Health Information management
Mohammadreza Hashemian; Peyman Adibi; Firoozeh Zare-Farashbandi
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Reliable information plays an important role in the health system. Nevertheless, sometimes the society is faced with distortion of facts, manipulation of information, sharing of information without understanding its consequences, and dissemination of fake news, which are types of information disorders. ...
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Reliable information plays an important role in the health system. Nevertheless, sometimes the society is faced with distortion of facts, manipulation of information, sharing of information without understanding its consequences, and dissemination of fake news, which are types of information disorders. Wardle and Derakhshan classified information disorders into three categories: "Misinformation", "Disinformation" and "Malinformation" (1).Unlike disinformation that is based on completely false information, health malinformation uses valid and acceptable medical information but subject to certain conditions or relatively accurate health information. This information is presented without considering the original context or in an incorrect context to lead people who encounter it to false or misleading impressions and conclusions. In fact, malinformation is reconfigured true information. When background or context, such as time, place, or privacy, is not considered, it can create a perception that conflicts with reality and harm individuals, organizations, and collective understanding (2). The important point in the circulation of health malinformation is the intention of the sender of the information or message, which is done intentionally and with malicious intent in order to cause real harm or the threat of real harm to a person, organization or country. Therefore, in promoting malinformation, the person's intention to harm is certain, not accidental, which can be harmful and even dangerous for others, and at the same time, it has a criminal aspect (3).
Health Information management
Firoozeh Zare Farashbandi; peyman Adibi; Fatemeh Ghassabi
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From the point of view of the authors of this article, the types of medical misinformation can be divided into three general categories, emphasizing that this categorization does not have precise and mathematical boundaries: 1) Misinformation type 1 (Dissemination of totally incorrect medical information): ...
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From the point of view of the authors of this article, the types of medical misinformation can be divided into three general categories, emphasizing that this categorization does not have precise and mathematical boundaries: 1) Misinformation type 1 (Dissemination of totally incorrect medical information): In this case, the sender (individual or media) disseminates medical information that is completely medically incorrect and causes an information disorder that can harm the health of the individual and society. 2) Misinformation Type 2 (Propagation of medical pseudoscience): In this case, the sender (individual or media) presents irrelevant medical information and a person may express correct presuppositions or correct propositions incorrectly or draw incorrect conclusions from them. This case will cause an information disorder and possible damage to the health of the individual and the society. 3) Misinformation Type 3 (Conditional recommendations): In this case, the sender (individual or media) advises and offers medical information, which after being reviewed and evaluated by clinical experts or health scientists, their validity and strength are still completely unknown and is not approved but it is used in special conditions or special situations depends on the special conditions of each individual patient. This case, like the previous two cases, has caused information disorders, and although the purpose of these advices is not to harm others, it can cause damage to the health of the individual and the society through circulating the relatively correct medical information among the society.
Health Information management
Vahid Nakhzarimoghaddam; Ehsan Geraei; Firoozeh Zare Farashbandi
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This article introduce a new term in the field of health information and health communication called the "Doom Scrolling" and tries to draw the attention of health professionals to this issue by referring to its effects on the health of the individual and society.People are faced with a wide range of ...
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This article introduce a new term in the field of health information and health communication called the "Doom Scrolling" and tries to draw the attention of health professionals to this issue by referring to its effects on the health of the individual and society.People are faced with a wide range of news in their lives, some of which have negative and unpleasant content (1). Usually, people consider searching for information as a way to deal with challenging situations. On the other hand, coping and adapting to unpleasant information can also be a coping behavior; because it warns people about existing dangers and prepares them for similar threats in the future (2). One of the new challenges in the health science is the existence, tendency and desire of some people to "follow unpleasant news" (Doom Scrolling or Doom surfing), which has various reasons and can occur in different health fields. Some of these reasons are: passive use of social media, habitual media use, anxiety, weak self-control and some other personality traits of people. Men, younger adults, and politicians are also more likely to do doom scrolling. In general, it seems that following such news is particularly attractive for some people. (3).
