Eye movements desensitization and reprocessing with finger movements and Elite mobile health software on guilt feeling of parents of children with autism: A randomized trial.

Unlabelled: WHAT IS KNOWN ON THE SUBJECT?: Taking care of an autistic child at home can be tough for parents. They struggle to balance caring for their child and other tasks. This can affect their emotional well-being and cause guilt and other psychological problems.

Designing a Spiritual Health Model for the Muslim Elderly Living in Nursing Homes.

The spiritual health of elderly residents in nursing homes is an essential aspect of their overall health that has been overlooked. There are no specific practical models available in this area. Therefore, the present study aimed to design a model to promote the spiritual health of Muslim elderly residents in nursing homes.

Speaking Up: Exploring Mental Health Care Workers' Patient Safety Concerns.

Purpose: To explore the perspectives and experiences of mental health care workers (MHCWs) when speaking up about patient safety concerns.

Method: A qualitative study was performed at Farshchian (Sina) Hospital in Iran, involving the purposive sampling of MHCWs from three inpatient psychiatric wards. From July to October 2022, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 23 participants.

Combined training in addition to cortisol reduction can improve the mental health of girls with precocious puberty and obesity.

Background: Obesity and central precocious puberty (CPP) are associated with increased anxiety, depression, and anger in girls. The contribution of exercise as an efficacious component in decreasing anxiety, depression, and anger has been increasingly recognized.

Objectives: This study aims to evaluate the effects of combined training on cortisol, anxiety, depression, and anger in overweight and obese girls with CPP.

The Predictors of Clinical Competence among Hospital Nurses: A Cross-Sectional Study in Hamadan, West Iran.

Background: Nurses' clinical competence (CC) is critical in providing high-quality and safe nursing care. Assessment of nurses' CC and its predictors is a key step to improve their CC and the quality of their services. The aim of this study was to determine the predictors of CC among hospital nurses in Iran.

Knowledge, Attitude and Decision-making of Nurses in the Resuscitation Team towards Terminating Resuscitation and Do-not-Resuscitate Order.

Background: Making appropriate decisions for cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is very challenging for healthcare providers. This study aimed to evaluate knowledge, attitude, and decision making about do-not-resuscitate (DNR) and termination of resuscitation (ToR) among nurses in the resuscitation team.

Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted in April-September 2020.

Facilitators and Barriers of Return to Work in Working People with Serious Mental Illness: A Qualitative Study.

Background: Among working people with serious mental illness (WPSMI), return to work (RTW) is controlled by several factors. Identifying these factors can help prevent long-term sick leave absence and work disability. We aimed to identify facilitators and barriers of RTW in WPSMI admitted to a psychiatric hospital and clinic affiliated with the Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Iran.

Exploring the return-to-work process in working people with serious mental illness.

Background: Few studies examined the return-to-work (RTW) process in working people after recovery from serious mental illness (SMI).

Purpose: The RTW process was explored in working people with SMI.

Method: A qualitative study was conducted using the grounded theory.

Effect of progressive muscle relaxation technique on self-esteem and self-efficacy in multiple sclerosis patients: A clinical trial study.

Background: Low self-esteem and inefficiency are major problems in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients. A progressive muscle relaxation technique is one of the complementary therapies. The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of progressive muscle relaxation techniques on self-esteem and self-efficacy in MS patients.

Identifying Return to Work Perception in People With Serious Mental Illness: A Qualitative Study.

The current qualitative study sought to identify return to work (RTW) perception among people with serious mental illness (SMI) referred to a psychiatric hospital affiliated with Hamadan University of Medical Sciences. In total, 24 individuals were recruited, including working people with SMI, families, employers, and mental health team members who participated in in-depth, semi-structured interviews. Forty interviews were conducted.

Exploring the Process of Spiritual Health of the Elderly Living in Nursing Homes: A Grounded Theory Study.

Background: Spiritual health is one of the important dimensions of the elderly's health, which plays an important role in other dimensions of their health. This study aimed to explain the process of spiritual health of the elderly living in nursing homes.

