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Masoumeh Moqaddam, Soudabeh Mehdizadeh, Vahid Pakpour, Nastaran Heidari Khayyat, Mahnaz Afshinjoo,
Volume 3, Issue 1 (9-2013)
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Background and Objectives: Obesity is a social dilemma. Lack of adequate physical activity in adolescence is one of the main causes of obesity. This study aimed to determine the relationship between the obesity and physical activity among female adolescents in west region of Tehran. Material and Methods: In this descriptive correlational study, 385 students were recruited to the study using the multistage random sampling. Physical activity status was assessed using the standardized 7-item physical activity questionnaire. The obesity status was calculated with body mass index and the Triceps skin-fold thickness according to the NHANES1. Data were analyzed using the ANOVA, Chi-squared test, Spearman correlation and Kappa coefficient in 95% confidence level. Results: According to the Triceps skin-fold thickness, 18 per cent of the participants were overweight and obese. This per cent was increased when the obesity was measured according to the body mass index (15 per cent). About half of the participants had low levels of physical activity. The third graders had the lowest levels of the physical activity. There were no statistically significant relationship between the anthropometric indices with the physical activity. Conclusion: High-graders had less physical activity. Physical activity should be encouraged among the students.
Mohammad Shariati, Raheleh Babazadeh, Khadigeh Mirzaii Najmabadi, Seyed Abbas Mousavi,
Volume 6, Issue 3 (11-2016)
Abstract
Background and Objectives: Adolescence is the time of the transition from childhood to adulthood; but it is also a formative period of the life habits in which many of the lifestyles are learned and established. This study was done to explore the views and experiences of adolescent girls and adults in order to clarify characteristics of youth-friendly reproductive health services.
Materials and Methods: This qualitative descriptive study was conducted during the period February–November 2012. Data were collected by carrying out focus group discussions and semi-structured interviews with 247 adolescent girls and 14 key adults, including school counselors and health providers in Mashhad and Shahroud cities. All interviews and focus group discussions were recorded on two digital recorders and were transcribed. Routine content analysis, data coding and categorization were performed by MAXQDA10.
Results: The characteristics of youth-friendly reproductive health services were classified in four categories: (1) personnel factors (2) physical and environmental factors of the services providers (3) management factors and (4) stimulus factors.
Conclusion: According to the results of the study, establishing centers of reproductive health services for female adolescents of this age group can play an important role in preventing reproductive health problems them.
Bahman Alimoradi, Hamid Nejat,
Volume 8, Issue 1 (6-2018)
Abstract
Background: Mood disorders constitute a prevalent problem during postnatal period. Nonetheless, three is not adequate information on the underlying mechanism of postpartum depression (PPD).
Objectives: Therefore, this study aimed to investigates the role of early maladaptive schemas (EMSs) and premenstrual syndrome (PMS) in mothers with postpartum depression (PPD) referring to health centers in Mashhad.
Methods: In order to carry out this cross-sectional study purposeful sampling was used to select 179 mothers who referred to health centers in Mashhad during February, March, and April of 2018 and met the relevant criteria of study as the participants. Participants completed Young’s Early Maladaptive Schema, Premenstrual syndrome (PSST) and the Edinburgh Depression Scale. Descriptive statistics and stepwise regression analysis were used to analyze the data with SPSS version 20.
Results: The participants ranged in age from 19 to 41 and their mean age was 29.7±8/7. This group of participants consisted of 106 mothers who had experienced their first delivery, 42(24.4%) mothers who had experienced their second delivery, and 24(14%) mothers who had experienced their third delivery. The results revealed that PMS (P<0/001; r=0.56) and EMSs (P<0/05; r=0.65) had significant correlations with PPD. PMS and EMSs together predicted 42% of the variance of PPD.
Conclusion: The findings of this study suggests that PMS and EMSs affect mothers’ PPD.
Roya Salmanpour Zaki, Nasrin Jafari Varjoshani, Nasrin Bahramnejad,
Volume 11, Issue 2 (5-2021)
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Background: Adolescence is a very important and sensitive period of life and paying attention to the health of this period is of particular importance. Therefore, paying attention to the health of female adolescents, as future mothers, is doubly important.
Objectives: This study was performed aiming to determine the physical health needs of female adolescents and related factors in the city of Tabriz, Iran.
Methods: This descriptive-analytical study was performed on 435 high school female adolescents in the city of Tabriz using two-stage sampling method, in 2020. A demographic information form and the Female Adolescents Health Needs Questionnaire (FAHNQ; Shah Hosseini et al.) as a native questionnaire (validity=0.92, reliability=0.90) were used to collect data. Data analysis was performed by one-sample t-test, independent t-test, analysis of variance (ANOVA), and Duncan’s post hoc test using SPSS software version 16.
