Journal of Education and Health Promotion

Factors affecting the health literacy status of patients with type 2 diabetes through demographic variables: A cross‑sectional study

. Arash Ziapour; . Farbod Ebadi Fard Azar; . Behzad Mahaki; . Morteza Mansourian

Volume 12, Issue 8 , September 2022, , Pages 1-10

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BACKGROUND: Health literacy (HL) is the ability of a person to acquire the process, understand thenecessary health information, and make the health services needed for conscious health ... Read More BACKGROUND: Health literacy (HL) is the ability of a person to acquire the process, understand thenecessary health information, and make the health services needed for conscious health decisions.Besides, diabetes is the most common metabolic disorder that affects patients’ quantity and qualityof life. This study focused on determining the factors that affect the HL status of patients with type 2diabetes (T2D) through the role of the demographic variables.MATERIALS AND METHODS: This descriptive‑analytical research survey recruited a samplebased on 280 patients with T2D at the Diabetes Research Center of Ayatollah Taleghani Hospitalin Kermanshah in 2020. This study selected patients with T2D using a simple random samplingtechnique. The study applied the demographic information questionnaire and the Functional,Communicative, and Critical HL Scale to collect data from patients with T2D. This study used theSPSS version 23 on the received data sets to perform statistical analysis, including t‑test, analysisof the variance, and multiple regression, to predict the factors affecting HL among diabetes patients.RESULTS: The study results showed that the mean age of the participating patients with T2D was55.80 ± 13.04. The results indicated the mean score and standard deviation of total HL score in patientswith T2D 2.70 ± 0.44. The findings specified a statistically significant relationship between HL, gender,education, occupation, income, and place of residence. Results indicated that β‑coefficients of themultiple regression analysis and the income variable (β = 0.170), age (β = 0.176), and employmentvariable (β = 0.157). These are the most predictive of the HL of patients with T2D.CONCLUSION: The results of this study specified that the HL rate of individuals with diabetes type 2is average. The potential communicative and critical HL influence is essential for communication andeducation for diabetes patients in the primary health‑care system settings. The findings indicate thatcommunicative and critical HL related to patients’ management and functional HL looks passablein this study.

The effect of group logotherapy on spirituality and preoperative anxiety in patients seeking open heart surgery referring to Tehran Heart Center in 2020

. Fatemehsadat Alavi; . Seyed Hossein Ahmadi Tafti; . Farshid Alaeddini; . Zainab Ebrahimyan; . Atieh Ebrahimyan; . Morteza Mansourian

Volume 12, Issue 6 , July 2022, , Pages 1-8

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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Most patients experience anxiety before heart surgery. On the other hand, spiritual health can improve the candidate patient’s adaptation to surgery. ... Read More BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Most patients experience anxiety before heart surgery. On the other hand, spiritual health can improve the candidate patient’s adaptation to surgery. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the effect of group logotherapy on spirituality and anxiety of patients undergoing cardiac surgery.MATERIALS AND METHODS: In this quasi‑experimental study, 60 hospitalized candidates for cardiac surgery were randomly assigned to two groups (30 in the experimental group, 30 in the control group). To measure anxiety and relationship with God, Beck Anxiety Questionnaire and the researcher‑made scale about relationship with God (reconstruction of Lawrence’s scale of perception of God) were used, respectively. In the intervention group, in addition to drug therapy, individuals received two sessions of group discussion and spiritual skills training using the behavioral‑cognitive method with emphasis on spiritual thoughts and problem‑solving methods, but the control group received only drug therapy. Data were analyzed using SPSS software.RESULTS: In the experimental group, the anxiety scores mean in the posttest and follow‑up were significantly lower than the pretest (P < 0.05), while the mean anxiety in the control group in the posttest stage was not significantly different, but at the follow‑up stage, it was significantly lower than the pretest, but the decrease in mean anxiety in the experimental group was greater (P < 0.05). The mean subscales of relationship with god (influence, divine providence, acceptance, presence, challenge, benevolence) were significantly higher in the experimental and control groups in the follow‑up stage than the pretest, but the increase in the mean of these variables was more in the experimental group in the follow‑up stage (P < 0.05).CONCLUSION: Findings showed that the components of relationship with God are a good predictor of pre‑surgery anxiety, so by focusing on spiritual training of patients who are candidates for surgery, the incidence or severity of anxiety can be reduced.

