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F Nanbakhsh, H Mohaddesi, A Amirai, M Haji Shafiha, F Broomand, F Bahadori, S Gol Mohamadlo,
Volume 5, Issue 1 (6-2011)
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Background and Aim: Elderly is a physiological phenomenon with many inevitable complications, which their effects significantly can be reduced by individual's life style. Therefore in this study we have evaluated the impact of subjects' knowledge on their lifestyle.
Materials and Methods: This study was a semi experimental and interventional one that has been conducted in Urmia University of Medical Science. Thus 200 women between 54 to 80 years old were enrolled in this study and their knowledge, attitude and behavior toward a healthy lifestyle was surveyed before and 6 months after giving them a proper education. Subsequently the required information gathered from questionnaires and the data analyzed by mcmanaman paired and t paired tests. In this study all data analyzed by SPSS software and the P value lessu than 0.05 recognized to be statistically significant.
Results: The scores of before and 6 months after subjects get the required education were 29.165.86 vs. 34.266.32 respectively (P<0.001). This significant difference demonstrates the positive impact of life style education on attitude, behavior and knowledge of individuals in respect to their lifestyle. These results were even more magnificent comparing the literate and illiterate subjects.
Conclusion: Based on our study we conclude that education has an important positive role in all elder groups improving their lifestyle.
Mk Sharifi Yazdi, R Bakhtiari, G Mobasseri, Mm Soltan Dallal, Mb Khalili,
Volume 5, Issue 2 (9-2011)
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Background and Aim: Group B streptococcus(GBS)(Streptococcus agalactiae) is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality of the newborn infant and accounted as a factor leading septicemia after birth in mothers. Infections in infants are usually acquired by contact with the genital tract of the mother during labor and delivery. So a rapid screening test for group B streptococcus that could accurately identify pregnant women who are carrying the bacteria at the time of delivery would obviate the need for prenatal screening.The goal of this study was molecular epidemiology of group B beta Hemolytic Streptococcal(GBS) colonization in the vaginal flora of pregnant women.
Materials and Methods: Samples were taken from mucus of anal and vaginal of 250 pregnant women during 35-37 week's ingestion by swap. Samples were tested by standard culture using Todd Hewitt Broth and Blood Agar and also by PCR using cfb gene.
Results: Culture identified 21(8.4%) women as carriage of GBS from 250 women but PCR assay could identify 24(9/6%) women. In comparison to culture results, sensitivity, NPV Specificity PPV of PCR Were(100%, 100% and 97%, 82%) respectively. The times that used for PCR assay and culture were 2h and 36h respectively.
Conclusion: In conclusion, we found that group B streptococci can be detected rapidly and reliably by a PCR assay of combined vaginal and anal secretions from pregnant women at the time of delivery. Also this study shows that incidence of GBS is at high rate in Iranian pregnant woman, so we recommend screening of pregnant woman for detecting of GBS emphatically.
Maryam Mataji Amirrood , Mohammad Hosein Taghdisi, Mahmood Reza Gohari, Farzad Shidfar,
Volume 8, Issue 6 (3-2015)
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Background and Aim: Identifying obesity-related eating behavior predictors especially in women, who have a key role in their family's food basket, has a great importance in the prevention of obesity. The purpose of the present study is to determine the role of eating attitude on obesity-related eating behavior in overweight and obese women in Urmia.
Materials and Methods: The present descriptive-analytical study was performed on 100 overweight or obese women covered by Shahid Nikkhah and No. 13 Health Centers in Urmia. Sampling was conducted through c onvenience method and women with a BMI equal to or more than 25 (kg/m2) were selected. Following their informed consent, they completed the questionnaires about demographic characteristics , attitude, and food behavior checklist. Data analysis was conducted using SPSS software version 18 and descriptive and inferential statistics (Chi-square , analysis of variance and regression ) at 0.05 significance level .
Results: The result confirmed that there was a significant relationship between attitude and poor , average and good eating behavior groups of women (p=0.003).
