background: patient education is taken into account as one of the key components of comprehensive care as well as one of the significant nursing functions in order to increase community health. in this respect, education materials and written texts can improve patient information up to 50% and consequently meet patient satisfaction. readability is considered as an integral concept in patient ed...

background: coronary angiography is recognized as the gold test for diagnosis of coronary artery diseases. based on the literature review, little is known about patients’ expectations about this procedure. understanding the patient’s expectations is an important way to achieve patient‑centered care. the purpose of this study was to explore the expectations of iranian patients undergoing coronar...

abstract background: while nursing workload is a worldwide challenge, less attention has been given to the determining factors. understanding these factors is important and could help nursing managers to provide suitable working environment and to manage the adverse outcomes of nursing workload. the aim of this study was to discover nurses’ experiences of determinant factors of their workload. ...

The paper discusses the role of argumentative competencies for the achievement of patient engagement through communication in doctor-patient consultations. The achievement of patient engagement is being proposed by recent studies as a condition that can facilitate in particular patient adherence, which involves behavior change. One obstacle to behavior change that has been observed is reactance...

aims: the most important causes for mortality rate and poor quality of life in cardiovascular patients arise from insufficient and inappropriate self-care. this study aimed to examine the effect of an educational self-care program on awareness and performance in patients with coronary syndrome. materials & methods: this is an experimental study conducted in hospitals affiliated with qom univers...

conclusions the majority of the trauma-related articles from the aaos patient education website have readability levels that may make comprehension difficult for a substantial portion of the patient population. results the mean (sd) grade level readability for all patient education articles was 8.8 (1.1). all but three of the articles had a readability score above the sixth-grade level. the rea...

conclusions this biobehavioral-based multimodal physical rehabilitation treatment combining mt, tpe and mcte produced a substantial reduction in pain intensity, pain catastrophizing, disability and the impact of headaches on patient’s life. case presentation a 34-year-old woman was known to have chronic tth. initially, the patient presented moderate headaches 5 days per week, mechanical neck pa...

surgery to remove some part of the inner ear is an effective intervention to relieve of symptoms. an informed care can decline the patient's fears, and also a pre-operating patient education can facilitate the patient’s recovery. patients, who are in a labyrinthectomy waiting list, feel a combination of anxiety and release. they have spent lots of time to find a treatment for their severe ...

background & aim: modifications in learning systems based on the concepts of self-efficacy and self-esteem are among the suggested strategies to bridge the gap between knowledge and practice. the aim of this study was to compare the effect of two interactive educational workshops with or without standardized patients (sps) on midwifery students' self-efficacy in providing sexual health cou...

a field study was made to investigate the learning needs of patients with pacemaker in shahid rajaii heart hospital's out-patient clinic (1994). a total of 60 patients with pacemaker were selected sequentially from the total population that had a pacemaker and attended the out-patient clinic in shahid rajaii hospital. the subjects met the criteria for participating in this study. the tool ...