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The Relationship Between Organizational Involvement And Adaptability In Educational Hospitals Of Kerman In 2012
Mahmoud Nekoei-Moghadam, Sajad Delavari, Mohammad Hossein Ghorbani, Somaye Delavari, Mozhgan Fardid,
Volume 9, Issue 4 (11-2015)
Abstract

Background and Aim: Employee involvement and organizational adaptability are two key factors towards success in almost all organizations. Hospital managers must pay special attention to these two variables and always try to improve them. The present research, therefore, studies the relationship between employee involvement (empowerment, team orientation, and capability development) and organizational adaptability (creating change, customer focus, and organizational learning) in the educational hospitals of Kerman.

Materials and Methods: The population of this quantitative study includes all staff members of Kerman’s educational hospitals, estimated about 1370 individuals. A sample of 302 subjects was systematically selected based on Krejcie and Morgan’s table of sample size. The data collection tool was a questionnaire and the data were analyzed by Pearson correlation coefficient, ANOVA, and Schefe post hoc test.

Results: According to the findings, employee involvement and organizational adaptability -- and their related indices -- were at an acceptable level and were almost equal to those of international organizations. Moreover, there was a positive and significant relationship between these two main variables and their related indices.

Conclusion: The results of this study can help hospital managers to verify the present situation of organizational adaptability and organizational involvement and their relationship. These findings could help hospitals to predict change priorities and select better strategies.


Relationship between Nurses’ Plateau and Job Burnout in Kerman Private Hospitals in 2014
Malikeh Beheshtifar,
Volume 11, Issue 3 (7-2017)
Abstract
Background and Aim: Job burnout is a painful experience for individuals and it is a costly phenomenon for organizations. Plateau is a key aspect for increasing this problem. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between nurses’ plateau and job burnout in Kerman private hospitals in 2014.
Materials and Methods: In this study, the descriptive, correlational and cross-sectional methods was used. The study population consisted of 142 nurses in Arjomand and Razieh-Firoz hospitals. According to Morgan table, 100 nurses were selected as the sample size. Two questionnaires was used: the plateau questionnaire with content validity 0.98 and reliability 0.94 and the job burnout one with content validity 0.98 and reliability 0.93. To analysis data, partial least squares (PLS) with Smart PLS 2 software was used.
Results: The results showed that there was a significant relationship between nurses’ plateau including components of hierarchical plateau and job content plateau with their job burnout in Arjomand and Razieh-Firoz hospitals.
Conclusion: Job burnout has destructive effects on individuals’ performance; so, it is important to prevent it in the organizations. One of its aggravating factors is plateau. It is suggested to decrease the plateau at workplace by creating the good work condition, efficiency sense, individual progress sense, and chance to promotion.

The Study of Health Literacy of Patients Referring to Specialist Physicians' Offices in Kermanshah City
Mahmoud Moradi, Sara Bahrami Nia,
Volume 13, Issue 4 (11-2019)
Abstract
Background and Aim: The aim of this study was to evaluate the health literacy of patients referring to specialist physicians' offices in the city of Kermanshah.
Materials and Methods: This is a descriptive analytical cross-sectional study. The population of the study (patients and their companions) included those referring to specialist physicians' offices. In 2017, 380 people were randomly selected and were studied during three months. The data collection tool was Health Literacy for Iranian Adults Assessment Questionnaire. Its validity was confirmed by specialists and its reliability turned out to be 0.89 by Cronbach's alpha. Data were analyzed by statistical tests (Spearman's correlation, Mann–Whitney U test and Kruskal-Wallis test) using SPSS software.
Results: The findings of the study showed that the health literacy of patients and their relatives, referring to physicians' offices in the city of Kermanshah, was relatively favorable, i.e., more than average. The three sources of "the Internet", "questions asked from doctors and medical staff" and "radio and television" are the priorities of information or health literacy. The results showed that people's health literacy was different in terms of age, sex, education, and occupation.
Conclusion: The results of this study revealed that often those people who have low and limited health literacy are among vulnerable community groups (having old ages, low educational levels, and low income). So, considering the health information needs and health literacy of vulnerable groups and designing simple and targeted education using the appropriate media are recommended.

Library Anxiety of Residents in Use of Information Sources and Electronic Services Based on Localized Bostick Scale
Farideh Akbarzadeh, Zahed Bigdeli,
Volume 13, Issue 5 (1-2020)
Abstract
Background and aim: A Library is a safe place to research and study for some students, but it creates anxiety for others. The main purpose of this research is to investigate the library anxiety among Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences(KUMS) residents in using information sources and electronic services based on five factors of Bostick scale.
Materials and Methods: The study was a cross-sectional survey. The sample size was 197 persons who were selected using simple random sampling. Data collection tool was a researcher-made questionnaire whose validity was confirmed by experts and its reliability was confirmed by Cronbach's alpha coefficient of 0.809. The questionnaire consisted of 41 questions on a five-point Likert scale. The library anxiety questions were designed and localized based on the five factors of the Bostick scale. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, mean, standard deviation and analytical statistics by Kolmogorov-Smirnov test and Pearson correlation coefficient using SPSS 23 software.
Results: The mean score of library anxiety was 78.32, the mean score of familiarity and usage was 32.08 and 29.54. Mechanical and emotional factors had the highest mean of library anxiety factors. Mean library anxiety was not significantly different between male and female residents(p>0.05). There was a significant relationship between residents' library anxiety and their skills in using information resources and e-services.
Conclusion: The results indicate a level of library anxiety among the assistants. Accepting this fact can be a positive step in solving the problems associated with the use of information and electronic resources.

Investigating the Prevalence of Self-Medication with Antibiotics and Related Factors among those who Refer to Health Care Centers in the City of Kerman
Arash Farvahari, Mina Danaei, Ali Sheibani Tezerji, Mohsen Momeni,
Volume 16, Issue 6 (1-2023)
Abstract
Background and Aim: Nowadays, due to people using antibiotics without prescription, the resistance of the bodies to antibiotics has been a major health issue in the world. This study aimed to investigate the consumption of antibiotics without prescription among the people that go to the health care centers of Kerman.
Materials and Methods: This descriptive-analytical study was conducted from April to September 2019, cross-sectionally on 331 people who were referred to the health care centers of Kerman city by the available sampling method. In this research, a valid questionnaire was used to collect information. Data was analyzed with SPSS statistical software, using t-test and chi-square statistical tests.
Results: The average age of the referred people in this study was 38.6±10.76 years, 135 (40.4%) were males and 194 (60.6%) were females. More than two-thirds of people had a higher education than deploma degrees. The self-medication prevalence with antibiotics was 32.9%. The most common cause of self-inflicted use of antibiotics is unwillingness to pay (34.4%), the most common types of antibiotics used are amoxicillin (25%) and azithromycin (24%), and the most common form of medicine used is pills (55.5%). Respiratory infections were also the most common cause of self-inflicted use of antibiotics (42.2%). Pharmacies were the most common source of information about how to use antibiotics (53.9%). Also, self-medication with antibiotics in married people (P=0.015). people with self employed jobs (P=0.031) and people without medical insurance (P<0.001) were significantly more than the other studied group.
Conclusion: The results of the present study showed self-medication with antibiotics is highly prevalent in Kerman city, and policy makers should take interventions to increase people’s awareness of the risks and side effects of self-inflicted use of antibiotics, as well as drug resistance created as a result, in order to reduce the self-inflicted use of these drugs.

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