Regression analysis revealed a positive and significant relationship between eating behavior and attitude scores (p=0.004, r=0.285) . Also, prediction of observed distribution in eating behavior was confirmed by age , anthropometric indices and demographic factors in addition to eating attitude .
Conclusion: The study results confirmed the predictive role of eating attitude on obesity-related eating behavior. Therefore, it is recommended that correction of eating attitude be emphasized in the promotion of healthy eating behavior.
Batoul Ahmadi, Mohammad Azmal, Leila Janani, Mahtab Bayatrizi , Fatemeh Nooghani,
Volume 11, Issue 2 (7-2017)
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Background and Aim: The cornerstone of primary prevention is adopting a healthy lifestyle including abstaining from smoking, maintaining appropriate body weight and appropriate eating habits. The aim of the study was to clarify anthropometric and healthy lifestyles measurements among the working women.
Materials and Methods: The cross sectional study was conducted in 2014. A total of 682 working women at TUMS voluntarily participated in this study. The data collecting tool was Women's Health initiative checklist (SABA) consisted of two parts anthropometric and lifestyle indices, were developed and validated by MOHME. Descriptive and analytic statistics was used for analyzing data.
Results: Most of the participants were on a diet (%88.1) in the past year. In general, women did not have satisfactory healthy eating habits. Vegetable consumption was only 47/6% and 52% took soft drinks and ate fast foods. Regarding physical activity only 28% of women had proper physical activities. Data for Body Mass Index (BMI) showed that less than half of them were overweight or obese, and 42% with central obesity.
Conclusion: According to findings of this study. Anthropometric indices and lifestyle for working women is far from satisfactory condition and make potential risks for their health, which needs to be improved. Establishing training programs and facilities for women to adopt healthy lifestyle including eating habits, and daily physical activity, not only can promote their health, but also improves their personal, family and social performances along with enhancing public health culture.
Seyed Alireza Afshani, Hamideh Shiri Mohammadabad ,
Volume 11, Issue 3 (7-2017)
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Background and Aim: Religiosity through building spiritual balance and give a sense of belonging to the individuals causes them to earn great social support in dealing with problems and this provide grounds for improving social health. The aim of this research was to study the relationship between religiosity and social health of women in the city of Yazd.
Materials and Methods: The present research was a cross-sectional survey study. The population under the study included all women (aged 18-60 years old) in the city of Yazd in the year of 2014. The sample size of 228 respondents was determined based on Cochran formula selected through Probability Proportionate to Size Sampling (PPS) technique. Data were collected based on social health and religiosity standard questionnaire. Data analysis was done through SPSS software using such descriptive statistics as mean, standard deviation, minimum and maximum as well as at the inferential statistics using Pearson correlation coefficient, and linear regression.
Results: Pearson correlation coefficient between each dimension of religiosity scale and social health were: as follows religious belief (r=0.187), religious
feeling (r=0.133), religious effects (r=0.272), religious practice (r=0.118) and religious knowledge (r=0.282), and were statistically significant.
Conclusion: The results show that there was a significant and direct correlation between religiosity and social health that is with the increase in religiosity, social health increases.
Ghahraman Mahmoudi, Bahman Nick Pour , Maryam Khazaee-Pool, Fereshteh Majlessi ,
Volume 11, Issue 3 (9-2017)
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Background and Aim: Iron deficiency anemia is one of the most common nutritional problems of women in reproductive age, which has a major impact on fetal growth, low birthweight and premature delivery. This study aimed to assess the prevalence of anemia and related factors in pregnant women having referred to health centers of Mazandaran province.
Materials and Methods: In this descriptive-analytical study, 866 pregnant women were selected through stratified cluster sampling method from 19 cities, affiliated to Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences. Data was collected by using the registration form and information obtained through maternal family documents and a questionnaire. SPSS software version 18 was used and the data were analysed by descriptive and analytical statistics such as mean comparison test, chi-square and logistic regression.
