Journal of Education and Health Promotion

Investigating the relationship between religious orientation and spiritual intelligence with general health dimensions in women with breast cancer

. Mahnaz Noroozi; . Zahra Mohebbi‑Dehnavi

Volume 13, Issue 2 , February 2023, , Pages 1-5

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BACKGROUND: Breast cancer is the most common type of cancer and the second leading causeof death among women. Religion and spiritual behaviors are effective strategies for maintaininghuman ... Read More

Correlation between general health and sexual function in older women in an Iranian setting

. Nazila NeJhaddadgar; . Arash Ziapour; . Jaffar Abbas; . Afrouz Mardi; . Maryam Zare

Volume 10, Issue 11 , November 2020, , Pages 1-8

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INTRODUCTION: The world’s population is aging and this trend continues. Older adults are livinghealthier and longer than in the last decades and their sexual function should also ... Read More

Investigating the sexual quality of life and its relationship with general health in older men in Iran

. Alireza Najimi; . Yousef Veisani; . Sanaz Azami; . Arman Azadi

Volume 10, Issue 6 , June 2020, , Pages 1-8

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INTRODUCTION: Sexual problems in elder people are considered as a public health concern andcan affect their overall health and quality of life. This study aimed to investigate the sexual ... Read More

The effect of emotional intelligence training on general health promotion among nurse

. Samira Foji; . Marjan Vejdani; . Hamid Salehiniya; . Razieh Khosrorad

Volume 10, Issue 1 , January 2020, , Pages 1-5

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INTRODUCTION: The hospitals are a stressful environment for employees, especially nurses. Stressand other health problems may lead to occupational burnout and reduction of nurses’ ... Read More INTRODUCTION: The hospitals are a stressful environment for employees, especially nurses. Stressand other health problems may lead to occupational burnout and reduction of nurses’ efficiency.The aim of the current study is to investigate the effect of emotional intelligence training on healthpromotion of nurses in Sabzevar Hospitals.METHODOLOGY: The current study is a field trial with a random control group. The samplegroup was 135 nurses of Sabzevar Hospitals. They were then divided randomly into experimentaland control groups. First, all of the samples answered the questionnaire of personal information,Bar‑On Emotional Intelligence, and General Health Questionnaire. The first group (intervention)was trained by giving the speech, and the second group (control) did not receive any interventionabout the subject of the study. The experimental group was then trained for the componentsof emotional intelligence and answered the questionnaire again. The significance level wasconsidered as P < 0.05.RESULTS: The results showed that the distribution of qualitative variables in the study was similarand also the scores of emotional intelligence and the dependent variables after intervention in theintervention group had a significant and inverse relationship, meaning that the score of emotionalintelligence decreased with the score of general health score. This could be significant in comparisonto the two groups. Findings showed that emotional intelligence at the beginning of the study inthe intervention and control groups were 35.03 ± 32 and 30.89 ± 33, respectively, and after theintervention, it was 29.68 ± 35 and 42.89 ± 34, respectively. Total general health was 19.76 ± 84 and18.77 ± 77 in the case group before intervention and 14.55 ± 56 in the case group and 17.68 ± 52in the control group, respectively (P < 0.001).CONCLUSION: Findings indicated the significant mutual effect of emotional intelligence changesand general health variables. It means as the score of emotional intelligence gets more, health scoredecreases and the rate of general health increases.

The effect of mindfulness program on general health of patients undergoing hemodialysis

