Objective:Faculty incivility is a growing problem in nursing schools that disrupts the learning process and affects nursing care of patients.Fostering and managing faculty incivility requires knowing this problem usin...Objective:Faculty incivility is a growing problem in nursing schools that disrupts the learning process and affects nursing care of patients.Fostering and managing faculty incivility requires knowing this problem using a valid and reliable instrument.The purpose of this research was to evaluate the validity and reliability of the faculty’s perceived incivility questionnaire in the Iranian community.Methods:In this methodological study,the participants involved were 357 nursing students.They were selected between October and December 2019.The faculty’s perceived incivility questionnaire was evaluated in terms of content and construct validity.McDonald’s omega and Cronbach’s alpha coefficients were calculated.Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were conducted to evaluate the construct validity of the questionnaire.Results:The content validity index(CVI)was 0.86-0.91 for the items and 0.87 for the whole instrument.In factor analysis,two factors of violent and irresponsible behaviors were extracted.These factors explained>41.769%of the variance.Model fit indices(Parsimonious Comparative Fit Index[PCFI]=0.783,Parsimonious Normed Fit Index[PNFI]=0.756,root mean square error of approximation[RMSEA]=0.051,Goodness-of-Fit Index[GFI]=0.955,Adjusted Goodness-of-Fit Index[AGFI]=0.932,Comparative Fit Index[CFI]=0.955,χ^(2)/df=2.26)indicated the proportion of factors.Internal consistency was 0.87-0.93.Conclusions:Faculty’s perceived incivility questionnaire is a valid and reliable tool with two factors that can be used to evaluate the incivility in Iranian faculty members.展开更多
Background:Considering the need and importance of a comprehensive study of the disease of COVID-19,this research investigated the epidemiology of COVID-19 in Nahavand,a western city of Iran,from March 2020 to the end ...Background:Considering the need and importance of a comprehensive study of the disease of COVID-19,this research investigated the epidemiology of COVID-19 in Nahavand,a western city of Iran,from March 2020 to the end of the 20th.March 2021.Methods:This study is a retrospective study.Information on the epidemiology of COVID-19 was collected by the Infectious Diseases Department of the Nahavand Health Center.A logistic regression model was used to estimate the disease.All data in this study were analyzed using SPSS version 16 software.The presented statistics related to referrals to health centers with the result of a positive RT-PCR test.Results:The RT-PCR test was positive in 3544 patients and the average age of the patients was 47 years,also 49.4%of patients(n=1753)were men.Seventy eight percent of adult deaths occurred in people over 60 years old and 56.29%in men.Out of all the patients,27.12 percent had an underlying disease that 6.7%died.No deaths of children under 12 and pregnant women were reported.The association between travel history,patient contacts,underlying disease and pregnancy for COVID-19 was significant(P<0.001).Conclusion:The most important point to mention in this study is the effect of increasing age,underlying disease and male gender on increasing hospitalization and death due to COVID-19.Approximately 1.77%of Nahavand residents fell ill with COVID-19 in a defined period of time.More than 95%of patients were older than 20 years.展开更多
基金supported by the National Agency for Strategic Research in Medical Education of Iran(No.4000494).
文摘Objective:Faculty incivility is a growing problem in nursing schools that disrupts the learning process and affects nursing care of patients.Fostering and managing faculty incivility requires knowing this problem using a valid and reliable instrument.The purpose of this research was to evaluate the validity and reliability of the faculty’s perceived incivility questionnaire in the Iranian community.Methods:In this methodological study,the participants involved were 357 nursing students.They were selected between October and December 2019.The faculty’s perceived incivility questionnaire was evaluated in terms of content and construct validity.McDonald’s omega and Cronbach’s alpha coefficients were calculated.Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were conducted to evaluate the construct validity of the questionnaire.Results:The content validity index(CVI)was 0.86-0.91 for the items and 0.87 for the whole instrument.In factor analysis,two factors of violent and irresponsible behaviors were extracted.These factors explained>41.769%of the variance.Model fit indices(Parsimonious Comparative Fit Index[PCFI]=0.783,Parsimonious Normed Fit Index[PNFI]=0.756,root mean square error of approximation[RMSEA]=0.051,Goodness-of-Fit Index[GFI]=0.955,Adjusted Goodness-of-Fit Index[AGFI]=0.932,Comparative Fit Index[CFI]=0.955,χ^(2)/df=2.26)indicated the proportion of factors.Internal consistency was 0.87-0.93.Conclusions:Faculty’s perceived incivility questionnaire is a valid and reliable tool with two factors that can be used to evaluate the incivility in Iranian faculty members.
基金The study was funded by the Vice-Chancellor of Research at Hamadan University of Medical Sciences(No.140004012642).
文摘Background:Considering the need and importance of a comprehensive study of the disease of COVID-19,this research investigated the epidemiology of COVID-19 in Nahavand,a western city of Iran,from March 2020 to the end of the 20th.March 2021.Methods:This study is a retrospective study.Information on the epidemiology of COVID-19 was collected by the Infectious Diseases Department of the Nahavand Health Center.A logistic regression model was used to estimate the disease.All data in this study were analyzed using SPSS version 16 software.The presented statistics related to referrals to health centers with the result of a positive RT-PCR test.Results:The RT-PCR test was positive in 3544 patients and the average age of the patients was 47 years,also 49.4%of patients(n=1753)were men.Seventy eight percent of adult deaths occurred in people over 60 years old and 56.29%in men.Out of all the patients,27.12 percent had an underlying disease that 6.7%died.No deaths of children under 12 and pregnant women were reported.The association between travel history,patient contacts,underlying disease and pregnancy for COVID-19 was significant(P<0.001).Conclusion:The most important point to mention in this study is the effect of increasing age,underlying disease and male gender on increasing hospitalization and death due to COVID-19.Approximately 1.77%of Nahavand residents fell ill with COVID-19 in a defined period of time.More than 95%of patients were older than 20 years.