Results: The prevalence of anemia in Mazandaran was 13.4% and it was higher among pregnant women in urban areas than those in rural areas. Logistic regression showed that mother’s age, number of pregnancies, prenatal care, unwanted pregnancy, consumption of red meat, using iron tablets, tea drinking, and mother’s education level had a significant effect on anemia.
Conclusion: Since iron deficiency anemia is a preventable problem and pregnant women are among the vulnerable groups, considering care programs before and during pregnancy, having appropriate dietary patterns, consumption of iron supplements, and having a program to prevent unwanted pregnancies may lead to reducing the risk of catching a disease.
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Volume 12, Issue 6 (3-2019)
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Background and Aim: Health Homes affiliated to the Tehran municipality have been providing health education services to citizens in neighborhoods for several years. This study seeks to examine the effectiveness of the programs presented at these centers by comparing the health literacy level of women who were members and those who were non-members of the health Homes.
Materials and Methods: The present study was an observational study that was performed on 202 women from the members and non-members of the Health House by stratified sampling. The adult health literacy questionnaire was used for data collection. Descriptive statistics and Mann–Whitney U test were used to analyze the data and to compare the health literacy level of members and non-members of the health Homes.
Results: The health literacy level of members and non-members of Health Homes in the "access" dimension was 3.68 and 3.71, respectively; in the "reading" dimension 3.75 and 3.61; in the "understanding" dimension 3.93 and 3.79; in the "assessment" dimension 3.45 and 3.9; and in the "use" dimension 3.86 and 3.68, respectively. Also, the results showed that there was no significant difference between the level of health literacy among members and non-members of the Health Homes in all dimensions.
Conclusion: Educational programs and workshops hold by Health Homes did not have significant influences on the level of women’s health literacy. Conducting health-related workshops based on the women needs and according to their features such as age, job, and education might improve the effectiveness of workshops hold and lead to improving the their health literacy.
Reza Abbasi, Leila Ahmadian, Seyedeh Razieh Farrahi,
Volume 13, Issue 4 (11-2019)
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Background and Aim: The online social networks as new and widespread sources of information have been able to facilitate the accessibility of people to health information. The aim of this study was to determine the use of online social networks and their role in sharing health information among pregnant women.
Materials and Methods: This descriptive-analytical study was conducted in Kerman in the winter of 2017. The study participants were the pregnant women referring to 21 gynecologists’ private offices in Kerman city. Data were collected by a researcher-made questionnaire. The validity of this questionnaire was confirmed by 4 medical informatics and health information management specialists, and its reliability (71%) was estimated with Cronbach's alpha. Data were analyzed by SPSS using descriptive statistics and analytical tests.
Results: In general, 89% of pregnant women used online social networks and more than 80% of them used it daily. Moreover, more than 57% used these networks for the related information about health and pregnancy period care, and almost 68% of pregnant women considered these networks useful.
Conclusion: This study showed the widespread use of online social networks among pregnant women in Kerman city. If accurate and trustworthy information bits were shared in such networks, they could provide an appropriate platform to improve the awareness, knowledge and health literacy of pregnant woman, and facilitate the exchange of information and experience among them.
Elaha Rasouli Jokar, Saeid Shamlou Kazemi, Homa Naderifar,
Volume 17, Issue 2 (5-2023)
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Background and Aim: High blood pressure and increased lipid profile are risk factors for cardiovascular diseases. To improve cardiovascular health, lifestyle changes should be considered as a guide to reduce people’s inactivity and modify healthy eating patterns. Spirulina is a green alga and has been considered as a food supplement for the treatment of various diseases. This study was conducted with the aim of determining the effect of spirulina supplement and eight weeks of combined exercises on blood pressure and lipid profile in women with high blood pressure.
