breaking bad news is quite often not done in an effective manner in clinical settings due to the medical staff lacking the skills necessary for speaking to patients and their families. bad news is faced with similar reactions on the part of the news receiver in all cultures and nations. the purpose of this study was to explore the perspectives of iranian nurses on breaking bad news to patients ...

abstract background: studies have shown that some personal characteristics such as perfectionism are associated with cardiovascular diseases. hence, this study was designed with the aim of doing a comparative evaluation of perfectionism in coronary heart disease patients and healthy individuals referred to shahid faghihi hospital in shiraz. methods: this is a case-control study carried out on 8...

introduction: one of the most important indices of effectiveness and delivery quality of sanitary and medical services is patient satisfaction with hospital services. it is necessary that hospitals pay attention to patient's needs and ensure their satisfaction. therefore the current study was conducted with the aim of identifying the level of patient satisfaction with hospital services delivere...

background: the information on nutritional status as a part of patients' medical information should be documented on patient records by dietitians. despite the importance of this information in the process of decision making and medical care and even legal aspects, no proper attention has so far been paid to documenting such information on patient records. this study aimed to design a prototype...

introduction: discharge against medical advice (dama) can be an important indicator of patient dissatisfaction. this study examined the reasons for the dama in shafa hospital (kerman, iran). methods: this was a descriptive cross-sectional study within august 2010 to march 2011 on patients in this hospital. over 9295 inpatients were discharged, 483 had dama and were assigned 190 contacts and out...

this research is a descriptive study which had been performed in order of settlement of communication between the nurses with the confinded patients in the internal cardiac wards in the hospital affiliated to ministry of health and medical educations of tehran. this research has been done in twelve internal cardiac. wards of the hospital affiliated to the ministry of health and medical educatio...

introductions: due to versatility and wide range of health care services, the social care insurance organizations can not afford undertaking all health care services for the insured. this is why additional services are taken over by private or commercial health care insurance companies. such services are known as complementary insurance. in this study , it was decided to investigate the satisfa...

background: sleep disturbances have negative effects on medical conditions, mental health and cognitive performance. it was shown that about 60% of inpatients suffer from sleep problems. the aim of this study was to assess the correlation between sleep quality and other factors in the inpatients of rasoul-e-akram hospital.   methods: in this cross-sectional study, all the hospitalized patients ...

background: cryptosporidium is a protozoan parasite with worldwide distribution. the aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of cryptosporidium infection by antigen detection in faeces among immunocompromised patients referred to educational hospitals of ahvaz city, south-west of iran, 2009-2010. methods : fecal samples from 176 immunocompromised patients were collected and cryptospori...

background: the aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of absenteeism in patients with psoriasis and determine the factors influencing the incidence of absenteeism in these patients. methods: a cross-sectional study from december 2012 to november of 2013 was conducted on 192 psoriasis patients referred to the dermatology clinic of imam khomeini hospital, tehran, iran. the number day of ...