The effect of supportive group therapy on menopause mental health

Background & Objective: Menopause effect on women quality of life and mental health. This study performed to determine the effect of supportive group therapy on menopause mental health condition in Sharekord. Materials & Methods: This study is a quasi experimental research. 46 menopause women who had research condition divided in case and control group. We used GHQ28 and demographic questionnaire in 3 stages for data gathering. group therapy session perform for case group. Data was analysed with SPSS soft ware..

Iranian nurses' knowledge of pain management in elderly patients/Iranli hemsirelerin yasli hastalarin agrisini degerlendirme bilgisi

Objective: Pain is the most common reason for seeking health care and it does not often receive enough attention in older patients. The purpose of this study is to examine the level of knowledge that Iranian registered nurses have about assessing and managing pain in elderly patients. Methods: In this cross-sectional study carried out between September 2012 and January 2013, the Pain in the Elderly Questionnaire (PEQ), was used to gather data and examine the level of knowledge that Iranian nurses had concerning pain management for older patients. Results: Of the 518 nurses who participated in this study, 83.8% (n = 434) was women and 16.2% (n = 84) was men. The mean correct score for the 14 items was 46.4% (range = 7.1% to 85.7). No relationship was found between levels of knowledge and nurses' years of experiences or gender (p 0.05). Conclusion: Registered nurses in Iran were not sufficiently knowledgeable about pain management in older patients. Nursing education administrators should consider including more training for nurses in caring for the elderly population. Key words: Nurses; knowledge; pain management; elderly patients. Amac: Agri, saglik kuruluslarina en sik basvuru nedenidir; ancak yaslilarda bu kimi zaman goz ardi edilmektedir. Bu arastirmanin amaci, Iranli hemsirelerin yaslilarda agriyi degerlendirme ve yonetmeye iliskin bilgi duzeylerini degerlendirmektir. Yontem: Eylul 2012-Ocak 2013 tarihleri arasinda gerceklestirilen bu kesitsel arastirmada, veri toplama formu olarak "Yasli Hastalarda Agri Soru (Pain in the Elderly Questionnaire = PEQ) Formu" kullanildi ve Iranli hemsirelerin yasli hastalarda agri yonetimine iliskin bilgi duzeyleri degerlendirildi. Bulgular: Arastirmaya katilan 518 hemsirenin %83.8'i (n = 434) kadin ve %16.2'si (n = 84) erkektir. Soru formunda yer alan 14 madde icin ortalama dogru yanit durumu %46.4 (%7.1 ile %85.7) bulundu. Hemsirelerin bilgi duzeyleri ile deneyim ve cinsiyetleri arsinda fark saptanmad