جستجوی مقالات مرتبط با کلیدواژه "ارتقای سلامت و خودکارآمدی" در نشریات گروه "پزشکی"

Primary dysmenorrhea is one of the most common complaints in adolescent and young women which can have negative effects on their daily activities. Therefore, to improve their life style, preservation and advancement of their health status seems to be necessary. This aim of this study was to compare health promoting lifestyle and self-efficacy in females with and without primary dysmenorrhea.

This was a cross-sectional, descriptive-analytical study. The study population were 370 students of the Faculty of Medicine, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz Branch. Data was collected using a four-part questionnaire: personal and menstrual characteristic, Visual Analog Scale (VAS), health promoting behaviors questionnaire and self-efficacy. Data analysis was performed using SPSS software version 21 by descriptive statics, independent t-test, chi squared and ANOVA.

The mean (SD) of Health promoting lifestyle were respectively 2.67 (0.45) and 2.77 (0.47) in students with and without primary dysmenorrhea. The mean (SD) of self-efficacy were respectively 2.88 (0.61) and 2.81 (0.54) in students with and without primary dysmenorrhea. There were significant differnces between the two groups regarding total score of health promoting lifestyle (P= 0.03), aspects of physical activity (P0.02), stress management (P=0.02) and spiritual growth (P=0.03),. However, there was no significant difference regarding self-efficacy in students with and without dysmenorrhea (P=0.2).

Total score of health promoting lifestyle in females with dysmenorrhea was lower than those without dysmenorrhea. Therefore, we could help these girls significantly with increasing awareness, educating and providing appropriate methods to improve their lifestyle.

The high prevalence of hypertension and its serious complications on body organs have made the disease a major health problem in all communities across the world. Given the high burden of hypertension, the present study was aimed at investigating the determinants factors of hypertension and commitment to implementing a nutritional program based on the Pender Health Promotion Model.
Across-sectional survey was conducted on 420 patients with hypertension supervised by the urban health centers of Gorgan city health district. Sampling technique was random multi-stage cluster sampling. Data was collected using a standard questionnaire based on the Pender Health Promotion Model (HPM). To analyze, descriptive methods and inferential statistical tests including independent t-test, one-way ANOVA, pearson correlation coefficient and linear regression model were used through SPSS version 18. The significance level was considered less than 0.05.
The results showed that 386 (91.9%) had no drug changes based on doctor comment and 352 (83.8%) did not use any drugs to control blood pressure. Statistical tests reported that commitment to implementing nutrition program had a remarkable differences with perceived barriers (p=0.001), self-efficacy (p=0.001), feelings related to behavior (p=0.001), situational determinants (P=0.038), and interpersonal factors (p=0.001).
The score of most constructs of the HPM was moderate; therefore, designing the effective interventions using HPM may be helpful in controlling hypertension.