jahangir karimian

The outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has harmed the health dimensions of people, especially nurses who were at the forefront of fighting this disease. Undoubtedly, they endure a lot of work pressure in these conditions, which can affect different aspects of their health. The present study was designed and implemented to investigate the stress, anxiety, and depression of nurses caring for patients with COVID-19 in Isfahan, Iran, and its relationship with spiritual well-being and demographic variables.

This cross-sectional study was a descriptive-analytical one, conducted on 297 nurses who met the inclusion criteria working in the clinical wards of COVID-19 hospitals affiliated to Isfahan University of Medical Sciences. The data collection instrument included Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale-42 (DASS-42), and Paloutzian and Ellison Spiritual Well-Being Scale (SWBS). The data were analyzed by SPSS software using descriptive and analytic statistics.

More than one-third of nurses (35.3%) and about one-third of them (27.2%) had significant levels of anxiety and depression. The results of the Pearson test showed that there was an inverse and significant statistical relationship between the stress, anxiety, and depression of nurses working in the COVID-19 wards with spiritual well-being.

According to the results of the present study, it seems that attention and strengthening of the spiritual dimension of nurses in crises, along with financial and union support, will improve the mental health of nurses and consequently, will improve the service process for patients.

Brand is one of the most important intangible assets that has been recently noticed. A brand is like a floating iceberg; you can only see a small part of it floating above the surface of the water, which represents the things that have been associated with the brand over time; but the important parts that indicate the strength of the brand are out of sight and underwater. The purpose of this study was to model the factors affecting the branding of personality traits of sports volunteers in Iranian university sports events.

The research is applied in terms of purpose, descriptive-analytical in terms of goal method, and mixed exploratory research (quantitative and qualitative) in terms of implementation method.The interview process continued until the data reached theoretical saturation, with 15 interviews with experts, including sports event organizers, people who have volunteered at university sports events, and professors with personal branding experience.The statistical community consisted of qualitative experts, including organizers of sporting events, professionals who have volunteered and been promoted to academic sporting events, and professors who have worked in the field of personal branding. The statistical population in a small part included all people who had a history of volunteering in sports and the organizers and officials of sports event committees. The available sampling method was selected and 216 questionnaires were distributed electronically. PLS software was used to evaluate the fit of the path-structural model.

The results of the research model showed that causal conditions, background conditions, and intervening conditions had a positive and significant effect on personality branding of sports volunteers that the share of background conditions with a standard effect coefficient of 0.487 was higher than other factors.

By implementing the swimming strategies from the present study, we can see an increase in self-confidence and promotion of the position of sports volunteers, as well as improvement and efficiency in holding and managing sports events.

Breast Cancer (BC) is one of the most common cancers in the world, including in Iran. Chemotherapy as one of the basic treatments for BC leads to many side effects such as fatigue. This study aimed to examine the effect of a combined exercise program on the intensity of fatigue in patients with BC undergoing chemotherapy.

This clinical trial study was conducted on 64 patients with BC undergoing chemotherapy referring to the Seyyed al‑Shoada and the Al‑Zahra clinics from January to April 2022. Eligible patients who met inclusion criteria were recruited by the convenience sampling and then assigned randomly to intervention and control groups. The combined exercise program in the intervention group was done for 8 weeks as three sessions a week (34 sessions) each for 35–40 min. Piper’s Fatigue Scale was completed for both groups before and after the intervention. Data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistical methods.

The results showed that the mean score of fatigue intensity in both control and intervention groups had a statistically significant difference after the intervention (p </em>= 0.004). The mean fatigue intensity score in the intervention group decreased significantly from mean (SD) 8.17 (1.88) to 5.56 (1.74).

Based on the results, a combined exercise program can reduce fatigue in patients with BC. Therefore, nurses can utilize exercise programs and practices as a subset of complementary medicine alongside other treatment methods, which can effectively promote cancer patients’ quality of life by reducing their fatigue.

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of green human resource management on organizational sustainability with respect to the mediating role of motivation and service culture of employees of sports organizations in Fars Province, Iran.

