P Hatamian , A Babaei , S.k Rasoolzadeh Tabatabaei ,
Volume 21, Issue 4 (winter 2019)
Abstract
Background & aim: As elderly in each community are more exposed to stress and anxiety as a result of physical and psychological problems, this study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of Meta-cognitive based-training on emotion regulation and anxiety sensitivity in elderly with cardiovascular disease living in elderly care home in Tehran city.
Methods: The statistical population consisted of all elderly with heart disease living in elderly care homes with cardiovascular disease in Tehran city in 2018, with total number of 119 elderly among them 50 were selected by random sampling and divided into two groups with pre-test and post-test design (25 cases in experiment and 25 in control group).
Interventions based on metacognitive training on elderly with history of heart disease were performed for 8 sessions of 60 minutes, one session per week. Research tools included the Gross & John (2003) Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (ERQ-10) containing 10 items and two subscales of reassessment (6 items) and subdue (4 items) as well as Taylor & Cox's Anxiety Sensitivity Scale (ASS) (1998) with 36 self-report materials. Data were analyzed by multivariate analysis of covariance.
Results: The results indicated a significant deference between two groups (control & experiment) (p<0.001). Also, the results of single-variable using SPSS-23 software showed a significant deference in two variables (p<0.001).
Conclusion: The results showed that training based on meta-cognitive can be effective in emotion regulation and anxiety sensitivity in elderly with cardiovascular disease. So, it is suggested to health professionals to pay special attention to it.
R Afrooz, T Soleimani, J Hatami, Y Namvar,
Volume 25, Issue 2 (Summer 2023)
Abstract
Background & aim: Health is a global issue and debate, and organizations are trying to improve the health of their employees. One of these solutions is to strengthen the method of obtaining reliable information related to health through social media. Considering that medical universities should be more diligent in improving the health of their employees, the present study was conducted with the aim of promotion health based on media literacy in the educational staff of Ardabil University of Medical Sciences in 2022.
Methods: This research is of mixed exploratory type with quantitative-qualitative method. In the qualitative part, the statistical population was the professors and managers of Ardabil University of Medical Sciences, who were selected by a purposeful snowball sampling method, and in the quantitative part, there were 234 educational staff of Ardabil University of Medical Sciences, who was selected by a simple random sampling method. The data collection tool in the qualitative part was a semi-structured interview, and in the quantitative part, a questionnaire was prepared using the results of the qualitative part. For qualitative data analysis, grounded theory method was used by Strauss and Corbin coding method, and descriptive and inferential statistics were used for quantitative data analysis.
Results: In the qualitative stage, 8 main categories and 44 sub-categories were identified, which in the form of a paradigmatic model includes 6 dimensions; Causal conditions (individual characteristics and family background, environmental, social and economic conditions of society and critical evaluation of media content), background conditions (infrastructures for promoting media literacy), central phenomenon (promoting media literacy), strategies and measures (creation of learning environment and employee participation), intervening conditions (lack of acceptance of new media among employees) and finally consequences (improvement of public health). The results of the quantitative part also showed that the items that are considered to measure the main categories have sufficient validity and the relationships between the main meaningful categories and the model have good fit and predictive power.
Conclusion: Based on the findings of the research, it is concluded that the establishment of the health promotion model based on media literacy in Ardabil University of Medical Sciences can lead to the improvement of general health for the educational staff of the university, the results of which are the improvement of lifestyle and health behaviors, increase The capabilities of personal health are the creation and expansion of health services, the establishment of social justice and the empowerment of people, and the improvement of the quality and way of providing services.
Mis S Hoshmandi, T Soleimani, J Hatami, R Ghaffari,
Volume 25, Issue 3 (Autumn 2024)
Abstract
Background & aim: Health literacy is a global issue and its education and improvement has become an important measure in this direction. Therefore, medical science universities have an urgent need to realize and substantiate the health literacy of their employees. However, for this reason, a comprehensive model for universities of medical sciences has not yet been identified and formulated, and many of its antecedents remain unknown. The purpose of the present research was to design and validate the health literacy improvement model for teaching staff of Ardabil University of Medical Sciences.
Methods: The current research was a mixed methods studyusing a grounded theory approach for the qualitative part and a survey for the quantitative part. In the qualitative phase, the in-depth interviews with experts and eminent professors of Ardabil University of Medical Sciences were conducted based on the purposeful sampling method. Theoretical saturation was reached after 10 participant interviews. After analyzing the qualitative data through coding inspired by Glaser's theory and using MaxQDA v.21 software, the model was designed. In the quantitative phase, the model was validated using structural-interpretive equation modeling method and smart PLS software was used. For this purpose, 234 teaching staff at Ardabil University of Medical Sciences was randomly selected to complete a questionnaire consisting of 24 questions.
Results: According to the results, in open coding, 213 primary codes, in axial coding 71 major categories and in selective coding 11 core categories in the form of causal, contextual, intervening conditions, strategies/actions, consequences and the main phenomenon (health literacy) was classified. In this section, health literacy was designed as the main phenomenon in the form of a logical model and based on its understanding with conditions (causal, contextual and intervening), strategies/measures and consequences. Finally, the results of structural-interpretive equation modeling showed that the final model obtained from the qualitative part of the research had a good validity.
Conclusion: In general, due to the high validity of the designed model, it can be implemented in universities of medical sciences and with its implementation; we can expect a fundamental improvement in the health literacy of the teaching staff of Ardabil University of Medical Sciences.
