BACKGROUND Ergonomic factors predispose nurses to low back pain (LBP). Few studies have clarified the role of workplace violence in LBP occurrence. OBJECTIVES The present study was designed to investigate acute and chronic LBP in Iranian nurses and its association with exposure to physical violence as well as its personal and ergonomic risk factors. MATERIALS AND METHODS In this analytic cr...

Rationale. Home health care (HHC) has been developed more than any other industry in the past decade. Conflict between nurse and family can diminish the aid produced to the home care patients. Objective. This research was guidance to explore the nature of conflicts between the patient's families and nurses in homes of dangerous care patients, in an Iranian context. Methods and results. Using th...

INTRODUCTION Social well-being is one of the important aspects of individual's health. However, the social aspect of health, or social well-being, has not been attended to as equally as the other aspects. Social well-being is people's perceptions and experiences in social circumstances as well as the degree of successful responses to social challenges. The aim of the study was to investigate th...