Health Information management
Mohammad Zarei; Firoozeh Zare- Farashbandi; Saied Shirshahi
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Objectives: One of the scientometrics techniques and methods is the quantitative study of different sciences and drawing the scientific structure in different fields of science. The aim of this research is to Mapping the structure scientific of pharmaceutical sciences in the top 15 countries in the world ...
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Objectives: One of the scientometrics techniques and methods is the quantitative study of different sciences and drawing the scientific structure in different fields of science. The aim of this research is to Mapping the structure scientific of pharmaceutical sciences in the top 15 countries in the world during the covid-19 pandemic using Web Of ScienceMethods: The research was cross-sectional descriptive and was carried out using scientometric techniques. The research community included documents produced by 15 countries with the most scientific productions in the field of pharmaceutical sciences in 2021, whose number was 12,646 records in the science citation index. The drawing of the map of scientific structure is done by scientometrics software and is based on descriptive statistics.Results: The most scientific production in the studied area belonged to Wang Y. The most articles in the field of pharmaceutical sciences were published in the journal FRONTIERS IN PHARMACOLOGY in 2021, and the country of Iran ranked 10th in scientific production among the 15 most productive countries in the field of pharmaceutical sciences. The clusters of the scientific structure of the field of pharmaceutical sciences in the present study included 6 clusters, the keywords of Covid-19 and vaccine were placed in the largest cluster.Conclusion: The keywords of covid-19 and vaccine were among the keywords of the largest cluster of the present study and drug studies on animals were in the second cluster. These two clusters show the speed and importance of pharmaceutical studies in the field of vaccine development and fighting against the Covid-19 pandemic. Also, keywords such as behavior and habits show the importance of how people deal with this pandemic
Ali Norouzi; Parastoo Parsaei-Mohammadi; Ehsan Geraei; Firoozeh Zare-Farashbandi
Ehsan Geraei; Peyman Adibi; Firoozeh Zare-Farashbandi
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Introduction: Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is one of the most common and costly gastrointestinal diseases which results in disturbances in the performance of intestines. In this study, the most important historical references of IBS were identified using spectroscopy method.Methods: This was a bibliometrics ...
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Introduction: Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is one of the most common and costly gastrointestinal diseases which results in disturbances in the performance of intestines. In this study, the most important historical references of IBS were identified using spectroscopy method.Methods: This was a bibliometrics investigation carried out using Reference Publication Year Spectroscopy (RPYS) approach. Data gathering was carried out from the Web of Science database, and by searching for the term irritable bowel syndrome in the subject field. 13841 records and 320218 citations were retrieved and analyzed using the RPYS.exe software application.Results: The distribution of the number of references in the IBS documents was divided into four time periods: 1900-1950, 1951-1975, 1976-2000, and 2001-2015. The first group of highly-cited articles focused on the introduction of IBS, its diagnostic methods, and possible causes, and the second group focused on the pathophysiological and physiological aspects of the disease. The next group dealt with other aspects of IBS, including epidemiology, medicine, financial costs, and physiological and clinical factors, and the large number of citations in the fourth group was due to the type of review articles and their potential for receiving more citations.Conclusion: The results indicate that the articles compared to other resources have the greatest impact on the formation of the historical origin of the topics in the field of IBS, and the most highly cited resources follow the historical process of the disease.
Elaheh Zare-Farashbandi; Alireza Rahimi; Peyman Adibi; Firoozeh Zare-Farashbandi
Sona Imani-Tayebbi; Firoozeh Zare-Farashbandi; Hasan Ashrafi-Rizi
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Introduction: The goals and the missions of teaching and research by faculty members, as the original university wealth, will be achieved via having the information literacy. Sufficient information literacy in the field of health, due to its target community, is of special importance. This study aimed ...
