Background: Non-adherence to treatment regimens can bring about negative effects on the quality of life of hemodialysis patients. Objectives: The present study was conducted to explore the relationship between compliance with treatment regimens and the quality of life in these patients. Methods: This descriptive-analytic study investigated 68 hemodialysis patients who had referred to Imam Khomeini Hospital of Zabol, Southeast of Iran. The subjects were chosen via convenience sampling. Data were collected using a demographic questionnaire, a self-constructed scale for treatment regimen compliance, and the kidney disease quality of life short form (KDQOL-SF). Descriptive statistics, Pearson correlation coefficient, and t-test were used to analyze the data by SPSS 22. Results: The results showed that 77% of patients moderately adhered to treatment regimens, and the mean quality of life in hemodialysis patients was 56.36 ± 17.41. Pearson correlation coefficient revealed a positive significant relationship between the quality of life and compliance with treatment regimens in the study population (P = 0.02). Conclusions: According to the findings of this study, it is recommended that appropriate educational programs should be designed to improve the quality of life in hemodialysis patients by encouraging their adherence to treatment regimens.

Background: Diabetes is a serious chronic disease that can damage the heart, arteries, eyes, kidneys and nerves, leading to death and early disability. Before the discovery of insulin as well as common anti-diabetes drugs, patients with diabetes were treated with medicinal herbs and traditional treatments. One of these effective medicinal herbs is Rhubarb. Rhubarb is prescribed in traditional medicine for various patients, including patients with diabetes. But its effect has not been scientifically reported so far.Purpose: This study was conducted with the aim to determine the effectiveness of Rhubarb stem extract on HbA1C and fasting blood glucose in patients with type II diabetes.Method: In this experimental study, 80 patients with type II diabetes mellitus in Zabol diabetes center, aged 30-60 years old with fasting blood glucose greater than 140 mg/d/ were selected. Patients were randomly assigned into two groups (n = 40) of treatment with capsules of Rhubarb stem and placebo after matching the oral medications. The patients in both groups were studied for fasting blood glucose and HbA1C before and after 1 month of conducting the study.Results: The mean FBS and HbA1C in rhubarb group before the intervention were 288.80 ± 94.49 and 9.62 ± 1.58, respectively, and after the intervention were 226.42 ± 88.89 and 7.83 ± 1.50, respectively. According to the statistical paired f-test and Wilcoxon test a significant reduction was found in FBS and HbA1C with rhubarb intervention (p < 0.05).Conclusion: In diabetes mellitus, as many factors affect the level of blood glucose, they also contribute to reducing blood glucose level and preventing complications. Therefore, considering the positive effects of rhubarb, it can be recommended to use rhubarb extract as an additional treatment to reduce blood glucose level.

This study suggests that a high percentage of patients experienced acute postoperative pain despite routine nursing care, while evidence-based nursing practices could significantly alleviate pain.

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Dialysis should be a safe procedure with less complications. It should improve physical state of the patients. High dialysis adequacy should also be taken into account in dialysis procedure. Thereby, the present study recommended dialysis with increased blood flow rate with higher adequacy and less complications compared to routine dialysis despite insignificant difference in dialysis adequacy and complications between increased blood flow intervention and high-flux hemodialysis. Nevertheless, increased blood flow intervention increased dialysis adequacy. For this purpose, this intervention was preferred over high-flux hemodialysis. Introduction: Various parameters such as increased blood flow and high flux filter increase dialysis adequacy. Each parameter is associated with specific complications. Objective: The aim of this study was comparison of two interventions of increased blood flow rate and high-flux filter on hemodialysis adequacy and complications. Please cite this paper as: Patients and Methods:This was a single-group quasi-experimental before-and-after intervention study. Twenty-two patients undergoing dialysis three times a week in the last 6 months consented to participate in the study. The participants were selected using random sampling method. They were reevaluated prior to dialysis and every 30 minutes until the end of each hemodialysis session using dialysis complication checklist. Dialysis adequacy was measured at the end of the fourth session for each patient. Results: The paired t test results showed a significant increase in dialysis adequacy in dialysis with increased blood flow and dialysis with high flux filter (high-flux hemodialysis) compared to routine dialysis (P = 0.01). A significant increase was found in incidence of muscular cramp in dialysis with increased blood flow compared to routine dialysis based on McNemar's statistical test (P = 0.02). Conclusion: Dialysis adequacy improved in both increased blood flow intervention and highflux hemodialysis compared to routine dialysis. On the other hand, increased blood flow intervention was associated with less complications than high-flux hemodialysis. In addition, increased blood flow intervention was more efficient and safer than high-flux hemodialysis.