فهرست مطالب seyedeh fatemeh mirbazegh

COVID‑19 is an example of an epidemic and sudden crisis that has affected many aspects of life and work and identifying the factors that contribute to its impact can help prevent similar crises in the future. The purpose of this study was to investigate fear of COVID‑19, health anxiety, and work–family conflict in nurses working in COVID‑19 wards in hospitals affiliated with the Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS).

This descriptive‑analytical study used a census method to survey 226 nurses working in eight hospitals affiliated with TUMS. Demographics information and three questionnaires including; the Fear of COVID‑19 Scale, Short Health Anxiety Inventory, and Work–Family Conflict Scale were completed online. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and analytical statistics, and a significance level of p </em>< 0.05 was considered.

Structural equation modeling test showed that work–family conflict had an effect on health anxiety, and health anxiety had an effect on fear of COVID‑19 (p </em>< 0.05). The severity of the effect of work–family conflict on health anxiety was 0.73, and the severity of the effect of health anxiety on fear of COVID‑19 was 0.46. Work–family conflict had an indirect effect on fear of COVID‑19 mediated only by health anxiety (p </em>< 0.05) and the severity of the indirect effect was 0.33.

Health anxiety plays a mediating role in the relationship between work–family conflict and fear of COVID‑19. Workplaces should provide more support to their employees during a crisis such as the COVID‑19 pandemic, and prevention programs should be implemented to decrease anxiety.

Following the improvement in health status and life expectancy in developing countries, the elderly population is increasing. Elderly malnutrition is common across healthcare services and is associated with high costs and adverse outcomes. This study assesses the prevalence of malnutrition among elderly patients in the selected hospitals affiliated to Tehran University of Medical Sciences.

This cross-sectional study was conducted on elderly patients aged 65 years or older in 6 selected hospitals between June and September 2015. Using convenience sampling method, a total of 451 patients were included. Nutritional status was assessed using the Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA) tool.

The mean age of the patients was 71.49 ± 6.60 year and 55.5% were female. The prevalence of malnutrition was 27.3%. A total of 30.8% were at risk of malnutrition, and 41.9% had a normal nutritional status. There were significant associations between nutritional status and chronic diseases, body mass index (BMI), mobility, psychological condition, mid-arm circumference (MAC), calf circumference, and more than three prescription drugs per day (P < 0.001).

A satisfactory nutritional status was found among most hospitalized elderly. Future studies with follow-up during and after hospitalization are required.

Nurses job satisfaction is one of the effective factors in improving the quality of nursing care. The aim of this study was to determine the factors affecting job satisfaction of nurses who working in emergency departments in public hospitals, affiliated to Tehran University of Medical Sciences.

This study was a cross-sectional study conducted in the emergency departments of 14 hospitals that affiliated to Tehran University of Medical Sciences. The data collection tool, including a demographic questionnaire and a Herzberg Worksheet Satisfaction Questionnaire. The study sample consisted of 665 nurses working in the emergency department who entered the study by census method. The obtained data were analyzed using descriptive and analytical statistical tests (Mean ±SD and Chi square) and Version 18 SPSS software.

The Mean ±SD of job satisfaction in nurses (141.58±36.831) was moderate to low and the highest level of satisfaction in two dimensions, respectively, communication with colleagues and patients (48.3درصد) and job status (27.7%) and the lowest level of satisfaction were in two dimensions, salary and benefits (62.4درصد) and work situation (49.3%), respectively.

In all organizations, job satisfaction has been identified as an important factor in creating employee motivation, efficiency and responsibility. Job satisfaction in nurses, improve the quality of nursing care and reduce their retirement.

Numerous studies show that dietary behavior and the risk of various cancers (30 to 40%) are directly related, so changing dietary behavior could play an important role in preventing different cancers. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of the education of cancer preventing nutrition to the mothers of the students. In this quasi- experimental study, samples were 80 mothers of the students from two high schools of Tehran. They were divided into two groups with 40 persons in each group. They were selected by a multistage cluster sampling method. The data were collected in the control and intervention group by a self-administered questionnaire containing demographic and dietary behaviors parts (food frequency, purchasing, preparing and cooking, eating habits, health, and keeping behaviors) at base line (pre-test) and 3 months later. Educational content about dietary behaviors in order to prevent cancer has been presented by three sessions of lecture and question and answers in the intervention group, followed by the distribution of educational booklets and telephone follow up. The data were analyzed using SPSS-11.5. Based on the pretest results, the mean score of cancer preventing dietary behavior was low in both groups. Three months after educational intervention, the mean score of cancer preventing dietary behavior showed a statistically significant increase in the intervention group compared with the control group (P<0.001). The results showed that education of cancer preventing behavior could be effective in improving mother's dietary behavior.