This was an applied research in terms of purpose and a descriptive-survey of correlation type in terms of data collection method. The statistical population of the study included the employees of sports organizations in Fars Province (n = 4047). A statistical sample of 395 people was selected using Cochran's method by stratified sampling method. To conduct the research, the standard questionnaires of organizational resources management of Sakhavalkar and Tadani, organizational sustainability of Karkolian et al., Hackman and Oldham motivation, and Danaifar service culture were used. The face and content validity of the questionnaire designed for this study was confirmed by the professors of this field and the reliability was confirmed using Cronbach's alpha for the questionnaires of green resource management, organizational sustainability, motivation, and service culture with values of 0.86, 0.78, 0.85, and 0.96, respectively. Statistical analysis of data was performed using structural equation modeling (SEM).

Green human resource standards with a path coefficient of 0.364 had an effect on sustainability. Moreover, the variable of service culture with a path coefficient of 0.408 had a mediating role in the relationship between green human resources and sustainability, and the variable of motivation did not play a significant role.

According to the results, it can be said that the application of green human resource management in the sports sector can be implemented and serious attention should be paid to its various aspects such as service culture and employee motivation to strengthen sports organizations through sustainable development.

The present study aimed to explore the impact of green human resourcemanagement on corporate sustainability, with a focus on the function of environmentalperformance as a moderator and the perspective of sports organizations employees’empowerment in Fars province.

This research is applied in terms of purpose and correlational descriptivesurvey in terms of the data collection method. The statistical population consisted of 4047employees working at sports organizations in Fars province, and the sample size was 395utilizing the stratified sampling method, optimal allocation, and Cochran’s formula. Thestandard questionnaires of organizational resources management by Sakhavalkar and Tadani(2013), corporate sustainability by Karkolian et al., (2015), environmental performance byMadersgloo and Altanlar (2011), and Spritzer’s staff empowerment (1995) were employed toconduct the current study.

Sports management authorities approved the face and content validities of thequestionnaire prepared for this investigation. In addition, the Cronbach’s alpha methodwas used to calculate its reliability which were 96%, 46%, 68%, and 64% for green resourcemanagement, corporate sustainability, environmental performance, and empowerment,respectively. The data were statistically analyzed using structural equation modeling. Greenhuman resource standards affect the sustainability, according to the findings, with a pathcoefficient of 0.364. Environmental performance and empowerment were found to havea mediating function concerning green human resources and sustainability, with pathcoefficients of 0.476 and 0.434, respectively.

Considering green human resources by relying on environmental performanceand employee empowerment is one method of ensuring the sustainable development ofsports organizations.

The purpose of this work was to identify and model the factors affecting the branding of the personality traits of the volunteers in the sports events. The approach of the present research work was qualitative, and in terms of purpose, it was a developmental research that was conducted using the grounded theory. The findings showed three factors as the causal conditions, five factors as the contextual conditions, and six factors as the intervening conditions for the branding personality traits of the sports volunteers in the Iranian sporting events. It is suggested that in order to brand the personality of the sports volunteers, great importance should be given to the behaviors of the volunteers, and efforts should be made to promote their individual and social behavior.

The aim of this research was to study the pathology of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences based on Weisbord six box model and to find its relation with mental health.

The research method followed was a descriptive survey. The statistical society consisted of all staffs of the Isfahan University of Medical Sciences consisting of professors in the year 2012 (personnel of deputy of treatment, deputy of training, cultural-student deputy, supporting deputy, deputy of food and drugs, health deputy, and deputy of research). The number of subjects in the mentioned society was 1647, sample size was 332 Based on Cochrane's formula. They were selected by random sampling method in proportion with the statistical society.The measurement instruments included organizational pathology questionnaire (ODQ) with 35 questions and the questionnaire of mental health standard [General Health Questionnaire (GHQ)] with 28 questions. The validity of the questionnaires obtained from reviews by faculties and experts, and the reliability of the questionnaire assessed through Cronbach's coefficient were 0.86, 0.85, and 0.76, respectively.To analyze data, the statistical methods such as single-variance t-test, regression analysis, correlation coefficient, Kolmogorov–Smirnov test, and Multivariate Analysis of Variance (MANOVA) were used.

