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Caspian Journal of Health Research - Volume:3 Issue: 2, Jun 2018

Caspian Journal of Health Research
Volume:3 Issue: 2, Jun 2018

  • تاریخ انتشار: 1397/04/20
  • تعداد عناوین: 6
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  • Elham Jahanbin-Amirhandeh *, Mansour Hakim-Javadi, Abbas Ali Hosein-Khanzadeh, Hamidreza Hatamian Pages 35-40
    Background
    Childhood obesity is a health issue that, in addition to physical complications, can have many psychological consequences such as anxiety and depression. The aim of the present study was to compare anxiety, depression and lifestyle in obese and normal weight children.
    Methods
    We carried out a cross-sectional study in Rasht, North of Iran. The study population included all children studying at primary school in city of Rasht during 2015-2016. Using non-probability multi-stage sampling method, a total of 240 children were selected. Body mass index was used to assess obesity. Revised Children’s Manifest Anxiety Scale, Children Depression Inventory, and Lifestyle Assessment Questionnaire were used to measure anxiety, depression, and lifestyle, respectively. Analysis of covariance was used to compare adjusted mean of anxiety, depression, and lifestyle between the two groups.
    Results
    The mean age of participants was 11.78 years (standard deviation = 0.7). There was no statistical significant difference between obese and normal weight children in anxiety and depression. The adjusted mean of lifestyle score in obese children (216, 95% CI:211-221) was significantly lower than that in the normal weight group (224, 95% CI:219-229). In both groups of obese and normal weight, the mean lifestyle scores in girls (214, 95% CI:209-219) were significantly lower than boys (226, 95% CI:221-231).
    Conclusion
    This study found no significant association between obesity with psychological disorders of anxiety and depression. Regarding to the better lifestyle scores of normal weight children compared to that of obese children, prospective studies on school-age children’s lifestyle especially in girls is needed.
    Keywords: Anxiety, Depression, Life Style, Obesity
  • Sajad Delavari, Aidin Aryankhesal *, Somayeh Delavari, Farhad Lotfi Pages 41-47
    Background
    Organizational efficiency should be continuously measured to plan for improvement, informing about organizational performance, and guiding the university toward its goals. In this study, the authors measured the efficiency of schools affiliated to Tehran University of Medical Sciences as one of the most important universities in Iran, in 2011 and 2012.
    Methods
    In this research, the efficiency of schools was measured using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) technique in three dimensions of education, research, and development. Several indices in each dimension were assumed as input. Data were collected from university documents and analyzed by output oriented approach using Win Deap software.
    Results
    Findings revealed that the efficiency scores of four schools including public health, pharmacy, nursing and midwifery, and advanced technologies were 100 in both years. In 2011, the efficiency scores for other schools were as follows: medicine 73.1, dentistry 57.6, rehabilitation 82.33, paramedical sciences 80.26, and management and medical information 60.26. These scores were respectively 73.76, 85.26, 71.63, 94.16, and 94.86 in 2012.
    Conclusion
    This research could successfully measure the efficiency of schools. Moreover, it can help decision makers to improve the performance of schools by determining the optimized output.
    Keywords: Education, Efficiency, Iran, Research, Universities
  • Fardin Mehrabian, Rabiollah Farmanbar, Marjan Mahdavi-Roshan, Saeid Omidi, Roghayeh Aghebati * Pages 48-52
    Background
    High blood pressure is a major health threat and self-control has great importance in its management. Hence, a nutrition model is presented based on dietary approach to stop hypertension (DASH) diet. The present study aimed to investigate the effect of training on adherence to DASH diet on blood pressure among hypertensive patients in Rasht, North of Iran.
    Methods
    A total of 150 hypertensive patients visiting health care centers were randomly divided into education intervention and control groups. Food frequency questionnaire were completed before and 2.5 months after the intervention. Patients’ blood pressure was measured at the same time interval. The post-baseline DASH diet components and blood pressure between the two study groups were compared using analysis of covariance.
    Results
    Participants’ mean age was 56.08 ± 6.1 years and 76% of them were female. At baseline, the daily intake of dairies, fruits, and nuts and beans were significantly lower than the recommended DASH values in both groups. In contrast of fat, tea and salty food, all post-baseline DASH diet components in the intervention group were significantly higher than the control group. The intervention group had a significantly lower systolic blood pressure compared to control group 2.5 months after of the intervention.
    Conclusion
    Our results indicated that training nutrition based on DASH diet can be considered as a useful strategy to control high blood pressure among hypertensive patients.