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Introduction: The goals and the missions of teaching and research by faculty members, as the original university wealth, will be achieved via having the information literacy. Sufficient information literacy in the field of health, due to its target community, is of special importance. This study aimed to determine the level of information literacy among the faculty members of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.Methods: In this applied survey, 160 faculty members of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences were selected using a simple random sampling technique. The data collection tool was the Davarpanah and Siamak (DAS) questionnaire used in previous researches and its Cronbach’s alpha was 0.83. The collected data were analyzed through in two levels of descriptive and analytical statistics (independent t, ANOVA, Spearman, and Pearson Correlation tests).Results: The mean level of information literacy among the faculty members of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences was 50.7 with the standard deviation of 11.7, which was the midpoint. There was no significant statistical relationship between the level of information literacy and gender, school, study degree, and work experience among the faculty members.Conclusion: According to the research findings, the level of information literacy among faculty members was average. Considering the importance of proper information literacy and its impact on education and research in the field of health, it is necessary to consider program and educational workshop to support and encourage the faculty members to increase their level of information literacy.
Firoozeh Zare-Farashbandi; Razieh Vahab; Faezeh Amini
Nayerh Sadat Soleimanzadeh-Najafi; Elaheh Zare-Farashbandi; Roya Moradi; Firoozeh Zare-Farashbandi
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Introduction: Given the volume of information and time constraints of health specialists, it is necessary for clinical librarians to work as part of medical teams. Therefore, this study aimed to determine the familiarity of students and librarians with duties of clinical librarians.Methods: This was ...
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Introduction: Given the volume of information and time constraints of health specialists, it is necessary for clinical librarians to work as part of medical teams. Therefore, this study aimed to determine the familiarity of students and librarians with duties of clinical librarians.Methods: This was an applied study carried out using descriptive survey method. The sampling was carried out using survey method and the study population consisted of all bachelor level librarianship students and all librarians in Isfahan University of Medical Sciences (IUMS), Iran. Data was gathered using a questionnaire made by researchers.Results: Librarianship students and librarians in Isfahan University of Medical Sciences were familiar with duties of clinical librarians. There was no significant relationship between the average familiarity score of librarians in all three dimensions of duties, functions, and objectives with their field of study, level of education, and work experience. The only significant difference between average scores of librarians and students was in the search/research dimension.Conclusion: Students of librarianship and librarians have relative theoretical familiarity with work skills of clinical librarians and they are similar to each other in this regard.
Firoozeh Zare-Farashbandi; Faezeh Amini; Alireza Rahimi; Roya Kelishadi
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Introduction: Newspapers along with other mass media have a significant role in increasing the health literacy of the general public. Pediatrics related information is one of the most important health subjects in newspapers. The goal of this study was to assess the scientific authenticity of pediatrics ...
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Introduction: Newspapers along with other mass media have a significant role in increasing the health literacy of the general public. Pediatrics related information is one of the most important health subjects in newspapers. The goal of this study was to assess the scientific authenticity of pediatrics information in widely circulated Iranian newspapers in the year 2014.Methods: This applied survey was performed using content analysis method in the first part and evidence-based medicine in the second part. The data gathering tool was a checklist designed by the researchers. The statistical population consisted of all of the messages printed in 694 volumes in 5 of the most widely circulated Iranian newspapers. The sample size was calculated using non-probability purposive sampling (426 newspaper articles). Among a total of 3019 messages, 5 topics were determined as high frequency and their scientific authenticity was evaluated in the Up to date database. Data are presented as frequency and percentage.Results: The findings indicated that most of pediatrics related information was published in Jam-e-jam (50.7%). Regarding authorship, 52.85% of articles had authors and Iran newspaper had the highest percentage of articles with identified authors. Regarding references, 60.79% of the articles were validated. According to evidences in the Up to date database, the authenticity of 60% of the outstanding messages was confirmed.Conclusion: It is revealed that the pediatric information published in the Iranian newspapers was relatively credible. However, more attention must be paid to the credibility of the articles, particularly in regards to using pediatric information written by pediatricians.
