills of operating room students at Jiroft University of Medical Sciences.
Materials and Methods: This study was a semi-experimental intervention study in which 70 operating room students from the 4th, 6th, and 8th semesters of the undergraduate operating room program were selected through a census method and were trained using educational software designed by the researcher. Before and after the training, their clinical skills were assessed using a researcher-made questionnaire and checklist. To confirm the validity of the questionnaires and the researcher-made checklist, the opinion of an expert panel (12 expert faculty members) and the consensus of peer reviewers were used. Then, the data were analyzed in SPSS software using descriptive statistics, paired t-test, nonparametric Wilcoxon test, and analysis of covariance test.
Results: According to the research findings, the use of the designed software was effective on the clinical skills of operating room students. Based on the results of the Willcocson tests, a significant difference was observed in the mean scores of the students’ clinical skills test before and after implementing the designed software. The results of the study showed that the clinical skill scores of the students increased after using the software. The maximum scores of the samples are calculated from 100 points. The average clinical skill score of the subjects in the study increased from 40.98 before the educational intervention to 92.36 after the intervention, and the students had a higher level of skill in preparing the items and tools needed by the surgical team in all three stages before, during, and after surgery. Also, in the study, no relationship was found between any of the demographic variables studied, such as age, gender, and academic semester, and the clinical skills of the study members (P<0/05).
Conclusion: Based on the results of the present study, the design and use of surgical preference card software in training procedure of operating room students has had an impact on improve their clinical skills. Therefore, the design and use of educational software in the field of anticipating the needs and preparing the requirements of each surgical procedure is recommended to all professors and officials in the operating room field.
