مجله سلامت و سالمندی خزر
سال هشتم شماره 1 (بهار و تابستان 1402)

The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the studies and lifestyles of students around the world. Since nursing students were also affected by this pandemic while working directly in the medical environment during this time, the aim of the present study was to determine the extent of academic procrastination and its relationship to lifestyle in relation to COVID-19 among Ramsar nursing faculty students.

This descriptive-analytical study was conducted on second and senior semester nursing students (N=131) of Ramsar faculty. Data were collected electronically through demographic questionnaires, lifestyle related to COVID-19 and academic procrastination using census method. The data were analyzed using SPSS 21.

The mean academic procrastination was 84.65±12.16. The highest academic procrastination was observed in eighth semester (88.25±9.14) and male students (85.73±8.87). The lowest academic procrastination was observed in second semester students (79.87 ± 14.74). The total score of lifestyle related to covid-19 was 69.54 ± 8.55. Second semester students scored the highest in lifestyle related to covid-19 (73.95 ± 8.74) and eighth semester students (88.25 ± 9.14) scored the lowest in this area. There was a negative and significant relationship between the variables of academic procrastination and lifestyle related to COVID-19(p<0.000).

Students' academic procrastination was significant and students' lifestyle was also affected during the COVID-19 pandemic. It is suggested that Ramsar faculty leaders adopt strategies to reduce academic procrastination and improve students' lifestyle.

Colonoscopy is one of the endoscopic procedures in the lower gastrointestinal tract known to cause anxiety in patients. Treating anxiety is important because it can have adverse consequences in patients undergoing colonoscopy. The aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of nonpharmacologic interventions on the anxiety level of patients before colonoscopy.

For this review study, the databases CINAHL, Google Scholar, Web of Science, PubMed, Scopus, SID, and Magiran were searched. Articles were searched using the keywords anxiety, anxiety before colonoscopy, nonpharmacologic interventions and colonoscopy. After a qualitative assessment, the studies were reviewed for relevance, and the desired outcomes were extracted.

In these studies, methods such as patient education and information, aromatherapy, massage therapy, music listening, and pre-colonoscopy counseling were presented as effective methods of nonpharmacological treatment of pre-colonoscopy anxiety.

The results of this study have shown that the use of various nonpharmacological methods, especially massage, music listening, and aromatherapy, is very effective and efficient in treating patients’ pre-colonoscopy anxiety and has a significant effect on reducing their anxiety. Moreover, the use of these methods leads to a reduction in the use of sedatives and the side effects caused by their use.

Cognitive behavioral therapy is an effective approach for all types of mood and anxiety disorders. Considering the high level of worry and anxiety of mothers with children with cancer, the aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of group cognitive behavioral therapy in reducing the pathological worry of mothers with children with cancer.

The quasi-experimental study was conducted in,Sari, in 2015-2016. Using purposive sampling, 30 mothers with children with cancer were randomly assigned to two experimental and control groups. The experimental group received 10 45-minute group therapy sessions using Hazlett Stevens' cognitive behavioral protocol. Before and after the intervention, both groups completed the Pennsylvania Worry Questionnaire. Independent and paired t and covariance tests were conducted using SPSS 25.

There was a significant difference between the mean (standard deviation) of the pathological worry score in the experimental group before the intervention 54.80 (5.99) and after the intervention 47.33 (6.72) (p=0.003). The mean age of the mothers was 41 ±9.2 years. In the experimental group, there was a significant difference between the pathological worry score with the duration of treatment of their children and age of the mothers (p<0.05). There was no significant difference between the pathological worry score with mother’s education and number of children in the experimental group (p>0.05).

The intervention of cognitive behavioral therapy group is efficient and without side effects in reducing the pathological worry of mothers of children with cancer and can be used together with conventional drug treatments. It is suggested that this method be considered in the clinical setting.

Increasing the elderly population in Iranian society and achieving a better quality of life for the elderly is one of the most important issues in recent times. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between leisure time and cognitive function of the elderly in Tehran mediated by the role of depression.

In this applied descriptive correlational study, 437 subjects (270 males, 167 females) were selected using multistage random cluster sampling and participated in this study. The Activity Cards Sort (ACS) test, the Cognitive Performance Test (MMSE), and the Elderly Depression Inventory (GDS) were used to assess leisure time. The Spearman correlation coefficient was used to examine the relationship between the variables, and the Wilcoxon test was used at a significance level of 0.05. The bootstrap method was used to determine the mediating relationship between depression, leisure, and cognitive status.

