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Rouhani Z, Vaez Mahdavi M R, Montazei A, Faghihzadeh S, Khoda Doost M. Effectiveness of training Persian Medicine Principles for Maintaining Health on the Lifestyle of Health Workers. Payesh 2019; 18 (3) :261-268
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Zakariya Rouhani1 
, Mohammad Reza Vaez Mahdavi 1, Ali Montazei2 , Soghrat Faghihzadeh3 , Mahmud Khoda Doost4
, Mohammad Reza Vaez Mahdavi 1, Ali Montazei2 , Soghrat Faghihzadeh3 , Mahmud Khoda Doost4
1- Medical Faculty, Shahed University, Tehran, Iran
2- Health Metrics Research Center, Iranian Institute for Health Sciences Research, ACECR, Tehran, Iran
3- School of Medicine, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran
4- Persion Medicine office of Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran, Iran
2- Health Metrics Research Center, Iranian Institute for Health Sciences Research, ACECR, Tehran, Iran
3- School of Medicine, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran
4- Persion Medicine office of Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran, Iran
Abstract: (4345 Views)
Objective (s): The study was conducted to investigate the effectiveness of training of Iranian traditional medicine principles on health workers' lifestyle in Kashan, Iran.
Methods: This was a quasi-experimental study on a sample of 54 health workers. The educational intervention was performed through 5 weeks and 25 educational hours during which, principles of health maintenance (weather, exercise and resting, sleep and awakeness, eating and drinking, maintaining essential materials and repelling unnecessary materials, psychological health) were taught to health workers. Data collection was conducted before and three months following the educational intervention.
Results: According to the statistical analysis significant improvement was observed in five principles (weather, sleep and awakeness, eating and drinking, maintaining essential materials and repelling unnecessary materials and psychological health).
Conclusion: The findings indicated that training Iranian traditional medicine principles for maintaining health could improve the lifestyle of health workers.
Methods: This was a quasi-experimental study on a sample of 54 health workers. The educational intervention was performed through 5 weeks and 25 educational hours during which, principles of health maintenance (weather, exercise and resting, sleep and awakeness, eating and drinking, maintaining essential materials and repelling unnecessary materials, psychological health) were taught to health workers. Data collection was conducted before and three months following the educational intervention.
Results: According to the statistical analysis significant improvement was observed in five principles (weather, sleep and awakeness, eating and drinking, maintaining essential materials and repelling unnecessary materials and psychological health).
Conclusion: The findings indicated that training Iranian traditional medicine principles for maintaining health could improve the lifestyle of health workers.
Keywords: Training, Health maintaining principles, Iranian traditional medicine, Lifestyle, Health workers
type of study: Descriptive |
Received: 2019/05/11 | Accepted: 2019/06/10 | ePublished ahead of print: 2019/06/16 | Published: 2019/07/16
Received: 2019/05/11 | Accepted: 2019/06/10 | ePublished ahead of print: 2019/06/16 | Published: 2019/07/16
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