title: Test of a Dignity Model in patients with heart failure.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Identifying, maintenance, and promotion of dignity in different patients of various cultures is an ethical responsibility of healthcare workers.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  This study was conducted to investigate factors related to dignity in patients with heart failure and test the validity of Dignity Model.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study had a descriptive-correlational design, and data collection was carried out by means of four specific questionnaires. Participants and context: A total of 130 in-patients from cardiac wards in hospitals affiliated with Tehran and Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences participated. Ethical consideration: This study was approved by the Research Committee of Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Significant correlation showed the following: between illness related worries with dignity conserving repertoire score, between illness related worries with social dignity, between illness related worries with dignity conserving repertoire score, and between social dignity with dignity score. Goodness Fit Index and Comparative Fit Index were calculated greater than 0.9.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study affirms the importance of careful evaluation of individual patients to determine their needs related to dignity.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  According to the results, the necessity of using appropriate tools to assess various aspects of patients' dignity by clinical healthcare staff and design activities with particular focus on the main factors affecting dignity such as illness related worries and social dignity is recommended. Attention to this issue in everyday clinical practice can facilitate health professionals/nurses to potentially improve their patients' dignity, develop quality of care and treatment, and improve patients' satisfaction.
authors: Shahroud University of Medical Sciences, Shahroud, Iran.|Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors: Hossein
authors: H
authors: Bagheri
authors: Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors: Farideh
authors: F
authors: Yaghmaei
authors: Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors: Tahereh
authors: T
authors: Ashktorab
authors: Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors: Farid
authors: F
authors: Zayeri
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001294:Attitude to Health; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D004993:Ethics, Nursing; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D007492:Iran; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D020380:Needs Assessment; D028723:Personhood; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: Dignity Model; Dignity conserving repertoire; heart failure; inherent dignity; social dignity