Aims:  High blood pressure as a silent killer can endanger the health of the aged people. The purpose of this study was to assess the effect of motivational interviewing based on the health belief model on hypertension, self-care, and quality of life of rural aged people. Materials and Methods: This semi-experimental study without a control group, was carried out on 120 rural aged people over...

according to coates’s (2004, as cited in zhang, 2010) definition of "conversational dominance" (p.111), it refers to the phenomenon of a speaker dominating others in interaction. specifically, it means how a speaker makes use of certain strategies to get the floor and maintain the floor. thus, the amount of talk is the main measurement for the dominance of the conversation. whether a speaker do...

Background: Diabetes is a chronic disease which requires patient participation in treatment process. The outcome of the treatment depends on the patient health belief and the cognition about illness. The aim of this study was to clarify the effect of educational intervention focusing on Health Belief Model in health beliefs and awareness of diabetic patients. Methods: As a clinical trial 64 di...

Introduction: Osteoporosis is one of the most important causes of illness and disability in postmenopausal females, characterized by a decrease in bone mass and increased fracture probability. Determination of the factors influencing the adoption of preventive behaviors for osteoporosis in postmenopausal females is necessary by using patterns such as the health belief model that identifies and ...

Background and Aim: Diabetes is a disease with long cardiovascular, renal, eye and neural complications. Management of the disease requires a certain degree of self-regulation. The aim of this study was to investigate the predicting factors related to self-care behaviors among type 2 diabetic patients based on Health Belief Model(HBM).    Material and Methods: This cross-sectional...

Background and Objectives: While all students are vulnerable to injuries, such vulnerability may even be higher in the deaf and hard-of-hearing students. Therefore, this study evaluated a health belief model-based educational program to prevent school injuries among deaf and hard-of-hearing high school students.  Materials and Methods: This quasi-experimental study was conducted on al...

Introduction: Due to the high prevalence of self-medication among medical sciences students, according to previous research, the present study aimed to investigate the effect of virtual education on self-medication of medical sciences students based on the health belief model. Methods: The present quasi-experimental randomized controlled study was conducted on 110 students of Khomein Universit...

phatic communion is a cultural concept which differs across cultures. according to hofstede (2001), the u.s. tends to have individualistic culture; however, asian countries tend to have collectivistic cultures. these cultures view phatic communion differently. in individualistic cultures like u.s., phatic communion reflects speakers’ socio-cultural relationships in conversations. to see whether...

Introduction: Considering the significance of mental health as an inseparable part of human health, and in view of its high prevalence and severe long disabling effect, and the role that people's knowledge and belief have in utilizing mental health services, this research was performed with the purpose of studying the effects of mental health education on the awareness, belief and attitude of h...

Introduction: Belief in the usefulness and effectiveness of screening along with demographic characteristics are among the reasons for doing screening. The main purpose of this study was to identify the predictors of intention for doing colorectal cancer screening using health belief model and demographic characteristics. Materials and Methods: The present study is an analytical cross-sectional...