Evaluation of rate of reference to latin books of central library of Shahrekord university of medical sciences from 2006 to 2011

زمینه و هدف: دسترسی سریع و آسان به منابع اطلاعاتی توسط محققین، مدرسین و دانشجویان رکن اصلی و پایه آموزش و پژوهش در دانشگاه است. این پژوهش با هدف تعیین میزان استفاده از کتاب‌های لاتین موجود در کتابخانه مرکزی دانشگاه علوم پزشکی شهرکرد انجام شده است. روش بررسی: در این مطالعه توصیفی - مقطعی، داده های حاصل از دفعات امانت تمامی کتاب‌های لاتین و ترجمه شده به زبان فارسی موجود در کتابخانه مرکزی دانشگاه علوم پزشکی شهرکرد در طی مدت 6 سال (اول فروردین سال 1385 تا پایان سال 1390) بر اساس نرم افزار کتابخانه نسخه Diglib و دفاتر امانتی موجود (به تفکیک سال) از طریق مشاهده توسط پ‍ژوهشگر استخراج گردید و با تلفیق اطلاعات بدست آمده در برنامه Excel و بررسی دفاتر امانت، نتیجه‌گیری نهایی انجام شد. یافته‌ها: یافته ها نشان داد که میزان استفاده از کتب لاتین در دوره مطالعه 1818 مورد و میزان استفاده از کتب فارسی 54399 مورد بوده‌ است. 5/70 از کتب لاتین و 46/36 از کتب فارسی حتی یکبار هم در طی مدت 6 سال مطالعه به امانت برده نشده‌ و دفعات استفاده از کتب فارسی بیشتر از کتب لاتین بوده ‌است. بیشترین فراوانی استفاده مربوط به رده‌بندی QX با 66/66 و کمترین فراوانی مربوط به رده بندی QU با 57/3 بوده است. نتیجه‌گیری: با توجه به نتایج به دست آمده، بار امانت کتب لاتین به مراتب کمتر از کتب فارسی بوده و لازم است در گزینش منابع اطلاعاتی و اطلاع رسانی به موقع و صحیح به مراجعه کنندگان تدابیری صورت گیرد

The accuracy of citations in medicine and master degree dissertations, Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences, 2006- 2012

زمینه و هدف: پایان نامه ها به عنوان یک منبع علمی بوده و نحوه استناد دقیق به پایان نامه ها با اهمیت است. مطالعه حاضر با هدف تعیین نحوه استناد های مورد استفاده در پایان نامه های دانشجویان پزشکی و کارشناسی ارشد دانشگاه علوم پزشکی شهرکرد در سال های 1391- 1385 انجام شده است. روش بررسی: در این مطالعه مقطعی، 275 پایان نامه کارشناسی ارشد و پزشکی دفاع شده در دانشگاه علوم پزشکی شهرکرد از سال 1385 تا پایان سال 1391، با روش سرشماری مورد ارزیابی قرار گرفت. اطلاعات مرتبط با منابع مورد استفاده در پایان نامه ها شامل اشکالات مرتبط با استناد از نظر نوع و فراوانی منابع مورد استفاده، روش استناد، دقت و نوع اشکال در هر منبع، با استفاده از چک لیست مورد بررسی قرار گرفت. یافته ها: از 275 پایان نامه مورد بررسی، 27 مورد پایان نامه کارشناسی ارشد و 248 مورد پایان نامه پزشکی بود. هشت پایان نامه کارشناسی ارشد (62/29) و 74 پایان نامه(83/29) پزشکی فاقد اشکال بودند. میانگین تعداد خطا در پایان نامه های کارشناسی ارشد 88/6±56/7 و در پایان نامه های پزشکی 23/14±92/8 بود. از نظر فراوانی بیشترین خطا مربوط به اشتباه در منبع نویسی کتب لاتین و مقالات لاتین بود. نتیجه گیری: به نظر می رسد نحوه استناد در پایان نامه های کارشناسی ارشد و پزشکی مطلوب نمی باشد و برنامه ریزی و برگزاری کلاس های آموزشی در این زمینه برای دانشجویان و اساتید مربوطه ضروری است

