Iranian Journal of Nursing and Midwifery Research
Year:2021 | Volume:26 | Issue:1|Papers Count:14

Background: In this scoping review, the concept of patients’ motivation and the tools that have been designed to measure this concept in clinical settings are presented. Materials and Methods: Arksey and O’ Malley’ s framework was used in conducting the current scoping review. Google Scholar, PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science databases were searched for relevant English articles published between January 1995 and January 2020 using the keywords motivation and tool, and their synonyms. Out of 2820 articles, 34 articles were chosen and were entered into the final analysis. Definitions of patients’ motivation were determined using Kyngä s et al., content analysis method. Results: The findings showed that new tools had been developed in 38% of the studies and other studies had revised or translated existing questionnaires. Moreover, 62% of the tools were used to measure patient motivation in mental disorders. Most of the studies did not clearly define the concept of patient motivation in the clinical environment. The findings of content analysis outlined the 3 categories of motivation determinant factors, decisions, and behaviors that determine overall levels of motivations and its consequences. Conclusions: Motivation is a dynamic concept and is a result of internal and external motives that lead to decisions and behaviors. There are limited tools for measuring motivation in clinical settings. This addresses the need to design specific tools in various diseases, especially chronic diseases. By the concept defined in this study, it is possible to design a short tool with general application that can be used in all diseases.

Background: Occupational burnout, as a reaction to persistent work pressures, reduces efficiency, wastes manpower, and causes physical and psychological complications. The aim of this study was to determine the frequency and intensity of occupational burnout among pre-hospital emergency staff in Iran. Materials and Methods: This study was performed based on the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines. Data resources included Scientific Information Database (SID), Magiran, Islamic World Science Citation Center (ISC), Irandoc, PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, and Google Scholar. Results: Initially, 178 articles were extracted, and then 13 articles were finally analyzed. Overall, 2034 pre-hospital emergency personnel were examined. Mean of occupational burnout in term of frequency, respectively for emotional exhaustion (16. 78, 95% CI = 8. 89-24. 67, I2 = 62. 30%, p = 0. 004), depersonalization (11. 57, 95% CI = 6. 97-16. 18, I2 = 68. 50%, p = 0. 001) and the lack of personal accomplishment (16. 11, 95% CI = 8. 60-23. 62, I2 = 74. 70%, p = 0 <001) were determined. Also, in term of intensity, respectively for emotional exhaustion (17. 90, 95% CI = 8. 24-27. 57, I2 = 64. 80, p = 0. 004), depersonalization (11. 20, 95% CI = 6. 80-16. 22, I2 = 49. 60%, p = 0. 044) and the lack of personal accomplishment (23. 45, 95% CI = 13. 41-33. 49, I2 = 84. 80%, p = 0 <001) were determined. Conclusions: According to findings, depersonalization and lack of personal accomplishment had moderate and high-level, respectively. Therefore, it is necessary health policymakers pay special attention to identifying and resolving the causes of occupational burnout in this population.

Background: Social stigma is the most common and challenging burden of care on the family of people with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) In Iran, despite the cultural and social influences, this issue has been less studied. Therefore, present study was conducted to determine the lived experiences of caregivers of patients with BPD of social stigma. Materials and Methods: This qualitative study was performed at Ibn Sina hospital in Mashhad, Iran from 2017 to 2019. Participants were selected by purposive and snowball sampling method. Data were collected through semi‑ structured interviews. Data saturation was achieved after 16 interviews. Finally, the data were analyzed by the method proposed by Diekelmann (1989). Results: In data analysis, one main theme and two sub‑ themes emerged. The main themes include Black shadow. Two sub‑ themes consisted of society dagger and secrecy. The sub‑ theme of society dagger included the two common meanings (inner turmoil in response to the stigma of others and weakening of family status among relatives and acquaintances). The sub‑ theme of secrecy comprised of the three common meanings (concealment of disease, hide hospitalization, and seclusion). Conclusions: An understanding of the experience of family stigma can lead to the development of supportive strategies to manage this problem among caregivers of patients with BPD. Nurses can support caregivers by offering them opportunities to discuss how stigma is disrupting their caregiving roles. They can also support the caregivers in negotiating the experienced social and emotional distress and when necessary, refer them to the other members of healthcare teams.

