[Study on effective factors on patients' family members anxiety in intensive care units]

Hospitalization of a family member especially in the intensive care units [ICUs] is a crisis that can cause anxiety in the whole family. The present study was conducted to determine some effective factors that can lead to anxiety in families of patients hospitalized in Rasht ICUs in 2006. In this cross-sectional study 218 family members of 130 inpatients of Rasht Poorsina and Razi hospital ICUs were selected. Data were collected using researcher-made and hospital anxiety depression [HADS] questionnaire. The results showed that the majority [77.1%] of patients family members were anxious. The anxiety odd ratio [OR] by logistic regression showed that anxiety rate increased with the decrease of patients' consciousness level [OR=9.726 per additional point], family members' sex [OR=6.171], making decision by family members [OR=6.433] and older age [OR=0.939 per additional year]. The results confirmed the role of several important factors in inducing anxiety to the ICU patients' families which require further consideration. These factors are recommended to be investigated upon admission and provide nursing care for preventing and overcoming anxiety in both patients and families

[Investigation of oral and dental-care procedures in high school students of Zanjan province - 2005]

Regarding the high prevalence of dental caries and its individual complications and the reports concerning the effects of healthy behavior on oral and dental hygiene, this study was carried out with the aim of investigation of different oral and dental-care procedures among adolescent population of Zanjan province during the academic year 2004-2005. This descriptive study was performed on 1500 high school students through multi-stage cluster random sampling. The study tool was researcher-made questionnaire whose validity and reliability had been confirmed through content validity and repeated test respectively. Descriptive statistics and chi [2] test were used to determine the difference among groups [based on a number of demographic features]. The most common dental-care procedure among the students was brushing [89.7%] and statistical tests showed a significant difference in terms of gender [P=0.001], different educational levels [P=0.04], different schools [P=0.02] and different school areas [P=0.001]. The only common dental-care procedure used by the province adolescents was brushing. Hence, planning for various oral and dental-care procedures in adolescent population is highly recommended