Forough Rafii

Iran University of Medical Sciences · Nursing Care Research Center

There is no valid scale to measure health related procrastination, especially in nurses. This study was conducted to design and assess the psychometric properties of the health-related procrastination scale in nurses. This exploratory mixed method study was conducted between April 2017 and May 2019. The design and psychometric assessment of the nur...

Introduction: nurses are responsible for taking care of the health of the general public. Nurses´ own health is among the important factors affecting the quality of patient care. Self-Rated Health (SRH) is one of the indicators used extensively in health research for the assessment of the health status of individuals. The present study was conduct...

Abstract Objectives: In the field of health, procrastination is a relatively new but important issue. Most studies on procrastination deal with academic procrastination while no study, to the best of our knowledge, is available regarding the issue of health-related procrastination. Therefore, the present study was conducted to discover the attribut...

Introduction: Regarding the importance of anxiety management and improvement of the quality of sleep in patients with burn injuries, this study aimed to determine the effect of aromatherapy massage (using aromatic oils of lavender and chamomile) on the anxiety and sleep quality of the patients with burn injuries. Method: In a quasi-experimental...

We aimed to identify the level of self-care and its related factors in women with HIV/AIDS. In this qualitative study, 30 women with HIV/AIDS attending behavioral diseases counseling centers in Tehran, Iran, were invited to participate. A semi-structured interview was the method of data collection. Sampling began purposefully and gradually continue...

Background: The basic and instrumental activities of daily living are prerequisites for living with a good quality of life. On the contrary, lack of movement and physical inactivity are considered as the main cause of pressure injuries. Accordingly, this study aimed to determine the relationship between the basic and instrumental activities of dail...

Background: The first year of clinical work is one of the most important steps in the career life of nurses. Although some studies have been done regarding NGNs, a few studies have been conducted about coping strategies of newly graduated nurses in the first year of clinical work. The aim of this study was to explore and describe the coping strateg...

Background Providing care for chronic disease such as HIV is a growing challenge in the world. In order to address the challenges of linkage and care in chronic disease management, we need to identify factors that can influence people to get more involved in self-care. This study was part of an extensive qualitative study conducted in Tehran, Iran...

Background: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) affects different aspects of patients’ life. By awareness of the quality of life and related factors of each patient, nurses can plan for and do proper care. So the present study was performed to evaluate health-related quality of life and related factors in patients with COPD. Methods: This...

Aim: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of massage and music on pain intensity, anxiety intensity and relaxation level in burn patients. Introduction: Pain and anxiety are common among burn patients, but there are many physical and psychological consequences. Methods: This randomized controlled clinical trial with factorial desi...

BACKGROUND Pain related to burn injuries is one of the most troublesome pain intensity. This study aimed to investigate the effect of massage on anticipatory anxiety, procedural pain intensity, vital signs and relaxation level of patients with burn injury. METHODS In this quasi-experimental study, through convenience sampling, 60 hospitalized adul...

Background: Hypertension is one of the prevalent and dangerous complications of diabetes mellitus. As it is difficult to control hypertension, the necessity of using new techniques such as non-pharmaceutical methods and complementary therapy increased. This study aimed to determine the effect of aerobic exercise on the blood pressure of patients wi...

Background: Blood transfusion faults and its consequences are major concerns of health care systems. This study aimed to determine the effects of workshop and multimedia training methods on nurses’ knowledge and performance about blood transfusion. Methods: It was a controlled quasi-experimental study. Sampling was conducted. Data were collected fr...

Introduction: Female heads of household are among vulnerable groups in society who are faced with unsuitable economic status and multiple roles and they cannot promote their own health. We aimed to explore and describe effective factors on women heads of household’s health promotion.Methods: This is a qualitative study which was conducted using Str...

Background: Although the research in health seeking behavior has been evolving, its concept remains ambiguous. Concept clarification, as a central basis of developing knowledge, plays an undeniable role in the formation of nursing sciences. As the initial step toward the development of theories and theoretical models, concept analysis is broadly u...

