INTRODUCTION Infertility is considered a traumatic stressor for infertile couples, and it becomes a psychosocial crisis for that person. Considering the importance of fertility and based on the cultural and social aspects of it in Iran, the present study aimed to determine mental health and its individual and social predictors in infertile women referring to the infertility center of Al-Zahra h...

Background The prevalence of disability in Iran has increased due to ageing of the population and the presence of chronic diseases. However, little is known about the availability of rehabilitation services in Iran. Objective To study the availability of physical rehabilitation services in Iran. Methods This was a mixed method study. In the first phase, a qualitative design was conducted fo...

BACKGROUND There are important differences regarding cancer disclosure in various geographical populations (Europeans, Western Asia, Eastern Asia), depending on multiple sociocultural factors, and therefore, there is no standard protocol on this issue, especially in Iran. OBJECTIVES To evaluate the amount of information that Iranian patients have and their preference for the disclosure of the...

Background: Personnel working in emergency departments are exposed to a lot of burnout due their nature and occupational factors; therefore, it is very important pay attention the factors that cause aggravate burnout. In meantime, existence organizational justice an principle employee efficiency can also affect quality services. Therefore, this study was conducted investigate relationship betwe...

UNLABELLED Cancer is the third highest cause of premature mortality in Iran. We aimed to determine trend of common cancers in Khuzestan province, Iran. METHODS It was a hospital based survey on 4065 subjects from their hospital files, those had registered as cancer case in Shafa hospital which has known as a biggest center of cancer in Khuzestan province, Iran during 2005-2011.All data has en...

Background & Aims: Hospitals as the largest and most costly operational units in health care system have special importance. The rate of their efficiency can be used as a criterion for the measurement of performance and productivity of resource consumption in hospitals. The purpose of this study was to determine the technical efficiency of general hospitals of Kerman University of Medical Scien...

INTRODUCTION Research data often remains unanalyzed and unpublished due to incompetency in statistical software usage. Lack of planning before data collection has severely impaired the quality of research in Pakistan. Most of the researchers are unaware of usage of statistical software like SPSS, Epi info, SAS, R. and most of the Data Analysis is done through the employment of a bio-statisticia...

CONTEXT Individuals with social well-being can cope more successfully with major problems of social roles. Due to the social nature of human life, it cannot be ignored to pay attention the social aspect of health. AIMS The purpose of this study was to identify variables that predict the social well-being of medical students. SETTINGS AND DESIGN A descriptive-analytical study was conducted o...

introduction: since users have a critical role in the success of a hospital information system, and also considering software companies as information system service providers-not only product sellers, this study was conducted to evaluate the hospital information system (his) software based on user requirements in iran. methods: through a descriptive study, 5 vendors, which had the best selling...