Annals of Military and Health Sciences Research
Volume:20 Issue: 2, Jun 2022

Violence in the workplace is one of the most critical risk factors worldwide. Nurses are continuously exposed to violence in their workplace, primarily because of having contact with patients and their families.

The present study aimed to investigate the violence against nurses in Razi educational and remedial center in Rasht.

In a cross-sectional study, we recruited 112 nurses working in Rasht's educational and remedial center by convenience sampling. The instrument included a questionnaire to assess workplace violence in medical settings, which had been used in several Iranian studies and was psychometrically assessed by Najafi in Iran. After collecting and entering the data into SPSS version 22 software, they were analyzed by independent t test, chi-square test, and Fisher's exact test. The significance level was set at a P value < 0.05.

The findings showed that 11.1% of nurses experienced physical violence, and 55.7% experienced verbal violence. We found a significant relationship between education level and verbal violence (P = 0.02) and between job (P = 0.02) and marital (P = 0.02) status and physical violence. Linear regression analysis showed that nurses with low experience were 1.01 times more likely to undergo violence (OR = 1.01; CI: 0.66 - 1.44).

Verbal and physical violence frequently occurred against nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic. Thus, the authorities are required to take adequate measures to reduce the incidence of violence in hospitals.

Obesity has become one of the most important health problems worldwide. Body Mass Index (BMI) is a clinical assessment of overweight and obesity in children, although Mid-Upper Arm Circumference (MUAC) assessment is more straightforward, especially for parents.

This study aimed to investigate the relationship between MUAC and BMI in children aged 6 - 12 years.

This cross-sectional study was performed on 455 elementary school children aged 6 - 12, including 278 girls and 177 boys with a mean age of 8.8 ± 1.8 years selected using the census method. Our researcher was trained for anthropometric data collection. Data were analyzed by SPSS version 25 software using Mann-Whitney, Kolmogorov-Smirnov, and Kruskal-Wallis tests.

The mean age was 9.19 ± 1.8 years, the mean height was 135 ± 12 cm, the mean weight was 31.85 ± 11 kg, the mean MUAC was 21 ± 3.1 cm, and the mean BMI was 17 ± 3.6 kg/m2. There was a significant correlation between MUAC and BMI in both sexes, but it was stronger in girls than in boys (P-value < 0.05). The MUAC cutoff point was 23.75 cm (77% sensitivity and 80% specificity) and 24.75 cm (93% sensitivity and 88% specificity) for overweigh and obesity in girls, respectively. Also, it was 23.25 cm (88% sensitivity and 83% specificity) and 25.25 cm (87% sensitivity and 90% specificity) for overweigh and obesity in boys, respectively.

We recommend MUAC as a predictor of early diagnosis of overweight and obesity.

Currently, in organizations, customer satisfaction and focus on successful sales are not enough to improve the organization’s assets and maintain a competitive position in the market. Therefore, companies should adopt the necessary measures and strategies to attract and preserve effective human resources. Without the power of efficient human resources, an organization is unable to create transformation, development, and excellence and achieve a strategic model and the set goal. For this purpose, there should be management that leads the organization and creates an efficient structure for the production of human resources. Brand human resources management is a differentiation in the core of human capital management strategy.

The main function of brand-based human resources management is to attract potential workforce outside an organization and maintain talent within an organization. Human resources management can play an important role in the success of an organization’s branding; however, it has received less attention.

This study aimed to explore the perception of the concept of brand-based human resources and to present its dimensions and components; in terms of purpose, data collection, and data certainty, this study was applied-developmental, descriptive, and exploratory, respectively. The statistical population included written sources or texts related to brand-based human resources management that were available. Moreover, the sampling method in this study was purposeful.

The main findings of this study included identifying the dimensions and components of brand-based human resources management in 17 basic themes, 8 organizing themes (components), and 3 comprehensive themes (dimensions).

Based on the findings of this study, it is possible to evaluate companies’ brand-oriented level of human resources management. Accordingly, action is taken to plan to improve weak aspects.

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has affected the lives of people all over the world. Although researchers are working to manage and minimize the impact of the current COVID-19 pandemic, no definitive treatment method has been identified so far. The present clinical trial aimed to evaluate the survival of two groups of patients with COVID-19.

The statistical population of this prospective clinical trial included 70 patients hospitalized in the Mofatteh Hospital in Varamin, Iran, from 13 May to 10 July 2020. The intervention and control groups were compared using the Kaplan-Meier method and log-rank test.

Patients in the intervention group had a higher survival rate than the control group.

Hordeum vulgare increased the survival of patients.

The onset of the COVID-19 outbreak brought unprecedented psychological and emotional consequences, especially for recovered patients, so resiliency in disasters could be helpful.

The present study was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) in the increasing resilience of recovered COVID-19 patients at the peak of the pandemic.

This research was quasi-experimental with a pretest-posttest design and control group. The statistical population of this study included all recovered COVID-19 patients with a mean age of 33.06 years at the peak of the pandemic in Isfahan (N = 30) in 2021-2022. They were selected by purposive sampling and randomly assigned to experimental and control groups (15 subjects in each group). After performing the pretest, the experimental group received a CBT program for 12 sessions, and then the post-test was performed. The required data were collected using the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC; 2003).

The obtained data were analyzed using descriptive statistics (mean and SD) and inferential statistics (analysis of covariance [ANCOVA]) using SPSS version 20. The findings showed that CBT led to increased resilience and had a significant effect on the experimental group (P < 0.01).

CBT can be considered an effective treatment in reducing problems and improving the psychological indicators of recovered COVID-19 patients.

Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is one of the most common gastrointestinal diseases. One of the factors that are known to play a role in reducing inflammation is acetylcholine (Ach), which decreases cholinesterase to increase Ach. The present study investigated cholinesterase activity in the serum of patients with GERD.

In this cross-sectional study, 30 patients with GERD were referred to Imam Reza Hospital, and 30 healthy individuals were included in the study. Serum was collected in the morning and the fasting state. Cholinesterase activity was measured photometrically and analyzed by unpaired student t-test and receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis.

The mean serum cholinesterase activity was significantly lower in the GERD group (5,445 ± 411 IU/L) than in healthy individuals (6,728 ± 305 IU/L). The cut-off for the detection of patients suffering from GERD by the serum activity of cholinesterase was 5,637 IU/L.

It seems that the cholinesterase activity reduces in the serum of patients with GERD.

The time of urination control varies in chHildren with environmental, genetic, geographical, and other factors.

We examined factors affecting urination control in children.

We enrolled children aged over five years at Amirkabir hospital and Imam Reza pediatric clinic, Arak, Iran. They were divided into two groups with and without urinary incontinence. Demographic, epidemiological, clinical, and urinary factors in children were gathered in questionnaires. Data were analyzed in the SPSS program by chi-square and t-test.

Themean age was 6.45±1.96 years. There were 436 (44.2%)males and 550 (55.8%) females. Anatomic and functional bladder disorders, UTIs, and organic disorders were the most common genetic factors, and toilet training neglect was the least common etiologic factor. Factors such as gender, living area, father, and mother education significantly differed between the two groups (P < 0.05).

Proper and timely urination regarding personal, familial, and environmental factors plays a vital role in urination control in children.