Background: Diabetes is a disease that affects all family members. Parents of children with type 1 diabetes are always concerned about all aspects of children’ s life. The aim of this study was to elucidate the process of managing children with diabetes in the family. Materials and Methods: This is a qualitative grounded theory of a doctoral dissertation, which was done on 2016. The 18 participants were selected through purposive and theoretical sampling until data saturation. The main participants in this study included parents, siblings, and children with type 1 diabetes. The data was gathered by semi‑ structured interviews as well as field notes and memos. Data analysis was done concurrently with data collection in four levels, including data analysis for concept and contex, bringing the process into the analysis, and integration of categories according to Corbin and Struss (2008). Core category appeared at the end of integrated categories. Results: “ The family with diabetes in the child’ s diabetes orbit” as a core category contains the process of managing children with diabetes within the family, which included three main subcategories, including “ entering into the diabetes orbit” , “ movement into the diabetes orbit” , and “ living into the diabetes orbit” . Conclusions: The family through the concept of “ The family with diabetes in the child’ s diabetes orbit “ as a main concern of families with diabetes suffering diabetes attempt to select and practicing appropriate strategies and manage diabetes and children with diabetes.

Background: The effective design and implementation of the nursing interventions to evaluate the patients’ readiness for ventilator weaning will reduce their connection time to the ventilator and the complications of their connection to it. This study was conducted to examine the effect of nursing interventions based on the Burns Wean Assessment Program (BWAP) on successful weaning from Mechanical Ventilation (MV). Materials and Methods: In this clinical trial, 70 patients undergoing MV in the Intensive Care Units (ICUs) of Golestan Hospital (Ahvaz, Iran) in 2018 were randomly assigned to intervention and control groups. The nursing interventions designed based on BWAP were implemented on the patients in the intervention group, who were later weaned from the device according to this program. The recorded data included demographic information, BWAP score, vital signs, and laboratory values, which were analyzed using the Pearson correlation coefficient, Chi‑ Square, Fisher, and Mann‑ Whitney U tests. Results: There was a statistically significant and inverse correlation between the BWAP score and the MV duration such that a high BWAP score was associated with a shorter MV time (p = 0. 041). Also, the mean number of re‑ intubation (p = 0. 001) and the number of re‑ connection to the ventilator in the intervention group were significantly lower (p = 0. 005). Conclusions: The results showed that nurses’ assessment of patient’ s readiness for weaning from MV based on this tool and designed nursing care reduced the duration of MV, re‑ intubation, and re‑ connection.

Background: Pediatric nurses, who take care of ill children and interact with their exhausted and anxious parents, face more challenges for which some strategies must be considered to reduce tensions and improve mental health. This study was conducted to examine the effect of Kobasa and Maddi hardiness model on hardiness and perceived stress among nurses in pediatric units of a hospital in Isfahan – Iran in 2018. Materials and Methods: Participants were 57 nurses selected from the staff of pediatric units. They were randomly assigned to intervention and control groups. Data collection was done by means of Kobasa Hardiness Inventory and perceived stress scale. The intervention group attended educational and exercise sessions for 3 months. Data were analyzed through descriptive (frequency, mean, and standard deviation) and analytical (Chi‑ square, Fisher exact test, Mann– Whitney, and t‑ tests) statistics. Results: Results of study revealed that before the intervention, the mean scores of hardiness and perceived stress of nurses were not significant. However, significant differences were observed after the intervention for hardiness and perceived stress (t2, 98 p < 0. 004, t2, 4 p < 0. 02), respectively. The mean (SD) hardiness score in the intervention group increased from 65. 06 (9. 11) to 71. 27 (7. 44), whereas mean perceived stress score decreased from 26. 54 (7. 59) to 22. 55 (8. 39) after the intervention. Conclusions: The implementation of Hardiness Kobasa and Maddi Model increased hardiness and decreased perceived stress of the nurses. Thus, nursing managers may implement the Kobasa and Maddi hardiness model before initiating their job and during continuing education.

