Lifestyle practices of Jordanian pregnant women

Gharaibeh, Muntaha; AbuAlRub, Raeda; Jada, N Al

doi:10.1111/j.1466-7657.2005.00257.x

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“…22 Also study by Gharaibeh et al, shows that Jordanian women achieved the average gain in the nutrition but had a lower score in relation to physical activity and stress management. 23 Differences in results could be due to differences in environmental and cultural issues. On the other hand, lack of physical activity could be due to some limitations of females in our community as well as the duties of women in household related tasks such as marital and motherhood activities.…”

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Relationship between Health Promoting Lifestyle and Perceived Stress in Pregnant Women with Preeclampsia

Malakouti¹,

Sehhati²,

Mirghafourvand³

et al. 2015

J Caring Sci

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Article Type: Original Article Introduction: Lifestyle during pregnancy has long-term effects on health of mother and child. Having previous illness or unexpected maternal or fetal conditions such as preeclampsia can complicate pregnancy and interfere with health-promoting behaviors and cause stress might interfere with health-promoting behaviors. This study was carried out to examine the relationship between health-promoting lifestyles and perceived stress in women with preeclampsia. Methods: This study is a descriptive correlation design that was conducted on 182 pregnant women with preeclampsia attending in the high risk clinics of Al-Zahra and Talegani hospitals in Tabriz 2014. Data gathering tools were three: demographics, health-promoting lifestyle (HPLP-II), and perceived stress questionnaires. SPSS Ver. 13 was used for data analysis. Results: The mean (SD) of health promoting lifestyle among pregnant women with preeclampsia was 2.4 (0.4). Among the dimensions of health promoting life style, the highest mean score was for sub domain of nutrition, i.e. 2.8 (0.5), and the lowest score was achieved by the sub-domains of physical activity, i.e. 1.5 (0.5).The mean (SD) score of perceived stress was 27.3 (7.1). There was reverse relationship between perceived stress and health -promoting behaviors. Conclusion: Based upon the results, health promoting behaviors were decreased by increment of perceived stress. Therefore, midwives can help women with preeclampsia by promoting health behaviors to reduce their stress and increase health-promoting behaviors.

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“…23), that due to the highest sample size of perceived stress, finally 182 pregnant women with preeclampsia were selected as sample size.…”

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Relationship between Health Promoting Lifestyle and Perceived Stress in Pregnant Women with Preeclampsia

Malakouti¹,

Sehhati²,

Mirghafourvand³

et al. 2015

J Caring Sci

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“…Interpersonal relations ranked the second highest among health-promoting lifestyles behaviors for the students. However, the average score for the interpersonal relations dimension was expected to be higher as family ties and relationship are very important in the Arab Muslim culture (Gharaibeh et al 2005). Stress management focused on methods and techniques used to control and manage stress.…”

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Health promoting lifestyles of Jordanian university students

Al-Khawaldeh

2014

IJANS

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Background: Health-promoting lifestyles of university students are strongly related to their current and subsequent health status. Low rates of health-promoting lifestyles among university students are still reported in literature. However, few studies in Jordan have examined health-promoting behaviors among university students. Objectives: This study was aimed to assess health-promoting lifestyles among university students and to examine relationship between the university student's characteristics and health-promoting lifestyles. Methods: A cross-sectional, correlational design was conducted using a sample of university students at Mutah University in Jordan. The Health Promotion Lifestyle Profile II (HPLP-II) scale was given to students as self-administered questionnaire. Data were analyzed by descriptive and inferential statistics. Results: Of the 480 distributed questionnaires; 340 completed questionnaires were returned. Results revealed that the total average score for the HPLP-II for students was 2.4 (SD =0.4). The highest mean score was for spiritual growth subscale (M=3.0, SD= 0.7) and the lowest mean score was for physical activity subscale (M = 2.0, SD = 0.7). Students' scores on the health responsibility, nutritional habits, spiritual growth, interpersonal relations, and stress-management subscales of the HPLP-II did not differ significantly by gender, but males scored better than females on the physical exercise subscale. Conclusions: This study suggest that university administrators, curriculum planners, community health professionals, and public health nurses may need to develop guidelines and interventions for structuring a healthier environment and developing health promotion programs to assist university students in developing healthy lifestyles.. Keywords: Health-Promoting Lifestyles; Jordan; University Students.

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“…[15,16] To date no study has examined how hospital patients understand and construct health during hospitalisation. In light of the current existing evidence, offering congruent health care that could decrease the fear of health services, maximise the respect between patients and nurses is problematic.…”

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Images of health among hospital patients in Jordan: A qualitative study

Shoqirat

2012

IJANS

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The purpose of this study was to examine hospital patients' understanding of health and its cultural constructions in Jordan. Four focus group discussions were carried out with hospital patients. The findings showed three images of health among patients in Jordan with different complexity levels. This included health as the freedom from illness, health as being in good social and psychological wellbeing, health as being physically, psychologically, socially and economically satisfied. Gender related conceptualisation of health was associated with the role of men and women in the society. Hospital patients' understanding of health is diverse, multidimensional, and affected by their gender. Therefore, hospital nurses are urged to incorporate patients' conceptualisations of health and factors involved into the framework of the patient's daily care plan and health promotion activity. The study limitations and recommendations for practice and future research are also outlined.

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Lifestyle practices of Jordanian pregnant women

Cited by 42 publications

References 33 publications

Relationship between Health Promoting Lifestyle and Perceived Stress in Pregnant Women with Preeclampsia

Relationship between Health Promoting Lifestyle and Perceived Stress in Pregnant Women with Preeclampsia

Health promoting lifestyles of Jordanian university students

Images of health among hospital patients in Jordan: A qualitative study

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