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Introduction: Health care workers play a major role in regard with the training of healthy life style to different groups in the society, who are considered as a suitable model of observing a healthy life style. Accordingly, this study aimed to determine the healthy lifestyle of health care workers in Andimeshk.

Methods: In this descriptive cross-sectional study, all the health care workers (n=170) were selected through census sampling method. The standard questionnaire of Health promotion lifestyle profile II (HPLPII) was used in order to gather the study data, which then were analyzed by SPSS software (ver,19) using descriptive statistical tests, independent samples t-test, one-way ANOVA, as well as Pearson correlations coefficient.

Results: The mean age of participants was 36.25±7.06 years. 73.2% 0f the health care workers in this study were married and 26.8% were males. The total mean HPLP was 130 ±15.34. In addition, health responsibility obtained the highest score, whereas the physical activity received the lowest score. A statistically significant correlation was detected between HPLP aspects and demographic factors (p>0.05). However, there was a statistically significant relationship between gender and nutrition(p=0.005), marital status and interpersonal relations (p=0.005), BMI and interpersonal relations(p=0.005), work background and  spiritual growth (p=0.016).

Conclusion: The findings of the present study revealed that health-promoting behaviors were reported at an average level within health care workers. As a result, planning seems to be necessitated in regard with improving and promoting lifestyle of this important group of workers, who play a very significant role in the health promotion of the society.

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Introduction: The Basiji healthy lifestyle program for developing of intersectoral collaboration was prepared at the health Education and Promotion Dept and some individuals were selected as trainers. Therefore this study was mobilized about the effectiveness of these interventions in coaches’ lifestyle.

Methods: This study is a Cross sectional study which 200 people of the Basij organization trainers under covered by universities of medical sciences in Tehran state by census method were selected and studied in 2013-2014. The data collection tool was a self designed questionnaire, which validity and reliability were determined. Data were analyzed by SPSS Ver. 15 and descriptive and analytic statistics were used.

Results: Regarding the book of Basiji healthy lifestyle’ 85.5 to 93.5% of the Basij trainers had read the book or had Passed the training course or had taught classes and only 5 to 6% of them had never read or seen the book.  According to the ANOWA and LSD there was significant difference between nutritional behavior in different group age (p=0.004). Also between physical activity and educational levels of target group was seen statistical and meaningful deference p=0.037.

Conclusion: Regarding the results of this study the program of health educational program resulted in adopting volunteer healthy and safe behaviors among Trainers. The Basiji trainers by gaining required knowledge and skills could take effective steps to promote and improve their life styles and it seems to reach better successes through transferring these skills and health behavior to the target groups.

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Introduction: Lifestyle is the pursuit of activities such as proper diet, sleep, exercise, weight control, non-smoking, and immunization to maintain and promote health and prevent diseases.. This study was conducted to determine nomads'lifestyle status of Marvdasht city.
Methods: This cross-sectional study on 330 people from nomads of Marvdasht city was conducted by random sampling. Standardized life style questionnaire with 70 questions was used in the study. Collected data was analyzed in SPSS software using descriptive statistics, t-test, and ANOVA test.
Results: Among all respondents of the study,54/2% were men and 45/8% were women. 51/8% of respondents strongly agreed which keep their body healthy  In terms of lifestyle, There was a significant relationship between weight and nutrition control with age (p=0/040).. Furthermore, there was a significant relationship between sport and health with sex (p = 0.04) and age (p = 0.008).
Conclusion: Sport and health dimensions have the lowest average. Dimensions of Weight and nutrition control, psychological health and  drug avoidance have the lower average than other dimensions respectively. Therefore, nomadic life improvement,, especially in terms of physical activity, requires more attention.
 

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Introduction: Cancer is one of the non-communicable diseases and a major cause of mortality in recent decades. Studies have shown that there is a relationship between lifestyle and cancer, so it is necessary that Life style identified and corrected to prevent cancer. This study was conducted to determine the lifestyle of people in relation to the prevention of cancer in Yazd in 2014 Methods: A descriptive-analytic study was conducted on 500 people in Yazd through cluster sampling method. Data were collected by questionnaire in 7 dimensions and its validity and reliability were confirmed. Data analysis was performed using SPSS-16. Statistical analyses included descriptive statistics and T-test and ANOVA tests. Results: According to the results, the mean of observed range for all aspects of lifestyle, except in exercise and physical activity, were higher than the mean of possible range. The findings show that married people had the better behaviors in nutrition habits and Single people had higher scores in physical activity and exercise dimension. People with a BMI of less than 20 (Underweight people) had lower average score than others in terms of mental health, physical health and exercise and physical activity. Also, people had higher scores in physical activity and exercise dimension with higher level of education. Also, students have significantly higher scores in physical activity and exercise dimension and unemployed people received the lowest score in this dimension. People who were homeowner had higher scores in mental health, physical health. Discussion: Overall, lifestyle in the prevention of cancer in various dimensions was relatively favorable. Also, planning to increase public awareness about risk factors of cancer and support of healthy lifestyle by focusing on a diet high in vegetables, fruit, fiber, dairy products, antioxidant, small amounts of meat and appropriate physical activity should be used as part of primary prevention.

