Relationship of nutritional behaviors and parent-child interactions with developmental domains of Iranian toddlers: a cross-sectional study.

Background: Health service providers closely monitor the developmental state of toddlers to identify the factors affecting this process because any defect during this period will cause irreversible damage. Therefore, this study investigated the relationship of nutritional behaviors and parent-child interactions with the developmental domains of Iranian toddlers.

Methods: This cross-sectional, descriptive-analytical study was conducted on 341 toddlers aged 12-36 months covered by comprehensive health centers in the south of Tehran in 2021-2022.

Barriers and facilitators to fulfilling the teaching assistant role from nursing students' perspective: a qualitative study.

Background: Employing postgraduate students as Teaching Assistants (TA) has become a common practice in many higher education institutions and is part of a growing international trend for professional practice.

Objective: This study aimed to determine the barriers and facilitators to fulfilling the teaching assistant role from nursing students' perspective.

Methodology: This qualitative-descriptive study was conducted in 2022 on teaching assistants in the Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery of Tehran University of Medical Sciences.

Workplace incivility and the professional quality of life in nurses.

Background: Workplace Incivility is a common issue in the nursing profession. Nurses who are affected by such behaviors may experience distress.

Objectives: This study aimed to assess the relationship between workplace incivility and nurses' professional quality of life.

Breathing Rooms: A Strategy to Improve the Performance of Healthcare Workers During COVID-19 and Future Pandemics.

Healthcare workers (HCWs), as frontline soldiers in the fight against COVID-19, were more exposed to the risk of contracting this disease. In addition to facing psychological, social, and physical trauma and post-traumatic stress due to the corona pandemic, HCWs were also exposed to complications due to the use of personal protective equipment (PPE). The impermeable and confining nature of some PPE poses complications for HCWs that can endanger their physical health, while also affecting the quality of healthcare they provide.

Development and implementation of anxiety management program for women under gynecological surgery with spinal anesthesia: Protocol of action research study.

Background: Anxiety is the most common health problem and the second leading cause of disability worldwide. Patients undergoing surgery often experience anxiety. It is necessary to use appropriate interventions to achieve the best results.

Relationship between emotional elder abuse and developmental function of the family.

Aim: This study aimed to assess the relationship between emotional elder abuse and the developmental function of the family.

Design: Community-based correlational cross-sectional study was conducted.

Methods: Data were collected on 265 older adults from July to October 2019 in Tehran-Iran.

The relationship of caregiver strain with resilience and hardiness in family caregivers of older adults with chronic disease: a cross-sectional study.

Background: Providing long-term home care to older adults with chronic diseases may endanger the physical, mental, social, and spiritual health of caregivers and lead to care strain.

Objective: This study aimed to assess the relationship of caregiver strain with resilience and hardiness in family caregivers of older adults with chronic disease.

Methodology: This cross-sectional correlational study was conducted in 2020-2021 in Tehran.

Effect of Educational Program Based on Health Literacy Index on Self-Care Ability Among Older Adults: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

Background: Health literacy index (HLI) was developed to provide a proper framework for educational material in all levels. So, the aim of this study was to determine the effect of education based on (HLI) on the self-care ability among older adults.

Methods: This randomized clinical trial was conducted with 68 older adults during the period of May-August 2019.

Relationship of Loneliness and Social Isolation With Self-Care Ability Among Older Adults.

The current study aimed to assess the relationship of loneliness and social isolation with self-care ability (SCA) among older adults. Participants were 170 older adults randomly recruited from seven urban health care centers in Gonbad Kavus, Iran. Data were collected using a personal characteristics questionnaire, the UCLA Loneliness Scale, Lubben Social Network Scale, and Self-Care Ability Questionnaire for the Elderly.

The effects of a Namaste care program on quality of life: A pilot study in Iranian women with late-stage Alzheimer's disease.

The current study aimed to investigate the effects of a Namaste care program on the quality of life of 25 women with late-stage Alzheimer's disease. The program was implemented two hours daily and four days per week for six months in a nursing facility, Tehran, Iran. Women's quality of life was measured using the Persian version of the Quality of Life in Late-Stage Dementia scale before and after the program implementation.

Determinants of Intentions toward Smoking Hookah in Iranian Adolescents Based on the Theory of Planned Behavior.

Background: Smoking hookah is considered a health problem among the adolescents, which currently has a high prevalence. The present study aimed to determine the reasons for tendency toward smoking hookah.

Methods: Participants of this qualitative study were 24 adolescents from Tehran selected using purposeful sampling method in 2017.

Problems of clinical nurse performance appraisal system: a qualitative study.

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to explore problems of clinical nurse performance appraisal system.

Methods: This study employed a descriptive qualitative approach. The participants were purposively selected from clinical nurses working across all of the hospital units in a large metropolitan teaching hospital in Tehran, Iran in 2012.