Background: Taking caring of patients with mental disorders is stressful and people who take care of these patients need to receive enough support and training to overcome this challenging situation. The present study was aimed at investigating the effects of a psychosocial support program on perceived stress of family caregivers of patients with mental disorders. Materials and Methods: This randomized controlled clinical trial was performed on 64 family caregivers of patients with mental disorders referred to Noor and Hazrat‑ e‑ Ali Asghar hospital in Isfahan, Iran, in 2018‑ 19. The participants were randomly assigned to the intervention and control groups using a random number table. In the intervention group, the training program was held in 6 sessions of 90‑ minute training classes twice a week. Data were collected using a demographic characteristics form and the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) before, immediately after, and 1 month after the intervention. Descriptive and inferential statistical tests such as Chi‑ square, Mann‑ Whitney, independent t‑ test, repeated measures ANOVA, and Kolmogorov‑ Smirnov test were used to analyze the data in SPSS software. Results: The result of the study showed that the total mean score of perceived stress in the intervention group was significantly less than the control group immediately after (F2=66. 29, p<0. 001) and 1 month after the intervention (F2=66. 29, p<0. 001). Conclusions: Delivering a training program on the different dimensions of support family caregivers need will reduce the perceived stress of family caregivers of patients with mental disorders. Therefore, the implementation of this intervention is recommended in this group of caregivers.

Background: Current strategies to control pain and anxiety of chest tube removal are not efficacious. The aim of this study is to determine the effects of cold therapy and respiratory relaxation exercise on pain and anxiety of chest tube removal. Materials and Methods: A parallel single‑ blind clinical trial study was conducted in Imam Khomeini Hospital, Iran, on 120 patients. Participants were randomized into 4 groups of 30. Numeric Rating Scale was used to assess pain and anxiety. One‑ way ANOVA test and Fisher’ s exact test were used to analyze demographic data. The Kruskal– Wallis test was used to compare the severity of pain and anxiety between groups; the Friedman and Mann– Whitney test were used to compare the severity of pain and anxiety within groups with a significance level of 0. 05. Results: Pain intensity was weak before chest tube removal and there was no significant difference in basal pain. Pain immediately after chest tube removal was significantly higher than other times in each group (χ 2 = 57. 16, χ 2 = 63. 70, χ 2 = 46. 49, χ 2 = 59. 04, df = 3, p < 0. 001). There was no significant difference in pain score immediately (p = 0. 052) and 15 min (p = 0. 329) after Echest tube removal in experimental groups compared to the control group. No significant difference was found between control and experimental groups in anxiety score immediately (p = 0. 995) and 15 min (p = 0. 976) before chest tube removal. Conclusions: Mentioned methods were not effective in reducing pain and anxiety. It is suggested to investigate effects of different methods of removing chest tubes and applying cold with a larger sample size.

Background: The families of children with Congenital Heart Disease (CHD) experience challenges in taking care of their child, which may affect the whole family. Therefore, the families need to manage and organize the caregiving process for the child. In order to help families provide optimized and quality care for their child, it is important to understand how they manage caregiving challenges. This study was conducted with the aim to explore the strategies used by families for managing family caregiving for their child. Materials and Methods: This qualitative study was conducted on families of children with CHD referred to hospitals in Mashhad, Iran. The participants were selected using a purposive sampling method. The data were collected from among 40 eligible participants using in‑ depth and semi‑ structured interviews from November 2017 to December 2018. Conventional content analysis was used for data analysis and MAXQDA software for managing the coding process. Results: According to the results, effort to manage caregiving emerged as the main theme, which included the 4 categories of “ monitoring the child’ s health conditions, ” “ organizing family life, ” “ optimizing family life, ” and “ establishing interaction. ” Conclusions: The families used various strategies to manage caregiving including monitoring of the child’ s health conditions, organization, and optimization of family life, and effective interaction based on their knowledge, experiences, beliefs, and available sources. The results of the present study can help healthcare professionals and nurses to develop family‑ centered empowerment programs in order to promote families’ abilities to manage family caregiving for a child with CHD.

