atefeh haghparast; Camelia Rohani; Parvaneh Vasli; Fatemeh Salmani; Milad Ahmadi Marzaleh
Volume 22, Issue 10 , 2020
Abstract
Background: Attention to the increase of students' physical activity is one of the goals of Healthy People 2020. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of education on the students' physical activity by using two methods of lecturing and the peer group.
Methods: In this quasi-experimental ...
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Background: Attention to the increase of students' physical activity is one of the goals of Healthy People 2020. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of education on the students' physical activity by using two methods of lecturing and the peer group.
Methods: In this quasi-experimental study, 142 female students (aged 12-15) were randomly selected and divided into two groups: lecture (n=71) and peer group (n=71). Two physical activity questionnaires; the Physical Activity Questionnaire for older Children (PAQ-C) and the International Physical Activity Questionnaire-Short Form (IPAC-Short Form), were filled out by the students in two phases, before educational intervention and eight weeks later. Data were analyzed by SPSS version 20 using the parametric (independent and paired sample t-tests) and non-parametric tests (Man Whitney U and Wilcoxon Signed-Ranked tests).
Results: The results of the study showed that the hypothesis: "the effect of the educational intervention program using two methods of lecture and education in the peer group is different on the physical activity of students" was accepted. In both groups, the level of physical activity was low in the beginning of the study. However, eight weeks after the educational intervention program, a significant increase was observed in the physical activity of students in the peer group, in comparison to the students in the lecture group using both questionnaires; i.e. PAQ-C (p<0.001) and IPAQ-Short Form (p<0.001). Also, measurement by two questionnaires showed that the number of students with low physical activity in the peer group declined (p=0.001), and the number of those with moderate physical activity was notably added (p<0.01).
Conclusions: Dynamism in the peer group causes sustainable learning in the domain of psychomotor skills. Therefore, this active teaching method can be developed in schools for increasing learning motivation of students in health programs by school or community health nurses.
Ahmad Osta; Parvaneh Vasli; Meimanat Hosseini; Malihe Nasiri; Camelia Rohani
Volume 20, s1 , December 2018, , Pages 1-8
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Background: Operating room staffs are constantly subjected to a wide range of risks and injuries; therefore, any attempt to increase their safety through education is justified and considered a necessity. Objectives: The aim of present study was to determine the effect of education based on the health ...
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Background: Operating room staffs are constantly subjected to a wide range of risks and injuries; therefore, any attempt to increase their safety through education is justified and considered a necessity. Objectives: The aim of present study was to determine the effect of education based on the health belief model on adherence to standard precautions in operating room staff. Materials and Methods: This single-arm clinical study was carried out with a single-group, before-after study design. Seventy eli- gible operating room staff members from a hospital in Islamabad-e-Gharb, a city in Iran, were selected using the census sampling method in 2016 - 2017. The educational program, based on the constructs of the health belief model and related to taking standard precautions, was completed by operating room staff in three separate 30 to 45-minute sessions. Data collection tools included a demographic questionnaire and six researcher-created questionnaires based on the health belief model constructs and a standard self-efficacy questionnaire. The validity and reliability of all questionnaires were assessed and verified. Data were collected and an- alyzed before and 4 weeks after the educational program. Both the descriptive and inferential statistics (paired t-test) functions ofSPSS version 22 were used to analyze the data. Results: Nearly 85.7% of the operating room staff participants were men, and their mean age was 37.30 ± 6 years. The means and standard deviations of adherence to the standard precautions before and after the education were 35.17 ± 5.65 and 37.71 ± 5.83, respectively. The results of the paired t-test showed that except in case of cues to action, education based on the health belief model brought about significant changes in the constructs of this model, including perceived susceptibility (p = 0.03), perceived severity (P = 0.01), perceived benefits (P = 0.04), perceived barriers (P = 0.01), self-efficacy (P = 0.03), and adherence to standard precautions (P = 0.04). Conclusions: Nursing managers, nurses, and operating room staff can use the findings of this study for education and assessment of adherence to standard precautions.
Narjes Deyhoul; Parvaneh Vasli; Camelia Rohani; Nezhat Shakeri; Meimanat Hosseini
Volume 20, Issue 6 , 2018, Pages 1-10
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Background: Stroke is the main cause of adult inability and dependency on caregiver in performing activities of daily living (ADLs). Studies showed that the caregivers of such patients experienced high levels of dependency-induced caring pressure and, conse- quently, physical-psychological problems. ...
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Background: Stroke is the main cause of adult inability and dependency on caregiver in performing activities of daily living (ADLs). Studies showed that the caregivers of such patients experienced high levels of dependency-induced caring pressure and, conse- quently, physical-psychological problems. Objectives: The present study aimed to examine the effect of the instructional intervention on family caregivers’ perceived threat of stroke patients dependency risk.Methods: In a randomized controlled clinical trial study, a total of 45 pairs of stroke patients and their family caregivers were se- lected based on inclusion and exclusion criteria and randomly divided into the intervention and control groups. Sampling lasted from July 2016 to March 2017 and was performed in Tehran, Iran. Instructional intervention for family caregivers in the intervention group was in the form of four one-hour sessions. The data were collected before and immediately after instructional intervention at the hospital as well as two weeks and two months following the intervention via postal service. Results: The mean rank of family caregivers’ perceived threat was 1.44 and 2.76 in pre-intervention stage of intervention and control groups, which became 2.49 and 2.49 two months after intervention, respectively. The Friedman test showed that there was a signifi- cant difference in all post instructional intervention stages compared with pre-intervention (P < 0.001), whereas no such difference was observed in the control group (P = 0.245). The Mann-Whitney U test also showed that the pre-intervention family caregivers per- ceived threat was also not significantly different in the two groups (P = 0.591). However, it was increased immediately, two weeks,and two months following the intervention compared with the control group (P < 0.001). Conclusions: It is recommended that stroke patients’ caregivers be provided with instructional programs to enhance their under- standing of patient dependency risks and challenges.
