مجله سلامت جامعه
سال هشتم شماره 1 (بهار 1393)

Prayer is a traditional intervention for relief from disease and upgrading health which could be done individually or collectively. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of Prayer on anxiety in family members of patients undergoing general surgery in Shahid Beheshti hospital of Kashan in 2012 This quasi-experimental study was performed on 80 family members of patients undergoing general surgery. Family members of patients were randomly selected and placed into two groups: experimental and control. The experimental group listened to the translated versions of the seventh، tenth and thirteenth prayers of the Sahife Sajadieh with titles «Pray when tragedy strikes، Pray for refuge to God، Pray in need and seeking something from God for 30 minutes by headphones. The control group did not receive any intervention. Before and after the intervention Spil Berger questionnaire was completed for the two groups. Data was analyzed using SPSS Version16، Chi-Square، t-tests and one-woy ANOVA. Findings indicated a significant difference between the mean of open and hidden anxiety in the experimental group befor inter Vention (p≤0. 05). This difference was also significant in the experimental and control groups، after the intervention (p > 0. 05). According to the findings، prayer has a positive effect on reducing the anxiety and could reduce the anxiety in the family members of patients before the surgery.

Infertility and its complications have a large impact on the psychological well-being of people. The goal of the current research is to investigate the role of Meta emotion and resiliency in psychological well-being of infertile woman. The present research is a descriptive. The statistical population of current research included all infertile women referring to health centers of Gonabad city in 2012-2013. The sample of current research was 120 infertile women who were selected by available sampling method. For gathering data, resiliency questionnaire, psychological well-being questionnaire and Meta emotion questionnaire were used. The gathered data were analyzed by Pearson's correlation coefficient and multiple linear. Results showed that, a positive and significant relationship between resiliency and meta emotion with psychological well-being in infertile women exists. Also according to the multiple regression analysis meta emotion and resiliency could significantly predict the psychological wellbeing of infertile women. Overall R2 should be reported research show the importance of meta emotion and resiliency in predicting the psychological wellbeing of infertile woman.

Nursing is a dangerous job and addressing the safety concern of the nurses is necessary. Assessing the safety climate is one of the assessing methods for safety situation. Safety climate is a multi-dimensions factor that describes how the employees share perceptions toward safety. The aim of this study was to survey the safety climate and its structural factors among the educating hospital's nursing staff. This descriptive analytical and census study was conducted among the 480 nursing staff of 6 educating hospital in Kashan Iran during 2014. Demographic information and mental workload data were gathered using demographic information questionnaire and nurse safety climate questionnaire respectively. The data were analyzed by using spssv16 software. t-test, one way ANOVA and Pierson correlation confession analytical tests. Nurse's communication (3.41) and error reporting (3.07) obtained the highest and the lowest scores respectively among the safety climate factors. Total safety climate score was estimated at 3.23. There was no significant relationship between safety climate and demographic characteristics but, there was a significant relationship between safety climate factors (p<0.05). The results showed that the safety climate of studied nursing staff was not optimum and corrective actions for improvement of the safety climate is necessary. According to positive significant relationship between safety climate factors, Corrective actions in each field can influence safety climate effectively.

Coronary artery diseases (CAD) are the most common, costly and debilitating diseases and identify factors that may help predict where necessary. The purpose of study was evaluation the correlation between the earlobe crease (ELC) and coronary artery disease in patients referred for coronary angiography in Rafsanjan. We evaluated 320 patients in coronary angiography department for ELC and severity of CAD and other variables. Data analyzed with chi-Square and logistic regression. 68.8% had CAD that 32.7% of them had no ELC, 43.6% moderate ELC and 23.6% severe that difference was significant (p=0.01). Difference between ELC was significance with cigar (p=0.014), hyperlipidemia (P<0.001), history of CAD (P=0.048), age and bady mas index (P<0.001). ELC, hyperlipidemia and age can predict CAD significantly. It seems that this Dermatologic finding able to predict the risk of CAD in normal population and perhaps even in emergencies such surgeries.

