background respiration management is an important and critical issue in prehospital transportation phase of multiple trauma patients. however, the quality of this important care has not been assessed in iran emergency medical services’ (ems). objectives this study was conducted to investigate the quality of prehospital respiration management in patients with multiple trauma, referred to the sha...

background: due to increasing life expectancy and declining fertility rates, the population over the age of 60 in developed and developing countries is increasing. this matter draws attention toward the improvement of the health of the elderly and consideration of the health and treatment needs of this important group of human society. the aim of this study was to determine the effects of integ...

introduction: nowadays, organizations perform segmentation of their customers in order to maximize profits and minimize costs. however, in addition to segmentation, an optimal combination of the customers, i.e. the number of the customers or their percentage, is required to be specified in order to invest on development of products and services. in this study, by maximizing the customers’ satis...

patients and methods a questionnaire was developed by a departmental checklist focus group, which aimed to identify the perception of health care checklists in general as well as specific checklists for routine and crisis situations in anesthesia. furthermore participants were asked regarding their perception of performing routine anesthesia and managing crisis situations without any cognitive ...

irritable bowel syndrome (ibs) is one of the most common gastrointestinal disorders particularly affecting the quality of life (qol). evaluating qol in ibs patients is a valuable method of defining a psychobiological pattern of disease. various disease specific and general instruments are now available to measure health-related qol (hrqol) in ibs patients. though, no comparison has been made be...

background with increasing incidence of traumatic fractures, the use of orthopedic intervention such as traction has increased. inappropriate traction care may cause substantial morbidity and delay the patient rehabilitation. objectives this study was conducted to evaluate the quality of care for patients with traction in the orthopedic unit of kashan's shahid beheshti hospital, kashan, iran. p...

background: quality of life in patients represents an important area of assessment. however, attention to health professionals should be equally important. the literature on the quality of life (qol) of emergency physicians is scarce. this pilot study investigated qol in emergency physicians in germany. materials and methods: we conducted a cross?sectional study from january to june in 2015.we ...

introduction: timeliness has been considered as a key domain in quality of emergency department (ed) care and delay in care providing is influential determinants of patient’s outcomes. the present study, aimed to evaluate the determinants of prolonged ed length of stay (los). methods: in this cross-sectional study, using adopted version of the latest form for external evaluation and accreditati...

background and objectives: data on patient complains can be used as a feedback to improve the quality of healthcare services. the aim of this study was to develop an indicator for reliable retrieval of statistical data on patient complaints.   methods: a triangulated study was conducted. a comprehensive literature review was done to identifying the relevant major themes. two-rounds of delphi se...