Zahra Jouhari, Nikoo Yamani, Athar Omid, Mahsa Shakour, Leyla Bazrafkan,
Volume 3, Issue 1 (2-2015)
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Dormitories are public spaces. A good dormitory condition has profound influence to improve the learning process of the students. The purpose of this study has been to identify the attitude of the students in the dormitories of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences about the environmental condition of their places and its importance on their physical, psychological and educational status.
METHODS: This cross - sectional study was performed by using a questionnaire designed according to environmental standards issued by Ministry of Health and Medical Education of Iran. At first the validity and reliability of questionnaire were checked. The subjects were the students who live in the dormitory of Isfahan University and were selected through simple random sampling method. Data were analyzed using the spss 16 package program. Descriptive and inferential statistics with one way ANOVA were used for data analysis.
FINDINGS: Mean age of the students was 25.34±6.3 years. According to the factors which were important in viewpoints of the students: mean score for the security of dormitory was 4.62 and the average number of persons in a room was 4.58 out of 5. General cleaning of dormitory with mean score of 4.56 mentioned as the most important physical environment factor. Sixty percent of the students believed that environment of dormitory improves their mental health and 65.1 percent believed that this condition can improve their academic achievements.
CONCLUSION: Considering the impact of environmental factors on physical health, psychological and academic status of students, proper planning for improvement of environmental factors and making the dormitories safe, is necessary for educational and health status of the students.
Maryam Farouki Far , Soraia Khafri, Mostafa Mostafazadehbora, Shayan Alijanpour,
Volume 3, Issue 1 (2-2015)
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Patient education is one of the quality standards of nursing care and affects on the costs, recovery and cure rate of the patients. Identification of the current status in patient education can result to better planning in this way. In the present study, the importance of patient education was assessed according to the viewpoints of the nurses in the hospitals of Babol.
METHODS: This cross-sectional study was performed on 183 nurses working in the hospitals of Babol who selected by convenience sampling. Data were collected through a questionnaire that included demographic characteristics and 22 questions for assessment their attitude in a five point Likert scale. Data were finally analyzed by using the software SPSS V18. ANOVA and T-test were used for data analysis.
FINDINGS: The mean age was 33.38±7.5 years, and 155 (84.7%) were female. The majority of the nurses had a positive attitude toward patient education also 89.3% considered patient education as a necessary subject. The most negative point in nurses attitude (92.4%) was toward the negative impact of patient education on routine ward tasks. There were no significant relationship between the hospitals, educational status, work experience, and organizational post with their attitude, but between the work department and their attitude, there was significant relationship (p=0.019).
CONCLUSION: The results of this study showed that the importance of patient education had a good position in the attitude of nurses. However, to provide a better situation, inhibiting and facilitating factors should be identified to improve patient education in the hospitals.
