Physical Education
Maryam Khalesi; Esmail Nasiri; Ali Samadi
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Introduction: Misperception of body weight and lack of awareness about overweight and obesity are associated with poor weight management behaviors.Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study included 350 female students from Shahed University, Tehran, Iran, using a convenience sampling method. ...
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Introduction: Misperception of body weight and lack of awareness about overweight and obesity are associated with poor weight management behaviors.Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study included 350 female students from Shahed University, Tehran, Iran, using a convenience sampling method. Data were collected through anthropometric measurements and self-reported answers regarding weight perception and level of body weight preoccupation. Data analysis was conducted using Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient.Results: The findings revealed that 51.43% of the subjects misperceived their body weight. Among them, the majority (92.22%) underestimated their weight. Additionally, 17.14% of the overweight and obese subjects perceived their weight to be within the normal range, while 29.6% of obese subjects perceived themselves to be only slightly overweight. Furthermore, there was a significant relationship between body weight perception and anthropometric indices (p<0.01). The body mass index (r=0.739), C-index (r=0.648), body adiposity index (r=0.620), abdominal volume index (r=0.552), and waist-to-height ratio (r=0.537), and waist circumference (r=0.533) had the highest correlation with body weight perception, respectively.Conclusion: The high rate of unawareness of actual body weight among female university students is alarming. It is, therefore, necessary to develop programs that increase awareness about normal body weight and the importance of anthropometric indices in weight management.
Gyneocology
fatemezahra karimi; maryam salehian; hamideh hosseini; zahra norouzi; malihe afiat
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Introduction: Based on high prevalence of sexual dysfunction in menopausal woman, this research was performed to investigate the effect of the medicinal plants on sexual function in menopausal women.Materials and Methods: In this systematic review of clinical trials, Persian relevant articles ...
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Introduction: Based on high prevalence of sexual dysfunction in menopausal woman, this research was performed to investigate the effect of the medicinal plants on sexual function in menopausal women.Materials and Methods: In this systematic review of clinical trials, Persian relevant articles were identified through a systematic search of databases from 2000 to 2021 ,using the keywords of (female sexual dysfunction, sexual function, sexual satisfaction, sexual behavior, sexual activity, menopause, Post menopause, Herbal medicine , Medicinal plants, herbal materials, phytoestrogens, phytotherapy, Randomized Clinical Trials.The Jadad scale was used to assess the quality of the retrieved articlesResults: In final twelve articles were analyzed. The studied plants were ginkgo biloba, fennel, st johns wort, palm pollen, fenugreek, afrodit, , hop, black cohosh, lavender, ginseng, saffron, red clover, Tribulus terrestris, nigella sativa and vitex agnus castus and hybrid aromatherapy (fennel, Heracleum persicum, salvia officinalis, bergamot, lavender and geranium) that were studied on different dimensions of sexual function.Conclusion: Based on the results of studies, most plants were effective in improving sexual function. Although due to the limited number of studies performed for each plant, it was not possible to perform meta-analysis in this study, so it is recommended to conduct more studies in relation to each plant to provide sufficient evidence to decide on the use of each Herbs are offered as less dangerous and less expensive treatments to improve sexual function in menopausal women.
Epidemiology and Statistics
Kolsomeh Chamani; Mohammad Reza Hamedinia; Mohammad Reza Moein Frad; tayebe Amiri Parsa
Volume 28, Issue 1 , January and February 2021, , Pages 13-21
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Introduction: The purpose of this study was the investigation of obesity prevalence and some related factors in Bojnord female. Materials and Methods: The samples consisting of 380 females of 3050 years of age, were selected based on random cluster sampling method. A researcher made questionnaire ...
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Introduction: The purpose of this study was the investigation of obesity prevalence and some related factors in Bojnord female. Materials and Methods: The samples consisting of 380 females of 3050 years of age, were selected based on random cluster sampling method. A researcher made questionnaire was prepared for gathering data about breeding and obesity. The Beck questionnaire was used to measure the physical activity level. Results: The results showed that the prevalence of obesity and overweight in the female aged 30-50 years of the city of Bojnord were 21.8 and 43.4 percent, respectively. Conclusion: The results also showed that age of the first Parturition (P=0/06), lactation duration (P=0/26), the age of the first menstrual period (P=0/24), TV watching duration in 24 hours (P=0/61), physical activity index during job (P=0/36) and exercising (P=0/21) among three groups were not significantly differnece. Age (P=0/00), children number (P=0/01), pregnancy number (P=0/00), duration of consumption of Oral contraceptive pill (P=0/03), sitting and physical inactivity in female normal weight in comparison with obese female (P=0/01)were significantly lower, and physical activity index in leasure time (P=0/00) and marriage age (P=0/03) were higer. Considering the high prevalence of obesity and overweight in Bojnord, it is recommended that women do more physical activity and further information be made for women about obesity-related risk factors, recognize symptoms and illnesses caused by obesity and ultimately prevent and reduce chronic diseases and their costs resulting from treatment programs should be done
Psychology
Faramarz Sohrabi; Mehdi khanjani; Yoosef Aazami; Esmail Khanjani; Payman Mam Sharifi; Elahe Froghi Neghad
Volume 26, Issue 4 , November and December 2019, , Pages 431-444
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Background: How to cope with life stressors affects the quality of life of female headed households. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of the Stress immunization program on coping with stress, emotion regulation and mental health in female-headed households were covered by welfare ...
