Background: Patient satisfaction is used as an important indicator of quality care and is frequently included in healthcare planning and evaluation. A cross sectional study was conducted to examine the relationship between cancer patients’ satisfaction with nursing care in order to assist nurses in defining more clearly their roles in 10 government teaching hospitals in Tehran, Iran.

Method: A proportional stratified sampling method was used. Data was collected via validated Patient Satisfaction Questionnaire (PSQ) within a 3 month period.

Result: The majority of respondents was males (52.3%). The overall median age of respondent was 50 (Inter-quarter range, 26), ranging from 14 years old to 85 years old. The findings revealed that a vast majority of these respondents (82.8%) was satisfied with the nursing care provided to them, while the others (17.2%) were not. There was a significant relationship between patients’ satisfaction and University’s  hospital, types of treatment (P?0.05). Also; the University’s hospitals was the best predictor for level of satisfaction.

Conclusion: This study found that most of the respondents were satisfied with the nursing care, though they suggested some improvements especially with respect to interpersonal relation

No abstract

No abstract

The paper presents a robust feedback control method to suppress the vibration and squeal noise phenomenon in disc brake model using an active force control (AFC) strategy. A two degree-of-freedom (2-DOF) Wagner model was considered in the study as the main dynamical element to be controlled. The system was tested for robustness and effectiveness in reducing the vibration and squeal, taking into account a number of disturbances acting on the system. Three control schemes were simulated and compared involving the classic proportional-integral-derivative (PID) controller, AFC with crude approximation (AFCCA) and AFC with fuzzy logic (AFCFL) schemes. The AFC-based schemes show superior performance compared to the PID only counterpart with the AFCFL method producing the best performance.

No abstract