background: the implementation of patient education within a hospital is a difficult task that plays a key role in improving and controlling diseases and providing quality healthcare services. objective: the current study evaluated the effect of patient education on the quality of nursing care and inpatient satisfaction in surgical wards of selected hospitals in isfahan, iran. methods: this qua...

background and objectives: visit length is a crucial aspect of patient-physician relationship that its inadequacy can negatively influence the treatment efficiency. studies on visit length and the factors influencing it are limited in developing countries. thus, the objective of this study was to survey this variable at provincial level, and provide data on factors affecting it.   methods: a sa...

background considering the effect of human right observance on patients’ satisfaction from the treatment process, in iran the patient rights charter (prc) was developed by the ministry of health and medical education (mohme) in 2001 and enforced to all hospitals across the country. the purpose of the current study was to evaluate patients’ awareness of their rights based on prc in two tertiary ...

introduction: based on individual independence rights, patients can refrain from being treated or can voluntarily discontinue their treatment after receiving full information. this study aimed to review the reasons of treatment refusal and the status of informed refusals for patients. methods: this was a cross-sectional descriptive study. the study population included 135 patients who refused t...

conclusions intravenous administration of paracetamol immediately after knee arthroscopy improved postoperative pain, decreased analgesic administration, maintained stable hemodynamic parameters, had no complications related to opiates, no nausea and vomiting, and increased patient satisfaction and comfort in comparison to pca with morphine. results there was no significant difference regarding...

introduction: delivering bad news is a stressful moment for both physicians and patients. the purpose of this investigation was to explore the patients’ preferences and attitudes toward being informed about the bad news. methods: this cross-sectional study was done on patients admitted to imam khomeini hospital, sari, iran, from september 2014 to february 2015. patient attitude regarding breaki...

The spatial heterogeneity of natural landscapes structures the distributions of species and relationships between species (MacArthur and Pianka 1966; Wiens 1976, 1986; Pickett and White 1985). Patchiness of habitats can affect the dynamics of populations (Reddingius and den Boer 1970; Strong 1983; Strong and Antolin, in press) and the dynamics of interactions between populations, such as exploi...