Publications by authors named "Hamidreza Sadeghi Gandomani"

Smoking is one of the main causes of death in the world. Cigarette use is related with various components of metabolic syndrome (e.g.

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Aims: The purpose of the present study was to improve clinical competencies in nursing staff in a selected surgical department in Kashan/Iran during 2016-2018.

Design: This was a participatory action research.

Methods: This action research was implemented in four steps of problem identification, planning, action and reflection.

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Background: Structural empowerment (SE) is an effective method of advancing work environments and has previously been widely discussed in Western countries. Due to the lack of culturally and academically accepted scales in Iran for measuring SE, localization of a foreign scale in this field is necessary.

Objectives: This study aimed at investigating the validity and reliability of the Persian Version of the Conditions of Work Effectiveness Questionnaire-II (CWEQ-II-PV) among Iranian nurses.

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Background: Patient satisfaction is a multi-dimensional concept that can be influenced by social, cultural, and economic factors. This study was designed to evaluate the determinants that could predict patient satisfaction with nursing care in an orthopedic and urologic Population at a selected surgical ward in Kashan, Iran during 2018.

Materials And Methods: This cross-sectional study was performed on 250 male patients with orthopedic and urologic diagnosis that were hospitalized in men surgical ward of Shahid Beheshti hospital affiliated to Kashan University of Medical Sciences.

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Objective: This study aimed to investigate the effects ofguided imagery on state and trait anxiety and sleep quality among hemodial ysis patients.

Design: This was a randomized controlled trial. A total of seventy hemodialysis patients were assigned through block randomization to either an intervention group to receive guided imagery or a control group to receive routine care services.

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Background: Testicular cancer is one of the most common cancers among young men between ages 20-34 in countries with high or very high levels of the Human Development Index (HDI). This study investigated the incidence and mortality of prostate cancer and the relationship with the HDI and its dimensions in Asia in 2012.

Materials And Methods: The study was conducted based on data from the world data of cancer and the World Bank (including the HDI and its components).

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Background: Development of practical skills in the field of nursing education has remained a serious and considerable challenge in nursing education. Moreover, newly graduated nurses may have weak practical skills, which can be a threat to patients' safety.

Objectives: The present study was conducted to compare the effect of concept mapping and conventional methods on nursing students' practical skills.

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