Health Knowledge and Health Promoting Lifestyle Among Women of Childbearing age in Shiraz

Ahmadi, Aliyar; Roosta, Fatemeh

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“…The scoring of the HPLP2 questionnaire is based on a 4-point scale; each score is as follows: never: 1, sometimes: 2, often: 3, normally: 4; adding up to a highest score of 208 and lowest score of52.Lin et al, showed that Cronbach's α for this questionnaire was 0.96 and that for each subscale ranged from .77 to .87. Also, its reliability and validity on Iranian women has been published previously (21). Menopause severity was assessed by the Menopause Rating Scale (MRS) questionnaire.…”

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Association between Lifestyle and Severity of Menopausal Symptoms in Postmenopausal Women

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Menopause is a physiological occurrence characterized by a series of bothersome symptoms. Given that lifestyle affects people's health in general and many menopausal symptoms are influenced by changes in lifestyle, this study aimed to determine the relationship between lifestyle and severity of menopausal symptoms in women referred to health centers in Yazd city. Method: This cross-sectional study was performed using stratified random sampling where 343 postmenopausal women who had experienced natural menopause for 1-5 years, and did not have any chronic or debilitating disease were selected. The study was conducted in 2017 in Yazd city, Iran. The data collection tools were Walker's Health Promoting Lifestyle Profile II (HPLP2) and Menopause Rating Scale (MRS) questionnaires. A multiple hierarchical linear regression was used to investigate the association between lifestyle and severity of menopausal symptoms. Results: The total mean ± (SD) score of menopausal symptoms severity and women's lifestyle were 10.21 ± 6.55 and 126.44 ± 79.27, respectively. The results of multiple hierarchical linear regression showed a significantly negative association between lifestyle score and the mean score of menopausal symptoms severity in all three models (P-value <0.001). Conclusion: Our study concluded that healthier lifestyle reduces the severity of menopausal symptoms. These findings warrant that policy makers in the design of postmenopausal care plans and programs ought to pay special attention to the role of healthy lifestyles, including physical activity and healthy diet in enhancing menopausal symptoms. By preventing aggravation of menopausal symptoms; it is possible to economize on referrals to physicians and medicinal and therapeutic costs. Longitudinal and intervention studies with larger sample size may be required to confirm these findings.

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“…cluded studies except of one study (Ahmadipour & Kiarash, 2016), a significant relationship has been reported between education and healthy lifestyle. For determinant of spouse's education, there was a significant relationship in three studies (Abedi et al, 2015;Ahmadi et al, 2015;Mirghafourvand et al, 2014). There was a significant relationship between spouse's job and healthy lifestyle in two studies (Abedi et al, 2015;Amirabadizadeh et al, 2016).…”

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“…In all studies, health-promoting behaviours and their related factors were analysed. In most studies (Abedi et al, 2015;Ahmadi et al, 2015;Ahmadipour & Kiarash, 2016;Amirabadizadeh et al, 2016;Anbari et al, 2015;Bakouei et al, 2017;Enjezab et al, 2012;Mirghafourvand et al, 2014;Tol et al, 2018), Walker's health-promoting lifestyle Profile (HPLP 2) (Walker et al, 1987) was used to investigate health-promoting behaviours. Two studies used a researcher-made questionnaire (Mahdipour et al, 2013;Rafiee et al, 2014), and one study applied the Lifestyle Questionnaire (LSQ) designed by La'li et al in Iran (Zare & Khaluee, 2016).…”

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A systematic review of social determinants of healthy lifestyle among Iranian women

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The World Health Organization (WHO) defines social determinants of health as the environment where people are born, grow, work and age (Marmot et al., 2008). This environment is shaped by the distribution of money, power and resources at the national, regional and global levels that are by themselves influenced by political choices. Social determinants account for a bulk of the inequities (unjust and avoidable differences in health status seen within countries) (WHO, 2020). Key social determinants of health include socio-economic status, education, income, early childhood, social isolation (caused by discrimination, unemployment and defamation), social capital (intragroup and intergroup relationships), occupation, housing and the environment surrounding the place of residence (Welfare, 2016). Social determinants of health can identify individuals by adjustable behavioural and medical risk factors (Raphael, 2011). Social inequalities in health are associated with social differences in lifestyle and behaviour (WHO, 2010).

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“…A number of studies have found a positive relationship between health literacy and health-promoting behaviors [13-15]. For example, studies have found a significant association between health knowledge and health-promoting lifestyles among women of childbearing age [16]. In addition, eHealth literacy is actively promoted via health education.…”

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The Associations Among Individual Factors, eHealth Literacy, and Health-Promoting Lifestyles Among College Students

Yang¹,

Luo²,

Chiang³

2017

J Med Internet Res

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BackgroundeHealth literacy is gaining importance for maintaining and promoting health. Studies have found that individuals with high eHealth literacy are more likely to adopt healthy eating, exercise, and sleep behaviors. In addition, previous studies have shown that various individual factors (eg, frequency of seeking information on health issues, degree of health concern, frequency of eating organic food, and students’ college major) are associated with eHealth literacy and health-promoting lifestyles. Nevertheless, few studies have explored the associations among individual factors, eHealth literacy, and health-promoting lifestyles among college students. Moreover, there is a lack of studies that focus on eHealth literacy as a predictor of psychological health behaviors.ObjectiveTo examine the associations among various individual factors, eHealth literacy, and health-promoting lifestyles.MethodsThe eHealth Literacy Scale is a 12-item instrument designed to measure college students’ functional, interactive, and critical eHealth literacy. The Health-promoting Lifestyle Scale is a 23-item instrument developed to measure college students’ self-actualization, health responsibility, interpersonal support, exercise, nutrition, and stress management. A nationally representative sample of 556 valid college students in Taiwan was surveyed. A questionnaire was administered to gather the respondents’ background information, including the frequency of seeking information on health issues, the frequency of eating organic food, the degree of health concern, and the students’ major. We then conducted a multiple regression analysis to examine the associations among individual factors, eHealth literacy, and health-promoting lifestyles.ResultsThe study found that factors such as medical majors (t550=2.47-7.55, P<.05) and greater concern with health (t550=2.15-9.01, P<.05) predicted college students’ 4-6 health-promoting lifestyle dimensions and the 3 dimensions of eHealth literacy. Moreover, critical eHealth literacy positively predicted all 6 health-promoting lifestyle dimensions (t547=2.66-7.28, P<.01), functional literacy positively predicted 2 dimensions (t547=2.32-2.98, P<.05), and interactive literacy predicted only the self-actualization dimension (t547=2.81, P<.01).ConclusionsThis study found that participants who majored in medical fields had greater concern with their health and frequently sought health information, exhibited better eHealth literacy, and had a positive health-promoting lifestyle. Moreover, this study showed that college students with a higher critical eHealth literacy engaged better in health-promoting activities than those with functional and interactive literacy.

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Health Knowledge and Health Promoting Lifestyle Among Women of Childbearing age in Shiraz

Cited by 15 publications

References 15 publications

Association between Lifestyle and Severity of Menopausal Symptoms in Postmenopausal Women

Association between Lifestyle and Severity of Menopausal Symptoms in Postmenopausal Women

A systematic review of social determinants of healthy lifestyle among Iranian women

The Associations Among Individual Factors, eHealth Literacy, and Health-Promoting Lifestyles Among College Students

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