مجله سبک زندگی اسلامی با محوریت سلامت
پیاپی 2 (تابستان 1391)

Context: Islamic lifestyle encompasses a wide and pervasive field of different and complex aspects of today human life. This investigation aims to gather and review some of the active websites on Islamic lifestyle systematically and to define and conclude some in different countries. The true fact is that the original and modernized and developed humankind has been separated from the divine lifestyle in which the spirit and the body must be healthy. To knowledge production in Islamic lifestyle with the center of health، ourselves weakness and strength points must be recognized with an understanding on scientific researches performed in other countries in this field. The aim of this research is to criticize and evaluate Islamic lifestyle in websites and identification of Iran position in that.. Evidence Acquisition: in this investigation by using websites، active websites on Islamic lifestyle have been assessed systematically. Gathered sources were categorized and evaluated with descriptive statistics and content analysis..

From the 28 websites assessed، in the United States، India، Arabia، Turkey and Iran، main investigations topics were Islamic lifestyle definition، Islamic lifestyle distribution incentives، Islamic lifestyle promotion and Islamic lifestyle on social system in Islamic countries..

Identical Islamic lifestyle definition in different websites and Islamic lifestyle distribution incentives and approach to it is diverse and different. Despite the fact، a significant portion of assessed different websites is about benefits and the necessity to employ Islamic lifestyle. Finally it can be said that Islamic lifestyle topic was different in evaluated countries based on their policy and programs. Therefore it is essential to perform a systematic review in research literature universally among Islamic countries to clarify the problem reality..

Life style is a blend of behavioral and personal habits and encompasses different aspects like nutrition، physical activity، stress، tobacco consumption and sleeping quality which is resulted from socialization process. Regarding performed investigations، people with appropriate lifestyle are healthier، and this issue is more important for military forces which must have a higher level of physical and spiritual wellbeing. With and overview on Quran and Hadiths as two inevitable Islam sources، and also infallibles (A) life and practical tradition it can be understood that if these divine law commands be obeyed and the rules be performed correctly، most of the problems involving the humankind nowadays، would be solved; because Islam tries for health and physical and spiritual excellence and refinement from pollutions، and can help invaluable preventive medicine as a high moral value and an efficient consecutive system in this filed and has an important role in maintaining it. Islam emphasizes on modulating and configuring all aspects of life in performing true lifestyle program. In fact Islam is a religion in which has programs for human before birth to after death، despite the fact it does not interdict the human progresses، while supports and accompanies him or her to the highest degrees of growth which is imagined، and the results of obeying these commands، recommendations and cautions is to keep individuals and society in a balance and physical، spiritual and moral health. The present study aims to evaluate the roles of religious commands on modifying different groups’ lifestyle especially military forces..

The lifestyle from the point of sociology refers to the way a person lives to one’s own ability but basically and due to its importance with health and wellness means choosing the best method for improving health aspects in one person’s life. Lifestyle is discussed in different religious as well as several countries..

Due to the importance of studying about lifestyle as a way of person life we aimed to study the distribution of published articles in the field of Islamic lifestyle in different Middle Eastern countries and different religions using two major databases like ISI web of Sciences (WoS) and Pubmed..

Using WoS and Pubmed during 1992 to 2011 with the keyword of “lifestyle”، the total number of published articles was obtained..

Among total of 1228 articles indexed in Pubmed and 378 in ISI the highest number of article were seen in 2010. There was a significant differentiation between total number of published articles in USA and Middle East countries while in Middle East countries Turkey and Iran have most published article in this field. Besides Christian and Muslims have more published articles in 2000-2011. Public Environmental Occupational Health has the most number of Lifestyle’s articles comparing with other fields. During recent two years more attention is absorbed toward Islamic lifestyle than Christianity..

The tendency to study about lifestyle has been increased gradually during recent years especially about Islamic lifestyle which could be originated from its nature about covering different aspects of person life..

According to the increase of patients with coronary artery disease، paying more attention to the quality of life seems to be important. One of the factors affecting the quality of life is spiritual health. Spiritual health as one of the main aspects of health is usually ignored..

The current study was performed to determine the relationship between spiritual health and quality of life in patients with coronary artery disease.. Patients and

The current study was a sectional correlation type survey and 346 patients with coronary artery disease were selected by available sampling method as the study population. Data was gathered by Ellison & Palutzian spiritual health، and “Nottingham Health Profile” quality of life questionnaires. SPSS software version 16 was employed to analyze the data by Pierson correlation index and independent T test at0. 05 level of significance، P < 0. 05..

The results of the current study indicated that the average level of spiritual health in these patients was 82. 11 ± 2. 90. Also، the average of quality of life in patients with coronary artery disease was at medium level 61. 4 ± 18. 62; and the quality of life in women patients was significantly higher than that of men with the same disease (P = 0. 001). Besides، the results indicated a significant correlation between spiritual health and quality of life in the patients with coronary artery disease (P = 0. 001)..

According to the results of the current study، it is necessary to consider the factors related to the quality of life in patients care. Relation between spiritual health and quality of life indicated the need to consider this factor in the care of patients with coronary artery disease. This key point can be considered with specific priority in a country، like Iran، with rich religious and cultural belief to design the treatment-careprograms for these patients..

Religion and health have recently received much attention in modern medicine. Several studies in various parts of the world have supported the role of religion as a protective factor against mental disorders. One of the common traumas in the field of mental health is suicidal behaviors. Adherence to religious beliefs plays an important role in preventing suicidal behaviors..

The present study aims to examine the reltionship between Muslim religious orientation and suicidal behaviors in soldiers serving at one of the country’s military organizations..Patients and

1659 soldiers who served in one of military organizations in six provinces were selected using strtified sampling. The instruments included Beck’s suicidal ideation scale (BSSI) and Islamic religious orientation scale..

The results showed that the prevalence of suicidal ideation in this study was 10.9 %. There is a negative correlation between suicidal behaviors and religious orientation. There has been a significant difference between the two groups of individuals (one with suicidal ideation and one without suicidal thoughts) in subscale scores of Islamic ethics, Islamic practices and religious orientation..

According to the results of this study, there is significant negative correlation between the two variables of Muslim religious orientation and suicidal behaviors. Therefore, strengthening young soldiers’ religious beliefs and reinforcing their religious orientation can be effective in reducing the incidence of suicidal thoughts and attempts..

One of human’s psychological needs is to have a transcendent relationship with an omnipotent and superior force. Prayer and praise is one of the manifestations of human relationship with the Lord of the Universe..

The study aims to comparatively examine the effect of prayer and praise on peace of mind and physical health from male and female students’ points of view in Gonabad’s guidance schools in 1390..

This is a descriptive-analytical study based on cross-sectional design. The research was conducted in the fall of 1390 (2011). The population of the study consisted of 70 students from two guidance schools in Gonabad including Sama nonprofit- making school for girls and Hasheminejad school for boys which is a kind of “Elite Schools. After gathering the data، they were analyzed using SPSS-16 software and then inserted into the descriptive and analytical tables..

The results indicate that there is a significant relationship between the students’ familiarity with prayer and praise and their faith in its effects. There is a significant relationship between girls and boys in their familiarity with prayer and praise so that girls’ familiarity with prayer and praise is more than that of boys (P = 0/025)..

Living with prayer and praise is itself an Islamic life-style. The students under the study had high level of understanding of prayer and praise and strong belief in its effects on calmness، soothing، healing and treating diseases..