Relationship between Religious Orientation, Anxiety, and Depression among College Students: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

BACKGROUND: Religious obligation helps people to develop mental health by creating internal commitment to special rules. This meta-analysis aimed to determine the relationship between religious orientation and anxiety among college students. METHODS: Major scientific databases including PubMed, Web of Science, Science Direct, EBSCO, ProQuest and PsycINFO were searched for original research articles published 1987-2016. A random effect model was used to combine Correlation coefficient. All analyses were performed using Stata MP. RESULTS: After screening of 7235 documents, 13 articles including 5620 participants met inclusion criteria in this meta-analysis. Correlation coefficient was -0.08 (95% CI= -0.19, -0.03) which indicated with increasing religious orientation, anxiety and depression reduced (P<0.001). Characteristics such as sex, geographic region, and type of religions were potential sources of heterogeneity. Based on fill-and-trim method the adjusted pooled r was obtained, -0.06 (95% CI= -0.16, -0.04). CONCLUSION: There was a weakness relationship between religious orientation and mental anxiety and depression. Therefore, it needs to improve knowledge of student about advantages of religious orientation. KEYWORDS: Anxiety; Depression; Meta-analysis; Religious orientatio

Development of health literacy among postgraduate students: From information literacy perspective

OBJECTIVES: Involving the patients in health-related decisions requires high health literacy. Health literacy is related to the concept of information literacy through its emphasis on information skills. Hence, the aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between information literacy and health literacy. STUDY DESIGN: We carried out an original research. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This is an applied research that is carried out in a survey method. The statistical population of this study is MSc and PhD students at School of Health Management and Information Science in Iran University of Medical Sciences who were selected by stratified random sampling. A standard health literacy questionnaire including access dimensions, reading skills, comprehension, evaluation, decision-making, and application of health information was used to assess the health literacy status of the students. To measure information literacy, the questionnaire includes identifying information needs, locating information, organizing information, and evaluating information were used. The data were analyzed by tests of one-sample t-test, Pearson correlation, and simple linear regression with spss software version 18 produced by IBM located at New York. RESULTS: The results showed that the level of information literacy among students was higher than the average level. The average of information literacy rate in the sample is 49.09. In this regard, the most frequent information is gained from the internet, interacting with friends, and asking practitioners and health workers. In addition, there is a positive and significant relationship between all dimensions of information literacy with health literacy and information literacy affects 35.4% of health literacy changes. CONCLUSIONS: It can be said that information literacy is a predictor of health literacy. Furthermore, the pattern of people's health information has moved to new information environments and to improve health having sufficient information seeking and information literacy skills are essential

Assessing quality of health services with the SERVQUAL model in Iran. A systematic review and meta-analysis

The five-dimension service quality (SERVQUAL) scale is one of the most common tools for evaluating gaps between clients' perceptions and expectations. This study aimed to assess the quality of health services in Iran through a meta-analysis of all Iranian studies which used the SERVQUAL tool. A systematic literature review has been performed in Web of Science, PubMed, Scopus, Google Scholar, Iran Medex, Magiran and Scientific Information Database. All relevant English or Persian studies published between January 2009 and April 2016 were have been selected. Papers were considered if they regarded all five dimensions of the SERVQUAL tool for assessing the quality of health care services. Two reviewer independently extracted mean and standard deviation of five dimensions and characteristics of studies. The quality of studies included in meta-analysis using STROBE checklist. Of 315 studies initially identified, 12 were included in our meta-analysis. All analyses were performed in Stata MP v. 14. Patients' perceptions were lower than their expectations (gap = -1.64). Responsibility (-1.22) and reliability (-1.15) had the lowest gaps, and tangibility and empathy (-1.03) had the largest gaps. Except gender, other variables had no significant associations with gaps. Patients in the cities of Arak (-3.47) and Shiraz (-3.02) had the largest gaps. All dimensions of service quality were negative, which implies that the quality of health services in Iran has not been satisfying to patients and needs to be improved