The results of Spearman correlation coefficient test showed that there was a significant relationship between instrumental activities, low-physical-demand leisure, high-physical-demand leisure, and social activities (P <0.05). Moreover, the bootstrap result showed that depression mediated the relationship between leisure and cognitive status.

Instrumental activities, low-physical-demand leisure, social activities, and high-physical-demand leisure account for the largest proportion of leisure activities of elderly people in Tehran, and this relationship is mediated by depression.

One of the most important causes of disability in the elderly is skeletal-muscular disorders. The present study was conducted to determine the prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) and their relationship with some related factors in the elderly.

This cross-sectional study was conducted on 232 elderly residents of a nursing home in Rasht, using convenience sampling based on the inclusion criteria. The research instruments included demographic information, developed Nordic questionnaire, and visual pain scale. Data analysis was performed with SPSS 16 and using descriptive and analytical statistics.

The findings showed that 51.72% and 48.28% of the samples had mild and moderate musculoskeletal pain, respectively. All samples (100%) had MSDs in multiple areas of the body. The most disorders were related to the neck (51.72%) and knees (40.51%), and the least to the elbows (20.68%) and heels (25.86%). The prevalence of these disorders was higher in males, illiterate and low educated individuals, with an agricultural history, deceased spouses and obese individuals than others. There was a significant relationship between the prevalence of MSDs with age (P=0.018, X2=0.245) and body mass index (P=0.02, X2=0.935) (p<0.05).

The results of the present study may be of interest to managers and health officials to plan and take necessary precautions to reduce pain and MSDs and improve the quality of life of the elderly.

Bathing of preterm infants can potentially cause disruptions in the infants' behavioral responses. Considering the prevalence of preterm infants in Iran, the aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between nurses' caregiving behaviors and preterm infants' responses to bathing.

In this study, conducted in 2018 in the neonatal intensive care unit of Rouhani Babol Hospital, 60 babies were bathed by 7 nurses. The nurses' caregiving behaviors and the baby's behavioral responses were video recorded. Using a pre-prepared checklist, the nurses' caregiving behaviors and the baby's behavioral responses were observed and recorded every 10 seconds to determine the frequency. Pearson's correlation coefficient and a multivariable logistic regression model were used to analyze the data. A value of p<0.05 was considered significant.

The mean intrauterine age of the infants was 31.72±1.77 weeks and the mean age of the nurses was 29.62±1.75 years. In this study, nurse talk was directly related to finger grasping and opening, punching (p=0.049), and eye closing in infants (p=0.020). The nurse's gentle touching of the baby was directly related to the baby's emoticon (p=0.025). There was a direct relationship between suddenly and forcefully grabbing the baby with sudden jumps, tremors, and muscle contraction (p=0.004) and closing the eyes (p=0.037).

Nurses' caregiving behaviors are related to infants' stressful behaviors during bathing, so the occurrence of infants' stressful behaviors can be significantly reduced by quality nursing care.

The aim of this study was to analyze the structural relationships between meta-emotions based on personality traits and mediating role of cognitive failures in the elderly.  

This descriptive-correlational study was conducted using the structural equation modeling method. The statistical population was all elderly people aged 60 to 85 years in Ardakan, 320 of whom were selected in 2021 using convenience sampling method. Three questionnaires, including the Cognitive Failures Questionnaire (CFQ) by Broadbent et al. (1982), the Neuroticism-Extraversion-Openness Five-Factor personality Inventory (NEO-FFI) by Costa & McCrae (1985), and the Meta Emotions Scale (MES) by Mitmansgruber (2009) were used in the present study. Finally, the data were analyzed using the structural equation model (SEM), confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), and confirming the relationships between variables by the path analysis method.

The results showed that the goodness-of-fit indices (GFI) of the model were in a favorable condition (GFI=0.96). The results of the present study suggested that there were significant relationships between personality traits and cognitive failures with meta-emotions in the elderly (P<0.001). The results of the path analysis indicated that the mediating role of cognitive failures in the relationship between meta-emotions and personality traits was confirmed. In general, the results demonstrated that the mediating effect of cognitive failures was significant in the relationship between the personality traits including neuroticism, extroversion, agreeableness, and conscientiousness and positive and negative meta-emotions (P<0.001).

Based on the results, it is recommended that mental health professionals and individuals involved in geriatric care should focus on improving the mental health and personality of the elderly by implementing interventions to reduce and address cognitive impairment and negative meta-emotions.