Hospitalization can be a very traumatic experience for children and their family members. The purpose of this study was to explore the experience of using clown theater art in the care for hospitalized children, starting with an activity developed by undergraduate students in the healthcare area. Data were obtained by observing 20 children and 11 students, characters in the clown theater intera...

This study aimed at investigating the influence of social network on adolescent coping with chronic conditions. Qualitative research whose subjects were hospitalized adolescents who had a diagnosis of chronic disease for at least one year. Data were collected through semi-structured interview and depositions were submitted to thematical analyses. This research highlights that the chronic condit...

BACKGROUND Although today parents' participation in taking care of hospitalized children is considered as an indispensable principle, it is still among the concepts with no consensus about. The main objective of this study is to define parents' participation in taking care of hospitalized children. MATERIALS AND METHODS The concept of "parents' participation in taking care of hospitalized chi...

Parental preparation for a child's discharge from the hospital sets the stage for successful transitioning to care and recovery at home. In this study of 135 parents of hospitalized children, the quality of discharge teaching, particularly the nurses' skills in "delivery" of parent teaching, was associated with increased parental readiness for discharge, which was associated with less coping di...

conclusions post-operative pain in rectal acetaminophen group was less than that in intravenous acetaminophen group, and rectal acetaminophen group demanded their first additional analgesic medication later. results data analysis indicated a significant relationship between reduction of postoperative pain and the use of intravenous or rectal acetaminophen (p = 0.0001); in group receiving iv ace...

how to cite this article: hasan tehrani t, haghighi m, bazmamoun h. effects of stress on mothers of hospitalized children in a hospital in iran. iran j child neurol autumn 2012;6(4):39-45. abstract objective hospitalization of a child can cause severe anxiety and stress in the parents, especially for the mother. this stress consequently affects the treatment course of the child. hereby, we inve...

background: the intensive care unit (icu) is one of the most stressful places for families thus; admission of a patient in this unit will influence other members of family and their functions. according to continuous presence of researcher in this ward, observing the stresses and concerning of the patients’ families and considering the valuable role of the experiences of the family in planning ...

background human rotavirus is a significant cause of severe gastroenteritis in infants and young children worldwide. in recent years, rotavirus genotyping by rt-pcr has provided valuable information about the diversity of rotaviruses circulating worldwide. the purpose of the present study is to monitor the prevalence of the different g types of rotaviruses circulating in shiraz, southern iran a...

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 despite the paramount importance of the patient’s satisfaction, there are limited data on mothers’ satisfaction with the nursing care provided to their children in iranian clinical settings. objectives this study aimed to evaluate mothers’ satisfaction with two systems of providing care to their hospitalized children. patients and methods this research was a two-group quasi-experimen...