جستجوی مقالات مرتبط با کلیدواژه "خودمراقبتی اجتماعی" در نشریات گروه "پزشکی"

Based on the importance of spirituality and religious teachings in improving the mental health of the elderly and taking into account research records and cultural considerations of the Iranian society which has a deep connection with religion and spirituality, this study was conducted to investigate the effectiveness of contemplation of the holy chapters of the Quran on the happiness and self-care of elderly women in Tehran.

This fundamental applied study is a type of non-clinical intervention study. The statistical population of the study consisted of Muslim women aged 60-75 living in Tehran. In this experimental study, with sample size of 40, after obtaining written informed consent, the participants were randomly divided into two groups: Contemplation (Tadabbor) and the Holy Quran Reading. Oxford Happiness and Yonesi Borojeni's Self-Care questionnaires were administered to the two groups, before and immediately after the intervention. Data analysis was performed using t-tests, paired samples t-tests and repeated measures analysis. In this study, all ethical considerations were observed and the authors reported no conflict of interests.

The average self-care index was 103 (out of 145) and 110 in the Contemplation Group before and after the intervention, respectively, with a significant difference (P<0.005). In the Quran Reading Group, before and after the intervention, the values were 103 and 106, respectively (P<0.06). The average happiness index in the intervention group increased from 42.6 in the pre-intervention stage to 46.9 in the post-intervention stage, and these values in the control group changed from 43.3 in the previous stage to 46.4 in the next stage. The results of paired samples t-test before and after the intervention showed a significant increase in happiness in the Contemplation Group (P<0.003).

Participating in contemplation sessions or reading at least two pages of the Holy Quran on a daily basis, preferably the first method, increases the level of self-care and happiness in above 60 year old women.

 Retirement is one of the life crises which can cause psychological and social problems in people and cause incompatibility and symptoms called Retirement Syndrome. This study aimed to investigate the effect of the psychosocial self-care training program on retirement syndrome in educators as a program to improve and expose retirees to retirement. 

 In this study, a two-group quasi-experimental method was performed on 64 education retirees in 1398 in Gonabad. After reviewing the entry and exit criteria of the research units (individuals were randomly assigned), they were assigned to two experimental and control groups. Psychosocial self-care training sessions were held once a week for 6 hours for one hour (for) the intervention group. The participants completed the retirement syndrome questionnaire at the beginning and end of these sessions. After data collection, the analysis was performed using SPSS software v. 20. The significance level was considered at P<0.05.

 This study considered 4 main categories regarding retirement syndrome. These categories include Feelings of confusion and conflict, Feelings of new effort and orientation, Feelings of old age and emptiness, and feelings of helplessness and failure. Also, based on the independent t-test, no statistically significant difference was observed between the retirement syndrome scores of the two groups before the intervention (P>0.05); however, the average score of retirement syndrome in the two groups after the intervention and the difference in the average score of retirement syndrome of the two groups before and after the intervention had a statistically significant difference (P<0.05). This means that the training program improved the intervention group’s retirement syndrome (P<0.05).

 The results of the current study showed that holding face-to-face meetings and conducting psychosocial self-care training on retirement syndrome in retired educators positively reduced the symptoms of retirement syndrome. By teaching self-care and learning self-care strategies in old age, we can prepare retirees to cope with or reduce the symptoms of retirement syndrome.