This study was aimed to investigate the effect of music on the background pain, anxiety, and relaxation levels in burn patients. In this pretest-posttest randomized controlled clinical trial, 100 hospitalized burn patients were selected through convenience sampling. Subjects randomly assigned to music and control groups. Data related to demographic...

Background & Aim: Nurses’ hands are important channels of microorganisms transmission and hospital acquired infections. This study aimed to investigate knowledge, beliefs and practices of nurses regarding hand hygiene. Methods & Materials: This was a cross-sectional study conducted in 2012. All nurses (n=282) working in three hospitals of Lorestan...

Human resource is the most important factor of performance, success and better revelation of excellence goals of each organization. By performing excellence plan, healthcare organizations improve their organizational climate and play a valuable role in retaining nurses and improving the quality of their services to patients. The aim of this study w...

This study compared the effect of a multimodal training program and lecturing method on nurses' hand hygiene knowledge, belief, and practice. Two weeks and 3 months after the study, nurses' in both groups received significantly higher scores compared with the control group. Compared with the lecturing method, the multimodal training program is more...

Introduction: Female heads of household are among vulnerable groups in society who are faced with unsuitable economic status and multiple roles and they cannot promote their own health. The aim of this study was to explore and describe effective factors on women heads of household’s health promotion. Methods: This is a qualitative study which was c...

Abstract Background & Aim: Role transition from nursing student to clinical nurse is a sensitive stage in the nurses’ professional life. Many factors affect role transition and could change its outcome. The present study was designed with the aim of exploring the factors affecting the process of transition from nursing student to clinical nurse u...

Abstract Background & Aim: Role transition from nursing student to clinical nurse is a sensitive stage in the nurses’ professional life. Many factors affect role transition and could change its outcome. The present study was designed with the aim of exploring the factors affecting the process of transition from nursing student to clinical nurse usi...

Objective: This study aimed to assess the effectiveness of Benson's relaxation technique in improving the hemodialysis patients' dietary and fluid adherence and biomedical markers. Design: This randomized controlled trial with a pre-post test design was conducted on 86 hemodialysis patients randomly divided into an intervention (receiving Benson's...

Abstract Background & Aim: Physical activity has an important role in the length of life of hemodialysis patients. Some complementary interventions such as relaxation technique might be effective on the level of physical activity. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of Benson’s relaxation technique on physical activity of hemodialys...

Abstract Background & Aims: There are many stressful situations in nursing profession which could lead to the problems such as reduction of the quality and quantity of care, physical illness, fatigue and sleep disorders. This study was aimed to investigate job stress and its relationship with sleep quality and fatigue in nurses. Material & Metho...

Background: Patients’ compliance to treatment is an important indicator for evaluating the successful management in chronic illnesses. Despite the fact an applicable definition of compliance is required to suitable intervention and research, this concept is not clear and there is no consensus concerning its meaning, definition, and measurement. The...

Background & Aim: Transition from studentship to working life is a stressful and challenging event. The concept of transition is important in nursing education, management, and practice issues. However, despite its supreme importance, there are certain ambiguities about the concept of transition in nursing. The aim of this study was to analyze the...

Purpose Comfort and hope have been identified as important components in the care of perianesthesia patients. The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between comfort and hope in the preanesthesia stage in patients undergoing surgery. Design A descriptive cross-sectional survey was conducted with 191 surgical patients. Methods Da...

Abstract Background & Aim: Considering the role of nurses in health organizations and the transcendent goals of organization, their intention to leave is among the most important managerial concerns of human resource management. The aim of this study was to determine and compare nurses’ intention to leave in hospitals of execute/non -execute orga...

Purpose: Comfort and hope have been identified as important components in the care of perianesthesia patients. The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between comfort and hope in the preanesthesia stage in patients undergoing surgery. Design: A descriptive cross-sectional survey was conducted with 191 surgical patients. Methods: D...

