z. mahmoudi

 Cancer disrupts the quality of life of patients, as well as increases the care burden of the patients' families. The current study aimed to determine the effect of Glenn Abdellah's nursing theory on quality of life of patients with cancer.

 In this randomized control trial, 60 patients with cancer were selected by purposive sampling method in Shahid Modarres Hospital, Saveh city in 2020.Then the samples were divided into intervention and control groups using random allocation. Then the samples were divided into intervention (n=30) and control (n=30) groups using random allocation. The intervention related to ten steps in Faye Glenn Abdellah’s Nursing Theory was implemented for intervention group, but there was no intervention in the control group. Information was collected before, after the intervention, and one month after the intervention through World Health Organization Quality-of-Life Scale (WHOQOL-BREF). Data were analyzed by SPSS 22 software, using descriptive statistics methods and inferential analysis tests.

 In the intervention group, the mean score of patients' quality of life increased significantly after intervention and one month after intervention (p<0.001). After intervention and the follow-up period, the quality of life in the intervention group was better than that of the control group (p<0.001).

 The use of nursing care theories, such as Faye Glenn Abdellah's nursing theory, can improve the quality of life in cancer patients.

Accurate and timely determination of body temperature as one of the vital signs of the body is the key to diagnosis and treatment. Temporal artery thermometer is one of the new tools for measuring body temperature that is still unknown regarding for its accuracy and reliability. Therefore, this study aimed at comparing the specificity and sensitivity of two methods of body temperature measurement by electric subroutine thermometer and digital temporal artery in comparison with nasopharyngeal thermometer in adult patients.

This descriptive-analytical and cross-sectional study was performed on 200 adult patients over 17 years old admitted to the ICU of Shohadaye Khalije Fars Hospital, Bushehr, Iran in 2015. The samples were selected by convenience sampling method. For all samples, body temperature was measured and recorded using three methods, including nasopharyngeal (gold standard), axillary, and temporal arterial methods. Data were analyzed by SPSS 20 and STATA 11 software using Pearson correlation coefficient, chi-square test and ROC curve.

The sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy of the temporal artery method with fever threshold of 37.7°C were 94.0%, 85.0% and 86.5%, respectively, and showed a good agreement between the axillary and temporal artery methods with a kappa coefficient of 0.67.

Body temperature measurement by temporal artery method is precise, fast, comfortable and safe for patients in comparison with nasopharyngeal and axillary methods and the best threshold for fever in this method is 37.7°C.