مجله علمی پژوهان
سال بیستم شماره 3 (تابستان 1401)

Placement of skin heat probe for continuous monitoring of infant body temperature is one of the main components of neonatal care. Therefore, managing the body temperature of newborns under radiation warmers requires a lot of attention from nurses to prevent unwanted complications. The aim of this study was to determine the appropriate connection point of skin probe for temperature control in premature infants under radiant heating admitted to neonatal intensive care units in Hamadan in 2020.

In this cross-sectional descriptive study, 140 infants aged 34 to 37 weeks admitted to neonatal intensive care units in Hamadan in 2020 who met the inclusion criteria were included in the study by available methods. The incubator temperature was set at 37 degrees and it was the same for all infants. For each infant, the probe was attached to the forehead, chest between the ribs, right axillar, arms adjacent to the nipple, right armpit, back of the legs, and upper thigh, respectively. The baby's temperature displayed on the digital warmer screen was recorded two minutes later. A researcher-made checklist was used to record the data and the data were analyzed using t-test and Paired t-test.

The correlation between left and right axillary was highest, meaning that the best location for the incubator thermometer probe, after the left axillary is the right axillary (r = 0.91, P = 0.001).

The most suitable place for connecting skin probe for temperature control after left axillary, is the right axillary.

Congenital heart disease is one of the most common congenital anomalies in children. The purpose of this study was the evaluation of social support in parents of children with congenital heart disease.

This was a descriptive correlational study. The study population included 200 parents of children with congenital heart disease who referred to Imam Khomeini Clinic in Hamedan in 2020 via available sampling method and using the demographic information questionnaire, social support questionnaire Zimat. Data was analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics.

The mean and standard deviation of the total score of social support 41.4 ± 5.61. The highest social support 15.71 ± 2.23 was related to the family dimension and the lowest social support 12.17 ± 2.39 was related to the dimension of friends. The results of this study showed that the average total score of social support in terms of all demographic variables of parents except maternal occupation has a statistically significant difference (P < 0.05).

Social support is tool that improves the quality of life in parents of children with congenital heart disease, so it is recommended to develop a comprehensive care plan for these patients alongside, increasing their parent's social support.

With the spread of COVID-19, the fear and anxiety of this disease is increasing and this virus has had various psychological consequences for people. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship of COVID-19 anxiety with catastrophizing, loneliness and academic support.

The research method was descriptive-correlation. The statistical population of the study was all third grade students of the second high school of Zahedan in the academic year 2020-2021 (n = 6199) that stratified-available sampling method 346 students were studied through corona virus anxiety, catastrophizing, loneliness and academic support questionnaires. Pearson correlation coefficient and stepwise regression were used in a stepwise manner to analyze the data.

Based on the findings, the mean and standard deviation of the research variables were as follows: COVID-19 anxiety (m = 2.48, sd = 0.83), catastrophizing (m = 2.83, sd = 0.67), loneliness (m = 2.85, sd = 0.72) and academic support (m = 2.74, sd = 0.62). There was a positive and significant relationship between COVID-19 anxiety with catastrophizing (r = 0.444), loneliness (r = 0.625) and academic self-handicapping (r = 0.601). The regression results also showed that the components of COVID-19 anxiety have the ability to predict 20.7%, 39.2% and 36.3% of the variances of catastrophizing, loneliness and academic support of students, respectively.

According to the results, it is suggested that school principals and teachers can reduce the level of COVID-19 anxiety and its catastrophizing in students by providing virtual training in the field of corona virus disease. It is also recommended to hold debugging classes in person and in accordance with health protocols to provide the necessary academic support to students. Dedicating more time from parents 'lives to their children and using supervised social media can be effective in reducing students' loneliness.

COVID-19 is becoming one of the biggest threats and challenges to global public health. The objective of the present study was to investigate the effectiveness of online life skills training for the parent-adolescent conflicts and adolescents’ academic procrastination during COVID-19 period.

This is a quasi-experimental study with pretest-posttest design with a control group. Thirty students were selected based on multi-stage cluster and were randomly assigned to the experimental (15 students) and the control (15 students) groups. They filled out Straus’ Parent-Adolescent Conflict questionnaire and Solomon and Rothblum’s Academic Procrastination questionnaire. The participants in the experimental group received 10 online 60 minute sessions of life skills training, and the control group did not receive any intervention. Data analysis was performed using analysis of covariance at a significance level of α = 0.05.

The results of data analysis showed that online life skills training during COVID-19 outbreak significantly reduced parent-child conflict, the components of reasoning, verbal aggression, physical aggression, and academic procrastination including the components of preparing for exams, preparing for homework, and preparing for classroom research (P ˂ 0.05). The effect size showed that the effect of online life skills training on parent-adolescent conflict was more effective than that of academic procrastination.

