background and objectives: nowadays, the use of educational models to determine the causes of rejection of health-related behaviors has been on theincrease. health belief model is one of the models during the past years has been considered. therefore, the aim of this study was to measure health belief model constructs in preventive behavior about self-medication in pregnant women in the city of...

one of the most common and important therapeutic tools used by physicians is prescription. the use of digital systems in the health field has many benefits and significant impacts on the health system. one of these systems is digital prescription. in this article, first, we will review the existing infrastructure and work done in this area, and then with a new perspective on health issues, we w...

background: the main professional goal of nurses is to provide and improve human health. medication errors are among the most common health threatening mistakes that affect patient care. such mistakes are considered as a global problem which increases mortality rates, length of hospital stay, and related costs. this study was conducted to evaluate the types and causes of nursing medication erro...

background: nowadays self-medication is one of the most common public health issues in many countries, as well as in iran. according to need to epidemiological information about self-medication, the aim of this study was to systematic review and meta-analysis of prevalence and cause of self-medication in community setting of iran. methods: required data were collected searching following

background medication error in hospitals is a major cause of errors, which may cause disruptions in the workflow of the health care systems. the aim of this study was to assess medication errors made by nurses and the relationship of such errors with job and demographic characteristics. material and methods this was a descriptive study on 225 nurses in various hospitals, selected through multis...

self-medication is an important part of peoples’ medical behavior. in light of theincreassy prevalence rates of self-medication this study aimed to survey the prevalence of self-medicationamongswomenwe consider it necessary to study self-medication status in women referring to health centers inbandarabbas city. materials and methods:400 women in this  descriptive-analysis study in bandarabbas c...

THE Mallampati classification is a rough estimate of the tongue size relative to the oral cavity. Although the single usage of the Mallampati classification has limited discriminative power for difficult tracheal intubation, it is a simple, reproducible, and reliable preanesthetic airway assessment method when performed properly. In addition to difficult tracheal intubation, Mallampati class 3 ...