Papers by mehrsadat mahdizadeh
ACTA MEDICA IRANICA
One of the global crises that people are dealing with today is the COVID-19 pandemic. The outbrea... more One of the global crises that people are dealing with today is the COVID-19 pandemic. The outbreak of this disease as a social phenomenon has affected all aspects of life. This study aimed to identify adult people's experiences during the COVID-19 outbreak. This qualitative research was performed with a conventional qualitative content analysis approach in Mashhad, Iran, from April to November 2020. twenty-five participants were selected through a purposeful sampling method with maximum diversity until data saturation was reached. Data were collected using semi-structured face-to-face interviews with open-end questions and analyzed with MAXQDA10 software. Two main categories were extracted (1) difficulties in multiple domains (psychological and informational problems, social challenges, spiritual and religious challenges, and economic problems), (2) adaptation to the epidemic (purposive self-care, ignoring the disease and health instructions, faith in God and optimism). The part...
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BMC Women's Health
Background In recent years, the prevalence of smoking in women has increased significantly. This ... more Background In recent years, the prevalence of smoking in women has increased significantly. This study aimed to explain the effective factors in the tendency to smoke in female adolescents, employing a qualitative method of content analysis in Mashhad, Iran. Methods The data for this conventional content analysis were obtained by conducting semi‑structured interviews with 20 female adolescent smokers. For open coding, integrating codes, creating main category and subcategories, and extracting quotation associated with codes and subcategories, MAXQDA software version 10 was used. Results Based on the results of the study, one main category and six subcategories were identified to influence the decision to smoke. The main category was interconnection of psychological and gender experiences. The subcategories included self-management weakness, ignoring the side effects, gender orientation, negative psychological experiences, the attraction of cigarettes, and positive psychological expe...
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Background: Health information system is an integral part of the health system that has a vital r... more Background: Health information system is an integral part of the health system that has a vital role in increasing the efficiency of the health system, especially in primary health care settings. This study was conducted to determine the minimum dataset required in the electronic health record within the health system of Iran as a lower middle income country.Method: This study combines qualitative and quantitative methods. It includes three main stages: reviewing the theoretical foundations of research, designing the main framework for interview questions, conducting a qualitative study by interviewing 42 managers of the health system across the country to determine the minimum dataset in the electronic health. Interviews were carried out from 2020 to 2021. The validity of data was assessed by Delphi method using SPSS 15 software.Results: After reviewing the minimum dataset in the electronic health records of seven countries, 7 main concepts and 23 sub-concepts were extracted from t...
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ACTA MEDICA IRANICA, 2020
Colorectal cancer and its treatment have short-term and long-term side effects for patients. One ... more Colorectal cancer and its treatment have short-term and long-term side effects for patients. One of the factors affecting these side effects is the nursing care method. This study was conducted to determine the effect of care based on the critical pathway on the duration of hospitalization, complications of the disease, and satisfaction with nursing care in patients with colorectal cancer. In a cluster-randomized controlled trial study, 70 patients with colorectal cancer were randomly selected from two hospitals of OMID (N=35) and GHAEM (N=35) in Mashhad, Iran. They were assigned to intervention and control groups. The data were collected using a characteristic of patients, and satisfaction questioner, a checklist of patient status and nursing performance, and analyzed by SPSS software version 18. There was a significant difference in the mean of satisfaction of patients from nursing care and length of hospital stay between pathway and routine care group (P<0.001). There were no ...
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Additional file 5: Fig S2. Pooled ever and current smoking prevalence in women by sampling method.
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Additional file 1: Table S1. Population characteristics of the studies reported the prevalence of... more Additional file 1: Table S1. Population characteristics of the studies reported the prevalence of current and ever cigarette smoking among women.
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Additional file 9: Fig S6. Cumulative meta-analysis of ever and current smoking prevalence among ... more Additional file 9: Fig S6. Cumulative meta-analysis of ever and current smoking prevalence among women by study design.
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Additional file 4: Fig S1. Pooled ever and current smoking prevalence in women by study design.
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Additional file 2:. Search Strategy.
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Additional file 8: Fig S5. Cumulative meta-analysis of ever and current smoking prevalence among ... more Additional file 8: Fig S5. Cumulative meta-analysis of ever and current smoking prevalence among women by continent.
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Additional file 10: Fig S7. Cumulative meta-analysis of ever and current smoking prevalence among... more Additional file 10: Fig S7. Cumulative meta-analysis of ever and current smoking prevalence among women by sampling method.
