nassim khajavian

One of the goals of the World Health Organization is to promote lifestyle in the community. Many risk factors can be counteracted through lifestyle correction. Having an appropriate teaching method as an intervention is of particular importance. In this regard, application of a suitable training method is of special priority as an intervention. On the other hand, lifestyle is of remarkable importance in pregnancy. Therefore, this study aimed to compare the effect of group discussion and multimedia package training on the lifestyle of pregnant mothers.

This quasi-experimental study was conducted on 78 pregnant women referring to the health centers in Gonabad city, Iran in 2018. The subjects were randomly assigned to three groups of control, intervention with group discussion, and intervention with multimedia package. The data were collected using the demographic characteristics and standard Health Promoting Lifestyle Profile II questionnaires. All the data were statistically described and analyzed by paired t-test and analysis of variance using SPSS software version 20. P

The subjects under study were pregnant women with the mean age of 27.9±5.7 years. The results showed that there was no significant difference between the mean scores of lifestyle in the three groups pre-intervention (P>0.05). However, the three groups were significantly different post-intervention in terms of the mean lifestyle scores (P<0.05). It was revealed that the mean score of lifestyle in the group discussion intervention group was 168.53±21.56. Moreover, the mean scores were obtained as 144.77±19.8 and 144.08±21.23 for the control group and test group receiving multimedia package training, respectively.

According to the findings of this study, use of group discussion and multimedia package training method led to improved lifestyle score in pregnant women. Therefore, application of these methods is recommended for teaching lifestyle to the pregnant women.

The electrocauterization smoke is a plume that is produced from the interaction of tissue and electrocautery. This smoke consists of hazardous material that causes complications, such as respiratory disorders, nausea, vomiting, eye irritation, headache, and transmitting the viruses of human papillomavirus and hepatitis. The purpose of the present study was to determine the surgical team's knowledge of these complications in Mashhad educational hospitals, Mashhad, Iran, in 2014.

This was a descriptive-cross sectional study carried out on 140 members of the surgical team of Mashhad educational hospitals in 2012 by census method. Data were collected by a researcher-designed questionnaire titled “surgical team’s knowledge of electrocauterization smoke complications”. Obtained data were analyzed by SPSS software (version 16), Kruskal-Wallis test, and Mann-Whitney U test. The significant level was considered P

Obtained results showed a significant relationship between knowledge and gender (P=0.02) so that the knowledge of the men was higher than that of the women. Also, there was no significant relationship between knowledge with the educational level (P=0.591) and work experience (P=0.286). According to the results, the mean score of the participants’ knowledge was 7.7±4.01 so that 75% of the participants had a low level of knowledge of electrocauterization smoke complications. The lowest levels of knowledge were related to women (55.7%), participants with a bachelor’s degree (47.8%), and individuals with work experience of 0-10 years (42.8%),

Regarding the fact that the knowledge level of the surgical team in Mashhad educational hospitals is low, it is recommended to upgrade the level of knowledge of the healthcare personnel by holding workshops or writing pamphlets.