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Introduction: Risky behaviors and unhealthy lifestyles are significantly associated with mortality of adolescents. So, this study was conducted to compare the effectiveness of social-educational inoculation program based on the Islamic approach and stress inoculation training on the lifestyle of second-grade high school female students with risky behaviors in Yazd.
Methods: This study was semi-experimental with pretest-posttest design, in which two experimental groups and one control group were investigated. The statistical population included all high school female students studying in Yazd in the academic year of 2015-2016. The participants included 54 female students with risky behaviors, who were categorized into three groups using the multistage random sampling method. Then, the groups were randomly selected as the experimental and control groups. The educational interventions were conducted in 12 sessions of one hour and 15 minutes once a week during three months. Data collection instruments were the scale of risky behaviors (Zadeh Mohammadi et al.) and lifestyle questionnaire (Laali et al.). Lifestyle questionnaires were completed by students before and after training. Data were analyzed by SPSS₂₀ using covariance and LST.
Results: The pretest mean scores of lifestyle in the experimental group with social-educational inoculation program based on the Islamic approach was 140/77, with stress inoculation training was 139.27, and the mean score of the control group was 141.55.I In posttest, these mean scores were 156.83, 139.22, and 140.94, respectively. The results showed that the lifestyle mean scores improved in participants who attended the social-educational inoculation program based on Islamic approach (sig= 0/001). However, the participants who attended the stress inoculation training did not have any significantly difference in this regard (sig=0/085).
 
 

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Introduction: Lifestyle of a community members should be investigated, especially in the devotees and their families. The present research aimed at measuring and comparing the lifestyle status of veteran and non-veteran families in Iran.
Methods: In this cross-sectional study, the statistical population included the veteran and non-veteran families in Tehran City and the sample size included 360 people. The research instruments were Lali, Abedi, and Kajbaf’s Lifestyle Questionnaire (LSQ) (2012), and All Aspects of Health Literacy Scale (AAHLS, 2013). The data were analyzed by SPSS v.24. At the descriptive level, graphing was performed and at the inferential level, Pearson, t-test, Friedman, and analysis of variance tests were run.
Results: A significant difference was observed between the mean scores of lifestyle in two groups of Veteran and Non-Veteran in Tehran. No significant difference was found between the lifestyle scores of men and women in the Non-Veteran group as well as between the mean scores of the single and married lifestyle in the Veteran and Non-Veteran group (P<0/05). However, a significant relationship was found between health literacy and lifestyle of the veteran and non-veteran participants (p<0/05).
Conclusion: The results showed that lifestyle should be considered as a set of observable behaviors and health literacy should be investigated as predicting variables in promoting lifestyle in the Veteran and Non-Veteran groups.
 

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Introduction: Ischemic heart diseases are the most important cause of death worldwide, which affect the quality of life of affected patients. In Iran, ischemic heart diseases are the first cause of death in people aged over 35 years. The main goal of this study is to investigate the effect of lifestyle education on the quality of life of patients with ischemic heart diseases.
Method: This semi-experimental study was conducted using a pre-test and post-test design and with experimental and control groups. The statistical population included all patients with ischemic heart disease hospitalized in the CCU of Ali Ibn Abi Talib (AS) Rafsanjan Hospital in 2019. The sample size of 30 people in each group was determined. A three-part questionnaire (demographic information, France and Powers quality of life questionnaire and Minnesota questionnaire) was used to collect information. First, both experimental and control groups completed the mentioned questionnaires as a pre-test, then the experimental group was educated with five 45-minute sessions, and after two weeks, a post-test was taken from both groups again using the same questionnaires. The collected data were analyzed by SPSS software version 21. Independent T, paired T, and Chi-square statistical tests, Pearson's correlation coefficient and covariance analysis were used.
Results: The mean age of the samples was 59.73±12.81 years and the average duration of coronary disease was 1953.38±2598.50 days. The results showed that the increase in scores related to the general state of quality of life after education was significant and indicated the improvement of the condition of the experimental group compared to the control group.
Conclusion: The findings of the present study showed that interventional efforts are important and necessary in order to improve the quality of life in patients with ischemic heart disease. In order to improve the quality of life and ultimately control heart disease, it is recommended to use the educational program designed and used in this study as a model.