Determining the characteristics of a mental supportive workplace according to female hospital staff in one of Tehran hospitals: A qualitative study

. Mitra Faghihi; . Aliasghar Farshad; . Maryam Biglari Abhari; . Nammamali Azadi; . Morteza Mansourian

Volume 12, Issue 4 , April 2022, , Pages 1-12

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BACKGROUND: Health‑care workers are exposed to complex types of health and safety hazards. A high percentage of hospital staff in Iran are women, who in addition to heavy and ... Read More

Survey of happiness in students of Iran University of Medical Sciences and its relationship with students’ attitudes toward the field of education and the future of career

. Zahra Rahimi Khalifeh Kandi; . Arash Ziapour; . Razieh Pirouzeh; . Mitra Faghihi; . Hadi Jalilvand; . Morteza Mansourian

Volume 11, Issue 10 , November 2021, , Pages 1-6

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BACKGROUND: Happiness is one of the main components of mental health that plays an importantrole in promoting people’s health. This study aimed to investigate the status of happiness ... Read More

Backpack improper use causes musculoskeletal injuries in adolescents: A systematic review

. Razie Toghroli; . Leila Reisy; . Morteza Mansourian; . Farbod Ebadi Fard Azar; . Arash Ziapour; . Nafiul Mehedi; . Nazila NeJhaddadgar

Volume 11, Issue 5 , June 2021, , Pages 1-8

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BACKGROUND: This research is one of the very few studies, which seeks a focalized examinationto observe the effects of the backpack on the teenager students. Adolescents prefer rucksacks ... Read More BACKGROUND: This research is one of the very few studies, which seeks a focalized examinationto observe the effects of the backpack on the teenager students. Adolescents prefer rucksacks asone of their favorite school bags during their school studies. This study inspects how knapsacksgradually bring changes as injuries in the bodies of school‑going adolescents. There are amplestudies in the past literature, which evidence the injuries of backpack among adolescents, such asbackache, neck pain, and shoulder pain. The principal objective of this study is to determine theeffects of backpacks on musculoskeletal injuries among school‑going adolescents based on previousstudies support in this research field.MATERIALS AND METHODS: This review study selected observational studies from the pastliterature indexed in the databases of Scopus, PubMed, ScienceDirect, and CINAHL during 1999–2020. This review focused on the keywords of “Backpack,” “Musculoskeletal Injuries,” and “Adolescent”from MESH and selected 14 out of 210 articles based on the research objective. According to theCrombie Checklist, inclusion and exclusion criteria, and investigating the quality of the report, thisreview focused on literature evidence to the field under investigation.RESULTS: Based on the chosen 14 articles, the findings of the present review indicated twooutcomes by considering the impact of the backpack on musculoskeletal injuries and pains amongadolescents. The results of the review studies specified that there was a statistically significantpositive relationship between the prevalence of musculoskeletal injuries and pain using a backpackamong most of the male and female adolescents. The findings also stipulate that injuries and painintensity among female adolescents were higher than the male students.CONCLUSION: The results of this review study specified that improper use of the backpack,which exceeded the standard weight, caused chorionic pain and injuries between both genders ofadolescents. The generalizability of the results is suitable for this review study.

A study of internet addiction and its effects on mental health: A study based on Iranian University Students

. Javad Yoosefi Lebni; . Razie Toghroli; . Jaffar Abbas; . Nazila NeJhaddadgar; . Mohammad Reza Salahshoor; . Morteza Mansourian; . Hadi Darvishi Gilan; . Neda Kianipour; . Fakhreddin Chaboksavar; . Seyyed Amar Azizi; . Arash Ziapour

Volume 10, Issue 8 , August 2020, , Pages 1-8

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INTRODUCTION: The Internet has drastically affected human behavior, and it has positive andnegative effects; however, its excessive usage exposes users to internet addiction. The diagnosis ... Read More

The effect of educational intervention based on dramatic literature on parents of elementary schoolchildren skills in sex education

. Elnaz Ghaffari; . Farbod Ebadi Fard Azar; . Nammam Ali Azadi; . Morteza Mansourian

Volume 10, Issue 6 , June 2020, , Pages 1-5

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BACKGROUND: Today, one of the biggest concerns of parents is protecting their children andproperly educating them about sex. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of educationalintervention ... Read More

Assessment of educational performance of nurses in neonatal intensive care unit from parents’ perspective

. Morteza Mansourian; . Arash Ziapour; . Mohammad Kazemian; . Zhilla Heydarpoor Damanabad; . Babk Rastegarimehr; . Amin Mirzaei; . Omid Safari; . Reza Pourmirza Kalhori; . Mohammadreza Mansouri Arani

Volume 10, Issue 1 , January 2020, , Pages 1-6

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INTRODUCTION: One of the key elements in family‑centered care is educating parents withhospitalized infant at intensive care unit. Education is a fundamental role of nursing at intensivecare ... Read More

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Factors affecting the health literacy status of patients with type 2 diabetes through demographic variables: A cross‑sectional study

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The effect of group logotherapy on spirituality and preoperative anxiety in patients seeking open heart surgery referring to Tehran Heart Center in 2020

Abstract

Determining the characteristics of a mental supportive workplace according to female hospital staff in one of Tehran hospitals: A qualitative study

Abstract

Survey of happiness in students of Iran University of Medical Sciences and its relationship with students’ attitudes toward the field of education and the future of career

Abstract

Backpack improper use causes musculoskeletal injuries in adolescents: A systematic review

Abstract

A study of internet addiction and its effects on mental health: A study based on Iranian University Students

Abstract

The effect of educational intervention based on dramatic literature on parents of elementary schoolchildren skills in sex education

Abstract

Assessment of educational performance of nurses in neonatal intensive care unit from parents’ perspective

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