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BACKGROUND: Satisfaction evaluation is a good way to assess hospital conditions. In Health Care System, parentscan be also as children's main supporters, thus they may act as patient's viewpoints' representatives.This study aimed to evaluate mother's satisfaction of hospital care in hematology - oncology ward in Dr Sheikh hospital. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A Cross-sectional descriptive analytic study was conducted using Pediatric Family Satisfaction (PFS) questionnaire and interviewing with 164 mothers duringMarchto February2013. The obtained data were analyzed using SPSS -16 software and descriptive statistics. RESULTS: The mean age of mothers and children was31.2±5.8, and 7.95 4/66 years.The children were 64 % male and 36 % femael. A large number of mothers (%56 (describedtheir satisfaction about medical care as moderate,(%70.7) reported their satisfaction about nursing care at very high level and(36.5 %) reported satisfaction about welfare services at high level(59%)and describe overall satisfaction at very high level . The totals mean of mothers' satisfaction ratewas 121.8 ± 10.8. The mean of medical care, nursing care, welfare services was 2.9±34.1,4.6±50 and4.8± 32.9 respectively. CONCLUSION: Overall satisfaction with medical, nursing and welfare staff was acceptable. For more satisfaction, it is widely recommended to improve veinipuncture by nurses, Physicians should inform parents about the tests results, and finally disturbance in ward with noise should be controled.
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of self-esteem and health control belief on promoting students' mental health. In so doing, 144 students from two medical universities in the north-east of Iran were recruited into study. They were pair-matched and randomly assigned to case and control groups. The data were collected through Goldberg's General Health Questionnaire-28, Multidimensional Health Locus of Control and Rosenberg's Self-Esteem Scales. The results showed that there were significant differences between the groups before and after the intervention. The external components of health locus of control (chance and powerful others) showed a significant decrease but the internal health locus of control and self-esteem revealed a significant increase after the intervention (P < 0.0001). Moreover, the students' mental health had a significant increase after 3 months of intervention (P < 0.0001). The findings emphasize that the programme can improve the health locus of control beliefs, self-esteem and mental health promotion of the students. This will require additional monitoring and uninterrupted attempts to be effective.
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Health Promotion/methods , Internal-External Control , Mental Disorders/prevention & control , Mental Health , Self Concept , Students/psychology , Adaptation, Psychological , Adult , Analysis of Variance , Female , Humans , Iran , Male , Surveys and Questionnaires , Young AdultABSTRACT
BACKGROUND: Health locus of control (HLC) has been associated with a variety of ailments and health outcomes and designed to predict behaviors and cognitive processes relevant to mental and physical health. This study investigated the relationships between perceived health locus of control, self-esteem, and mental health status among Iranian students. METHODS: In this analytical study the subjects were recruited from students in Gonabad University of Medical Sciences, Iran, who studied in the first year (N=154). Students completed the questionnaires for assessing demographic, perceived health locus of control, self - esteem and psychological well- being data. RESULTS: The statistical analysis revealed a negative relationship between perceived Internal HLC and self-esteem with psychological well-being. The positive correlation of the perceived Chance HLC with psychological well-being was statistically significant (r= 0.21, P< 0.01) and the positive correlation of the perceived Internal HLC with self-esteem was statistically significant (r= 0.25, P< 0.01). A significantly direct relationship between low perceived Internal HLC, self-esteem and psychological problems was found among these students. CONCLUSION: The findings will be addressed in relation to their implications for effective mental health education based on health locus of control especially internal and powerful others beliefs associated with self-esteem for students. This will require additional monitoring and uninterrupted trying in order to be effective.
