OBJECTIVE To explore the concepts of quality of life (QOL), quality of care (QOC), and attitudes toward disabilities in Porto Alegre, Brazil, from the perspective of people living with disabilities, including their relatives and caregivers. METHODS This was a qualitative study that interviewed a total of 23 participants in five focus groups, during May-August 2006. After an open discussion ab...

introduction. with constant changes in health care it is imperative that nursing education programs themselves act as agents of change. nursing education has the responsibility to produce nursing professionals and expert practitioners to shape the nursing practice not merely respond to changes in the practice environment. it must prepare nurses who can participate as full partners in health car...

background & aims: psychological interventions may improve the quality of life in asthmatic patients through affecting the bio-psycho-social dimensions. this study is aimed to assess the efficacy of cognitive behavioral stress management (cbsm) group education on improvement of quality of life in asthmatic patients. method& materials: this was an experimental study using randomized pre-, post- ...

background: using thinking-based scientific methods such as paper-based and electronic nursing processes in nursing education can lead to education of skilled and efficient experts that can affect students’ satisfaction in addition to their quality of care. the present study aimed to compare the effects of recording and implementing the nursing process based on two methods (paper-based and elec...

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background: reporting quality of research on medical education has come under scrutiny in recent years in wake of empirical evidence. poor reporting quality of published abstracts may distract readers from careful reading of research evidence or in a worst case mislead scientists. main objective of this study was to evaluate the extent and quality of the submitted abstracts to the 3rd and 4th n...