جستجوی مقالات مرتبط با کلیدواژه « تمایل » در نشریات گروه « پزشکی »

 It is essential to identify influential motivational factors to create willingness and improve skills in health staff, especially nurses. This study aimed to determine the factors affecting the willingness and ability of nurses to deal with different disasters in some hospitals of Tehran, Iran.

This cross-sectional study used a researcher-made questionnaire consisting of three parts: 1) demographic questions, 2) questions indicating the level of nurses' willingness and the ability to respond to various disasters, and 3) questions about obstacles for working in disasters.

 A total of 308 questionnaires were completed. While 60.7% of respondents were male, 39.3% were female. The level of willingness and ability of participants to work in disasters indicated that the highest willingness and ability were associated with natural disasters (floods, earthquakes), and the lowest willingness and ability were related to participating in response to epidemics. The prioritization of the participants concerning the most critical barriers of appropriate response to the disasters demonstrated that caring for children in natural disasters and mass casualty incident, family health in chemical disasters, fear of contamination in nuclear disasters, and fear of infection in an epidemic were the main obstacles. The factors of gender, age, marital status, and health level of individuals affected the level of willingness and ability of participants. Besides, the parameters, including income level and caring for the elderly and disabled people influenced the willingness of nurses to participate in times of crisis.

  The professional preparation of health care personnel to perform their duties in critical conditions is essential. Hence, preventive measures to minimize the risk and strengthen the ethical obligations of employees in this profession in crises will be beneficial.

Practical Implications:

 The findings of this study provide an opportunity to strengthen the ability and willingness of health care workers to address barriers to intervention in times of crisis. Also, health care centers should support the staff caring for children, the elderly, and disabled people.

Nurses are an integral part of the health system and predicting their behavior in different situations is important for policymakers and managers of the health system. The present study was conducted to determine the efficiency of the theory of planned behavior in predicting the behavior of nurses in different situations.

The current narrative review study was conducted via searching in electronic databases including PubMed, Scopus, Science Direct, SID, Magiran and Iran Medex and by using the appropriate English and Persian keywords of Attitude, Theory of Planned Behavior, behavior, Behavioral Intention, Perceived Behavioral Control, Subjective Norms, Nursing Care over the period of 2000-2020.

Theory of planned behavior has been successfully used for prediction and explanation of a variety of behaviors and health tips such as high-risk behaviors, women’s services, childbirth and breastfeeding, safety behaviors and oral health. According to the results of several studies, including studies in Korea and Taiwan, the above theory has been used to determine the causes of nurses 'behavior in patient care and the causes of nurses' activities in performing their duties.

Predicting people's behavior and planning based on these predictions on specific situations certainly has a significant role in the performance of the organization and controlling the situation. On the other hand, human behavior is influenced by various factors and its prediction requires different factors. The theory of planned behavior has a suitable model for predicting the behavior of individuals, including nurses, and this model can be used to plan and policy in specific situations in the field of nurses' performance.

Patient safety is one of the key elements of health care organization in improving the quality of care. Involving patients in improving patient safety is the recent World Health Organization’ approach. Patient participation can reduce medical errors and increase patient safety. There is not any valid and reliable Persian questionnaire to assess patient participation in safe car. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to assess the validity and reliability of the Persian version of the questionnaire: "Patient Willingness to Ask Safety Questions Survey (PWASQS)".

In this study, 30 patients participated. The PWASQS’ questionnaire consisted of nine dimensions and 41 questions that were scored on a five-point Likert scale. The questionnaire questions indicated the patients' willingness to ask any questions related to their safety from the physicians and the nurses. Content Validity Ratio (CVR) and Content Validity Index (CVI) were used to evaluate the content validity and its internal reliability was determined using Cronbach's alpha coefficient.

In the present study, the total CVR of the questionnaire was 0.89, which varied from 0.79 to 0.95 for different dimensions, and the CVI was 0.94 for different dimensions ranged from 0.89 to 1. Cronbach's alpha coefficient of the whole questionnaire was 0.7 9which for each of the dimensions ranged from 0.7 to 0.96, indicating appropriate reliability of the questions.

The results of this study showed that the translated version of the PWASQS questionnaire has a relatively acceptable reliability and validity can be used to measure patients' willingness to improve patient safety.

The usage of information and communications technology (ICT) in educational systems is a flowing and active educational programme. However, prior to its usage, an attempt should be made to identify the factors influencing such a phenomenon. This study aims to identify the psychological and job-related factors affecting the intention to use ICT among teachers in Shiraz.
The present study is applicable from the research type perspective, descriptive from the procedure perspective, and correlative from the research design perspective. The sample includes all teachers in Shiraz. To determine the sample size (n = 255), stratified-cluster random sampling and Cochran’s formula were used. Several questionnaires were completed by the participants, such as subjective norm, task-technology fit, perceived ease of use, perceived usefulness, and intention to use. Validity (in terms of content) and reliability of the questionnaires were confirmed by comments from experts and professors and Cronbach's alpha coefficient (0.69) respectively. Data analysis was done using structural equation modelling with LISREL software (version 8.8).
Task-technology fit, perceived ease of use, intention to use, and subjective norm variables directly or indirectly affect the intention to use ICT. Among these, subjective norm variable has the highest direct impact (0.33) upon the intention to use ICT, while, task-technology fit variable has the highest indirect impact (0.08). Moreover, the highest and lowest total effects on the aforementioned variable are associated with the impact of task-technology fit (0.39) and perceived ease of use (0.27) respectively.
The findings indicate that the predicted model could provide useful information for the educational authorities with respect to the importance of job-related and psychological factors that directly or indirectly affect the intention to use ICT among teachers.