background esophageal cancer is highly prevalent among the turkman people in northeastern iran. in order to evaluate its etiology, there is an on-going prospective cohort study in this area involving approximately 50000 subjects over the age of 40 years. the majority of these subjects are illiterate, thus obtaining inâ­formed consent is very important and difficult. methods initially, we explai...

Background: Discharge with personal satisfaction means the patient's withdrawal from the permission that had previously been given to the care unit for services. Discharge with personal satisfaction is initiated with the untimely termination of treatment by the patient or parents and in some cases leads to hospitalization or even death of the patient. This study aimed to determining the main ca...

BACKGROUND Informal caregiving is becoming more relevant with current trends such as population ageing. However, little is known about nonconsent and nonresponse bias in caregiving research. We investigated nonconsent and nonresponse bias in a sample of informal caregivers who participated in the LifeLines Cohort Study, and were invited for participation in an additional caregiving study. MET...

according to the islamic criminal law, consent from the patient or their legal guardian is necessary for any clinical or surgical operation. currently, hospitals get consent from the husband for clinical operations of his wife and if they could not get the consent they refuse to do the operation. in this paper, legal and religious basis for this type of consent (husband for wife) is discussed u...

AIM Combined analgesic regimens produce sufficient analgesia by additive or synergistic effects, and reduce the total dose of analgesics and minimise adverse effects. We investigated the metamizole, paracetamol and morphine combination with respect to postoperative pain treatment in lumbar disc surgery. MATERIAL AND METHODS After Ethics Committee approval and informed consent, 63 patients wer...

BACKGROUND Elderly patients visiting pain clinic may be at greater risk of misunderstanding the explanation because of age-related cognitive decline. Video instruction may provide a consistent from of teaching in a visual and realistic manner. We evaluated the effect of educational video on the patient understanding and satisfaction in a group of geriatric patients visiting pain clinic. METHO...

: A randomised Controlled trial to assess the role of an individualised introduction labour given after 37 weeks gestation in allaying anxiety prior delivery and birth satisfaction, primi-gravidas After obtaining approval from ethics committee, antenatal mothers, booked for this hospital, who gave written informed consent, were randomized Group (Interventional group) B (comparator group). The A...

BACKGROUND A preanesthetic visit can increase a patient's satisfaction. However, it is uncertain whether a preanesthetic visit by an anesthesiology resident can achieve the goal. We studied the time distribution for content of preanesthetic interviews (PI) and evaluated the patient's satisfaction with the PI. METHODS We recorded the PI duration of 200 patients by a voice recorder. The degrees...

INTRODUCTION In the world, the health policies are necessary to satisfy with efficiency the requirements of the quality management in the health sector. The laboratory of the academic clinics of Lubumbashi in Africa was inspired by the EFQM model to improve its performance and the quality of its services offered to the community. The aim of this survey is to evaluate the level of job satisfacti...