Methods: This grounded theory study was conducted in 4 nursing homes in the city of Arak Iran between October 2019 and September 2020.

Exploring the educational challenges in emergency medical students: A qualitative study.

Introduction: Emergency medical services (EMS) are provided in the difficult and unpredictable conditions of prehospital settings. Therefore, EMS students need to receive quality education to acquire considerable knowledge and skills. This qualitative study aimed to explore the educational challenges in medical emergency students.

Spiritual Needs of the Muslim Elderly Living in Nursing Homes: A Qualitative Study.

Paying attention to and meeting the needs of people who are elderly helps to improve their health. Caring for the elderly includes addressing their spiritual needs which has been less investigated. This study aimed to examine the spiritual needs of the Muslim elderly living in nursing homes.

The relationship between internet addiction and psychosomatic disorders in Iranian undergraduate nursing students: a cross-sectional study.

Internet addiction has an important impact on individuals, families, and communities. The effects of internet addiction are cumulative, significantly contributing to costly physical, mental, social, and public health problems. Thus, this study sought to examine relationships between internet addiction and psychosomatic disorders in Iranian undergraduate nursing students.

Effect of Stress Management Training on Stigma and Social Phobia in HIV-Positive Women.

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of stress management training on stigma and social phobia among HIV-positive women. This quasi-experimental pre- and posttest study was performed on a single group of 55 HIV-positive females Hamadan city, Iran, in 2018. The samples were taken through a convenience sampling method and the data collection tool were Berger HIV Stigma and Connor Social Phobia Scale.

The Effect of Counseling on Stigma in Psychiatric Patients Receiving Electroconvulsive Therapy: A Clinical Trial Study.

Purpose: Despite its efficacy and safety, electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is underutilized, in part, due to the stigma associated with the treatment. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of counseling on stigma in patients with psychiatric disorders receiving ECT.

Patients And Methods: A total of 114 patients with psychiatric disorders undergoing ECT were randomly divided into two groups.

The effect of training interventions of stigma associated with mental illness on family caregivers: a quasi-experimental study.

Background: Stigma is one of the most destructive features of mental illnesses that may affect the family caregivers. This study aimed to analyze the effect of training interventions of stigma on family caregivers of the mental illness patients.

Materials And Methods: This quasi-experimental pre- and post-test study was performed on a single group of 43 family caregivers of mental illness patients in Hamadan Psychiatric Hospital, Iran, in 2015.

Contextual factors affecting autonomy for patients in Iranian hospitals: A qualitative study.

Background: Consideration of patient autonomy is an essential element in individualized, patient-centered, ethical care. Internal and external factors associated with patient autonomy are related to culture and it is not clear what they are in Iran. The aim of this study was to explore contextual factors affecting the autonomy of patients in Iranian hospitals.

The influence of oral magnesium sulfate on skin microvasculature blood flow in diabetic rats.

Microvascular disease is a major feature of type1 diabetes and results from long-standing structural and functional changes especially in the skin microvasculature. Magnesium (Mg) deficiency has recently been proposed as a novel factor implicated in the pathogenesis of diabetes complications such as vascular disturbance, but its mechanism of action is not completely elucidated. The present study was designed to determine whether chronic magnesium sulfate administration could control streptozocin-induced diabetes and improve endothelium-dependent and endothelium-independent dilatation, and identify its probable mechanism in the skin microvasculature of diabetic rats.

Anticonvulsant effects of N6-cyclohexyladenosine microinjected into the CA1 region of the hippocampus on entorhinal cortex-kindled seizures in rats.

In this study, the role of adenosine A1 receptors of the hippocampal CA1 region in entorhinal cortex-kindled seizures was investigated in rats. Animals were kindled by daily electrical stimulation of the entorhinal cortex. In fully kindled rats, N(6)-cyclohexyladenosine (CHA; a selective A1 receptor agonist) and 1, 3-dimethyl-8-cyclopenthylxanthine (CPT; a selective A1 receptor antagonist) were microinfused bilaterally into the hippocampal CA1 region.