Pouran Varvani Farahani, Davood Hekmat Pou, Mohamad Reza Rezvanfar, Afsaneh Talaei,
Volume 15, Issue 5 (7-2016)
Abstract
Background: Noticing to high prevalence and complications rates of Diabetes Mellitus and its effect on quality of life, and also considering low quality of life, can cause low self-care and increase complications among these patients. The goal of this study is comparing the effect of multimedia education with live successful experiments on quality of life in type 2 diabetic patients.
Methods: This is a semi experimental study. First 160 type 2 diabetic patients were selected First 160 type 2 diabetic patients were selected and then randomly allocated into two tests and one control groups. Research tools were self-statement demographic and WHO-QOL Brief questionnaires which were completed before interventions. For first test group educational classes with multimedia method (group discussion, educational film and slides) were hold in 5 sessions each in 45 minutes. For second test group education was based on narrating of live successful experiments by the patients who controlled their diabetes and answer to questions of the patients. After 3 month WHO-QOL Brief questionnaires which were completed again. All data were analyzed with SPSS version 20 software.
Results: There was no significant difference in means of quality of life among three groups before interventions (p= 0.194). There was significant difference in means of quality of life among three groups after interventions (p= 0.04). There were significant differences between the means of quality of life in first test group (P≤0.001) and second test group (P≤0.001) before and after interventions.
Conclusion: Qualities Of Life in first and second test group were increased more than control one.
Rasoul Soleimani Moghadam, Shabnam Mohammadi , Nayereh Kargar Kakhki , Maryam Mohammadi, Abolfazl Ghadimifar , Abolfazl Ahmadnejad , Atefeh Talaei Bagestani , Mahmoud Reza Nemat Allahi , Alireza Mohammadzadeh , Majid Ghayour Mobarhan, Fatemeh Mohammadzadeh ,
Volume 17, Issue 3 (3-2018)
Abstract
Background: According to the World Health Organization, cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death. Behavior modification to improve lifestyle habits can reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease. The aim of this study was to investigate the health promoting lifestyle in Patients with cardiovascular disease in 2014.
Methods: After approval of the study, 352 patients with cardiovascular disease in Gonabad city were enrolled 2014. Data were collected using Health Promoting Lifestyle Promoting (HPLP2) questionnaire. Then analyzed using SPSS software and the Mann-Whitney and Kruskal-Wallis tests. The significance level of P value was considered to be less than 0.05.
Results: Three hundred and fifty-two patients (232 females and 120 males) were recruited, with a mean age of 61.89 ± 1.34 years. The highest mean score of lifestyle was 24.45 ± 8.05 in personal relationships and the lowest was 12.65 ± 5.60 in the area of stress management. All structures had the direct impact on the lifestyle that the most direct impact was social relations (R2= 0.329) and the least direct impact was stress management (R2= 0.164) and the strongest predictor of lifestyle in the mechanisms related to physical activity with the overall effect 14.38 was based on the pattern walker.
Conclusion: Considering, life style has a significant effect on cardiovascular disease. It is possible to improve the lifestyle of patients by providing steps to prevent and control this disease.
