background: although hemodialysis has a therapeutic effect on esrd, but these patients encounter many physical, psychological, and social stress full factors that lead to a decrease in their quality of life (qol). one of the factors that are effective on increasing of qol is self care ability. review of literature demonstrates that there have been done a few studies on different aspects of qol ...

background: low birth weight (lbw) is considered as an  important outcome of birth and pregnancy, which is associated with long-term consequences and health-care problems. maternal lifestyle and health care during pregnancy are powerful predictors of bw of infants. the purpose of this study was to assess the effect of a self-care educational program based on the health belief model (hbm) on red...

assessment of relationship between self-efficacy and self- care in copd patients     abedi ha [1] , salimi s [2] , feizi a [3] , safari vaghasloo s [4] *     received: 17 sep, 2011 accepted: 27 nov, 2011     abstract   background & aims : given the importance of the copd and role of different factors in self-care behaviors of copd patients, this study have been conducted to determine the relati...

background: perceived self‑efficacy is a strong predictor for behavior. considering the importance of health‑promoting self‑care behaviors in increasing quality of life in the elderly, this study was aimed at defining the effect of nurse home visits on self‑care self‑efficacy of the elderly in rural areas. materials and methods: this is a pre and post quasi‑experimental study conducted on 33 ol...

introduction: in a comprehensive health approach, emphasis has been more on education and self-care than care itself, and aims to increase patient’s knowledge to give decision making and independence ability to improve quality of lifestyle. these can develop with progress of information technology. the aim of this study was to evaluate hospital information system (his) in meeting the patient dr...

conclusions self-care education can improve self-care behavior in women with gestational diabetes and it is also effective in impaired glucose tolerance. results after adjusting for the baseline score, the mean score of self-care behaviors was significantly higher in the intervention group than the control group four weeks after the intervention [adjusted mean difference: 19.5; 95% confidence in...

conclusions in short term, using the self-management program can lead to increased exercise tolerance and decreased dyspnea in patients with copd; thus, this program is recommended as an effective way to improve the functional statuses of these patients. results there was no significant difference between the groups in exercise tolerance at base line; but, they were significantly different at t...

background: various strategies such as teaching self care to hemodialysis patients have been employed to increase the level of their hope. this study aimed at examining the effects of a telephone follow-up program on the level of hope in a self care education program. methods: in this single-blind randomized controlled clinical trial, 75 hemodialysis patients, selected by convenient sampling, w...

the study of the effect of orem self care model on self efficacy in hemodialysis patients in urmia medical science hospitals during 2011     habibzade h [1] , davarpanah m [2] , khalkhali hr [3]     received: 11 nov , 2011 accepted: 19 jan , 2012     abstract   background & aims : self- efficacy is the belief of a person on his ability in order to succeed in a particular situation. it is essent...

background : self-care plays a critical role in successful diabetes management. it is important for health professionals to understand the factors that influence the self-care behaviors of people with diabetes. the purpose of this study was to determine predictors of self-care and its effective factors among women's with type 2 diabetes mellitus in zahedan via health belief model. methods : thi...