Materials and Methods: The study was conducted as a clinical trial in 40 women with high blood pressure (50-60 years old). People were included in the study in 4 intervention and control groups. The data were collected during two stages of pre-test and post-test in terms of changes in blood pressure and lipid profile. The supplement intervention group consumed 4.2 grams of spirulina supplement daily and had an exercise intervention of 8 weeks of combined aerobic and resistance exercises. Data analysis was conducted using SPSS software (version 23), one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) and Tukey’s post hoc test at level 0.05.
Results: The results of ANOVA showed that there was a significant difference between systolic blood pressure, total cholesterol, and VLDL, after the test, in the study groups (P-value<0.05). The highest mean±standard deviation (SD) of systolic blood pressure (141.90±9.85), and total cholesterol (213.30±28.93), after the test, was observed in combined exercise group and the mean± SD of VLDL after the test (34.60±6.46) was observed in the control group. Also, the results of Tukey’s post hoc test showed that there was a significant difference between the mean blood pressure in the control groups-spirulina supplement, control-combined exercises, spirulina supplement-spirulina supplement and combined exercises, and combined exercises-spirulina supplement and combined exercises. Also, there was a significant difference between the mean of total cholesterol and VLDL in combined exercises-spirulina supplement, combined exercises, and control-spirulina supplement groups, respectively (P<0.05).
Conclusion: It seems that the use of spirulina supplement and eight weeks of combined exercises may have beneficial effects on blood pressure and lipid profile in women with high blood pressure.
Taraneh Mohajeri, Talaat Khadivzadeh, Fatemeh Hadizadeh-Talasaz, Zahra Hadizadeh-Talasaz, Negar Sangsefidi,
Volume 19, Issue 4 (11-2025)
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Background and Aim: Lack of awareness and inadequate knowledge about pelvic floor dysfunction (PFD), its nature, complications, prevention, and available treatments leads to increased anxiety, exacerbation of disease symptoms, and decreased quality of life. Given the high prevalence of pelvic floor disorders, this study aimed to determine the knowledge of pelvic floor disorders in women referring to clinics of teaching hospitals of Mashhad University of Medical Sciences.
Materials and Methods: A descriptive-cross-sectional study was conducted in the women’s clinics of teaching hospitals of Mashhad University of Medical Sciences in the period from July and December 2024. 205 people were included in the study using a convenience sampling method with inclusion criteria. Eligibility criteria included Iranian women over 18 years who spoke Persian and could read and write, and who provided consent to participate in the study. Participants who completed the questionnaires incompletely (more than 20% of questions unanswered) were excluded from the study. The data collection tool was a demographic and prolapse and incontinence knowledge questionnaire (PIKQ). Data analysis was performed using SPSS after checking for normality with Kolmogorov-Smirnov.
Results: The median age of the participants was 41. The median knowledge in the field of pelvic organ prolapse was 9 (total score range from 0 to 12), and in the field of urinary incontinence was 8 (total score range from 0 to 12), and the median overall score of the questionnaire was 17 (total score range from 0 to 24), and an interquartile range of 7. 98. (47.8%) of the women had poor and moderate knowledge, and 107 (52.2%) had good knowledge. The highest level of knowledge was related to the etiology domain, while the lowest was related to the diagnosis domain. An analysis of the relationship between demographic variables and the knowledge of pelvic floor disorders showed that, overall, there was no significant association between age (P=0.60), history of pelvic floor disorders (P=0.73), number of deliveries (P=0.67), and mode of delivery (P=0.37) with the knowledge score of pelvic floor disorders.The majority of participants (106 individuals, 51.7%) obtained their required health information from physicians, midwives, or other healthcare providers.
Conclusion: The results of this study showed that almost half of the participants had poor to moderate levels of knowledge, and the lowest level of knowledge among participants with both disorders was in the areas of diagnosis and treatment. It is recommended that educational programs be designed and implemented to increase the awareness of women in the community about pelvic floor disorders. Additionally, the use of a pelvic floor disorders knowledge questionnaire may aid physicians in monitoring educational and therapeutic interventions for patients and ensuring that they receive the information necessary to manage their condition effectively.