It is imperative to understand the factor that influence teaching competency. Therefore, it is necessary to study those that have an impact on the process of acquiring teaching competency. Competent nurse teachers have an important role in the achievement of nursing students and improving the quality of nursing education. However, few researches ha...

Background: Nurses’ influence on health policy protects the quality of care by access to required recourses and opportunities. This is a new and important concept for nursing; however, research studies on policy influence of nurses in health care sector are lacking a basic conceptual understanding of what this concept represents. The aim of this pa...

Patients hospitalized for burn injuries experience severe pain, both immediately after the injury and during daily therapeutic procedures such as dressing changes. Relaxation is increasingly suggested as a pain control technique that can be used by nurses in daily practice. Yet the effects of relaxation on burn pain are not clear. The aim of this s...

Abstract Background & Aim: Elderly residents of nursing homes are one of the most vulnerable elderly populations and addressing the quality of these people’s life is one of the most challenging health issues in this century.The aim of our study was to determine the quality of life (QOL) and its related factors among elderlies living in Charmahal...

Patients' compliance to treatment is an important indicator for evaluating the successful management in chronic illnesses. Despite the fact an applicable definition of compliance is required to suitable intervention and research, this concept is not clear and there is no consensus concerning its meaning, definition, and measurement. The aim of this...

The life of a mother undergoes a dramatic change after a child is diagnosed with cancer. The present study aimed to determine effects on the everyday life process and health status of mothers with children suffering from leukemia. This qualitative study was based on a grounded theory approach with sixteen mothers. The results indicate that after on...

Objective: The aimed to analyze the concept of social support of new nursing graduates in workplace to clarify its meaning using hybrid model. Material & Methods: This study was done in three phases (theoretical, field work, and final analysis). In theoretical phase, the related articles in valid scientific databases such as PROQUEST, MEDLINE, CINA...

Background & Aims: During the nursing education, students should acquire a wide range of knowledge and skills necessary for the nursing career. The main objective of this study is to explore time management in nursing students considering their obstacles and specific university education. Material & Methods: Grounded theory was used as method. A to...

Background & Aims: During the nursing education, students should acquire a wide range of knowledge and skills necessary for the nursing career. The main objective of this study is to explore time management in nursing students considering their obstacles and specific university education. Material & Methods: Grounded theory was used as method. A...

Background & Aim: Stress is a common phenomenon in nursing profession, but novice nurses usually experience more stress. This stress can result in job dissatisfaction and quitting the occupation. This study aimed to explore the novice nurses’ experience of stress at the beginning of their clinical practice. Methods & Materials: This study was condu...

Unpreparedness of novice nurses during the process of transition to their professional role can has broad consequences for the nurse and health care system and leads to reduction of the quality of patient care. This study has been carried out with the aim of investigating the experiences of the unpreparedness of novice nurses. This study was conduc...

This study was performed to evaluate the effectiveness of Benson's relaxation technique in the quality of sleep of hemodialysis patients. It was a randomized controlled trial with a pre-post-test design. A total of 86 hemodialysis patients referring to hemodialysis units were assigned to either the intervention (receiving Benson's relaxation techni...

Introduction: Acquiring teaching competency by nursing teachers is the basis for their capability in proper transfer of knowledge to their students and consequently quality improvement in nursing care services. This article as a part of a qualitative study, investigated the factors influencing attainment of teaching competency by nursing teachers....

Background: This study aimed to provide an understanding of the relationship between the ethical climate at the workplace and job satisfaction among nurses. Methods: 210 nurses working in selected wards in the Tehran University of Medical Sciences were asked to fill out questionnaires on their work environment and level of job satisfaction. The...

Background: This study aimed to provide an understanding of the relationship between the ethical climate at the workplace and job satisfaction among nurses.

Liver transplantation is a life-saving intervention for many patients with end-stage liver disease. In the past, evaluation of successful liver transplantation was based on patients' survival rate. However, in recent years this evaluation has been based on patients' quality of life. Various instruments have been developed to evaluate patients' qual...

