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Today, healthy lifestyle and health promotion is a fundamental need for population in the world. This study was designed to evaluate the effect of the health promoting education plan on adolescents’ lifestyle with Thalassemia major.

This quasi-experimental study was conducted by one group of 34 adolescents with thalassemia major who were being treated in Taleghani Hospital at Gonbad-Kavoos. Educational interventions (educational plan with five A) were carried out in 6 sessions -60 minutes each session- for 3 weeks in two groups of 17 participants. The data collection was done by two questionnaires, demographic-clinical information sheet and Health Promoting Lifestyle Profile II” (HPLP II) in dimensions of nutrition, physical activity and stress management before education, immediately and one month after an educational intervention. SPSS v.17 software and repeated measures statistics were used for data analysis.

The mean score for overall Lifestyle profile in educating dimensions, before, immediately and one month after the intervention were 34.7±2.89, 38.79±3.4 and 77.7±3.5, respectively and showed a significant difference (p

Pediatric nurses should prepare and apply educational interventions for adolescents with thalassemia major. These plans can improve their health promoting behaviors in adolescents’ lifestyle in different dimensions. Therefore, in adolescents with thalassemia major, health promoting plan should be considered as an important part of care –treatment plan. So that the patients will actively participate in their health care program and access to self-efficacy in everyday living.

Logical attitudes of nurses toward death could be influential in taking care of dying patients and their families. Hence, the present study was conducted with the aim of evaluating nurses’ attitude toward taking care for dying patients in Social security hospitals of Golestan province in 2014.
This cross-sectional and descriptive study was conducted on 106 employed nurses in social security hospitals of Golestan Province using Census Method among eligible individuals for the study. Data were collected by the standard attitudes-toward-death questionnaire (FATCOD) and were analyzed by statistical software SPSS 16 using descriptive statistics (frequency, mean, standard deviation) and inferential statistics (ANOVA and independent t).
The results showed that the level of attitude towards death in nurses with mean and standard deviation of (108/00 ± 9/00) was higher than average (p The results of the present study put an emphasis on the necessity of nurses’ appropriate attitude towards taking care of a dying patient. Taking advantage of educational methods to take care of the dying patient including palliative and non-traumatic cares, giving spiritual cares to such patients and their families and close friends is suitable.

Introduction and Cataract is the most common cause of blindness in the world and it has been estimated that annually about one hundred thousand cases of cataract surgery is being performed in Iran. This study investigated the prevalence and morphology of age-related cataract and associated factors in patient referred to ophthalmology clinics of Amol and Babol cities. This cross-sectional study conducted among 288 patients referred to ophthalmology clinics of Amol and Babol cities whom were diagnosed with cataract. In this study، data were collected by researcher-made questionnaire in which the validity and reliability of the instrument had been established previously. Data analysis was conducted with SPSS 16 using descriptive statistics and inferential statistics (chi-square test and logistic regression). The results of this study showed that the most common form of age-related Cataract was nuclear 192 (67%) followed by under capsular 50 (17%) and lastly cortical 50 (17%). There was a significant difference in the morphology of Cataract in terms of background factors such as age، sex، occupation، family history، level of education، diabetes، hypertension and smoking. The most common type of cataract was age dependent and different risk factors affected the incidence of this type of cataract. Therefore، periodic medical examination and lifestyle education can be effective steps toward prevention and slowing progression of the age-related cataract.

All students and especially medical students، due to deal with more stressors and the need to appropriately adaptation must have more mental health and self-reliance، till would be successful in their study and job. Determining psychological status and its problems can be effective in the development of policies and strategies of universities. This study was aimed to determine mental status in the students of Urmia University of Medical Sciences at arrival to University in 2009. In this descriptive study، 321 students in Urmia University of Medical Sciences were studied using SCL90-R questionnaire. consists of 90 questions، including 9 dimensions (anxiety، aggression، depression، interpersonal sensitivity، somatic complaints، obsessive-compulsive، phobic anxiety، paranoid psychosis) on first University semester for one month، and the relationship between mental health score with some socio-demographic variables of students was examined. The data were analyzed using SPSS v. 16. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used. The majority of students studied medicine، environmental health and nursing. 301 persons (93. 8%) were in normal mental health. 295 persons (91. 9%) of them had no anxiety disorder، 308 persons (96/1%) were without serious disturbance in the obsessive mood، 298 persons (92. 9%) had nodisturbance dumps and 291 persons (90. 7%) were without the paranoid thoughts. There was a significant difference between mean score of the mental health in students with concern about the future of their career، and the ones that had no concern. The results showed that a number of students seriously suffer from mental disorders such as depression، anxiety، obsessive and paranoid thoughts. Identification severity and types of the disruptions can be effective in prevention and treatment of these disorders.

Cesarean section is one of the most common surgeries in women and it is increasing worldwide. Cesarean section common methods for pain and anxiety relief is the use of medication. But today, due to the side effects of anesthetic drugs, there is more tend to non-pharmacological methods of pain and anxiety relief, such as music therapy. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of music therapy on anxiety and pain in mothers after Caesarean section surgery. In this quasi experimental study, 60 patients undergoing elective Caesarean section in Hakim Jorjani Hospital in Gorgan 2011, enrolled to study by convenience sampling that randomly allocated into two groups (30 in experimental and 30 in control group). Classical music for 15-20 minutes was implemented for experimental group. The anxiety and pain of patients in arrival to operation room, 10 and 20 minutes of recovery and of left operating room was measured and compared. Data gathered with demographic questionnaire and Visual Analogue Scales of Anxiety and Pain. Validity of two scales was measured by face and content validity. The data were analyzed using SPSS v.16, by analytical and descriptive statistical test. Statistical tests indicated a significant relationship between treatment and control groups (p<0.01). The most differences were between 10 minute and 20 minutes and leaving the operating room. Anxiety and pain in experimental group was less than the control group. Results showed that music therapy in women undergoing cesarean section before entering the operating room could alleviate pain and anxiety of postsurgery, thus can improve patient recovery and early contact of mothers with their children. Therefore, this therapy method should be considered essential by doctors, nurses and other health care staffs.