Developing and Validating a Questionnaire to Measure Attitude toward Child Adoption: A Psychometric Process.

Background: Despite the mutual benefit of adoption, due to the adverse attitude related to the barriers perceived by the couples, some people are not interested in adoption. The purpose of this study was to develop and validate a questionnaire to measure attitudes toward child adoption.

Materials And Methods: This secondary analysis is part of a larger study on 178 infertile couples referring to the Afzalipour Infertility Center in Kerman, Iran.

The effect of cognitive behavior therapy on attitude of infertile individuals toward child adoption.

Background: Infertility is one of the most important life-threatening crises that will cause serious psychological problems and serious stressful experiences for couples. Granting the parenting of neglected children can benefit both infertile couples and those children.

Purpose: The study aimed to investigate the effect of Cognitive-Behavioral Counseling (CBT) on the attitude of infertile individuals towards child adoption.

The Effect of Emotional Disclosure by Writing on the Depression of Hemodialysis Patients in Iran: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

Depression is the most common psychological problem in patients with renal failure, and it can lead to mortality in severe cases. Effective interventions are required to promote mental health in patients on hemodialysis with various types of mental disorders. The current study aimed to evaluate the effect of emotional disclosure by writing on depression of patients on hemodialysis in Iran.

Informational Needs of Patients with Cancer: A Qualitative Content Analysis.

One of the most important needs of patients with cancer is informational needs. Getting relevant information about the disease can lead to a proper decision making, better response to treatment, lower levels of anxiety, and higher levels of quality of life. Therefore, the current study aimed to determine the informational needs of patients with cancer in southeast Iran.

Body-Mind Healing Strategies in Patients with Cancer: a Qualitative Content Analysis.

Background: Cancer is a major health problem around the world. The use of coping strategies among patients with cancer depends on several issues. This study was conducted to determine coping strategies used by patients with cancer in south-east Iran.

Getting Out or Remaining in the Cage of Inauthentic Self: The Meaning of Existential Challenges in Patients' with Cancer.

Context: Cancer as a life-threatening disease develops a range of existential challenges in persons. These challenges cause the patients to encounter some existential questions and tensions. This study method focuses on a person's experience about them.

Exploring perceptions of policymakers about main strategies to enhance fertility rate: A qualitative study in Iran.

Background: Total fertility rate in Iran has declined unprecedentedly over the past thirty years. However, debating on proper strategies to increase fertility is still a matter of discussion among experts.

Objective: To explain the main strategies to increase fertility from the viewpoints of the policy makers.

Post-traumatic Stress Symptoms among Iranian Parents of Children during Cancer Treatment.

Support of parents of children with cancer requires healthcare personnel to be knowledgeable about the prevalence of post-traumatic stress symptoms among Iranian parents of children with cancer. This study was conducted to fulfill this aim in the South-East of Iran. Using the Impact of Event Scale -Revised, for parents of children with cancer, 200 parents in two hospitals supervised by Kerman University of Medical Sciences, were assessed.

Quality improvement in clinical documentation: does clinical governance work?

Introduction: The quality of nursing documentation is still a challenge in the nursing profession and, thus, in the health care industry. One major quality improvement program is clinical governance, whose mission is to continuously improve the quality of patient care and overcome service quality problems. The aim of this study was to identify whether clinical governance improves the quality of nursing documentation.