The impact of home care on individuals with chronic heart failure: A comprehensive review.

Background: Heart failure is a widespread condition linked to elevated mortality rates, readmission incidents, and healthcare expenditures. Home care has emerged as a promising strategy for managing patients with heart failure. This study seeks to comprehensively review the impact of home care on individuals diagnosed with heart failure.

Uncertainty and its related coping strategies in systemic lupus erythematosus. Life in the fog.

Background: One of the most prevalent problems of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is the uncertainty over an indefinite future. Uncertainty has significant effects on quality of life. The aim of this study was to explore uncertainty and personal strategies to cope with it among patients with SLE.

Factors Contributing to Grief Experience Among Oncology Nurses: A Qualitative Study.

Objectives: Care provision to patients with cancer can cause varying levels of grief for oncology nurses. Grief in turn significantly affects nurses' personal and professional life. However, there is limited information about the contributing factors to grief experience among oncology nurses.

Intuitive Decision-making by Iranian Nurses of Patients with COVID-19: A Qualitative Study.

Clinical decision-making related to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a new experience; thus, there is a lack in knowledge in this area. The aim of this study is to explore critical care nurses' experience of intuitive decision-making in patients diagnosed with COVID-19. In this qualitative descriptive study, 16 nurses who had the experience of providing care for patients diagnosed with COVID-19 were selected through purposive sampling and participated in semi-structured interviews.

The effect of sexual counseling on depression, anxiety, stress, sexual knowledge and sexual quality of life in men who have undergone invasive coronary interventions: An RCT.

Background: Sexual dysfunctions are common in men with ischemic heart disease, especially in men undergoing therapeutic interventions.

Objective: This study intended to assess the effect of counseling on depression, anxiety, stress, sexual knowledge and sexual quality of life in men after invasive coronary interventions in the post catheterization department of Kashan Shahid Beheshti Hospital during 2018.

Materials And Methods: The study population consisted of 54 male participants who had undergone an invasive coronary intervention.

Corrigendum to "Determining the sexual quality of life and related factors in patients referred to the department of cardiac rehabilitation: A cross-sectional study" [Int J Reprod BioMed 2021; 19: 261-270].

[This corrects the article DOI: 10.18502/ijrm.v19i3.

Determining the sexual quality of life and related factors in patients referred to the department of cardiac rehabilitation: A cross-sectional study.

Background: One of the neglected issues among cardiovascular participants is sexual activity, which can affect their general quality of life.

Objective: To evaluate the sexual quality of life and its related factors.

Materials And Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 200 cardiovascular participants, referred to the department of rehabilitation of the Shahid Beheshti Hospital of Kashan, Iran in May 2017.

Nursing faculty's point of view regarding noncompliance with ethics in academic environments: a qualitative study.

Background: An academic environment is the first place that nursing students are introduced to ethics related to nursing and healthcare. In this study, we explored the nursing faculty members' point of view regarding noncompliance with these academic ethics.

Methods: This study was a qualitative descriptive study conducted in 2018.

The effectiveness of mobile phone text massaging support for mothers with postpartum depression: A clinical before and after study.

Background: It is estimated that postpartum depression (PPD) occurs in 10-15% of women in the year after childbirth. The highest number of women with PPD has limited access to psychosocial and pharmacological interventions. Long-distance counseling via mobile phone might be useful for the treatment of women with PPD, specifically in regions with low socioeconomical status and rural areas.

The effect of hand reflexology on anxiety in patients undergoing coronary angiography: A single-blind randomized controlled trial.

Background: This study aimed to evaluate effects of hand reflexology on anxiety level in coronary angiography patients.

Materials And Methods: This clinical trial recruited 80 eligible patients >6 months. The patients were randomly assigned to receive routine care plus either hand reflexology or a simple hand massage.

The effect of sukha pranayama on anxiety in patients undergoing coronary angiography: a single -blind randomized controlled trial.

Anxiety is among the most common problems experienced by coronary angiography (CA) candidates. Different modalities are used to manage anxiety. This study sought to examine the effects of a pranayama exercise on CA candidates' anxiety.

Relationship Between Ischemic Heart Disease and Sexual Satisfaction.

Aim: Ischemic heart disease is a life-threatening condition. Considerable doubts exist over the effects of this disease on patients' sexual activity and satisfaction. The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between ischemic heart disease and sexual satisfaction.

Life associated with fear and worry: A major concern among the cardiac valve-replaced patients.

Background: Few attempts were made for alleviating the physical/psychological problems among the cardiac valve-replaced patients and no comprehensive study was done based on the experiences of such patients. This study was undertaken to describe the stressful experiences of the heart valve-replaced patients.

Materials And Methods: In this qualitative study performed during 2012-2013 with a content analysis approach, 13 patients from Tehran and Kashan therapeutic centers participated.

The experiences of "difficult life" in heart valve replaced patients.

Background: Several reports, however, not comprehensive, have been presented about the experiences of patients with replaced heart-valve.

Objectives: This study explores the experiences of the patients with heart valve replacement.

Patients And Methods: A qualitative research with a content analysis approach was carried out on the patients with cardiac valve replacement during the year 2012 and 2013.

The effects of inhalation aromatherapy on anxiety in patients with myocardial infarction: a randomized clinical trial.

Background: Anxiety is an important mental health problem in patients with cardiac disease. Anxiety reduces patients' quality of life and increases the risk of different cardiac complications.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of inhalation aromatherapy on anxiety in patients with myocardial infarction.