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The effect of educational intervention on health promoting lifestyle: Focusing on middle-aged women

BACKGROUND: Lifestyle affects people's health and life length, however, no sufficient studies have been done on the effect of lifestyle on middle-ageing, as the transitional period from adulthood to old-ageing, this study has been conducted to study the effect of educational intervention on hea...

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Autores principales: Mahdipour, Nosaybeh, Shahnazi, Hossein, Hassanzadeh, Akbar, Sharifirad, Gholamreza
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4579766/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26430678
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2277-9531.162334
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author Mahdipour, Nosaybeh
Shahnazi, Hossein
Hassanzadeh, Akbar
Sharifirad, Gholamreza
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Shahnazi, Hossein
Hassanzadeh, Akbar
Sharifirad, Gholamreza
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description BACKGROUND: Lifestyle affects people's health and life length, however, no sufficient studies have been done on the effect of lifestyle on middle-ageing, as the transitional period from adulthood to old-ageing, this study has been conducted to study the effect of educational intervention on health promoting lifestyle of middle-aged women in Lenjan city of Isfahan Province, Iran. METHODS: This quasi-experimental study was conducted on 88 middle-aged women were selected through randomized sampling from two health centers in Lenjan, and then were categorized into experimental and control groups. To collect data, a researcher-made demographic and life style questionnaire was used. The educational intervention was performed in five sessions. Data were collected from both groups in two stages: Before the intervention and 3 months after the education. Data were analyzed with using SPSS-20 and P < 0.05 were considered statistically significant. RESULTS: The results showed that educational program had a positive significant effect on increasing the mean scores in the intervention group, considering the physical activity, mental health, and interpersonal relationship, P < 0.001. However, regarding the nutrition, the mean increase was not significant (P = 0.113). CONCLUSION: According to the findings, it is evident that educational intervention is beneficial for various aspects of middle-aged women's lifestyle. Therefore, applying a healthy lifestyle seems essential for having a healthy aging period, and educational intervention can be effective.
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spelling pubmed-45797662015-10-01 The effect of educational intervention on health promoting lifestyle: Focusing on middle-aged women Mahdipour, Nosaybeh Shahnazi, Hossein Hassanzadeh, Akbar Sharifirad, Gholamreza J Educ Health Promot Original Article BACKGROUND: Lifestyle affects people's health and life length, however, no sufficient studies have been done on the effect of lifestyle on middle-ageing, as the transitional period from adulthood to old-ageing, this study has been conducted to study the effect of educational intervention on health promoting lifestyle of middle-aged women in Lenjan city of Isfahan Province, Iran. METHODS: This quasi-experimental study was conducted on 88 middle-aged women were selected through randomized sampling from two health centers in Lenjan, and then were categorized into experimental and control groups. To collect data, a researcher-made demographic and life style questionnaire was used. The educational intervention was performed in five sessions. Data were collected from both groups in two stages: Before the intervention and 3 months after the education. Data were analyzed with using SPSS-20 and P < 0.05 were considered statistically significant. RESULTS: The results showed that educational program had a positive significant effect on increasing the mean scores in the intervention group, considering the physical activity, mental health, and interpersonal relationship, P < 0.001. However, regarding the nutrition, the mean increase was not significant (P = 0.113). CONCLUSION: According to the findings, it is evident that educational intervention is beneficial for various aspects of middle-aged women's lifestyle. Therefore, applying a healthy lifestyle seems essential for having a healthy aging period, and educational intervention can be effective. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015-08-06 /pmc/articles/PMC4579766/ /pubmed/26430678 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2277-9531.162334 Text en Copyright: © 2015 Mahdipour N. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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