[Validation study of spiritual health questionnaire from Islamic view]

Background: Humans health has various dimensions and spiritual health is placed at the top of these dimensions. When an individual has a higher spiritual health, he will get closer to God. The purpose of this study was to evaluate validation of spiritual health questionnaire from Islamic view using explanatory factor analysis [EFA].

Materials and methods: In this descriptive- analytical study, one hundred nurse students at Ilam University of Medical Sciences were selected using stratified sampling. Spiritual health questionnaire based on Islam's perspective was used in this study which consisted of 20 questions. Cronbach's alpha coefficients and explanatory factor analysis were used to assess the validity and internal consistency of the questionnaire

Results: Explanatory factor analysis showed that the spiritual health questionnaire is composed of six independent factors which had the following variance percentage: first, contemplation in spiritual health [variance of 14.2%]; second, responsibility causing a purposeful life [variance of 12.4%]; third, the role of having relationship with God in spiritual health [variance of 10.4%]; fourth, the believe that man is the most noble creature [variance of 10.4%]; fifth, God has created the world [variance of 9.9%]; and sixth, God does care about human problems [variance:8.4]

Conclusion: According to the results of explanatory factor analysis and Cronbach's alpha, the spiritual health questionnaire from Islamic view can be a useful tool for assessing spiritual health in Islam

comparison of spiritual health of male and female students in the Ilam University of Medical Sciences

There is a strong relationship between spiritual development of nursing students and their ability to provide patients with spiritual care. Therefore, present research aims to explore spiritual health in nursing students of theIlam University of Medical Sciences, in Iran for both boys and girls. Spiritual health of students is determined using the Palutzian andElisonquestionnaire which consisted of three parts. 10 questions were related to demographic date of students and 20 questions were examined religious health and existential health of students. Eventually, spiritual health of nursing students is classified into four groups and first group who received the grade of 20-40 has poor state of spiritual health. The groups that obtained total grades of 41-70, 71-99 and 100-120 are assigned as low-moderate, high-moderate and high status of spiritual health, respectively. Data analysis is conducted using ANOVA, Two-way analysis, and Factor analysis. The sample included 39% girls and 61% boys. Poor status of spiritual health between participants was not observed and correlation coefficient between scales of spiritual health is found to be 84.3% which represents as the score of religious health increases existential health score enhances. In order to promote spiritual health of nursing students, it is recommended that the course of spiritual health shouldbe added as a part of the curriculum for medical students due to this fact that capability of student nurses for providing spiritual care is related to their spirituality and their education in spiritual care

[Barriers to effective nurse- patient communication from perspective of nurses employed in educational Hospitals of Ilam]

Background and Aims: effective communication between nurse and patient is one of the important factors in providing high quality nursing cares. Therefore, identifying barriers to effective communication is necessary. The aim of this study was to determine the Barriers to effective nurse- patient communication from perspective of nurses employed in educational hospitals of Ilam

Methods: this Descriptive and analytical study was conducted during the summer of 2012 in Ilam city. 80 nurses in three educational hospitals affiliated to the Ilam Medical University were selected by random sampling method. Data were collected using a 30-item questionnaire. Reliability was calculated by Cronbach's alpha [r=0.93]. In order to analyze the data, SPSS statistical software version 16, T-test and ANOVA were used

Results: %43.8 of the participants were female. Regarding individual and social factors, job specifications, clinical situation of patients, and environmental factors; irritability of nurses, nurses' physical and mental fatigue, and presence of a family care provider and lack of in-service training in communication skills were important barriers to the communication respectively

Conclusion: effective communication is an important factor in obtaining positive results from treatment, reducing stress and increasing patients' satisfaction of medical care. Since the communication is an inevitable aspect of nursing cares, to enhance the nurse-patient communication it is necessary to obstacles mentioned above be resolved by managers