Maryam Jadid Milani; Akram Malek khahi; Mehdi Jafarzadeh; Mohammadhasan Rakhshani
Volume 21, Issue 6 , January and February 2015, , Pages 993-1000
Abstract
Backgrounds: patients who are under hemodialysis also experience a lot of physical problems which can lead to a reduction in their quality of life. Peer support groups are a kind of social supports that in which peers who have similar experience present some advice to others to enhance their quality ...
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Backgrounds: patients who are under hemodialysis also experience a lot of physical problems which can lead to a reduction in their quality of life. Peer support groups are a kind of social supports that in which peers who have similar experience present some advice to others to enhance their quality of life.
Material and Method: This clinical trial study with two case and control groups was conducted on 55 patients treated with hemodialysis hospitalized in vasee hospital sabzevar in 1392. Participants in the case group, attended in 2 hours sessions during 8 weeks. Issue of sessions was planned based on patients’needs and interests. Research tools were demographic and the Section of Physical health status "Kidney Disease Quality of Life Short Form (KDQOL-SFTM)". For data analysis, descriptive statistics, independent t-test and paired t test was used.
Results: Attending in peer support group was resulted in a significant difference in physical health status between the case and control group (p< 0.0001).also, there was observed a significant difference in physical health after and before intervention(p< 0.0001).
Conclusions: Results showed that using a peer support group can have some positive effects on promoting physical health status in patients treated with hemodialysis that finally can enhance their quality of life.
Roya Peyravi Minayi; Mohammad Vahedian; Mehdi Jafarzadeh; Farkhondeh Amin Shokravi
Volume 18, Issue 2 , July and August 2011, , Pages 104-109
Abstract
Background and Purpose: Bread waste is consumed as a food in the livestock، and can cause considerable harm to human and animal beings if they are moldy. Since health volunteers can convey health knowledge to people in a simple and intelligible language، the present study was conducted to evaluate ...
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Background and Purpose: Bread waste is consumed as a food in the livestock، and can cause considerable harm to human and animal beings if they are moldy. Since health volunteers can convey health knowledge to people in a simple and intelligible language، the present study was conducted to evaluate the knowledge of health volunteers about the necessity of moldy bread separation from other bread waste and the effect of education on their knowledge in the Abkooh Sugar Factory of Mashhad.
Methods and Materials: In this interventional experimental study، 39 active health volunteers at the health center of Abkooh Sugar Factory of Mashhad، Iran participated and were recruited by non-probability convenient sampling، and were randomly assigned into the experimental group (n=21) and control group (n=18). Relevant data were collected through questionnaire and training was performed by providing a CD (educational video) for the experimental group. After a two-month training period، data were collected again. Data of before and after training were analyzed in SPSS 16 using paired t-test and mean± SD (p