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Background: Nurses’ burnout, not only results in serious psychological disorders, but also reduces the quality of patients’ care because of increased absence, reduced energy and diminished effectiveness. This study was designed to determine burnout of nurses employed at Tehran psychiatric hospitals and its relation with social supports.
Materials and methods: This is a descriptive- correlative study, in which 93 nurses employed at psychiatric hospitals affiliated to medical Universities of Tehran and Iran, and Welfare and Rehabilitation University were randomly selected. Data were gathered by a questionnaire, including demographic information, Maslach and Jackson job burnout questionnaire and the Haus and Wells support sources questionnaire.
Results: 69.9% and 64.5% had average degree of frequency and intensity of burnout, respectively. 67.70% and 81.70% had a low frequency and intensity of emotional exhaustion and 75.30% and 71.00% of them had a low frequency and intensity of depersonalization, respectively. Instead, most nurses had high frequency and intensity of reduction in personal success (50.5% and 53.80%, respectively). Pierson coefficient of correlation statistics documented reduction of frequency and intensity of emotional exhaustion by increasing support of head nurse, decreasing the frequency of emotional exhaustion and intensity of depersonalization by increasing spousal support, and lowering intensity of emotional exhaustion by improving familial support. However, no significant relationship was noticed between colleague support and burnout.
Conclusion: According to physical, mental and social problems of burnout, most authors emphasize on preventive methods. So, establishment of powerful supporting system in working environment and its outside is recommended.

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Background: Chronic renal failure (CRF) and its related treatment such as hemodialysis influence the life style of patients and leading to physical and psychosocial problems. Social support is one of the most important coping mechanisms that improves quality of life and health status of these patients. The aim of this study was to determine social support in hemodialysis patients in hospitals of Zanjan University of medical science.
Materials and methods: In this cross-sectional study, 84 patients with CRF who referred to Zanjan hemodialysis centers in 2010 were recruited. Subjects answered 2 sets of questionnaires: (1) demographic characteristic, (2) standard instrument of social support )NSSQ(. Data were analyzed by descriptive statistics using SPSS ver.16.
Results: Fifty percent were female, 79.8 % were married, and 19% were jobless. 78.5%, 20.3% and 29.7% of participants had optimal emotional, informational and instrumental support, respectively. The overall optimal social support was 40.5%. There was not significant relationship between independent variables (marriage, type of job, educational level and sex) and social support (p>0.05).
Conclusion: According to the result of this study and regarding to positive relationship between social support, quality of life and survival rate in hemodialysis patients, it is suggested that health care policy makers and managers consider instrumental and informational support in order to improve quality of life in hemodialysis patients.

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Background: Depression, as an important factor in decreasing patient compliance of treatment, endangers patient health. Available social support also plays a role in vulnerability as well as his resistance power. This paper aims at determining the relation between depression and social support in hemodialysis patients in clinical trial hospitals of Mazandaran. Materials and methods: In a descriptive-correlative research, 230 hemodialysis patients were selected and investigated randomly who had the criteria of research. The tool was questionnaire divided into 3 sections consists of demographic characteristics, Beck depression questionnaire, and Brant & Winret social support questionnaire (PRQ 85). Results: Mean (± standard deviation) score of depression was 25.57 ±12.84. Mean (± standard deviation) of total social support was 127.97±19.16. There was a significant relationship between social support and depression in hemodialysis patients. Conclusion: Our findings indicate the relation between social support and depression in hemodialysis patients. Regarding to high prevalence of depression in dialysis patients, social support can decrease depression and eventually help significantly with improving quality life of hemodialysis patients. Keywords: Depression, Social support, Hemodialysis, Iran.

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Background: The one of consequences of global epidemic of the Covid-19 virus in 2019 was the psychological impact on people, especially the surviving victims of this virus and its psychopathologic outcomes. The Aim of this study was the prediction of stress perception based on cognitive flexibility, perceived social support and metacognitive beliefs with the mediation of emotional cognitive regulation in Corona survivors.
Materials and methods: This study was done based on the assumption of descriptive correlational research and the implementation of stress perception questionnaires, cognitive flexibility, perceived social support, metacognitive beliefs and emotional cognitive regulation on 200 people from the Corona survivor community who were selected by available sampling method.
Results: The results showed that cognitive flexibility, metacognitive beliefs, emotional cognitive regulation had a positive effect on stress perception, while perceived social support and stress perception had a negative association. Also, cognitive flexibility, perceived social support and metacognitive beliefs had a positive effect on stress perception through the mediation of cognitive emotional regulation and predict stress perception during the covid-19 pandemic.
Conclusion: The present results highlighted the positive effect of cognitive flexibility, metacognitive beliefs, emotional cognitive regulation with stress perception, and on the other hand, it showed the negative effect of perceived social support with stress perception. Also, the research variables with the mediating factor of cognitive emotional regulation were predictors of stress perception in the survivors of Covid-19.