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Background: How to cope with life stressors affects the quality of life of female headed households. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of the Stress immunization program on coping with stress, emotion regulation and mental health in female-headed households were covered by welfare organization. Materials and Methods: This quasi-experimental research with pretest – posttest and control group design. 48 women covered city Khomeini Welfare Organization, which of these, randomly into two experimental and control groups were replaced. Data collected using of coping strategies, emotion regulation and General Health (GHQ-28) questionnaires, and the results were analyzed using Multivariate and analysis of covariance. Results: The results showed that Stress immunization program makes greater use of positive coping strategies such as problem-focused coping and emotion-focused coping is used less as a short-term strategies. Also, reassessment strategy at posttest in the experimental group was significantly higher than the scores of the control group and the strategy of repression in the posttest in the experimental group showed negative, also, results showing reduce symptoms of somatic, anxiety and insomnia, social dysfunction and depression in household women. Conclusion: Based on the findings, it can be said that Stress immunization program is a multi-dimensional program and affect thoughts, emotions and behaviors in people and with factors such as cognitive restructuring, search for meaning, relaxation exercises and positive thinking, can have a significant impact on improving people mental health.
Nursing
SOMAYE SETOUDEH; MINOO motaghi; m Mousavi
Volume 26, Issue 1 , March and April 2019, , Pages 73-80
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Introduction & Objective: Sexual satisfaction is a key factor in the quality of life of individuals. Better physical state, mental health, general welfare related on the sexual satisfaction. The purpose of this study was to determine the sexual satisfaction in women referring to comprehensive health ...
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Introduction & Objective: Sexual satisfaction is a key factor in the quality of life of individuals. Better physical state, mental health, general welfare related on the sexual satisfaction. The purpose of this study was to determine the sexual satisfaction in women referring to comprehensive health centers in Mashhad in 2017. Materials and Methods: This study was a descriptive-analytic study. The research population consisted of 300 women who referred to comprehensive health centers of Mashhad in 1396 who were selected by available sampling method. Data gathering tool was a standard Golombbog-rightist sexual satisfaction questionnaire whose validity and reliability were confirmed in previous studies. Data analysis using SPSS. 16 and descriptive and inferential statistics were performed with a significant level of 0.05 and a 95% confidence interval. Results: According to the results of the study, there was a significant relationship between sexual satisfaction with income variables, type of home and living with whom (p-Value
Mansoreh Feizabadi; Hamideh Gohari; Ayoub sakhaei; Mohammadreza Vasfi
Volume 24, Issue 6 , March and April 2018, , Pages 51-62
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Background & Objectives: Now days the Internet has become one of the most important source of information for searching health information. One group of the users who using it for searching health information are women. Materials & Methods: This research is a descriptive – analytical work. ...
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Background & Objectives: Now days the Internet has become one of the most important source of information for searching health information. One group of the users who using it for searching health information are women. Materials & Methods: This research is a descriptive – analytical work. In this study, using Internet for searching health information among women has been investigated by using the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM). The data of this study have collected from 200 employed women at the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance. LISREL software is used to analyze the data. Results: The results showed that positive attitude of users towards the Internet leads to using Internet to get health information and management. On the other hand, attitude toward the Internet totally mediates the relationship between perception of the usefulness of the Internet and its use. Conclusion: Despite effectiveness of the perception of easy use of the Internet and perception of the usefulness of it to find health information, perception of the usefulness of the Internet in compare with the perception of the usefulness of the Internet have stronger relation by using the Internet to get information. So it can be concluded that on the Internet and digital literacy of women as well as e-health of them should be worked.
