In a study on 52 caregivers of elderly patients receiving hemodialysis, we found, caregivers of older patients receiving hemodialysis reported to have high levels of burden. This issue should be addressed especially by the health care teams that provide care for older patients receiving hemodialysis
Objective: In this study, we assessed psychosocial adjustment in patients with cardiovascular diseases and its relationship with spiritual well-being.Methods: This descriptive analytic study was performed in 2018 in Qazvin, Iran. The subjects were 150 patients who were admitted to the cardiac ward of a teaching hospital. Data were collected using a background variables checklist developed by the researchers and two standard questionnaires of Psychosocial Adjustment to Illness Scale and Ellison-Paloutzian Spiritual Well-Being Scale.
Results:The final score of psychosocial adjustment to cardiovascular diseases was 62.78±6.8 (range 48-83), indicating a moderate level of psychosocial adjustment to cardiovascular diseases. The mean score of psychosocial adjustment to cardiovascular diseases was significantly higher in women than in men (p=0.03). In this study, the mean of overall spiritual well-being was 74.93 indicating a moderate level of spiritual well-being. The mean of overall spiritual well-being was significantly higher in women than in men (p=0.001). The results showed a significant negative relationship between the participants' psychosocial adjustment to cardiovascular diseases and spiritual well-being (rr=-0.21, p=0.01).
Conclusion:Findings from this study revealed that patients with cardiovascular diseases have a poor level of psychosocial adjustment. Patients with higher level of spiritual well-being reported better psychosocial adjustment.
Background: Euthanasia and its related factors are addressed as an important ethical issue in end-of-life care nursing. It's an illegal issue in Iran. This study aimed to examine the attitude towards euthanasia in nursing students, and its relationship with their personal beliefs' level.
Methods:The current cross-sectional study was conducted in Qazvin during the education year of 2017-2018. The samples of this study consisted of 121 nursing students who were studying at the Qazvin University of Medical Sciences for more than two semesters. The Euthanasia Attitude Scale and Palutzian and Ellison Spiritual Wellbeing Scale were used for the data collection.
Results:The response rate was 73.3% (121 of 165 nursing students). All of nursing students in the present study were Muslim. The mean overall scores of attitudes towards euthanasia and spiritual wellbeing were 60.24±9.82 and 75.73±7.48, respectively. No significant relationship was found between attitude towards euthanasia and personal beliefs among them (p=0.204).
Conclusion:Iranian nursing students reported a relatively neutral attitude towards euthanasia which is mainly related to its legal issue in Iran. Also, no significant relationship was observed between attitude towards euthanasia and personal beliefs among the participants. Further studies are needed in this regard.
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