The findings of research demonstrated that the organizational damage based on six box model was seen only in the reward component at the Isfahan University of Medical Sciences. Mental health of persons in the sample group of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences was in the suitable status. There was a meaningful and positive interrelation between mental health and attitude toward the organizational damages in the dimensions of communications, useful merchandises, and attitude to change. However, no meaningful interrelation was seen between aims, structure, leadership, and reward and mental health. There was no meaningful difference between the averages of staffs' attitude about their mental health per the demographic properties.

The results show that there was a meaningful and positive interrelation between mental health and attitude toward the organizational damages in the dimensions of communications, useful merchandises, and attitude to change. Therefore, managers should focus on all parts of the organization and the pathology strengths and weaknesses in these areas.

Today, social capital is a need in the society. Also, leisure time and physical activities are among the most important productive sources of social capital, which have been realized recently. This study aims to find the relationship between social capital and physical leisure time of the faculty members of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences.

A descriptive correlation method was used in this study. Two questionnaires were used for data collection. Social capital questionnaire is based on SCAT Model. Also, leisure time questionnaire was made by the researcher for which face and content validity was verified by experts. Reliability coefficients by using Cronbach's alpha coefficients were calculated as 0.92 and 0.82, respectively. Sample population was calculated by Cochran's formula, and 150 people were selected as the sample using multiple cluster sampling by taking the sex and college into consideration as the variables.

According to the findings, there was a direct relationship between a combination of social capital parameters (including commitment, attitude, trust, participation, mutual relationship, social norm, and unity) and the way of spending physical leisure time (R = 0.659, P = 0.000). Among the parameters, "commitment" was significant with a beta coefficient B = 0.293 and P = 0.044 and social norms was significant with a beta coefficient B = 0.196 and P = 0.047, but the rest of the factors were not significant.

Playing sport and doing physical activities in the leisure time and also taking part in group activities and their membership provide a situation for people to respect the group interests through communication. Such activities can cause the level of social capital and its factors to be increased.

the rate of a society`s social capital is doubtless the resultant of the small group`s social capitals which is different among groups of the society. By taking into consideration the people`s knowledge and attitude and also the society`s investment on them, it is expected that groups with different jobs and professions gain benefit different levels of this social variable. The objective of the present study is to analyze the quality and the level of social capital and its factors in Isfahan University of Medical Sciences.

This is an applied and descriptive research which its statistical population includes all faculty members of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences (on 2013-2014) which were 670 members. After an introductory study, the sample size was calculated by the use of the Cochran formula as150 members. They have been selected by taking the gender and college variables into consideration based on systematic random sampling and. In order to measure the social capital, the researcher developed questionnaire and Social Capital Assessment Tool Model have been used. Its content and facial validityhas been confirmed by eight expertise majoring sociology and management science. The earned reliability is 94/0. The Analysisof the research`s data has done in two levels of descriptive statistics, include frequency, percentages, tables, and figures) and inferential level include independent and single sample t-test and F-test.

results have shown that the social capital of the faculty members is equal with 3.44 which are more than the mean. Also, “attitude” with the mean of 3.82is having the highest level of social capital from among the seven factors of social capital. Also, there is a significant relationship between faculty member`s social capital based on gender, specialty, academic level, and college variables.

it is impossible to consider the faculty member activities without taking their social status based on society, policies, and economical condition into consideration. Therefor boosting the social capital effectiveness in all university professors` activities is possible. This action can be done either through having an internal relationship like trust, attitude, and social relationship or by including social status positions for faculty members, and having macro planning for such positions.

today, social capital is a need in society. Also, leisure time and physical activities are among the most important productive sources of social capital which has noticed nowadays. This survey studies the relationship between social capital and physical leisure time of faculty members of Esfahan University of Medical Sciences.

descriptive correlation method is used in this study. Two questionnaires are used for data collection. Social capital questionnaire is based on SCOT Model. Also, leisure time questionnaire made by researcher which Face and content validity of it was verified by experts. Reliability coefficients by using Cornbrash’s alpha coefficients were calculated at 0.92 and 0.82 respectively. Sample populations measured by Khan’s Formula, they are 150 people that were selected as sample using multiple cluster sampling by taking the sex and college into consideration as variables.

according to the findings there is a direct relationship between a combination of social capital parameters (include commitment, attitude, trust, participation, mutual relationship, social norm and unity) with the way of spending physical leisure time. (R = 0.0659, P = 0.001). From among the parameters commitment is the only parameter which is significant with Beta coefficient (B = 0.293, P = 0.044) and social norms with Beta coefficient (B = 0.196, P =0.047), but the rest are not significant.

