Relationship Between Spiritual Health and Job Performance Among Pharmacy Personnel in Qom, Iran

Background and Objectives: Spiritual health has a positive effect on the way of interaction, organizational belonging, and job commitment of people. Therefore, it is expected that in sensitive jobs, such as pharmacy and prescribing medicine for patients, errors will be reduced and patient safety will be improved. This study was conducted to investigate the relationship between spiritual health and job performance among pharmacists and pharmacy staff in Qom Province in 2017-2018. Methods: This cross-sectional study was carried out on a total of 140 staff of pharmacies in Qom. The performance measurement tool was Paterson’s occupational performance questionnaire. Along with demographic information, the state of spiritual health was also evaluated using an authentic Iranian questionnaire. The data were analyzed using an independent t-test and Pearson’s correlation coefficient. Results: The mean age and work experience of the participants were 31.05±8.3 and 7.94±7.4 years, respectively. The total score of occupational performance and spiritual health was obtained as 70±10 and 211.9±23.6, respectively. The results of the Pearson correlation coefficient showed a statistically significant relationship between spiritual health and job performance (P<0.01). Conclusion: Considering the existence of a relationship between the spiritual health of personnel and job performance, it can be concluded that by improving the level of the spiritual health of the personnel working in the pharmacy, the effectiveness factors of organizational behavior will improve. It is recommended that more research be done in the field of job performance improvement

Factors influencing treatment dropout among patients in Community Mental Health Centers (CMHC) of Tehran city, Iran

Introduction: The current research aims at investigating the effect of demographic features such as educational level, gender, type of disorder, and physician's empathy and emotional intelligence on Community Mental Health Centers (CMHC) patients’ treatment dropout. Materials and Methods: A sample of 4101 patients and 26 physicians were selected. Patients’ information was collected through CMHC registration software (information was already saved on the software since the centers have been established). Information related to physicians was also collected via two questionnaires, namely Bar-On EQ Inventory, and Jefferson Scale of Physician Empathy (JSPE), merely after consent forms were filled out. Based on the type of data, the collected information was transferred into nominal data, and later analyzed through Chi-square test via SPSS software. Results: The results of the current research suggested that the more empathetic a physician is, the less likely patients’ treatment dropout would be. Moreover, there was no significant relationship between the EI average score and treatment dropout. There was only a significant relationship between treatment dropout and adaptability, an EI competency. The findings of the current research indicated that none of the patients’ demographic variables (gender, educational level, and type of disorder) had a significant relationship with treatment dropout. Conclusion: Based on the findings of this study, physicians’ communication skills, empathy, and adaptability did not significantly contribute to their patients’ treatment dropout