kosar mousavi

In Iran, the presence of the patient’s family is forbidden at coronary care units (CCUs), and the patient will be hospitalized without the presence of the family at these units. The issue of being away from family is one of the main causes of tenseness in patients of CCUs and has some side effects, such as isolation and seclusion, after discharge.

The present study aimed to investigate the effect of face-to-face visiting and behind-the-glass visiting on patients’ anxiety at CCUs.

This quasi-experimental study was performed on 80 random patients at the CCU of Dr. Ganjavian hospital, Dezful, Iran, by considering inclusion and exclusion criteria. The visiting time in both groups was 20 minutes, and the questionnaires were collected by the researchers from patients 10 minutes before and after visiting.

The average obvious and hidden anxiety in patients significantly reduced after the visit. Anxiety in the group of face-to-face visiting was more reduced than in the other group [face-to-face (P = 0.0008) and behind-the-glass (P = 0.02)].

Face-to-face visiting is an appropriate method to reduce anxiety in the patients of CCUs. It is suggested to adopt this method to improve the visits in this unit.

The research aimed to study the genetic diversity of 26 rice genotypes in 2013 at the Research Center for Agriculture and Natural Resources Khuzestan province factorial experiment in basis completely randomized design with 3 replications of 24 lines and 2 hybrid as the first factor and salinity stress with NaCl at 4 levels of zero (distilled water), 4, 8 and 12 mmoh/cm as the second factor was implemented. Traits of germination percent, mean germination time, germination rate, radicle length, plumule length, seedling length, ratio of radicle length to plumule, wet weight of seedling, dry weight of seedling, ratio of dry weight to wet and index seed vigor were studied. The principal components analysis, 11 studied traits is divided into 2 components on the basis of 64% of the data changes can be justified. Using cluster analysis were 26 genotypes in three clusters. Lines 15, 19, 20, 48 and 53, according to the results of cluster analysis and biplot rate germination, plumule length, radicle length, seedling length, weight and vigor index lower were. The third cluster lines do not have the tolerance to salinity. Lines 2, 4, 7, 10, 13, 16, 21, 23, 25, 28, 31, 34, 35, 36, 41, 42, 44, 55, with hybrids and Hb2 in the cluster were Hb1 according to principal component analysis and biplot half are salt tolerant. Line 40 was alone in the cluster according to the results of cluster analysis and biplot all traits germination, plumule length, radicle length, seedling length, radicle to plumule ratio, wet weight, dry weight, dry weight and seed vigor was higher than the overall mean and so is salt tolerant.