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Bitta Fathian, Mitra Payami Bousari, Farzane Ahmadi,
Volume 13, Issue 3 (6-2023)
Abstract
Background: Death anxiety is common in disease with a high mortality rate. Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic is considered a crucial factor with remarkable impact on community different age groups' mental health.
Objectives: The present study aimed to determine the relationship between death anxiety and happiness during the COVID-19 pandemic among the undergraduate students of Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan-Iran, in 2021.
Methods: This correlational-descriptive study was conducted on 395 undergraduate students of Zanjan University of Medical Sciences using convenience sampling method. Data was collected through a three-part questionnaire including demographic characteristics, Templers’s Death Anxiety Scale (DAS), and Oxford Happiness Inventory (OHI). For data analysis Spearman, Mann-Whitney, and Kruskal-Wallis tests were used in SPSS software version 26.
Results: The results indicated that the mean (SD) scores of death anxiety and happiness were 34.04 (8.30) and 51.98 (14.43), and their median scores were 34 and 53, respectively. The death anxiety of 70.7% of the studied students was average, while the level of happiness of 40.8% of the students was average and 47.3% was high. A significant weak, inverse relationship was observed between the two variables of death anxiety and happiness (r=- 0.155, P=0.002).
Conclusion: The results of the study indicated a slight decrease in happiness in students with higher death anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic. But considering the high prevalence of death anxiety among students, especially female and non-native ones, it is necessary to pay particular attention to decreasing death anxiety in undergraduate medical students.
Mohamad Saeid Ahmadi, Hossein Masoomi Jahandizi, Seyedah Fatemeh Hosseini Varzagani,
Volume 14, Issue 1 (1-2024)
Abstract
Background: Epidemic diseases such as Covid-19 can adversely affect job security and social status, thereby leading to psychological distress.
Objectives: The aim of the present study was to predict psychological turmoil among nurses working during Covid-19 pandemic based on job security, spiritual intelligence, and social acceptance.
Methods: This descriptive-correlational study was conducted on 210 nurses working at the Hazrat-e-Valiasr (AS) Hospital of Zanjan City between Farvardin and Khordad 2021. The participants were recruited by convenience sampling, and data were collected using Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K10), Nissi’s job security questionnaire, the spiritual intelligence scale developed by Naseri et al., and Marlowe–Crowne Social Desirability Scale (MC–SDS). Data analyses were conducted in SPSS software v. 23 using Pearson correlation and stepwise regression.
Results: The research findings indicated that nurses’ psychological distress amid Covid-19 pandemic significantly and inversely correlated with job security (r = 0.42, p<0.01), spiritual intelligence (r = 0.43, p<0.01), and social acceptance (r = 0.47, p<0.01). Also, social acceptance (r = 6.27, p < 0.01), job security (r= 4.71, p < 0.01), and spiritual intelligence (r = 4.29, p < 0.01) were able to predict psychological distress among nurses.
Conclusion: Based on the results of the present study, it is suggested that the authorities of medical education organizations consider programs to familiarize nurses with Iran’s subcultures (such as religious beliefs, rituals, and obligations) to promote their cultural sensitivity, job security, and social acceptance. This can furthermore ensue with positive consequences such as the improvement of nurses’ quality of life, well-being, physical and mental health, job satisfaction, and life condition.
Ghasim Sadeghi, Seyede Fatemeh Gheiasi, Soheila Rabie Siahkali, Kamyar Mansori,
Volume 14, Issue 1 (1-2024)
Abstract
Background: As a capable arm of the healthcare system, emergency medical staff play a major role in the evolution and growth of healthcare services and the improvement and promotion of society’s health. One of the problems in providing ideal care during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic across the world, including Iran, was complying with health protocols.
Objectives: The current study aimed to investigate the obstacles to complying with health protocols in COVID-19 patient care from the emergency medical staff’s perspectives.
Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 197 emergency medical staff in Zanjan province in 2022. Sampling was done by cluster random method. Data were collected using a researcher-made questionnaire in 4 parts, including demographic characteristics, organizational obstacles, social obstacles, and individual obstacles. Data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics in SPSS 16 software.
Results: All participants were male, with a mean (SD) age of 33.15 (5.09) years. The mean (SD) score of the obstacles to complying with health protocols questionnaire from the participants’ perspectives for organizational, individual, and social factors were 3.92 (0.49), 3.47 (1.06), and 3.32 (1.12), respectively. According to the participants’ perspectives, shortage of equipment 4.53 (0.79), long-term use of personal protective equipment (PPE) 4.46 (0.66), and insufficient specialized training for COVID-19 4.18 (1.11) were the most important obstacles in complying with the COVID-19 health protocols.
Conclusion: It is suggested that managers and policymakers pay attention to the obstacles identified in the present study and take these obstacles into account in the emergence of newfound future diseases.