We aimed to explore and describe the factors involved in Iranian women heads of household’s health promotion activities. Grounded theory was used as the method. Sixteen women heads of household were recruited. Data were generated by semi structured interviews. Our findings indicated that remainder of resources (money, time and energy) alongside per...

Introduction: Breast cancer is most common cancer among women and the second leading cause of cancer deaths among them. Reaction to cancer can include fear, anxiety and depression. Several methods are used to treat depression which one of them is cognitive therapy. This study was conducted with aim examined the effect of group cognitive therapy on...

Background & Aims: Stoma surgery is one of the events that strongly influences individual life and causes major changes in life style . Self-efficacy as a personal coping resource can facilitate adaptation with these changes . So the aim of this study was to assess self-efficacy and the related factors in ostomates. Material & Methods: It was a cro...

We aimed to explore and describe the factors involved in Iranian women heads of household's health promotion activities. Grounded theory was used as the method. Sixteen women heads of household were recruited. Data were generated by semi structured interviews. Our findings indicated that remainder of resources (money, time and energy) alongside per...

Background: Burn as a traumatic life incident manifests severe pain and psychological problems. Specific instruments are needed to evaluate burn patients' psychological issues related to the injury. The aim of this study was to translate and evaluate the reliability and validity of the Persian versions of Impact of Burn Specific Pain Anxiety scale...

Background & Aims : Nosocomial infections are among the important risk factors in healthcare sector, and hand hygiene also has an important role in nosocomial infections which may be the first recommended control step. Determining studies trend related to the subject, identifying research gaps and deciding about strategies for hand hygiene improvem...

A good night’s sleep plays a key role in diseases resistance, injury prevention, and mood stability. The objective of this study was to examine relationship between sleep problems and accidental injury occurrences in school-aged children. Method. A retrospective study was conducted for comparing two groups of children. Children who have experienced...

Suffering is an inevitable reality at the beginning of work that may cause several damages to the amateur nurses and health care organizations. Although suffering has been investigated in some studies, its sources among the newly-graduated nurses have not been investigated so far. The goal of this study is to investigate suffering sources of the ne...

Professional commitment has been widely discussed during the last decade. There is no comprehensive definition about "professional commitment in Iranian nurses." Hence, this study was conducted with the aim of analyzing the concept of professional commitment in Iranian nurses. Hybrid model was used in three phases. Firstly, in the theoretical phase...

The therapeutic relationship is an important concept in a wide range of psychotherapy modalities. It refers to the relationship between the client/patient and the therapist engaged in the psychotherapy process. The nurse-client relationship is professional and therapeutic. It ensures the client's needs are first and foremost. The aim of the present...

Motivational experts have touted time-management skills as a central predictor of success in many fields and scholarly research backs these claims. This study aimed to investigate how nursing students manage their time through the circumstances and obstacles brought about by their academic field. The study was conducted using grounded theory method...

Background and aims: An ostomy and its underlying disease can significantly diminish patient’s quality of life. The aim of this study was to assess quality of life in stoma patients and describe challenges facing these patients. Methods: In this descriptive-analytic study, 84 patients with ostomy who reffered to selected educational centers of Tehr...

Aim: The purpose of this randomised clinical trial (RCT) was to determine the effect of jaw relaxation on pain anxiety related to dressing changes in burn injuries. Introduction: Patients hospitalised with burns experience high levels of anticipatory anxiety during dressing changes, which cannot be completely managed by anxiolytic drugs. Nurses...

Background & Aim: Multiple structural factors preside over burn units influence nurses&apos quality of care and their activities. The complexity and multy-dimensional nature of nursing care in these units, creates many challenges. Understanding the perspectives of people&aposs involved is recommended. This study, with a theory-to-research approach,...

In the course of their studies, nursing students must learn many skills and acquire the knowledge required for their future profession. This study investigates how Iranian nursing students manage their time according to the circumstances and obstacles of their academic field. Research was conducted using the grounded theory method. Twenty-one nursi...