    Keywords: Blood pressure, DASH diet, Health education, Hypertension
  • Fahimeh Rabbanikha, Reza Moradi *, Fatemeh Monafi, Amir Kazemi-Bollboloy Pages 53-57
    Background
    Organizational directors should change their way of thinking to keep up with the increasing changes and take measures to achieve organizational goals. When organizations are faced with new problems, old solutions are futile and no longer effective. Henceforth, strategic thinking skill is increasingly essential for different levels of directors. The present study aimed to investigate the amount of strategic thinking at different levels of (directors of the Ministry of Health and Medical Education.
    Methods
    The present descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted in 2017. The study population consisted of all directors of the Ministry of Health and Medical Education, including Director General, Advisors to the Minister, Advisors to Deputies, and Administrative Deputies, who entered the study by census. Data were collected using the pre-validated Strategic Thinking Scale based on Liedtka model, and analyzed in SPSS version 20.
    Results
    The mean strategic thinking score was 68/100 for different levels of directors, which is higher than average. Among dimensions of strategic thinking, systems perspective and thinking in time had the highest and the lowest mean scores, respectively. No significant differences were observed in strategic thinking and its dimensions in terms of gender, age group, work experience, being a deputy, position or type of employment. Mean score of thinking in time was significantly different in terms of education, and those with Ph.D. and higher education scored had significantly higher score than the rest.
    Conclusion
    Given the higher-than-average scores obtained by directors in strategic thinking and its dimensions, it is recommended that measures such as holding educational workshops and use of strategic management and planning consultants be taken to strengthen dimensions of strategic thinking.
    Keywords: Health Services, Strategic thinking, Systems perspective
  • Sahar Nickbin-Poshtamsary, Abdolhosein Emam-Sigaroudi *, Rabiollah Farmanbar, Golpar Radafshar, Zahra Atrkar-Roushan Pages 58-63
    Background
    This study aimed to determine the effect of educational program on dental plaque and caring performance of pregnant mothers in the city of Rasht.
    Methods
    In this randomized controlled trial study, 110 pregnant mothers referring to 33 health centers in Rasht were randomly divided into experimental and control groups. The data regarding to the demographic characteristics of mothers, a validated questionnaire based on health belief model constructs, dental plaque index and caring performance of oral and dental hygiene were collected. After analyzing the pre-test data, experimental group received an educational intervention based on the health belief model (HBM). Three months after the intervention program, oral and dental hygiene were performed. The two groups were compared using analysis of covariance.
    Results
    At baseline, there was no significant difference in dental plaque index between intervention (Mean = 36.3, SD = 15.2) and control groups (mean = 37.4, SD = 17.5). Three months after the intervention the mean score of dental plaque index in the intervention group decreased to 21.3 (SD = 12.1) that was significantly lower than the control group (mean = 44.7, SD = 16.8). Post-baseline dental caring performance score in the intervention group (mean = 77.3, SD = 9.3) was significantly higher than the control group (mean = 49.6, SD = 14.4).
    Conclusion
    The findings of the study indicated that education and training can be very effective in marinating oral and dental health during pregnancy.
    Keywords: Education, Dental plaque, Oral hygiene, Pregnant women
  • Sara Jafari *, Sodabe Shapoori Pages 64-68
    Background
    Despite large body of evidence regarding the association of emotional intelligence (EI) of employees and their communication skills, no previous study examined the relationship between employees’ EI and client satisfaction. The present study aimed to examine the relationship between librarians’ EI and satisfaction of library users in the libraries of the University of Guilan, Iran.
    Methods
    This was a descriptive-correlational study. The study population comprised the librarians and members of the libraries of the University of Guilan. Librarians’ EI components and library user satisfaction were measured using psychometric and reliable questionnaires. One-sample t-test, multivariate linear regression, and Pearson’s correlation coefficient were used to test the research hypotheses.
    Results
    The findings showed that librarians’ EI components of self-management (mean=3.86), self-awareness (mean=3.72) social-awareness (mean = 3.42) and relationship-management (mean = 3.82) were significantly higher than the average. User satisfaction had moderate to low positive correlation with EI components of self-management (r=0.65), self-awareness (r=0.47), and relationship- management (r=0.41). Self-management component was the strongest predictor of user satisfaction (standardized β coefficient = 0.556) followed by relationship-management, social-awareness, and self-awareness.
    Conclusion
    Our results showed that the higher EI of librarians is associated with the higher satisfaction of library users in the libraries of the University of Guilan
    Keywords: Emotional intelligence, Librarians, Satisfaction, University