INTRODUCTION The process of design and adoption of electronic health records may face a number of barriers. This study aimed to compare the importance of the main barriers from the experts' point of views in Iran. METHODS This survey study was completed in 2011. The potential participants (62 experts) included faculty members who worked in departments of health information technology and indi...

A base isolator is a proven system that can significantly reduce any damage to building in the event of an earthquake. Despite their efficacy, seismic isolators are not widely used New Zealand, with only about forty systems use during 2010 and 2011 Canterbury Earthquakes. This study seeks investigate why isolation frequently strengthening projects buildings Zealand. It also focuses on determini...

Mindful eating focuses on the individual's awareness of what, where, how to eat, relationship with external factors, and no judgment food. The aim this study was determination mindful during pregnancy. A questionnaire applied 145 individuals aged 20-45 years by face-to-face interview technique. In questionnaire, there are questions regarding demographic information Eating Questionnaire. Nutriti...

Material and Method: The sample of the study consisted of high school students aged 13-18 years old, from two cities of central Greece (LamiaLarisa). Data were collected during the period 01/10/2011-25/02/2012. The questionnaire includes questions on the demographic data of participants and their smoking habits as well as 20 questions relating to social influence, as expressed through and shape...

BACKGROUND Respiratory tract infection (RTI) is the commonest indication for community antibiotic prescriptions. Prescribing is rising and is influenced by patients' consulting behaviour and beliefs. AIM To build up a profile of the 'RTI clinical iceberg' by exploring how the general public manage RTI, visit GPs and why. DESIGN AND SETTING Two-phase qualitative and quantitative study in Eng...

BACKGROUND Previous studies suggested an association between chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and cognitive impairment, mostly in developed countries. There is no evidence available on the association between these two common chronic disorders in the elderly people in People's Republic of China where the population is aging rapidly. METHODS The study population was randomly select...

purpose: the purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between tendency toward teleworking and organizational commitment (affective commitment, continuance commitment, and normative commitment) among the librarians of isfahan public universities. methodology: the research method was descriptive – correlational survey and the population consisted of all librarians in isfahan univ...

conclusions this method can be appropriate to estimate sensitive issues; however, lack of understanding the method or doubting the confidentiality of the responses can lead to bias in the results. that is to say, if the instructions are introduced better, the level of trusting the method will increase and accordingly more reliable responses can be obtained. more studies under controlled conditi...