مجله اطلاع رسانی پزشکی نوین
سال هشتم شماره 1 (پیاپی 19، بهار 1401)

As one of the well-known countries for medical tourism, Iran has the potential for growth in this industry and requires information and advertisements in online media and websites. This study aims to investigate the effectiveness of the content produced by the website of AriaMedTour Medical Tourism Company in informing tourists.

This is an applied study that adopted an inductive approach in which the netnography qualitative research method was used. Data were collected in three forms: archive data, extracted data and field data, from the AriaMedtour website in 2021 and online data were analyzed in two stages of content analysis and analysis of customer comments and keywords in ATLAS.ti software.

The results of content analysis showed that the content of the website falls into three categories of relational, organizational and advertising. Analysis of medical tourists' opinions also showed that the website was able to cover all the information needed by tourists. The tourists were satisfied with the information and services of the company and were mostly looking for information about costs, Iran, accommodation, food, and availability of translators. They get most of their information from the videos of tourists received the company's services.

The use of web-based platforms focusing on relational, advertising, and organizational contents for informing and attracting medical tourists is very effective.

ResearchGate is one of the most popular social networking websites for scholars. This study aims to investigate the presence of the faculty members of Hamadan University of Medical Sciences (HUMS) on ResearchGate by using an Altmetrics approach.

The study population consists of the profiles of the faculty members from HUMS, Hamedan, Iran on ResearchGate in 2021. For Altmetrics study, first their profiles were visited. Their data were then extracted which included Research items, Total Research Interest, Questions, Answers, Followers, Followings, Reads, Recommendations, RG Score, Citations, and h-index. Their total citations were then extracted from the Web of Science, Scopus, and Google Scholar databases. Finally, the collected data were analyzed in SPSS v. 25 software, using Kolmogorov–Smirnov test and Spearman correlation test.

All faculty members of HUMS had a profile in ResearchGate and 78.31% had joined ResearchGate. The statistical analysis showed a significant positive correlation between RG score and citations on ResearchGate, Web of Science, Scopus and Google Scholar.

Through active participation in ResearchGate and sharing published studies, medical scholars can make their works more visible and get more citations.

 Nursing students deal with psychological stress due to exposure to the hospital atmosphere and contact with patients; hence, they are more prone to harms. It is necessary to investigate their academic and mental health problems, including addiction to Internet, and its relationship with their academic procrastination. Therefore, the present study aims to determine the role of Internet addiction in predicting the academic procrastination in nursing students.

This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted in 2018 on 392 nursing students at Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences who were selected by quota sampling method. A demographic information form, Young's Internet Addiction Test (IAT), and Solomon and Rothblum's academic procrastination questionnaire were used to collect data. Data were analyzed in SPSS v. 16 software using descriptive statistics (mean, standard deviation, frequency, and percentage) and analytical tests (t-test, analysis of variance, regression analysis, Pearson correlation test). 

 Pearson correlation test results showed a positive and significant relationship between Internet addiction and academic procrastination (P<0.05). Regression analysis results showed that all dimensions of IAT (adjusted R2= 0.186) significantly predicted academic procrastination. The non-standardized beta value showed that the shares of low time control/management and salience/neglect of social life in predicting academic procrastination were 2.14 and 2.018, respectively. The mean scores of IAT and academic procrastination were reported 20.69±2.81 and 64.4±2.48, respectively.

Considering the roles of poor time management and neglect of social life in predicting the nursing students' academic procrastination, their importance should be emphasized to the parents and students. Screening students for academic problems and procrastination and identifying the related factors as well as increasing students' awareness and skills to manage time and improve social relations should be considered.

The control of the COVID-19 pandemic can be successful with widespread acceptance of produced vaccines. To cover a wide range of people with vaccination, it is important to understand their behavioural perspectives. This study aims to investigate the knowledge and attitude of Iranian people towards the COVID-19 vaccines and its related factors.

This is a cross-sectional descriptive study. The study population includes all Iranian people who had access to social networks. The number of samples was determined using Cochran’s formula and the samples were recruited using a convenience sampling method in 2021 (n=370). A researcher-made questionnaire consisting of three sections of demographic information, knowledge and attitude was used to collect data. Data were analysed in SPSS v. 22 software using Kolmogorov-Smirnov, Spearman correlation, Kruskal-Wallis, and Mann-Whitney U tests. 

The Mean±SD deviation of knowledge and attitude scores were 4.18±0.933 and 3.43±1.19, respectively. A strong positive correlation was observed between knowledge about and attitudes towards COVID-19 vaccines. There was a significant difference between the scores of knowledge and attitude based on age, gender, marital status, income level, history of infection to COVID-19, and the death of a loved one due to COVID-19.