Saba Siamaki; Ehsan Geraei; Firoozeh Zare-Farashbandi
Volume 13, Issue 5 , October 2016, , Pages 341-346
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Introduction: ResearchGate is one of the first social networks aims to foster collaboration and communication between researchers and their readers. The goal of the present research was to study the degree of presence of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences researchers in ResearchGate.Methods: The ...
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Introduction: ResearchGate is one of the first social networks aims to foster collaboration and communication between researchers and their readers. The goal of the present research was to study the degree of presence of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences researchers in ResearchGate.Methods: The current study was a survey research using altmetrics data. The data of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences and its researchers were loaded through ResearchGate social network in February 2015. Then, the data were analyzed based on indicators ResearchGate score, total publications, total impact, loads, and views and descriptive statistics.Results: 947 of the researchers in Isfahan University of Medical Sciences had joined and loaded 2984 scientific works in ReseachGate. In addition, School of Medicine was the most active school with 659 active researchers and 200 scientific works. Moreover, in terms of the number of researchers, Department of Pediatrics was known as the most active department with 237 researchers.Conclusion: Despite the great number of university researchers in Isfahan University of Medical Sciences which is one of the great universities of Iran, the results showed that the amount of researchers’ presence in ResearchGate is relatively low. This may indicate the researchers’ limited use of ResearchGate network facilities.
Razieh Vahab; Firoozeh Zare-Farashbandi; Ali Cachuei; Mohammad Reza Soleymani; Akbar Hassanzadeh
Volume 13, Issue 3 , September 2016, , Pages 191-196
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Introduction: Accessing credible information is essential in the area of healthcare. Information therapy is a method that helps patients to access credible and relevant information regarding their conditions. The goal of the present study was to investigate the effects of distant information ...
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Introduction: Accessing credible information is essential in the area of healthcare. Information therapy is a method that helps patients to access credible and relevant information regarding their conditions. The goal of the present study was to investigate the effects of distant information therapy on glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1C) levels of patients with pre-diabetes and type 2 diabetes. Methods: The current applied and semi-empirical study was conducted on 31 patients with type 2 diabetes and 35 patients with pre-diabetes referring to Isfahan Endocrine and Metabolism Research Center, Iran, during winter 2015. The subjects were chosen through simple random sampling. The subjects’ HbA1C was measured at the beginning of the study and after the information therapy intervention. The gathered data were analyzed using descriptive and analytical statistics in SPSS software. Results: The results showed no meaningful difference in the HbA1C levels in the type 2 diabetic or pre-diabetic groups before and after the intervention. There was also no significant difference between mean HbA1C levels of the two groups after the intervention. Conclusion: The findings revealed that distant information therapy had no significant effects on HbA1C levels of patients in either group. As a result, in order to carry out information therapy, it may be better to use health software and social networks rather than posted information packages and SMS massages. It is also necessary to give patients with pre-diabetes a better understanding of their condition and the side effects of diabetes so that they follow instructions and guidelines to control their disease more seriously.
Zahra Mosharraf; Ahmad Papi; Firoozeh Zare Farashbandi; Rahele Samouei; Akbar Hasanzadeh
Volume 12, Issue 4 , August 2015, , Pages 457-466
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Introduction: Bibliotherapy is a process or activity that uses dynamic interaction along with reading a book in order to help people to solve problems or increase their cognitive understanding. The goal of this study was to investigate the effect of the effect of bibliotherapy on the psychological capital ...
