Background & Objective: Self-care means enabling individuals to manage special circumstances, such as illness, chronic diseases and having more control over life. Women are more susceptible to serious health risks such as obesity and overweight compared to men, therefore this study was conducted in the city of Gorgan to determine the knowledge, attitude and behavior of women regarding the self-...

Introduction: Colorectal cancer is the common cancer of the gastrointestinal tract. The main cause of death in these patients is reduced self-care. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of Orem self-care model on the ability of patients for self-care. Methods: This Clinical trial was conducted on two experimental and control groups. The experimental group comprised 70 patients...

Aims Self-care helps older people manage their own health and stay independent by delaying disability. This study aimed to apply the Backman Model in determining the dimensions of self-care and the factors affecting it in the elderly in Tehran. Methods & Materials: This cross-sectional study was performed on 400 elderly members ofnursing homes by systematic random sampling. Data gathering tool...

Background & Aim: Self-care activity is a key factor in managing Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) in order to reduce disability caused by the disease. Predisposing factors including knowledge, attitude, and self-efficacy are introduced as determinants of self-care behaviors in the forth phase of PRECEDE model, i.e., ecological and educational assessment. This study aimed to assess the relationship bet...

Background & Aims: Diabetes mellitus is a common chronic disease. Proper management of this disease requires proper self-care behaviors. One of the most effective psychological factors that predict the self-care behavior is personality type. The aim of this study was to determine and compare levels of self-care in diabetic patients with personality types A and B. Materials & Methods: This study...

Aims: Hypertension is one of the most common health problems with significant consequences. Management of hypertension is mainly related to self-care status. Health literacy is one of the factors in accessing information related to health and better self-care. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to determine the relationship between health literacy and self-care behaviors of hypertensiv...

Background and Objective: Diabetes is an important challenge to health. This study was performed in order to determine the knowledge and practice level of self-directed care among patients. Materials and Methods: In this cross-sectional study, demographic questionnaires, knowledge and practice questionnaire were completed by patients. Self-care status of patients was analyzed using t-...

Background and purpose: Diabetes is the most common metabolic disease in the world. The most important factor in controlling the disease is self-care. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of some variables on self-care behaviors such as duration of disease, central obesity and diabetes knowledge. Materials and methods: In a cross-sectional study 500 diabetic patients were selec...