This study was conducted with aim of determine the effect of the Quran recitation on mental health of the medical staff of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences (Sari, Iran). This quasi-experiment study was done in 2016. According to same study 80 medical staff of Mazandaran University of medical sciences (Mazandaran, Iran) were gathered according to inclusion criteria's. Inclusion criteria's were (i) complete satisfaction to study, (ii) no having mental or physical disorders. In case of emergency events participants were excluded from study. Then participants randomly distributed to two groups (40 participants in control and experimental group). Experimental group listened to some verses of the Holy Quran for 3 months at the beginning of each working day for 3 minutes, while the control group didn't receive the Quran recitation. The findings showed that 45% of staffs were male and 55% of staffs were women. The average age of staffs was 44.87 ± 3.56. The mean of mental health and all its domains, after hearing the verses of the Quran, in experimental group was higher than the control group (p < .05). Also women indicated a higher average score than men on mental health, behavioral and socio emotional domains. As a final conclusion and on the basis of the findings of this study; it can be said, particularly in Muslim communities, hearing the Quran recitations improves the mental state of the people. Therefore, it is recommended to use the Quran recitations to reinforce positive emotions and psychological comfort for Muslim staffs.
Background: Spiritual intelligence is an important factor for effective functioning of emotional intelligence. Objectives: The present study was conducted with the aim to determine the relationship between spiritual and emotional intelligence among Iranian medical students. Methods: This cross sectional study was conducted in 2015 on 324 students, who were selected through stratified random sampling from Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran. Data were collected using Bradberry-Greaves emotional intelligence and Eysenck spiritual intelligence questionnaires. Results: The participants included 94 males and 230 females. The mean total scores of emotional and spiritual intelligence were 110.52 and 89.37, respectively. The mean score of spiritual intelligence was higher among women in comparison with men, whereas the mean score of emotional intelligence was higher among men. A significant correlation was found between emotional and spiritual intelligence (r, 0.48; P < 0.05). Conclusions: Based on the findings, students' emotional intelligence can be fostered by reinforcing their spiritual intelligence, and correct behaviors can be promoted in accordance with social values.
Background: Based on some suggestions, emotional intelligence can affect job motivation and job performance. Objectives: The current study aims at examining the relationship between emotional intelligence and job motivation among faculty staff of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Iran, in 2015.Methods: The present descriptive correlational study was conducted on 120 faculty staff of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences using stratified random sampling method. The data collection tools included the job motivation levels questionnaire and the standard emotional intelligence questionnaire. Results:The mean ± standard deviation (SD) overall score of job motivation was 173.76 ± 25.62 (confidence interval (CI) 95%: 172.03 -175.1) and that of emotional intelligence was 116.52 ± 7.91 (CI 95%: 115.6 -117.69). The results of the present study suggested that the overall score of emotional intelligence was significantly correlated with that of job motivation as well as with all the variables examined in the job motivation levels questionnaire (P < 0.05). Conclusions: Based on the obtained results, emotional intelligence can increase job motivation level. Therefore, improving emotional intelligence skills, contributes to job motivation levels, professional and functional progresses, and ultimate productivity and profits. Hence, universities and organizations should try to identify the factors that reduce job motivation among faculty staff and establish methods to change the situation.
Spirituality is one of the dimensions of health. Nutrition is one of the most important factors affecting the spiritual health. In this way many religions consider guidelines to get spirituality by nutrition. This paper discusses a concept analysis of spiritual nutrition in an (Shiet) Islamic context. To conduct the current study, the databases including Magiran, Hawzeh.net, Noormag, Jaame-al-Hadith, Jaame-O-ttafasir, Ahlebit library were utilized in the search for data. The results obtained showed that spiritual nutrition from the perspective of Islamic texts is a series of responsible activities that include, cognitions, behaviors and out comings components in relationship with food. It is deduced from the concept of spirituality in Islamic literature. Each component was found to be composed of several indicators. Awareness of the spiritual strategies in nutrition is effective in promotion of cultural competency for health professionals.