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Introduction: Bibliotherapy is a process or activity that uses dynamic interaction along with reading a book in order to help people to solve problems or increase their cognitive understanding. The goal of this study was to investigate the effect of the effect of bibliotherapy on the psychological capital of the employees of the department of management and medical informatics of Isfahan University of medical science.Methods: This is an applied study using a semi-empirical method. The statistical population consists of all non-faculty employees of the department of management and medical informatics of Isfahan University of Medical Science which was a total of 70 people. 28 members of the population were randomly selected and placed in two experiment and control groups and answered the psychological capital questionnaire. The Data gathering tool was the Psychological capital questionnaire of Lutherans. The experiment group underwent 6 two hour sections of bibliotherapy where the control group underwent no interference. In order to investigate the effect of Bibliotherapy, both groups answered the questionnaire again one month after the final bibliotherapy section. The gathered information was analyzed using descriptive (average and frequency distribution) and analytical (independent t-test, paired t-test, Chi square and Mann–Whitney U test) with the help of SPSS20 software.Results: The findings showed that there was no meaningful distinction between the average scores of physiological capital of both groups before interference by comparing factors of Self-Esteem, hopefulness, Resiliency and optimism. However the average physiological capital score and average score of each factor in the experiment group was meaningfully higher than that of control group after the bibliotherapy sections.Conclusion: With the increase of literacy and the culture of reading in the information age, bibliotherapy is a suitable and harmless treatment method that can be used to help with daily challenges, worries and stresses of the busy everyday life. Due to trainable nature of psychological capital one can use bibliotherapy to increase the psychological capital of the employees of different organizations which will in turn provide both the employees themselves and the organization with material and spiritual gains.
Firoozeh Zare_ Farashbandi; Azam Yarahmadi
Volume 12, Issue 1 , May 2015, , Pages 125-135
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Considering the importance of health information in the current era and need to get it by patients and their families despite the tremendous costs of treatment that they are facing with them necessity use of inexpensive and more cost-effective treatment strategies is felt. Information therapy including ...
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Considering the importance of health information in the current era and need to get it by patients and their families despite the tremendous costs of treatment that they are facing with them necessity use of inexpensive and more cost-effective treatment strategies is felt. Information therapy including easy, available and low cost treatment methods that nowadays in most developed countries can be used as one of the important therapeutic approaches alongside other therapies. Unfortunately, in Iran the role of such medical librarians in it remains unknown. Information therapy is providing the right information at the right time for the right patient to improve people's mental and physical health and help patients. This study is a narrative overview and its aim is review of the definitions and concepts of information therapy, its role in educating patients, its advantages and the role of the medical librarians in that. For gathering appropriate articles, the key words "information therapy", "bibliotherapy", "medical librarians", "libraries " and "chronic diseases" are searched in databases SID, Magiran, ISI, Web of Science, Pubmed, Science Direct, Ebsco, Springer, IranMedex, Irandoc, Noormags, Elsevier, MDConsult, Emerald, and Proquest from Azar 1390 till Mordad 1392. After studying the retrieved documents, 40 documents were selected and reviewed. Literature review showed that medical librarians and information communicators have an effective role in improving health care processes through information therapy and its sub along with health care team including physicians, nutritionists, psychologists, counselors and specialists in other discipline. Meanwhile because novelty of such approach in Iran It is essential that the role of the medical librarian introduce and explain for related medical experts and officials, and the necessary infrastructure be done.
Hamideh Mollakhalili; Ahmad Papi; Gholamreza Sharifirad; Firoozeh Zare Farashbandi; Akbar HasanZadeh
Volume 11, Issue 4 , November 2014, , Pages 464-473
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Introduction: Health literacy is a necessary skill for every member of society and helps normal citizens to obtain the knowledge needed to maintain their health. Health literacy is a set of skills in reading, listening, analysis, decision making and the ability to apply these skills to health situations. ...
