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Introduction: In recent years, internet is becoming an integral part of individuals, especially activities in everyday life. Continual technological change, first question that comes to mind is the internet addiction status among nursing students at universities. The aim of this study was to determine internet addiction and its related factors among nursing students in Tehran University of Medical Sciences in 2013
Method: In this analytical study, 330 Nursing Students from Tehran Universities of Medical Sciences enrolled in the study. Data collection were carried out using Young's Internet addiction test and demographic variables questionnaire and then analyzed using SPSS version 21
Results: Based on our findings, 82.3% of the students did not have Internet addiction. There were statistically significant relationship between internet addiction and demographic variables including gender, status, personal computers, science websites, personal blogs, personal websites, Web chat [chat], listening to music, surfing the Web, making friends, playing online games, blogging, duration of internet use per hours per day, time of the week, time of Internet use [P < 0.001]
Conclusion: The findings of this study indicate that 17.7% of the nursing students in this study had Internet addiction. Regarding the increased pattern of Internet use among students, appropriate training programs and effective Internet based interventions to promote knowledge and inspire healthy behaviors in the nursing students, are essential
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Benign prostatic hyperplasia [BPH] is a common age-related urological disorder. Patients can subjectively descript their micturition habits by using the international prostate symptom score [IPSS] but whether or not patients answer correlate with their uroflowmetic findings has not been validated objectively. The aim of this study was to evaluate the correlation of patient answers with findings on uroflowmetry studies. eighty six patients with lower urinary tract symptoms [LUTS] were evaluated by IPSS and uroflowmetry. IPSS was divided into voiding and storage symptoms. Waiting time, voided volume, maximum and average flow rates were recorded. The relationship between these parameters was quantified by SPSS software Pearson correlation coefficient. Patients were aged 46 - 79 years old. Age did not correlate by Qmax, Qave, IPSS and voided volume. Voided volumes were 109-647ml [mean=259.5 ml]. Qmax was <15ml/s in about 63% of patients [54 patients] independently of age. Qmax was correlated negatively with total IPSS score and voiding symptoms but did not correlate with storage symptoms. Qave correlated only with voiding symptoms[p=0.04] but not with total IPSS and storage symptoms. Waiting time did not correlate with total IPSS, voiding and storage symptoms. There is a close correlation between IPSS and uroflowmetry results.uroflowmetry is a more suitable for LUTS paitents who have improper understanding the IPSS questions due to cultural or language problems
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Frequent rehospitalization is one of the complications in treatment of schizophrenic patients. The present study was design to determine the effectiveness of home care service in preventing rehospitalization of schizophrenic patients. A semi-experimental study was conducted with 48 schizophrenic patients who were randomly allocated in two groups of intervention and control [20 patients in each group]. Home care services after discharge were delivered to the intervention group for three months. Control group received routine services included appointing a date for next visit at psychiatric clinic. Both groups were followed up for six months, after discharge. They were compared for their rate of rehospitalization. Chi square and Student's t-test were used to analyze the data. The results revealed that rate of rehospitalization after three month follow up was%25 [6 of 24 patients] in control group and zero in interventional group which was significantly different [P<0.001]. Six months later, the rate turned to%21 [5 of 24 patients] in intervention group and%46 [11 of 24 patients] in control group which was significantly different [P=0.002] as well. Home care after discharge reduces rehospitalization of schizophrenic patients