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Rayyani, Masoud
- Effect of Nursing Support on Perceived Stress among Parents of Preterm Infants in South-East of Iran
Authors
1 Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, IR
Source
Asian Journal of Nursing Education and Research, Vol 4, No 1 (2014), Pagination: 81-86Abstract
Objective: When a premature infant is hospitalized, parents experience lots of stresses. So, nursing support is needed to reduce parent's stresses. Specifying parent's stress and nursing support can be useful for improving quality of care. Thus the current study was conducted to examine the relationship between parental stress and nursing support.
Methods: In this study descriptive correlational design was employed. Using NPST (Nurse Parent Support Tool) and PSS (Parent Stressor Scale) questionnaires perceived nursing support and parenteral stress of 154 parents (77mothers and 77 fathers) of hospitalized premature infants in NICU of Afzalipur hospital in Kerman - Iran was evaluated. Data analysis was done with spss19.
Findings: Results showed that there was a negative correlation between nursing support and stress in category of "emotional support and parental role alteration"(P=0.009, r=0.209). Results revealed that in all categories of NPST mothers received more nursing support than fathers. While, in all category of PSS except "infant's appearance and behavior" fathers stress was more than mothers. Generally, fathers experienced more stress and receive less support.
Conclusion: According to the results nursing support can reduce parental stress. Hence, to providing high quality care it is necessary for nurses to be aware of individual differences and stressors of newborn parents' in neonatal intensive care unit.
Keywords
Premature Infant, Nursing Support, Parental Stress, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.3.
- Self-Care Self-Efficacy and Quality of Life among Patients Receiving Hemodialysis in South-East of Iran
Authors
1 Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, IR
2 Bam University of Medical Science, Pastor Hospital, Bam, IR
3 Medical Surgical Department, Neuroscience Research Center, Institute of Neuropharmacology, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, IR
4 Institute for Futures Studies in Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, IR
Source
Asian Journal of Nursing Education and Research, Vol 4, No 2 (2014), Pagination: 165-171Abstract
Objective: Hemodialysis, encounter end stage renal disease (ESRD) patients with many physical and psychosocial stresses that negatively affect their quality of life. There is growing recognition that self-care self-efficacy in chronically ill patient is associated with improvement of quality of life (QoL). This study thus was conducted to examine self-care self-efficacy and its relationship to quality of life in hemodialysis patients in South-East of Iran.
Method: Using translated FS36 and SUPPH, QoL and self-care self-efficacy of 60 hemodialysis patients in Pastor Hospital supervised by Bam university of Medical Science assessed. Data were analyzed using SPSS 16.
Results: In SF36, participants' general quality of life (mean=45.82, SD=19.06) as well as overall physical health (mean= 45.52, SD=19.26) and overall mental health (mean= 46.27, SD=19.72) were low. Descriptive analysis indicated that participants were moderately unconfident of being able to perform self-care behaviors related to the illness (mean=2.94, SD=0.69). The results indicated that there was a positive correlation between participants' quality of life and their self-care self-efficacy.
Significance of results: Findings from this study suggest that with the purpose of improving hemodialysis patients' QoL, heath care professionals need to first identify patients who lack the self-care efficacy required to self-care, and then focus on specific educational interventions to build confidence in self-care during hemodialysis sessions.