The levels of knowledge and attitude towards the COVID-19 vaccines are high in Iran. Since the knowledge and attitude in young, female, single, and low-income level people are less than in older, male, married and high-income people, the necessary measures should be taken to increase their awareness and attitude through the various social networks available to them.

Health literacy is one of the most important indicators of health knowledge. This study aims to evaluate the health literacy level of students in Allied Medical Sciences, Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences (HUMS), Hormozgan, Iran.

This is a descriptive-analytical study with cross-sectional design conducted in 2019. The study population consists of all students in the School of Allied Medical Sciences, HUMS. Out of 447 students, 218 were selected by stratified random sampling method. The Health Literacy for Iranian Adults (HELIA) questionnaire was used to collect the data. Data were analyzed  in SPSS software using Kolmogorov-Smirnov, Mann-Whitney U, Kruskal-Wallis, and post hoc tests. The significant level was set at 0.05.

The mean scores of female students in two dimensions of reading (P=0.015) and comprehension were significantly higher compared to male students (P=0.008). The results of Kruskal-Wallis test showed an increasing trend in the level of health literacy in the second-year students.

Incorporating a targeted curriculum in disciplines such as health information technology in all faculties of HUMS especially the Allied Medical Sciences, is useful in promoting the students' health literacy. This can be effective in increasing the students' ability to take care of themselves and their families and in advancing their educational goals in the future.

One of the most common causes of death is the adverse drug reactions. The volume and dispersion of information is one of the problems of information systems for registering unwanted adverse drug reactions. This study aims to design a National Minimum Dataset (NMDS) for reporting the unwanted adverse drug reactions.

 This descriptive-comparative study was conducted in Mashhad University of Medical Sciences in 2020 in three steps. The first step was to review the literature by searching in PubMed, Web of Science, and Scopus databases with a publication year over 10 years conducted countries leading in the field of reporting unwanted adverse drug reactions. Then, the reporting process of the selected countries was studied. In the final phase, the proposed NMDS was validated using the Delphi technique based on the opinion of 15 experts.

Out of 109 data elements, 45 elements were polled, of which 33 obtained the necessary points in the first stage of Delphi process and 6 elements in the second stage. They were finally categorized into 7 groups; Patient information (8 elements), hospital (2 elements), complication (7 elements), medication (11 elements), the drug preparation method (3 elements), the reporter (4 elements), and others (4 elements).

Reporting adverse drug reactions is considered as an important part of drug monitoring and safety internationally. Therefore, based on the obtained results, this set of minimum data can be used for the Iranian reporting system to avoid the scattering of non-practical information and reports.

 The COVID-19 disease has led to psychological challenges for health care providers. This study aims to investigate the satisfaction of employees working in the headquarter of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences (SUMS) with the COVID-19 emergency support packages.

 This descriptive cross-sectional study was performed on 311 employees of the SUMS headquarter who were selected using a stratified random sampling method in 2021. Data collection tool was a researcher-made questionnaire. Data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics (Pearson correlation test, t-test, and ANOVA) in SPSS v. 23 software at a significance level of 0.05. 

The mean total satisfaction level of employees was 118.57±19 19.83 (out of 200). Their mean satisfaction with the support packages at individual/family and organizational levels were 54.29±10.35 and 64.28 86±12.86 (out of 100), respectively. There was a statistically significant relationship between employees' satisfaction and their work experience (P=0.04), gender (P=0.03), and workplace (P= 0.01). 

 The satisfaction of SUMS headquarter staff with the COVID-19 emergency support packages is at a moderate level. Planning is recommended to increase their satisfaction by developing and improving the support packages at individual, family and organizational levels.

For improving the quality of reproductive health services and providing appropriate health care to mothers to reduce their mortality and morbidity, it requires to apply the effective cost models used in the world. In this regard, the aim of the current study is to critically review the related literature on cost management of healthy reproductive services with the continuous midwifery care model.

This is narrative review study. A search was conducted in national and international online databases including using the keywords: Midwifery, reproductive health, continuous care, model, healthy reproductive services, cost, economic, cost effectiveness in Persian and English on studies published from 2010 to 2020 in English and had available full texts.

The continuous midwifery care model plays an important role in reducing the costs of medical care and a healthy reproductive program by reducing unnecessary interventions and prevented complications such as cesarean delivery and episiotomy rates. On the other hand, by improving the quality of mothers' services through improving health indicators, motivation, self-efficacy, and empowerment of mothers, this model encourages them to receive regular and more reproductive services.

The continuous midwifery care is an effective model. Considering the economic limitations of the country, it seems that the use of this model in the healthy reproductive program can lead to a reduction in the treatment costs and improve the quality of midwifery care by providing continuity care and reducing unnecessary interventions.