Background:Most blood tests require venous blood samples. Puncturing the vein also causes pain, infection, or damage to the blood, and lymph flow, or long-term healing. This study aimed to determine and compare the biochemical laboratory value of the blood samples that were provided through: peripheral vein infusion (PVI) receiving continuous intravenous fluid; and the usual method of blood sampling.Methods:This is an interventional, quasi-experimental, and controlled study. The selected study sample included 60 patients, who were hospitalized during 2014, in the Internal Medicine, part of Martyrs of Persian Gulf, teaching hospital at Bushehr. Three blood samples were taken from each patient that were provided through PVI line (5 ml blood collected at beginning of IVC and then another 5 cc), and another case was prepared by common blood sampling (control). All the samples were analyzed in terms of sodium, potassium, urea and creatinine using SPSS Ver.19 software, by paired t-test and Pearson’s correlation coefficients.Results:There was a statistically significant difference between the amount of sodium and potassium in the first blood samples taken from the intravenous infusion line and vein puncture. However, no significant differences were found among the biochemical amount in the second blood samples taken from the intravenous infusion line and vein puncture.Conclusions:We can use blood samples taken from peripheral intravenous infusion lines after 5cc discarding from the first part of the sample for measuring the value of sodium, potassium, urea and creatinine.

Sleep is considered as one of the basic physiological needs of the human body, but the discomfort of physical and mental illness can interfere with a person's sleep. Thalassemia major, a disease characterized by reduced blood hemoglobin defect or nonproduction of one of the branches leads to disruption in the process of hematopoiesis and as a result is anemia. The aim of this study was to evaluate sleep quality in patients with thalassemia major referred to Motahari Hospital and its relationship with some blood parameters. This cross-sectional study was conducted in 2014. 60 patients with definitive diagnosis of thalassemia who dependent blood transfusion and for transfusion and clinical examination referred to Cooley's ward in the Motahari hospital in Jahrom participated. The subjects responded to questions Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index and demographic data, information on indicators of blood and medications were taken from their cases. Based on statistical analysis, Mean score of patients' quality sleep was 4.43±2.87, and 41cases of the patients (68.33%) had good sleep quality and 19cases (31.66%) had poor sleep quality. Among the demographic variables, age was positively correlated with sleep quality, but gender had no significant relationship with sleep quality. Also there was no significant relationship between sleep quality with the mean doses of medications to control blood iron, hemoglobin, ferritin, level of liver enzymes and the frequency of blood transfusion in the last six months. The results of this study show the need to pay more attention to sleep quality of patients with thalassemia. It seems that therapeutic factors such as medications and serum levels of some blood parameters such as hemoglobin, ferritin and … was not associated with sleep quality and the importance of personality, psychological and environmental factors in this field to be working.

Background & Aims: Spiritual health is an important aspect of health, which shows the good relationship of an individual with God and a sense of harmony between himself, God, and life. Nursing profession is associated with numerous stressful encounters in the workplace, such as death and illness. Nurses, nursing faculties, and students are the three main groups in this profession who could largely benefit from spirituality in personal, professional, and organizational dimensions. One of the main benefits of spiritual health in the nursing profession is the improvement of mental health and quality of care. The present study aimed to determine the status of spiritual health in the nurses, nursing faculties, and nursing students of Jahrom University of Medical Sciences, Iran. Materials & Methods: This descriptive study was conducted on 455 participants (268 nurses, 31 lecturers, and 156 nursing students) at Jahrom University of Medical Sciences in 2018. The participants were selected via census sampling. Data were collected using a comprehensive questionnaire to measure spiritual health in the Iranian population and a demographic questionnaire. The questionnaire consisted of 48 items and two cognitive/emotional (insight/orientation) and behavioral (performance) components. The total score of the questionnaire was 100. The questionnaire was provided to the subjects by two research assistants and completed in a self-report manner after obtaining informed consent. Data analysis was performed in SPSS version 16 using descriptive statistics (frequency, frequency percentage, mean, and standard deviation) and analytical statistics (independent t-test, oneway ANOVA, and Scheffe post-hoc test). Results: The mean age of the participants was 27.19 ± 6.68 years. The mean score of spiritual health was estimated at 79.89 ± 11.87, and achieving approximately 80% of the total score indicated the favorable spiritual health of the participants. In addition, the mean scores of the cognitive/emotional and behavioral components of spiritual health were 82.28 ± 11.93 and 75.45 ± 11.99, respectively. The mean score of spiritual health was 84.58 ± 9.58 in the nurses, 86.67 ± 11.15 in the nursing faculties, and 68.44 ± 14.55 in the nursing students. A significant correlation was observed between age and spiritual health (r=0.362). The mean score of spiritual health was significantly higher in women compared to men (P=0.001). The spiritual health of the participants with the work experience of more than five years had no significant difference with those with less work experience (P=0.507). Moreover, years of teaching had no effect on the spiritual health of the faculty members (P=0.57). Participation in spirituality courses also had no significant effect on the score of spiritual health (P=0.658). First-year students had higher a spiritual health level compared to the senior students (P=0.007). Conclusion:In this study, the participants achieved nearly 80% of the total score, which indicated their favorable spiritual health status. It seems...

Introduction:Birth is one of the most wonderful events in nature and pregnancy and delivery are major developments for most married women. Similar to the pregnancy period, the period of time following delivery is accompanied by certain mental and physical changes in women. During this time, mothers experience a full range of mental disorders, varying from minor to psychotic. The objective of this study was to examine marital satisfaction among non-depressed and depressed mothers who visited primary health centers in Jahrom after childbirth in 2014.Method and Material:This is a descriptive cross-sectional study. The study population consisted of 80 mothers, who were in the 6 to 12 weeks of delivery and had visited primary health centers in Jahrom from April to July, 2014.To select the participants, the researcher looked thorough the files at each center and chose the mothers who were qualified for the study based on convenience sampling. The criteria for participation were: being aged from 20 to 40; being in the 6-12 weeks since delivery; having a healthy newborn; willingness to participate in the study. The participants were divided into the two groups of mothers suffering from postpartum depression (40 women) and mothers not affected by postpartum depression (40 women) on basis of questionnaire. The study follows the ethics in a scientific study. The researcher personally visited the primary health centers and explained the objectives of the study to the participants. Subsequently, the participants were asked to complete a demographic questionnaire, Enrich Marital Satisfaction Scale, and Edinburgh Postpartum Depression Scale. The participants were allowed one hour to complete the questionnaires.Result:The results showed that the average age of depressed and non-depressed women was respectively 28.1±5 and 29.4±5.5. Regarding the sex of the newborns, 53% of the depressed women had a son and 46.7% had a daughter. In the non-depressed group, 43.3% of the mothers had a son and 56.7% had a daughter. 56.7% of the depressed mothers were first-time mothers; however, 43.3% of the non-depressed mothers had experienced childbirth for the first time.Most of the women in both groups had a high-school diploma—53% of the depressed mothers and 51% of the non-depressed. 66.7% of the depressed mothers had had natural childbirths; 60% of the non-depressed mothers had had Cesareans. There was not a statistically meaningful difference between the two groups in terms of the demographic variables. The average depression score of the depressed group was 13.7 with a standard deviation of 3.2; the average depression score of the non-depressed group was 5.8 with a standard deviation of 2. There was a statistically significant difference between the two groups in terms of marital satisfaction.Conclusion:Postpartum depression is a major and common health problem, affects many women after childbirth and inflicts not only direct costs on the health care system, but causes extensive indirect losses due to mothers’ inability to function.Though t...