Results: According to the findings, 90.34% and 9.66% of the samples attended public and non-public schools, respectively. The field of study of 53.79% of the participants was experimental sciences and 43.45% were studying in tenth grade. The level of physical health needs of female adolescents in Tabriz was high. The physical health needs of the study samples in public schools were higher than non-public schools, with twelfth-grade students more than other grades (P<0.05). By increasing grade point average (GPA), family income, and consequently more access to the Internet and cell phones, adolescents’ physical health needs decreased (P<0.05).Conclusion: According to the results, the physical health needs of female adolescents were high and one of the most relevant factors was the economic status. Therefore, it is recommended to plan and take measures to meet adolescents’ health needs through the participation of parents, education officials, and other institutions.
Samaneh Fakhrian, Mustafa Bolghan-Abadi,
Volume 12, Issue 2 (3-2022)
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Background: Nurses are among the individuals who are under various forms of stress and physical and psychological harm due to the nature of their occupation.
Objectives: The present study aimed to investigate the mediating role of self-compassion in the relationship between spiritual intelligence and hope in female nurses.
Methods: The method of the current research was descriptive-correlational. In this research, 183 female nurses of Neyshabur hospitals were selected by convenience sampling method in 2019. Participants completed King’s Spiritual Intelligence Questionnaire (2008), Snyder’s Hope Questionnaire (2000), and Neff’s Self-Compassion Scale (2003). The data were analyzed using SPSS software version 24, descriptive statistics (mean, standard deviation, frequency, and frequency percentage), path analysis method, and Pearson correlation coefficient.
Results: The mean (SD) age of participants was 35.22(5.91) years. Spiritual intelligence and self-compassion were predictors of hope in female nurses (p<0.005). Overall, the results showed that self-compassion had a mediating role in the relationship between spiritual intelligence and hope in female nurses (p<0.05).
Conclusion: According to the findings, it seems that individuals who have high spiritual intelligence feel self-compassion and therefore are more hopeful.
Fatemeh Kashaniain, Anahita Khodabakhshi-Koolaee, Davood Taghvaei, Ghoodsi Ahghar,
Volume 13, Issue 1 (3-2023)
Abstract
Background: Self-injury in adolescents refers to intentional behaviors that are not extrinsically motivated or do not have pre-determined intentions and impose costs on one’s body image.
Objectives: This study aimed to compare the effectiveness of compassion-focused therapy and positive-oriented therapy on the body image of female adolescents with a history of self-injury.
Methods: This semi-experimental study with a pre-test-post-test design was conducted on 45 female high school students in district 4 of Tehran in the year of 2021. Participants were randomly divided into three groups (two intervention groups and one control group). The data were collected using a demographic information checklist and the Multidimensional Body-Self Relations Questionnaire–Appearance Scale (MBSRQ-AS) developed by Cash et al. (2000). The collected data were analyzed through multiple analysis of variance (MANCOVA) with SPSS software 26.
Results: The data revealed a statistically significant difference between the mean body image and the sub-scales scores in the three groups after the intervention appearance (F=18.37; P=0.001; Eta=0.620), appearance orientation (F=0.99; P=0.001; Eta=0.599), body areas satisfaction (F=11.87; P=0.001; Eta=0.659), fitness orientation (F=15.68; P=0.001; Eta=0.603), preoccupation with weight (P =23.04; P=0.001; Eta=0.540), and body satisfaction (F=16.69; P=0.001; Eta=0.613). The Bonferroni post hoc test showed no significant difference in the effectiveness of two therapies in the participants’ body image (P>0.05).
Conclusion: Considering the effectiveness of both compassion-focused and positive-oriented interventions on the body image, it is suggested that these interventions be used in female adolescents with a history of self-injury to reduce anxiety and improve mental well-being.
Nahid Safabakhsh, Taraneh Emamgholi Khooshehchin, Leila Rastegari, Saeedeh Zenoozian,
Volume 13, Issue 2 (3-2023)
Abstract
Background: Adolescence is considered one of the most important periods in the life of any human being. In most cases, adolescents suffer from fear, anxiety, and stress during this period, and how to pass through this period considerably affects their mental and physical health.
Objectives: This study was conducted to investigate the effect of life skills-based group counseling on stress in female adolescents in the city of Zanjan.
Methods: The present study is a randomized controlled trial with parallel groups. Sixty four female adolescents under the coverage of health centers in the city of Zanjan in 2019 were initially divided into two intervention (n=32) and control groups (n=32) by blocked random sampling method. In the intervention group, eight sessions of life skills-based group counseling were conducted once a week for 90 minutes. Data were collected using Cohen’s Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) and were analyzed using the Mann-Whitney U and repeated measurements tests in SPSS 18 software.
Results: The results indicated no significant difference between the two intervention (35.06 ± 9.56) and control (29.94±9.16) groups before the intervention (p=0.253). The mean stress score two months after the intervention was significantly lower in the intervention group (29.94 ± 7.59) than in the control group (37.17±9.16) (p<0.043).
Conclusion: Based on the study results, life skills-based group counseling can reduce stress in female adolescents. Therefore, it is recommended to use this method as a part of health system care for female adolescents in schools and comprehensive health centers.