Background: Sexual self‑ disclosure is one of the factors that affect sexual satisfaction. The aim of this study was to assess the efficacy of individual therapy using the Bring up, Explain, Tell, Timing, Educate, and Record (BETTER model) in comparison to individual therapy using the Permission, Limited Information, Specific Suggestions, and Intensive Therapy (PLISSIT model) in terms of increasing sexual self‑ disclosure in women with sexual problems after childbirth. Materials and Methods: This randomized trial was conducted in 2017 in Mashhad, Iran. 80 women with sexual problems within 4 weeks to 6 months after childbirth were randomized into two equal groups and received the interventions in 2 sessions of 60– 90 minutes. The research instruments included a demographic questionnaire, the Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI) and Hulbert sexual self‑ disclosure index. Changes in mean (SD) scores of sexual self‑ disclosures between groups were assessed before and 4 weeks after the intervention and the results (mean changes) were compared between groups. The data analysis was conducted using independent t‑ test, paired t‑ test, Chi‑ square, analysis of covariance (ANOVA), and Mann‑ Whitney U test in SPSS (p < 0. 05). Results: In the PLISSIT group, the mean (SD) sexual self‑ disclosure score at baseline was 43. 80 (9. 50) and after 4 weeks was 51. 60 (8. 30). In the BETTER group, at baseline and after 4 weeks the mean (SD) sexual self‑ disclosure score was, respectively, 44. 10 (10. 30) and 55. 60 (8. 20) (Z = ‑ 2. 5, p = 0. 013). Conclusions: The findings confirm the effectiveness of the BETTER counseling model in increasing sexual self‑ disclosure after childbirth.

Background: Current nursing shortage is becoming more complicated because of turnover intention among nurses. Most of the inactive nurses in Iran after a long time for various rations Returned To Professional Nursing Practice (RTPNP). Because the RTPNP program does not exist in Iran to prepare inactive nurses returning to practice, this study aimed to explore the strategies that contribute to preparing nurses for RTPNP. Materials and Methods: The present study was a part of the findings of a larger grounded theory study that lasted about 9 months from April 2019 to December 2019. The data were collected through semi‑ structured interviews with participants after signing an informed consent form. The average interview duration was 40 minutes. The study participants were selected through purposeful sampling from both public and private hospitals affiliated to Iran University of Medical Sciences. Participants included eight nurses, two education supervisors, two matrons, and two head nurses. Interviews were verbatim transcribed and analyzed using a constant comparative analysis method. Results: Struggle turning back to PNP was the main category that emerged from four categories of “ seeking learning resources, ” “ return to practice support, ” “ getting used to a practice, ” and “ building a new family life” from the data analysis process. Conclusions: Returners struggle to get prepared for providing PNP to clients if there is no definite process of RTPNP. Organizational support and RTPNP programs are efficient strategies and could help these returners get prepared for PNP.

Background: Chemotherapy drugs may have numerous side effects for patients. Thus, this study was conducted with the aim to determine the effect of peer education on the management of chemotherapy side effects in patients with cancer. Materials and Methods: This randomized, controlled trial was conducted on 80 patients with cancer in 2018. They were allocated to two groups of intervention and control. The self‑ care education on chemotherapy side effects was provided by the peers to the individuals in the intervention group. The data collection tools included a demographic characteristics form and the Self‑ Care Diary (SCD). Data analysis was performed using independent t‑ test and Chi‑ square test in SPSS software. Results: The results showed that the mean scores of the effectiveness of self‑ care behaviors were significantly higher in the intervention group compared to the control group after the intervention (p < 0. 05). Conclusions: Peer education is recommended for cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy.

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