Ali Mohammadpour; Samaneh Najafi; Jahanshir Tavakkolizadeh; Fatemeh Mohammadzadeh
Volume 22, Issue 6 , January and February 2016, , Pages 999-1007
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Background: In pregnancy period, mothers experience many changes psychologically. Self-concept as one of the factors affecting the mental states, in present cares of pregnancy becomes less than attention. Present study was implemented in order to the effect of intervention this model on personal self-concept ...
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Background: In pregnancy period, mothers experience many changes psychologically. Self-concept as one of the factors affecting the mental states, in present cares of pregnancy becomes less than attention. Present study was implemented in order to the effect of intervention this model on personal self-concept in primi gravida women. Materials and Methods: In this randomized controlled field trial, Research Sample consisted of 83 primi gravida women that were selected by simple random sampling and were assigned in groups of intervention (42 persons) and control (41persons) through block permutation method. Intervention group received the educational supportive intervention consisted of training sessions and psychological counseling planned based on model over 4 weeks. For assessing the level of adaptation in personal self-concept mode, a valid and reliable questionnaire was used. Data was analyzed by means of SPSS software and using descriptive statistics and tests of analytic statistics were analyzed. P<0/05 was considered significant. Results: Adaptation scores in personal self-mode in both groups before intervention respectively were 38.26±7.56 and 40.73±8.21 and their comparison had not significant statistically difference while after intervention scores in two groups respectively were 30.69±4.46 and 41.29±8.40 that their comparison showed a significant difference. Conclusion: Using of designed program based on "Roy" model, as an effective and low cost intervention, can increase prim -gravida women's adaptation in self- concept mode. Therefore the implementation of this pattern besides in this period is recommended.
Ali Gholami; Javad Borji; Reza Chenarani; Atefeh Bahavar; Esmaeel Zareie
Volume 22, Issue 5 , November and December 2015, , Pages 732-739
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Backgrounds and Objectives: Women make up half of the population of every society and their health builds up families' and societies' health. Therefore the higher quality of life of them in families can put a great positive effect on the quality of life of other family members. The objective of this ...
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Backgrounds and Objectives: Women make up half of the population of every society and their health builds up families' and societies' health. Therefore the higher quality of life of them in families can put a great positive effect on the quality of life of other family members. The objective of this study was to assess the quality of life in women referred to health centers of Neyshabur. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 387 women referring to health centers of Neyshabur who were chosen randomly in 2012. The data required in this study was gathered through World Health Organization Brief Quality Of Life Questionnaire (WHOQOL-BREF). Data analysis was performed by descriptive statistics and analytic statistics by means of SPSS software, version 16. Results: The mean age of studied women was 28.72±7.56. According to the result, the mean score of quality of life among women was 13.87±1.69. The lowest and the highest mean scores were observed in physical health dimension (12.8±1.87) and social relationship dimension (14.65±2.82), respectively. According to multivariate linear regression model there was a meaningful relation between overall quality of life with age, family income, spouse education levels, history of chronic disease in family (P< 0.05). Conclusion: According to the results, quality of life of studied women are in moderate level and variables such as family income and history of chronic disease in family are the most effective factors on their quality of life. So according to the vital role of women in families, it seems appropriate interventions should be carried out by concerning authorities to improve QoL of them.
Parvaneh Sarani Aliabadi; Hamed Sarani; Mansour Fazeli Rostampoor; Sodabeh Etemadi; Alireza Dashipoor; Afsaneh Sarabandi; Hasaniyeh Hosseini
Volume 21, Issue 4 , September and October 2014, , Pages 559-568
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Background: The prevalence of obesity is increasing as threatening in all age group in the world so it has became the serious problem in the public health ,Nowadays, the use of medicinal plants has have been considered more than other methods of weight control, the green tea is considered one of these ...
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Background: The prevalence of obesity is increasing as threatening in all age group in the world so it has became the serious problem in the public health ,Nowadays, the use of medicinal plants has have been considered more than other methods of weight control, the green tea is considered one of these plants that So far the researches have been done on its effects on weight But the results of these studies have been inconsistent due to various doses and different methods so, this study was conducted to determine the effect of various doses of green tea extract on weight loss and body mass index in adults obese women.
