Impact of Watson's human caring-based health promotion program on caregivers of individuals with schizophrenia.

BACKGROUND: Caring for people with schizophrenia is accompanied by challenges that impact caregiver health. We conducted this study to explore the effect of a Caring Science-Based health promotion program on the sense of coherence and well-being among caregivers of persons with schizophrenia. METHODS: This randomized clinical trial with the Solomon four-group design was conducted on 72 caregivers randomly allocated into two intervention and two control groups. A health promotion program based on Watson's theory was performed individually through five face-to-face sessions and a four-week follow-up. Settings were the psychiatric centers of the three educational, specialty, and subspecialty Ibn-e-Sina, Moharary, and Hafez hospitals affiliated with Shiraz University of Medical Sciences (SUMS), south of Iran. The data were collected using a demographic information form, the Sense of Coherence Scale, and the Caregiver Well-Being Scale. One-way ANOVA, chi-square, Kruskal-Wallis, and independent t-test were used to determine the homogeneity at baseline. In the post-test, multiple between-groups and pairwise comparisons were assessed by One-way ANOVA and Tukey's post-hoc. Within-group comparisons were evaluated using paired t-tests. All tests were two-tailed, and the statistical level was considered 0.05. RESULTS: Data analysis showed that the mean scores of caregiver sense of coherence and well-being from pre-intervention to post-intervention were significantly increased in the intervention groups (p < 0.001). At the same time, there were no significant differences in the control groups. CONCLUSION: The health promotion program based on Watson's human caring theory facilitated ongoing intrapersonal, and holistic caring and improved the sense of coherence and well-being in caregivers of persons with schizophrenia. Hence, this intervention is recommended for developing healing care programs. TRIAL REGISTRATION: https://www.irct.ir/trial/55040 : IRCT20111105008011N2 (11/04/2021).

Prevalence of burnout and related factors in nursing faculty members: a systematic review.

PURPOSE: The current study aimed to identify the prevalence of burnout and related factors in nursing faculty members through a systematic review of the literature. METHODS: A comprehensive search of electronic databases, including Scopus, PubMed, Web of Science, Iranmedex, and Scientific Information Database was conducted via keywords extracted from Medical Subject Headings, including burnout and nursing faculty, for studies published from database inception to April 1, 2022. The quality of the included studies in this review was assessed using the appraisal tool for cross-sectional studies. RESULTS: A total of 2,551 nursing faculty members were enrolled in 11 studies. The mean score of burnout in nursing faculty members based on the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) was 59.28 out of 132. The burnout score in this study was presented in 3 MBI subscales: emotional exhaustion, 21.24 (standard deviation [SD]=9.70) out of 54; depersonalization, 5.88 (SD=4.20) out of 30; and personal accomplishment, 32.16 (SD=6.45) out of 48. Several factors had significant relationships with burnout in nursing faculty members, including gender, level of education, hours of work, number of classroom, students taught, full-time work, job pressure, perceived stress, subjective well-being, marital status, job satisfaction, work setting satisfaction, workplace empowerment, collegial support, management style, fulfillment of self-expectation, communication style, humor, and academic position. CONCLUSION: Overall, the mean burnout scores in nursing faculty members were moderate. Therefore, health policymakers and managers can reduce the likelihood of burnout in nursing faculty members by using psychosocial interventions and support.

Using Electronic Software for Nursing Documentation in Nursing Students.

AIM: This study aimed to assess the effect of using electronic software for nursing documentation on students. METHOD: A quasi-experimental study was performed. The study population comprised 80 nursing students who were randomly divided into 2 groups. The software used for nursing documentation was designed according to the nursing process model. Students in the experimental group received theoretical and practical training. The control group attended a 1-day course on the nursing process model. A questionnaire was used to assess student satisfaction in nursing documentation. The data were analyzed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences software 16 (Chicago, USA). The standard and comprehensiveness of documentation were analyzed using the summative content analysis with the MaxQDA 10 software (USA). TREND statement was followed for reporting. RESULTS: The analysis showed that the mean scores of satisfaction in both groups increased significantly (p < .05). Furthermore, the result of the summative content analysis showed that the comprehensiveness and the standard of nursing documentation increased significantly in the experimental group (p < .05). CONCLUSION: The findings confirmed the usefulness of electronic software in improving the standard and comprehensiveness of nursing documentation and the students' satisfaction.