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Background: Personality compatibility of individuals with profession that provides services to others is one of important issues that have received less attention while there is a great impact on the quality of services provided and to professional success. This study aimed to assessment of personality compatibility of nurses with nursing profession in Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences in 2013.
Materials and Methods: 62 nurses were worked in Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences in 2013 were selected by simple random sampling participated in this cross-sectional study. This survey Instrument was standardized questionnaire of Holland personality-job compatibility that by means of it compatibility of nurses' personality with the nursing profession is determined at three levels: non-compatible, relatively compatible and absolutely compatible. Data was analyzed by SPSS.
Results: 46% of nurses participating in this study had non-compatible personality and 33/4% of them had relatively compatible personality and only 20/6% had absolutely compatible personality whit nursing profession. Compatibility of personality whit nursing profession according to demographic characteristics had no meaningful differences.
Conclusion: this study showed large percentage of nurses working in Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences had non-compatible personality whit nursing profession, and this results shows attention to this important issue by health managers and correction of selection of more compatible nursing student are necessary.
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Background and Purpose: Cardiac catheterization is one of the most common diagnostic and therapeutic methods of cardiovascular diseases. The present study was conducted to determine the effect of guided imagery on patients' anxiety awaiting cardiac catheterization.
Materials and Methods: This interventional study[randomized trial] was carried out on 62 patients undergoing coronary angiography for the first time in vasey hospital of Sabzevar in 2013. .In the case group, guided Imagery method[a method of relaxation] was performed Information was collected via a State-Trait Anxiety Inventory [STAI], and an anxiety standard questionnaire. Data analysis was done using SAS 9.1 and SPSS 16 statistical softwares.
Results: The average age of participants in this study was 57.06 +/- 8.9 years. 25 participants [40.32%] were female and 37 [59.67%]were male. in the case group, mean score of State-Trait Anxiety decreased significantly in comparison to the control one after the intervention. [p<0.001]. The average score of anxiety in the control group before angiography had increased. Moreover, there was no significant correlation between anxiety and demographic variables like age and sex.
Conclusions: Guided imagery and relaxation impress patients' anxiety undergoing first-time coronary angiography. Therefore, there is recommended to use this method before cardiac catheterization performance.
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Background and aims: Many patients with chronic renal failure are fatigue due to disease process and long-term treatment with hemodialysis. Because of very different side effects of medication, using complementary methods seems to be reasonable way to reduce fatigue in hemodialysis patients. This study aimed to effect of Benson relaxation on fatigue in hemodialysis patients.
Materials and methods: The present research is an experimental controlled trial study conducted on 65 hemodialysis patients selected from Vasei Sabzevar Educational hospital in 2013. Patients were selected using convenience sampling method according to inclusion and exclusion criteria and then were divided randomly into two groups[33 patients] in experimental and [32 patients] in control group. The experimental group received Benson relaxation for 15 minute, twice a day during one month. control group received no intervention. Datacollecting instruments included demographic information form and Brief Fatigue Inventory [BFI] questionnaire were completed before, 2 and 4 weeks after intervention. Data were analyzed by means of SPSS-11/5 and SAS 9.1 statistical software using descriptive statistics, T test, Chi-square, Mann-Whitney Test and generalized estimation equations.
Results: Mean score of fatigue in the experimental group was 6/97 +/- 0/84, 5/25 +/- 1/07and 3/92 +/- 1/11 before intervention, after two weeks and four weeks later, respectively. Analysis of the data revealed a significant difference between the mean score of fatigue of before and after intervention in the experimental group[P<0/01].
Conclusion: Benson relaxation can be considered as a costeffective, simple and secure way to decrease the fatigue in the Hemodialysis patients.