Materials and Methods: This double-blind clinical trial has randomly been conducted on 60 obese women that were overweight, with a BMI> 27 kg/m2, WC> 87 (waist). The samples were divided randomly into three groups of 20; in this regard, have received two intervention groups (experimental) recipient of green tea extract with different concentrations (50 and 100 percent) and control group (control) recipient of placebo containing cellulose. Each participant received daily three times (one hour before each meal) of green tea extract or placebo for 12 weeks. All samples were measured in the baseline and weeks 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12 in terms of anthropometric measures (weight, height, waist circumference, hip circumference, body mass index (BMI) and waist-hip ratio (WHR). the data were collected and have been analyzed in the different groups By using of software SPSS 19 - Sas9.2 and statistical test of one-way Anova and was used repeated Measurement test for Comparisons of these groups
Results: In the baseline The mean and standard deviation of weight and BMI were in the experimental group which received 100% of extract, respectively74.19 ± 4.3 and 28.95 ± 0.8 and in the experimental groups which received extract 50% 1/5 ± 34/74 and 06/1 ± 69/28., which was reduced respectively, to 67.90 ± 4.1 and 26.49 ± 0.7 as well as 70.98 ± 5.6 and 27.38 ± 1.19 in the end of the study Which is indicative of a significant difference in the mean weight and BMI on these consecutive weeks(P < 0.01،P
R VAZIRINEZHAD; GH.H HASANSHAHI; MA SAJADI; A JAFARZADEH; MR MIRZAEI; A TATI
Volume 14, Issue 2 , July and August 2007, , Pages 103-109
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Background and Purpose: The system and .the Endocrine system are, respectively, to defend the body against infection and to regulate physiologic activities of the body. Experimental as well as clinical evidence support the close interaction and bi-directional communication between the endocrine and immune ...
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Background and Purpose: The system and .the Endocrine system are, respectively, to defend the body against infection and to regulate physiologic activities of the body. Experimental as well as clinical evidence support the close interaction and bi-directional communication between the endocrine and immune systems. Some disorders in immune system were observed in experimental thyroid abnormalities. The aim of this study is to evaluate some immunological factors in hyperthyroid females.
Methods and Materials: In this descriptive study, blood samples were collected from 50 females with hyperthyroid disease and a control group consisting of 50 sex - and age - matched euthyroid subjects. Thyroid function was assessed according to measurent of T3, T4 and TSH levels. The following parameters were studied in both groups: total and differential white blood cell counts determined on stained-blood smear), serum concentration of immunoglobulins including: IgG, IgA, IgM (measured by SRID method) and IgE (quantitated by ELlSA technique), seropositivity rates of CRP (determined by latex agglutination method), C3 and C4 complement components measured by SRID method.
Results: The mean serum concentrations of IgG, IgA, IgM and IgE were 2312.4±584 mg/dl, 296±87 mg/dl, 118.±28 mg/dl and 301±264 IU/ml in hyperthyroid females and were 1539±974 mg/dl, 243± 116 mg/dl, 140.1±68.9 mg/dl and 109.8±115 IU/ml in euthyroid subjects, respectively. Statistical analyses showed that the mean serum levels of IgG, IgA and IgE were significantly higher in hyperthyroid group as compared to euthyroid group. The seropositive rate of CRP was 20% and 4% in hyperthyroid and euthyroid groups, respectively. The seropositive rate of CRP was also significantly higher in hyperthyroid group as compared to euthyroid group. However, IgM, C3 and C4 levels and white blood cell counts were similarly expressed in two groups.
Conclusion: The results indicate that some immunological alterations such as elevation of serum IgG, IgA and IgE levels and higher seropositive rate of CRP occur in hyperthyroid women.
B AFKARI; SH IRANFAR; S HEIDARPOOR; K Esmaili
Volume 11, Issue 3 , September and October 2004, , Pages 53-58
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According to the national policies of health and population, depo- medroxy progestrone acetate (DMPA) injection is provided for women for family planning purposes. This study was conducted on 374 women using this Contra caption method in Kermanshah; the subjects had used it at least for two six-month ...
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According to the national policies of health and population, depo- medroxy progestrone acetate (DMPA) injection is provided for women for family planning purposes. This study was conducted on 374 women using this Contra caption method in Kermanshah; the subjects had used it at least for two six-month periods and had files in health centers. Questionnaires were utilized to collect relevant data on menstrual disorders, nervousness, weight gain, headache, vertigo and so on. The findings revealed that the most common complications were menstrual disorders (86.1%), nervousness being the second most common (25.4%); weight gain was another complication common to the subjects (22.2%). The most Common complication among menstrual disorders were absolute amenorrhea (53.2%) and spotting (26.7%). In general, the most common complications of DMPA injection involved menstrual disorders, nervousness, weight gain and the most common disorder among the former. were absolute amenorrhea and spotting , which were the main reason to abandon the method by the subjects. Therefore it is suggested that this method be utilized with counseling and proper selection of the clients and appropriate training about its complications.