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Introduction: Emotional intelligence is a group of skills that enhances individual's ability to succeed encounter environmental pressures and improve occupational achievement
Objective: The aim of study is to determine relationship between occupational exhaustion and emotional intelligence among nurses
Methods: This correlative descriptive study was done on 240 nurses from educational medical centers in Rasht who were selected by randomized stratified sampling method. The tools of study were Bar-on Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire with 5 subscales [Intrapersonal, adaptation, stress-management and general-mood] and Maslach Burnout Inventory consist of 3 general scales [emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and personal accomplishment]. Data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics [Spirman correlation and ordinal logistic regression tests]
Results: There was a significant inverse relationship between emotional intelligence and emotional exhaustion [p=0.05, r=-0.122] and between emotional intelligence and depersonalization [p<0.0001, r=-0.258]. There was a direct significant correlation between emotional intelligence and personal accomplishment [p<0.0001, r=0.413] among nurses
Conclusion: Considering the results of our research, having emotional intelligence can lead to decreased occupational burnout; therefore, it is imperative to establish emotional intelligence training courses in order to reduce nurses' occupational burnout
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Introduction: One of the major complications of valve replacement, is valve dysfunction which occurs in thrombolytic complication and systemic embolism. Therefore, these patients should take anticoagulant with warfarin. Incorrect use of anticoagulant is the cause of thrombotic complications and bleeding in patients with mechanical valves due to very low levels of adherence to the medication. This research was done with the purpose of comparison of the effect of two types of short message service [interactive and non-interactive] on patient compliance with anticoagulant regimens in patients with prosthetic heart valves
Method: This study is a clinical trial performed on 90 eligible patients referred to Imam Khomeini hospital in Tehran, Iran for a period of three months. The patients were divided into three groups of 30 patients, control, interactive and noninteractive. Self-report questionnaires were completed and International Normalized Ratio [INR] levels were recorded. Educational leaflets were given to all of the patients, their phone numbers were taken and they were instructed about using short message service. The control group did not receive SMS. Four educational messages were sent to the non-interactive group every week for a period of three months. In the interactive group, in addition to sending educational messages, patients were able to communicate with the researcher and ask their questions. After three months, all three groups completed the self-report questionnaires again. Then anticoagulant adherence was evaluated using questionnaire and INR levels. Data were analysed using fisher exact test, Chi-Square, paired T test, and analysis of variance
Results: Before the intervention all three groups did not have a significant difference in the mean of drug [P=0.43] and diet [P=0.84] adherence. But three months after intervention, three groups had significant difference in the mean of the anticoagulant adherence [P