OBJECTIVE To summarise the evidence regarding the effectiveness of integrated care interventions in reducing hospital activity. DESIGN Umbrella review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses. SETTING Interventions must have delivered care crossing the boundary between at least two health and/or social care settings. PARTICIPANTS Adult patients with one or more chronic diseases. DATA SOU...

abstract background: although nurses acknowledge that spiritual care is part of their role, in reality, it is performed to a lesser extent. the purpose of the present study was to explore nurses’ and patients’ experiences about the conditions of spiritual care and spiritual interventions in the oncology units of tabriz. materials and methods: this study was conducted with a qualitative conventi...

objective: this study aimed to determine factors affecting depression in infertile couples and effect of psychological intervention on pregnancy rate of infertile couples. materials and methods: in this study, 638 infertile patients referring to a university infertility clinic were evaluated. among them, 140 couples with different levels of depression in at least one of the spouses were found a...