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Introduction: Health literacy is a necessary skill for every member of society and helps normal citizens to obtain the knowledge needed to maintain their health. Health literacy is a set of skills in reading, listening, analysis, decision making and the ability to apply these skills to health situations. The purpose of this study was to assess health literacy level in Inpatients of educational Hospitals of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences in 2012. Methods: the statistical population was the inpatients of educational hospitals of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences among which 384 patients were selected as sample based on the assumption of a statistical population with unlimited size. Health literacy was measured by the Test of Functional Health Literacy in Adults (TOFHLA). Reliability of Questionnaire was obtained through Cronbach's alpha which was calculated to be 0.89 and its validity was confirmed by related experts. The data was collected in clinical inquiry and was analyzed using SPSS 20 software using Descriptive (Frequency distribution, mean, standard deviation) and analytical statistics (Independent T-test, ANOVA and Pearson correlation test and Spearman correlation test). Results: The average of Health literacy scores in Inpatients was 31.35 in Numeracy test and 31.94 in Reading Comprehension test. The mean total score of health literacy of the patients was 63.29. Thus, the Most of these Inpatients were found to have inadequate health literacy. There were no significant relations between health literacy with gender and monthly income of the patients. On the other hand, health literacy was inversely proportional to the patients' age. Also the mean of health literacy score and its related domains was meaningfully lower in married patients compared to single ones. There was also a direct relation between educational level and health literacy and a meaningful relation was observed between health literacy and the patients' occupation in a way that retired patients and laborers had the lowest health literacy. Also there was no meaningful relation between health literacy of the patients and their place of residence. Conclusion: The results showed that the health literacy was adequate in only 130 patients and most of the patients had poor or marginal health literacy. These patients require more help and time from the medical staff in order to understand the doctors' instructions and other health information. Therefore doctors and nurses must spend more time communicating with them in a simpler and easier to understand language.
Mahnaz Abedi; Hasan Ashrafi- Rizi; Firoozeh Zare –Farashbandi; Rasoul Nouri; Akbar Hassanzadeh
Volume 11, Issue 5 , October 2014, , Pages 593-606
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Introduction: Information seeking behavior is the most important subject of researcher’s interest for identifies the real needs and problems of the users in retrieving and using information. The outcome of the process at the Search Information Review the manner and type of information that can ...
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Introduction: Information seeking behavior is the most important subject of researcher’s interest for identifies the real needs and problems of the users in retrieving and using information. The outcome of the process at the Search Information Review the manner and type of information that can be referred Gnndgan offered. The aim of this research is Comparison on Information Seeking Behavior of the Post Graduated Students in Isfahan University of Medical Sciences and Isfahan University in Writing Dissertation based on Carol Kuhlthau Model of Information Search Process in 2012. Methods: Research method is survey and data collected tool is Narmenji questionnaire that is based on kracker questionnaire, namely "research process questionnaire” and it is localized. Validity tools confirmed by LIS professionals and Narmnjy (2010) has mentioned Cronbach's alpha levels for the reliability of the questionnaire for the cognitive aspects (thoughts) of 78% and 87% for the emotional aspects (feelings). The population of the study was all master students of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences and Isfahan University who entered the University. The sample size was determined 196 people based on the Cochran formula and sampling was simple random. Type of statistical was description (mean and frequency) and inferential (Independent T-test and Pearson Correlation) and the software which is used was SPSS20. Results: The findings showed that there were some major differences in following up the Kuhlthau model between students of Isfahan University and Isfahan Medical Sciences University, so that Isfahan Medical Sciences University followed only In one or more stages the order steps of this pattern. In the first stage (uncertainty) and sixth (relief), no significant difference was found between students at the two universities. While none of the stage of thoughts, there was no difference between the two universities. Differences in actions (total stages) were significant between these two universities. The relationship between gender and the Kuhlthau model showed that there is a significant relationship the fourth stage (Formulation) and the total score of feelings. Also there was a significant and inverse relationship between the third stage (Exploration) of feelings and age of students. Conclusion: The results showed that in writing dissertation Isfahan University students did not act in accordance with the stage of Kuhlthau model and only Isfahan Medical Sciences University student 20% act in accordance with its order. There are significant differences between some of the stage of feelings and actions of students' information seeking behavior of two universities. There is significant relation between fourth stage (Formulation) of feelings Kuhlthau model with gender in a way that men show greater confidence in the information seeking process. In the third stage of the feelings (doubt) there is a significant inverse relation with age so that older student shows less doubt in the process of information seeking. Key Words: Information Seeking Behavior; Students; Dissertation; Academic; Universities.
