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Effective steps towards prevention of dissatisfaction and promotion of care could be operationalized by assessing consumers' satisfaction and studying the reasons of their dissatisfaction. Regarding the special needs of ostomy patients this study has been done with the aim of determining the ostomy patient's satisfaction with nursing care. In this cross- sectional study, 300 ostomy patients were recruited by convenience sampling from Educational Hospitals of Iran, Tehran and Shahied Beheshti University. Data was collected by Modified Quality from Patient perspective and was analyzed using SPSS -PC [ver.16] The mean for Items related to respect by nurse during care, good relationship during information giving, and information regarding bathing with ostomy were respectively high. The mean for items of information related to ostomy association, types of appliances and how to provide them and provision of time to talk to patients were respectively low. although total satisfaction with ostomy nursing care was high, but some aspects of nursing care should be revised to promote satisfaction with care
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Exclusive breastfeeding which has been recommended as the best feeding method for infants up to six months has a protective effect against mortality and morbidity. Nevertheless, breastfeeding is not a universal practice and reduction in breastfeeding rate is now considered as a serious problem, especially in developing countries. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of Kangaroo contact on duration of exclusive breastfeeding and success of first breastfeeding in primiparous women. This study is a randomized controlled trial performed in labor and maternity wards of Shahid Akbar-Abadi hospital in Tehran. One hundred healthy primiparous mother-infant dyads were randomly assigned either to Kangaroo contact [n=50] or routine care [n=50]. The Infant Breastfeeding Assessment Tool was used to assess success of first breastfeeding and duration of exclusive breastfeeding was evaluated by face to face interview in 4 months post delivery. The authors declare that they have no conflict of interests. In Kangaroo contact group, 100 percent of babies had a successful first feed compared with 74% in the routine care group. The difference in the success rate was 26%, with 95% confidence interval; chi[2]=14.943; df =1; P