Objective: This study aimed to investigate Islamic Self-care in Iranian medical students. Methods: In this descriptive study that was done in 2015, students of the Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences (faculties of health, paramedical, pharmacy, medicine and dentistry) were selected through classified random sampling. Study sample was calculated 269 from 900 students based on Krejcie and Morgan's table. Data gathering was done using demographic and a standardized questionnaire about Islamic Self-care. Results: In this study, 269 students were entered to study. The mean (SD) score of Stipulation, Meditation, Calculation and Expostulation of students were 9.82 (2.35), 10.04 (2.85), 8.74 (2.65) and 7.64 (2.48) respectively. Results shows that correlation between all the components of the Self-care are positive and significant (p < .001). Conclusions: It is worthy that further study will be aimed to investigate ways to strengthen it, as well as explaining the benefits of Islamic Self-care among students with the theoretical and practical examples.
Introduction: Given the importance of providing social health for students, this study was conducted to investigate the social health and its related factors among Iranian students of medical sciences. Methods: This descriptive and cross-sectional study was carried out in 2016. The population of the study included students of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences (Sari, Iran). Using random sampling, we selected 352 students. Eligible students for the study were those who (i) consented to participate, (ii) agreed to participate fully, and (iii) had no physical illnesses. Exclusion from the study was due to any event that prevented them from participating in the study (e.g., the death of a family member). Then, standardized questionnaire of "Keyes's Social Well-being" and demographic questionnaire were used in this study to collect data. The data were tabulated and analyzed by means of SPSS 13.0 for Windows (SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL, USA), which was used to calculate descriptive and inferential (Two-way ANOVA) indices. Results: In this study, 202 women and 150 men participated with the mean age of 23.14 (2.41). The mean score of social health of students was average 92.99 (7.54). About 75.4% of participants had average levels of social health. Maximum and minimum levels of social health were related to contribution 20.64 (3.65) and social coherence 15.86 (2.12) respectively. There were no differences in the overall social health score of the students in terms of gender; however, regarding marital status, place of residence, father's education, and mother's education, there was a significant difference among students. Conclusion: Given the importance of social health, it is necessary to have proper planning such as providing for the requirements of stable marriages for students, good place of residence to improve the quality of life and enhance their satisfaction with it.
Background and Objectives: The rules and regulations related to educational and research services, especially those offered through universities and higher education institutions, are considered to be the most important service areas in each community that should be evaluated in the course of their final customers. This study was aimed to assess the status of customer-orientation from students" point of view through a case study of Sari Paramedical Faculty. Method: This study used a descriptive-survey methodology. The statistical population consisted of students of Sari Paramedical Faculty in the academic year of 2016-2017, from whom a sample of 217 students was selected using stratified random sampling method. The tool for gathering data was a customer-oriented questionnaire in higher education with 34 items whose reliability coefficient was obtained using Cronbach's alpha formula (0.82).The content validity of the questionnaire was confirmed by the experts. Data were analyzed in two levels of descriptive (frequency, percentage, and mean) and inferential (binomial test, normality test, ANOVA, Leven test). Findings: According to the results, the customer-orientation rules and structure in higher education, which includes feelings, reliability, content, attitude, and method of transfer, has been at a desirable level. Furthermore, no significant difference was observed between students' viewpoints by their field of study. Conclusion: Competition in the educational services system, especially higher education rules and regulations, has led to the improvement and strengthening of the customer-oriented regulations process at the Paramedical Medical Faculty.
The study of the foreign policy of the Islamic Republic of Iran regarding the specific features of the Islamic Revolution and its reflection that has profound effects on the strategy of the region and the world is of specific importance. Undoubtedly, current Iran's foreign policy is based on the political ideas of the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran, which, in order to understand and realize it better, his thinking model in the context of foreign policy with other countries should be investigated more. Imam Khomeini, stating this important theory that "the source of conflicts and disagreements is selfishness, and yet peace will be an unreachable wish of humanity", had firm belief in the fundamental ethics, accountability and realist idealism in the foreign policy. By understanding all of the above components, one can inquire into the depth of Imam Khomeini's thought in drawing up a road map for peaceful coexistence despite the belief in the establishment of a divine sovereignty, mutual respect for the sovereignty of the countries, despite the belief in exporting the Islamic Revolution, and the teleology of the Islamic Revolution along with non-interference in the internal affairs of countries.
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