Mood disorders including depression are the most common and most serious mental disorders among people. Students as a high risk group are also known for developing this disorder. The aim of this study was to investigate the role of perfectionism and daily stresses on predicting the depression symptoms among the students. This cross-sectional study was carried out on 477 students at Allameh Tabataba’I University through multiple cluster sampling. Participants responded to the questionnaires of demographic characteristics, perfectionism, daily stresses and depression symptoms. Data were analyzed using Pearson' s correlation coefficient and stepwise multipee linear regression. Results showed that there was significant internal correlation among perfectionism, daily stresses and depression symptoms (p<0.01). Also, stepwise regression analysis indicated that perfectionism and daily stresses significantly predicted 29% and 11% of the variance of depression symptoms, respectively (p<0.01). This study results suggest the importance of perfectionism and daily stresses on predicting the depression symptoms and these factors can explain the high degree of variability of these symptoms.

Entering College is a major change and a critical period in one's social and family life. This study aims to investigate Mental Health Status and some affecting variables Such as coping strategies and social support among students of Sirjan College of Medical Sciences. This cross-sectional study was conducted on the entire students enrolled in Sirjan College. Three questionnaires, including mental health (GHQ), social support and coping style, were employed for measuring variables. Data were analyzed by using descriptive and analytical statistics. The results showed that 11.8% of the students were suspected of mental disorders. Students in health discipline had the best status of mental health among the different disciplines and students of the field of laboratory sciences had the worst. Social support variable was the strongest predictor of student's mental health Overall. In total 20 percent of the variation in mental health was explained by the six independent variables. According to our findings, effective coping skills and social support can be effective in improving student's mental health. Thus, regarding the fact that this college is newly built, measures and policies are required in order to improve the student's mental health including the reduction of academic stress and life skills workshops.

Fennel is one of the plants which have traditionally been used to treat menstrual pain, but the impact of the plant on the amount of menstrual bleeding has been reported differently. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of oral fennel drop in bleeding intensity and menstrual pattern in students with primary dysmenorrheal.

This randomized clinical trial study was performed on 29 participants (intervention group) and 30 (control group). Informed consent was obtained from each participant. Severity of menstrual bleeding was assessed by counting the number of pads and Pictorial Blood Assessment Chart (PBA). Data was analyzed using SPSS software version 16. Also, statistical tests like Mann Witney and paired t test and independent t test was used of < 0.05 was considered statistically significant difference.

The results of the study indicated no significant statistical difference between the amount and the intensity of menstrual bleeding in the intervention group before and after the intervention.

Based on the results of the study using fennel extract has no significant impact on menstrual bleeding, but can be used to relieve moderate bleeding and menstrual pain.

lifestyle plays the most important role in the prevalence and distribution of chronic diseases. One of the chronic diseases is Multiple Sclerosis (MS) which has shown an upward trend in the world and in Iran over the last years. Therefore, the present study was designed to survey the effect of lifestyle on Multiple sclerosis prevalence.

This ecological study was conducted in Iran. Main variables of lifestyle included cigarette smoking, physical activity, Body Mass Index (BMI), and fruits and vegetables intake these data along with the data about MS were obtained from the Ministry of Health, Treatment and Medical Education of Iran. Linear regression was used for statistical analysis and SPSS software (version 16) was used to analyze the data.

There was a significant correlation between cigarette smoking index in males and females and the prevalence of MS (P=0.001 and 0.04, respectively) but there was no correlation about the other lifestyle factors with MS prevalence. Also, t here was no correlation between latitude and sunlight exposure and MS prevalence.

This study indicated an increasingly upward trend of MS prevalence in Iran. Moreover the effect of cigarette smoking on MS prevalence became more apparent. Effect of other factors on MS prevalence needs further studies.