ABSTRACT
Background: It seems difficult to develop comprehensive legislations that can include the rights of all psychiatric patients. Nevertheless, awareness of patients' rights among patients with psychiatric disorders and their caregivers play an important role in advancing the treatment goals and human rights. This study was aimed to determine the relationship between awarness of and respect for the rights of patients with psychiatric disorders
Methods: This analytic cross sectional study was conducted on 100 psychiatric patients who admitted to psychiatric wards of selected educational hospitals affiliated to Ahvaz University of Medical Sciences. Patients entered to the study on the census form in 2012. To collect data, a researcher-designed questionnaire was used to investigate the rights of patients with psychiatric disorders. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and Pearson's correlation coefficient test. SPSS V.19 software was used for data analysis
Results: According to the results, psychiatric patients' awareness of their rights was at a moderate level, and the mean score was 14.42 +/- 8.66. Respect for these rights from patients' perspective was at a good level, and the mean score was 90.61 +/- 33.87. According to the results of Pearson correlation coefficient test, a significant relationship was found between awareness of and respect for patient's rights from patients' perspective [P<0.000]
Conclusion: The results showed that the patients' awareness of their rights was not at an acceptable level. It is recommended to provide interventions in order to promote the patients' awareness on admission to psychiatric ward
Methods: This analytic cross sectional study was conducted on 100 psychiatric patients who admitted to psychiatric wards of selected educational hospitals affiliated to Ahvaz University of Medical Sciences. Patients entered to the study on the census form in 2012. To collect data, a researcher-designed questionnaire was used to investigate the rights of patients with psychiatric disorders. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and Pearson's correlation coefficient test. SPSS V.19 software was used for data analysis
Results: According to the results, psychiatric patients' awareness of their rights was at a moderate level, and the mean score was 14.42 +/- 8.66. Respect for these rights from patients' perspective was at a good level, and the mean score was 90.61 +/- 33.87. According to the results of Pearson correlation coefficient test, a significant relationship was found between awareness of and respect for patient's rights from patients' perspective [P<0.000]
Conclusion: The results showed that the patients' awareness of their rights was not at an acceptable level. It is recommended to provide interventions in order to promote the patients' awareness on admission to psychiatric ward
ABSTRACT
Moral distress, a major issue in nursing, affects nurses in all healthcare sections. The existence of such distress and its consequent job dissatisfaction may pose a threat to nurses' physical and mental health, as well as their quality of life; and hinder their accomplishment of individual and social goals. The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between the moral distress and job satisfaction In nurses. This cross-sectional correlational study was conducted on 210 nurses employed in the selected healthcare centers of Tehran University of Medical Sciences in 2009. Data were collected using a questionnaire consisting demographic characteristics, the Corley's moral distress scale, and the Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and independent t-test, analysis of variance, Wilcoxon test and Pearson's correlation coefficient in the SPSS v.14. According to the findings of the study, the mean of the moral distress was 1.77 out of four; and the mean of the job satisfaction score was 3.17 out of 5; indicating a moderate job satisfaction among the nurses. A significant relationship was observed between the moral distress and nurses' job satisfaction in the present study, indicating that by decreasing moral distress, job satisfaction increases. Although numerous factors govern nurses' job satisfaction, the observed relationship between moral distress and job satisfaction indicates that identifying and limiting factors influencing these distresses can lead to improved job satisfaction for nurses