Due to the effectiveness of online life skills in reducing parent-adolescent conflicts and academic procrastination, the use of this method is recommended to psychologists and family counselors.

Down syndrome causes various problems in children, and this makes this group of children require unique educational and rehabilitation care. The present study aimed to design and evaluate the psychometric properties of the Needs Assessment Questionnaire of Educational and Rehabilitation Problems in Children with Down Syndrome.

This study incorporated a combined research method. The statistical population of the qualitative part included Therapists of children with Down Syndrome in 2021 in Isfahan. Twenty therapists were selected intentionally. In the quantitative part, 150 people were selected using random sampling method. The research tools were semi-structured interviews in the qualitative stage, and "Needs Assessment Questionnaire for children with Down syndrome- therapist form" in the quantitative stage. To analyze the data of qualitative part, all interviews were transcribed and the main themes were encoded in several stages. To analyze the data of quantitative part, the content validity, were investigated by calculating Cronbach's alpha coefficient and retest, respectively.

The results of qualitative analysis of the interviews showed that the needs of these children fall into six categories: cognitive, linguistic, motor, social and emotional, learning and teaching, and daily life skills. The minimum and maximum CVR are 0.8 and 1; CVI was estimated to be 0.97. The results of the correlation of items with the total score of the scale indicate that all items have a significant correlation with the total score. Exploratory factor analysis confirmed the existence of 6 factors with acceptable factor load. Cronbach's alpha coefficient was also 0.77. The coefficient of test interval was 0.73.

The results showed that the questionnaire for children with Down syndrome-therapist form" had acceptable psychometric properties and can be used for research and rehabilitation purposes.

One of the most serious health threats is the prevalence of high-risk behaviors among adolescents. Adolescence is a period in which most people commit suicide due to the inability to deal with feelings of depression, anxiety, inefficiency, low self-esteem and dissatisfaction with life. Accordingly, the present study was conducted to determine the structural relationships between social support and suicidal ideation with the mediating role of life satisfaction in students.

The study was a cross-sectional study that was performed on 240 ninth grade male students in Babol city. Students were selected using two-stage cluster sampling method. Data collection method was through self-report using the Perceived Social Support Multidimensional Scale, Life Satisfaction Scale and Suicide Thought Questionnaire.

The findings showed that the research model has a good fit and the total effects of direct and indirect paths of 80% of students' suicidal ideation variables can be attributed to social support and life satisfaction. There was also a significant negative correlation between the components of social support and life satisfaction with suicidal ideation.

The results of this study, by emphasizing the need for social support and also the mediating role of life satisfaction on students' suicidal ideation, can provide practical implications for improving the psychological status in this age group.

It is essential to identify factors that can prevent or reduce high-risk behaviors; therefore, the present study aimed to study effective factors related to school in high-risk behaviors of adolescents in Qazvin.

The research method was qualitative along with conventional content analysis. The statistical population of the study included healthy adolescents exposed to high-risk behaviors and experts (psychologists, counselors and sociologists) in Qazvin in the first six months of 2021. 10 experts were selected by snowball sampling method and 32 adolescents were selected by purposive sampling method. Semi-organized interviews were used to collect data. Theme analysis technique was used to analyze the data.

Based on the results of the study of school risk factors in the tendency to adolescents' risky behaviors, sub-themes of school security status, school context, poor support resources at school, school location, inappropriate social atmosphere, inappropriate role models and inappropriate educational programs in school were derived.

Based on the lived experience of adolescents and professionals, a set of school related factors are involved with high-risk adolescent behavior. Therefore, the results require more attention of counselors, teachers and officials of institutions related to education in this field.

Acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) is a type of cancer that affects white blood cells. The disease progresses rapidly mandating immediate treatment. ALL is the most common type of leukemia affecting children. An increase in the miR-222-3p molecule has been observed in the course of this disease. The microarray method can be used to examine the binding of this miRNA and target genes, which is not without limitations. Hence, the present study deployed computer and bioinformatics methods with different specialized software.

Target genes were identified using different algorithms available in Mirbase, TargetScan, NCBI and RNAhybrid databases, and based on the scores obtained, the targets with the highest affinity were identified.

The findings of this study showed that the CDH4, AJAP1, HNRNPA0, UBN1 and ZNF618 genes are potential targets with higher specificity for miR-222-3p.

Factors involved in selecting targets with high specificity and affinity is dependent on the amount of negative free energy and the number of base pairs formed between miRNA and 3'-UTR of different genes.