Acknowledgements
This article is derived from a master’s thesis in nursing.
The authors would like to gratitude all patients who participated
in this study, without their participation, this
study would not have been possible.
Authors’ Contributions
Negin Masoudi Alavi was responsible for the study concept
and design, made critical revisions to the paper, participated
in data analysis and supervised the study; Azade
Safa participated in study concept, performed data collection
and literature search and prepared the first draft
of the manuscript and Masoumeh Abedzadeh revised the
study draft.
Funding/Support
This study was supported by the Deputy of Research,
Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, Iran
(Grant no: 92133).