Playing sport and doing physical activities in the leisure time and also taking part in group activities and their membership provide a situation for people to respect the group interests through communication. Such activities can cause the level of social capital and it`s factors to be increased.

Several studies have shown that physical activity and exercise in reducing stress, anxiety, depression and bad mood and increase feelings of revitalization of humor or mental health is associated with. Social work Sport and Physical Education in the development and strengthening social infrastructure and basic functioning of the whole structure of society and the relationships between social strata Vahad significant effects on the leaves. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between sport and social capital in leisure time faculty members of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences

descriptive correlation method is used in this study. Two questionnaires are used for data collection. Social capital questionnaire is based on SCOT Model. Also, leisure time questionnaire made by researcher which Face and content validity of it was verified by experts. Reliability coefficients by using Cornbrash’s alpha coefficients were calculated at 0.92 and 0.82 respectively. Sample populations measured by Khan’s Formula, they are 150 people that were selected as sample using multiple cluster sampling by taking the sex and college into consideration as variables.

The results showed that the average leisure time physical equivalent of 42/3 and social capital for individuals 3/47, respectively. Regression analysis also showed that the combination of the components of social capital (trust and sharing) the amount and physical recreation are significant. (R =. 602 / P =. /000) and multiple correlation coefficient, which combines elements of social capital and physical recreation. 602 And the ratio of. 362 Is. The index shows that % 36/2 of the variance in scores on physical leisure, social capital can be described by a combination of factors, is the explanation.

Exercise and physical activity in leisure time and Individual participation in group activities and they provide conditions for membership till People interact and communicate with other people and a sense of belonging to the group Collective interests and respect. Such activities can increase the level of social capital and its components, such as, social norms and the participation.

Spiritual well‑being is well‑recognized as a factor that affects cancer patients’ quality of life, quality of care, and satisfaction. There is evidence that supports the fact that patients’ spiritual needs are associated with better quality of care, higher hospice utilization, and less aggressive care at the end of life. However, few studies have examined the Spiritual well‑being (SWB) in cancer patients. Less is known about spirituality; furthermore, no published research about SWB and its relationship with demographic parameters in breast cancer patients exists; this made us carry out this project.

This cross‑sectional study was a descriptive – analytical one, conducted on 297 breast cancer patients, with a simple sampling methodology. The data collection instrument included a questionnaire containing two parts (demographic information and standard SWB Scale questionnaire). The data were analyzed with 95% confidence by SPSS18, using descriptive and analytic statistics.

According to the results of the present study, SWB of most of the study subjects (52.52%) was at a moderate level. Results showed that the average score for religious aspect of spiritual well‑being (RWB) was 51.38 ± 8.17 for 60, average score for the existential aspect of spiritual well‑being (EWB) was 42.47 ± 10.21 for 60, and the total score of SWB was 93.69 ± 10.04 for 120. Based on the study findings, there was a statistically significant correlation between the SWB and age (P = 0.03, r = 0.59), educational level (P = 0.04, r = −0.58), and marital status (P = 0.001), of breast cancer patients.

According to the results of the present study, the SWB of most study subjects was at a moderate level. Furthermore, according to the results there was a correlation between some important demographic parameters in women with breast cancer and SWB. Hence, it is necessary for the treatment team to assess and improve the SWB of patients; meanwhile the role of nurses is highlighted. In fact, the nurse is the first person who can recognize the spiritual needs of a patient and even his/her family, and can be effective in meeting the spiritual needs and improving their SWB. Therefore, it is strongly recommended that in patients with cancer, a holistic care plan, based on spiritual care, development, and education of patients be applied, as it is considered to improve their SWB.