. Maryam Moosavi Nejad; . Nahid Shahgholian; . Rahele Samouei

Volume 8, Issue 6 , June 2018, , Pages 1-6

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INTRODUCTION: Patients undergoing hemodialysis have a low level of health and mindfulnesstechnique in mind‑body medicine is used to help patients with chronic illness. Therefore, ... Read More INTRODUCTION: Patients undergoing hemodialysis have a low level of health and mindfulnesstechnique in mind‑body medicine is used to help patients with chronic illness. Therefore, this clinicaltrial was conducted to determine the effect of the mindfulness program on the general health ofpatients undergoing treatment with hemodialysis.METHODS: Sixty hemodialysis patients were selected through the convenient method and randomlydivided into experimental and control groups. Both groups completed demographic informationquestionnaire and general health questionnaire. Then, the experimental group received 8 sessions ofmindfulness training and the control group received 8 sessions of education in relation to end‑stage renaldisease and hemodialysis. Educational sessions were performed for both groups in the second 30 minafter hemodialysis for 1 h in six individual sessions and two 1.5 h group sessions. Immediately afterand 1 month after the intervention, the General Health Questionnaire was completed by both groups.RESULTS: Analysis of the findings showed no significant differences between the mean scoreof general health disorder and its subscales before the intervention in to two groups (P > 0.05).Nevertheless, after intervention in the experimental group, the mean of general health disorder scoredecreased from 44.17 ± 12.32 to 21.9 ± 6.4 and 1 month after the intervention, the mean scoreof this score was 23.6 ± 6.2. The mean score of physical symptoms, anxiety and sleep disorder,social functioning deficiency, and depression were also significantly lower in the experimental groupimmediately after intervention and 1 month after the intervention; however, there were no significantdifferences between the mean of this score immediately and 1 month after the intervention. In addition,the mean score of general health disorder changes immediately and 1 month after the interventionin the experimental group was significantly more than the control group. In the control group, therewas no significant difference between the mean score of general health disorder and its subscalesbefore, immediately, and 1 month after the intervention (P > 0.05).CONCLUSIONS: The results of this research showed that mindfulness has been effective in reducingphysical and anxiety symptoms, sleep disorder, social dysfunction, and depression symptoms.Therefore, the use of mindfulness as a complementary treatment can improve the general healthlevel in these patients.

The relationship between emotional intelligence health and marital satisfaction: A comparative study

. Ahmad Ali Eslami; . Akbar Hasanzadeh; . Farid Jamshidi

Volume 4, Issue 1 , February 2014, , Pages 1-6

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Introduction: Marriage is known as the most important incident in everyone’s life after birth. Themost important purpose of marriage is achieving a life followed with love and ... Read More Introduction: Marriage is known as the most important incident in everyone’s life after birth. Themost important purpose of marriage is achieving a life followed with love and affection besidethe spouse and providing mental comfort and general health. The aim of the present study isto investigate the relationship between emotional intelligence health and marital satisfactionamong married people. Materials and Methods: The research method is descriptive- analyticand its design is comparative, done on 226 people including 114 persons (50 women and64 men) having marital conflicts, and 112 people (58 women and 54 men) having maritalsatisfaction, by cluster random sampling from 13 districts of the city of Isfahan. Bar-on (with90 questions) and Enrich marital satisfaction (115 questions) questionnaires were usedfor collecting the required information. The data was analyzed using descriptive statisticsincluding independent t-tests, Pearson correlation, and linear regression analysis, usingSPSS software version 19. Results: The results from the research showed that the scores ofemotional intelligence in married people group having marriage conflicts who had referred tothe administration of justice was 57.3 ± 13.2, and the random sample from the married peoplein the city of Isfahan as the comparing group had the score of 67.2 ± 9.5, and the difference ofthe average scores for the emotional intelligence for the two groups was significant (P < 0.001).The correlation analysis showed that there was a significant and positive relation betweenemotional intelligence and marital satisfaction (P < 0.001, r = 0.529). The results of linearregression also showed that the general emotional intelligence predicts the quality of maritalsatisfaction. The emotion of the predicting line of the marital satisfaction score (y) is in the formof: y = 14.8 + 0.656x, by using the emotional intelligence score (x). Conclusion: Regardingthe close relations between emotional intelligence and marital satisfaction, education centerssuch as universities, organizations and family clinics could use this variable in micro- andmacro-social plans for improving the quality of the married people relations and promotinghealth of the families and the society.

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Investigating the relationship between religious orientation and spiritual intelligence with general health dimensions in women with breast cancer

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Correlation between general health and sexual function in older women in an Iranian setting

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Investigating the sexual quality of life and its relationship with general health in older men in Iran

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The effect of emotional intelligence training on general health promotion among nurse

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The effect of mindfulness program on general health of patients undergoing hemodialysis

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The relationship between emotional intelligence health and marital satisfaction: A comparative study

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