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International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2022
Organizational Health Literacy (OHL) is described as a new concept to remote health organizations... more Organizational Health Literacy (OHL) is described as a new concept to remote health organizations to implement practices, policies, and systems that make it easier for patients to use, understand, and navigate health information to take care their own health. In Iran, there is no consensus on the attributes of OHL, and its practical implications and scope have not been evaluated. This manuscript is one of the first attempts to explain the attributes of the OHL in health care centers in Iran. This study is a content analysis survey, which was guided by the attributes of the OHL provided by Brach et al. and 26 semi-structured interviews were conducted with Iranian health professionals and employees of healthcare organizations from June 2020 to January 2021. A data analysis was performed using the MAXQDA 10 software. Across the study, ten sub-themes, 21 subcategories, and 67 codes emerged. The 10 main attributes of OHL were management, integration of health literacy in the organization...
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Journal of research in health sciences, 2013
BACKGROUND Physical activity regularly is one of the important aspects of healthy lifestyle, whic... more BACKGROUND Physical activity regularly is one of the important aspects of healthy lifestyle, which has an essential role in reducing the burden of disease and death. Diabetes is a typical general health problem. The aim of this study to determine the effect of education based on social cognitive theory on promoting physical activity among women with diabetes II in Iran. METHODS In this randomized control study, 82 diabetic females were randomly selected then were assigned into two groups: intervention (n=41) and control (n=41). Educational intervention was planned then performed during 7 sessions of 60-min in accordance with social-cognitive theory (SCT). The participants were asked to fill in the questionnaires in educational evaluation before and immediately after intervention and the follow up (10 weeks later). The data were analyzed through Repeated Measures ANOVA, Friedman, independence t and Mann-Whitney tests. RESULTS The mean age among the participants was 48.37±5.67 yr also...
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Evidence Based Care, 2013
Background: Regular physical activity is one of the most important factors in creating, maintaini... more Background: Regular physical activity is one of the most important factors in creating, maintaining and promoting health, which is not enough in women with diabetes due to the high prevalence of obesity. Aim: This study aimed to determine the effect of educational intervention on self-regulation strategies in promoting physical activity in women with type 2 diabetes. Methods: This study was a randomized controlled trial in which 82 women with type 2 diabetes were allocated randomly to intervention and control groups. Data collection tools consisted of questionnaires to assess knowledge, goal setting, planning and physical activity. Educational intervention to promote physical activity was performed in 7 sessions of 60-minute through goal setting and planning for physical activity and behavioral self evaluation. Program evaluation was performed before and immediately after intervention and at follow-up period. The data were analyzed with SPSS software Version 11.5 using repeated m...
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Background and Objective: Poor mental health literacy is a major obstacle to seeking help for men... more Background and Objective: Poor mental health literacy is a major obstacle to seeking help for mental health problems in adolescents. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of school-based educational interventions on improving mental health literacy (MHL) in adolescents. Materials and Methods: In this study, a search was conducted in Scopus, PubMed, Web of Science, Google Scholar, Irandoc, Magiran, and SID databases in both Persian and English language for studies published from 2011 to 2021. The keywords "adolescent", "mental health literacy", "depression literacy", "intervention", "education", and "high school" were searched in both languages. Out of 191 articles extracted and finally, 6 articles were included in this study. Results: The results of the study conducted in Norway showed that the individual’s health literacy who participated in the all "Mental Health" program was significantly ...
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Patient Related Outcome Measures, 2020
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Patient Related Outcome Measures, 2020
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International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2021
There are increasing calls for public health policies to realize the visions of a health literate... more There are increasing calls for public health policies to realize the visions of a health literate society and health literacy on a global scale. However, there are still more gaps in what researchers recognize and what steps they should take to improve health literacy (HL) skills. This review aimed to measure the HL status of the Iranian population and the effect size of the underlying association between HL and other health outcomes, and to examine the effectiveness of HL interventions on improving the functional dimension of HL, self-efficacy, and health-promoting behaviors. All full text published articles written in English and Persian language were included from inception until January 2019, but the type of study is not limited. A total of 52 potentially relevant articles with data on 36,523 participants were included in this review. In the population with health conditions, the average HL score was 62.51 (95% CI: 59.95–65.08), while in the patient population, the HL score was ...
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Journal of Diabetes & Metabolic Disorders, 2020
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