Firoozeh Zare Farashbandi; Sepideh Salimi
Volume 11, Issue 1 , May 2014, , Pages 124-134
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Bibliotherapy is one of the inexpensive, available and helpful methods in treatment of diseases and psychology counseling that today is considerate. Bibliotherapy is use of book for treatment and as a supplement method in treatment is used. Depend on opinion of treatment team it can perform individually ...
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Bibliotherapy is one of the inexpensive, available and helpful methods in treatment of diseases and psychology counseling that today is considerate. Bibliotherapy is use of book for treatment and as a supplement method in treatment is used. Depend on opinion of treatment team it can perform individually or in group and attendance or non- attendance. This kind of treatment in addition of its advantages has some limitations. This study is a narrative overview and its aim is review of the history and concepts of bibliotherapy, its application, its advantages and limitations, its stages as well as the role of the librarian in that. For gathering appropriate articles, the key words "bibliotherapy", "information therapy", "the librarian's role in treatment," "the library's role in treatment" are searched in databases SID, Magiran, ISI, Web of Science, Science Direct, Ebsco, Springer, IranMedex, Irandoc, Noormags, Elsevier, MDConsult, Emerald, and Proquest from Aban 1390 till Mordad 1392. After studing the retrieved documents, 40 documents were selected and reviewed. Literature review showed that because of the increase in prevalence rates of various diseases and on the other hand, the shortage of highly qualified professionals and expensive of most quality service, the using bibliotherapy as a simple, cheap and made available is beneficial. But its limitations must also be considerated. A librarian has a facilitator role in bibliotherapy process. When the bibliotherapy will have the greatest effect that a medical or clinical librarian along with treatment team and the physician or psychiatrist to be participated in the process of bibliotherapy. Keywords: Bibliotherapy; Librarians; Disease
Firoozeh Zare Farashbandi; Parastoo Parsaei Mohammadi; Ehsan Geraei; Morteza Amraei
Volume 9, Issue 5 , November and December 2012, , Pages 632-645
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AbstractIntroduction: Quantitative evaluations are considered as one of the appropriate criteria inaccepting or rejecting the selection of information resources in libraries. Through theseassessments, one can evaluate how much the selected resources meet the needs of the users. Thepresent study aimed ...
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AbstractIntroduction: Quantitative evaluations are considered as one of the appropriate criteria inaccepting or rejecting the selection of information resources in libraries. Through theseassessments, one can evaluate how much the selected resources meet the needs of the users. Thepresent study aimed to review the cost-benefit analysis of the Persian books on Department ofLibrary and Information Sciences in Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahwaz, Iran.Methods: This cross-sectional survey described the current situation, evaluated how much thebooks in the field of Library and Information Science are used and did a cost-benefit analysis ofthese books in Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences in Ahwaz. The study populationincluded all the Persian books related to the Library and Information Sciences at the aforesaiduniversity's libraries. Data collection tool was a researchers-made checklist, and the data werecollected using the Library software. Descriptive statistics and cost-benefit formula were used foranalyzing the data.Results: Findings showed that average total cost for using each of the books once wasapproximately 4589 Iranian Rial rate (IRR) which was considered to be a relatively high price.The lowest cost for using each book once was related to those published in 2002 (2913 IRR) andthe highest cost for using each book once was related to those published in 2005 (31413 IRR).Cost-benefit analysis of the books showed that the lowest cost-benefit was for the books relatedto the "library collection" (755 IRR), then in a growing rate for books related to the "references"(2777 IRR), "library management" (2877 IRR) and "organizing" (5693 IRR).Conclusion: The cost-benefit analysis showed that use of each of these books every time isexpensive and is not affordable for the libraries. The Persian books related to the "librarycollection" had a higher rate of use by the users than other books in the field of Library andInformation Sciences, and therefore have been more affordable.