Background & Aim: Moral distress, a major issue in nursing, affects nurses in all healthcare sections. The existence of such distress and its consequent job dissatisfaction may pose a threat to nurses&apos physical and mental health, as well as their quality of life and hinder their accomplishment of individual and social goals. The aim of this stu...

• Introduction: Health care classifications are essential tools for collecting and processing health-related information. They also provide a unified language for interdisciplinary communications. Nursing data is important for extension of knowledge, evaluating the quality and effectiveness of nursing care, and supporting human resource planning. T...

Introduction: Standard data processing plays an important role in patient care. Nursing data forms the first level of nursing informatics. These are essential tools for documentation of nursing process by methodology of assessment, diagnosis, interventions, outcomes, evaluation and documentation of patient care. Nursing Minimum Data Set (NMDS) is t...

Background & Aims: Stoma surgery is one of the events that strongly influences individual life and causes major changes in life style . Self-efficacy as a personal coping resource can facilitate adaptation with these changes . So the aim of this study was to assess self-efficacy and the related factors in ostomates. Material & Methods: It was a cro...

Background & Aim: Nurses are the largest groups in health care delivery system. Nursing Information systems (NIS) are important for improving nursing performance, increasing nursing knowledge and providing data and information needed for nursing. Identifying Nursing Minimum Data Set (NMDS) is the first step for development of NIS. Considering the a...

Background & Aim: Healthcare classification systems help to gather information and process health data. Nursing management focus on developing computerized records to answer legal, managerial and clinical needs. The Classification systems help organizations to use nursing data. This study investigated informational and structural needs of nursing d...

The quality of life of patients with end-stage renal disease is an important indicator of disease burden. To achieve a better quality of life, some medical treatment might be replaced by other approaches. The aim of this study was to compare the quality of life of renal-transplanted and hemodialysis patients in Iran. Two hundred hemodialysis and 20...

Purpose: To describe the relationship between perceived social support and the quality of life in hemodialysis patients from an Islamic cultural background in Iran. Design: A cross-sectional, correlational design was used. Data were collected in hemodialysis units affiliated to Iran University of Medical Sciences. Two hundred and two Muslim hemodia...

The increasing number of chronically ill people has served as an impetus for the promotion of patient participation in nursing care. However, little is known about patient participation in Iran. The aim of this study was to identify the factors that are relevant to patient participation and the nature of that participation, as experienced by chroni...

Successful aging is a process through which older people actively deal with their age-related changes. This study, as a part of more extensive research, explored and describes coping strategies used by Iranian elderly women in response to age-related changes. Grounded theory was used as method. Nineteen participates were recruited. The participants...

A Comparative Study of the Effectiveness of the Clinical Practice of Fundamental Nursing through Role-Play versus Traditional Method on Caring Behaviors of Sophomore-Level Nursing Students Author(s): Forough Rafii *, Seyedeh-Fatemeh Haghdoost-Oskouie, Hamid Peyrovi , Hamid Haghani Article abstract: Background and Aim: Caring is a multidimensio...

Objective The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between patients' reports of nurse caring and patient satisfaction with nursing care. Design The study used a cross sectional design. The Persian versions of the Revised Caring Behaviors Inventory (CBI) and the Patient Satisfaction Instrument (PSI) Nurse caring in Iran and its relati...

Intense staff shortages and heavy workloads are common characteristics of Tehran educational hospitals. This may contribute to changes in patients’ perceptions of nurse caring and satisfaction with healthcare services. The time that nurses previously allotted to direct care has been reduced, possibly restricting the effects of nursing care. For thi...

This study aims to explore and describe nurses' perceptions of their caring behaviors and related factors in several Tehran burn units. Grounded theory was used as the method of analysis. Thirty-eight participants were recruited. Data was generated by unstructured interviews and participant observations, and analyzed by constant comparison. Results...

Background Intense and long-standing problems in burn centers in Tehran have led nurses to burnout. This phenomenon has provoked serious responses and has put the nurses, patients and the organization under pressure. The challenge for managers and nurse executives is to understand the factors which would reduce or increase the nurses' responses to...