background: the most common complication of hospitalization in intensive care units (icus) is infections caused by health care. although sepsis results in a small percentage of infections, it has a high mortality rate. intensive care nurses play a critical role in the prevention, early detection, and beginning of therapeutic interventions in patients with sepsis. this study aimed to review the ...

in order to determine the relationship between knowledge, attitude and health behaviour among menopausud women, a random sample of 250 menopaused women was studied. the data was collected by using a questionnaire and analysed by the spss programe. the study showed that seventy woman (28%) had good knowledge, only twenty seven women (11%) had a positive attitude, and forty women (16%) had good h...

background: post-exposure prophylaxis plays an important role in prevention of bloodborne diseases after occupational exposures. objective: to evaluate the knowledge, attitude and practice of dentists towards post-exposure prophylaxis. methods: in a cross-sectional study, 140 dentists in shiraz were selected through a systematic randomized sampling. they filled out a self-made questionnaire inc...

the objective of the study was to evaluate the position of patient education measuring knowledge, attitude, and practice (kap) among health care workers (hcws). it is also aimed to emphasize the need for a real position for patient education. this survey was performed among a group of hcws in iran. the scores had an acceptable level. however, nurses, females and younger people received higher s...

conclusions the present study showed that nursing students have not a high mean score in the three subscales of knowledge, attitude and intention to implement ebp. it is essential for faculties and nurse managers not only to focus on education of ebp, but also to support nurses and nursing students to implement it in the process patient care. materials and methods in this cross-sectional study,...

conclusions although the dentists had a proper knowledge in the field of transmission of hiv, hbv, and hcv infections, fear and concern of being infected make them to refuse these patients. therefore, training dentists to improve their attitudes toward treatment of these patients is necessary. background dental practitioners can be exposed to the human immunodeficiency virus (hiv), hepatitis b ...

background/objective: this study aimed to address the knowledge gap in citizenship education. in other words, there was an attempt to investigate the effect of a citizenship education program on knowledge, attitudes, subjective norms, and behavioral intention of high schools girls. methods: 228 female students, 91 in the experimental and 137 in the control groups participated in this study. a q...

background: oral cancer has emerged as a significant cause of global public health concern. if a cancerous lesion is diagnosed in primary stages, the survival rate would be higher. thus, the aim of this study was to evaluate knowledge, attitude and practice of general dentist regarding oral cancer in sari, iran. methods: this cross sectional analytical study was performed on general dentists of...