background: despite the positive outcomes reported with cardiac rehabilitation (cr), its impacts have been reported to be different from a region or country to another, which may be due to the different contents of rehabilitation programs. objectives: to investigate the effect of cr on cardiovascular risk factors. patients and methods: this is a retrospective cohort study on the data from imam ...

background: to identify and analyze factors that influence the grading and zoning management model of emergency triage as a first step in the improvement of the system. methods: questionnaires were used to extract data from clinical histories of 286 patients who attended the emergency department of binzhou central hospital (binzhou city, shandong province, china) from september to november of 2...

patient satisfaction is one of the sensitive indicators in determining the effectiveness of service rendered in hospitals. the study focus on comparing the health care services of  two cardiology based corporate hospitals in hyderabad, andhra pradesh, india. the data for the study was collected through a questionnaire consisting of two sections. an attempt has been made to elicit the informatio...

Introduction: Patient education is influenced by cultural factors. This studyaims to find out the role of culture in patient education.Methods: A qualitative study was conducted on 23 Iranian nurses. Inclusioncriteria were minimum 5 years of working experience in clinical nursing. Semistructured face to face interviews were used to collect the data. Interviews were taped, transcribed and analyz...

conclusions the evidence in the discussed topics was limited and controversial. this report is important because it exposes the current knowledge gap in head trauma studies in iran. evidence acquisition the guidelines were appraised using the appraisal of guidelines for research and evaluation (agree) instrument. all key recommendations were reviewed by 14 prominent iranian neurosurgeons; level...

introduction: patient education is influenced by cultural factors. this study aims to find out the role of culture in patient education. methods: a qualitative study was conducted on 23 iranian nurses. inclusion criteria were minimum 5 years of working experience in clinical nursing. semistructured face to face interviews were used to collect the data. interviews were taped, transcribed and ana...