ABSTRACT
Background and Aim: Dysmenorrhea is one of the most common problems in females. [Theory of Planned Behavior] is one of the important theories that explains the main process of adopting health behaviors
The present study assessed applying " the Theory of Planned Behavior in relaxation training regarding the severity and duration of painful dysmenorrhea in Mashhad girl students
Materials and Methods: In this Semi-experimental study, 160 first year intermediate students of Mashhad city who suffered from dysmenorrhea were assessed. They had been randomly selected from 5 girl highschools in the 6th educational district. They were divided into equal groups [case] and [control]
Intervention was made in four sessions. The requisite data was gathered by means of a researcher designed questionnaire before and 3 months after the education of the students. Finally, the obtained data was fed into SPSS software [v:16]; using statistical tests including Wilcoxon, Mann-Whitney, Independent T-test, Paired T and X[2]
Results: After educational intervention, mean level of knowledge, attitude, perceived behavioral control, and willed performance of relaxation techniques significantly increased in the case group [P<0.05]
These changes were not significant in the control group. Besides, no statistically significant difference in subjective norms was observed between the two groups after intervention. Meditation education group was increased significantly [P<0.05]
Conclusion: Education of relaxation base on the Theory of Planned Behavior is effective in reduced pain intensity and its duration
ABSTRACT
Diet is one of the most important components of life style and its improvement is very related to appropriate educational methods. The main objective of this research was a comparison between two health education lecture and video tape presentation among volunteer health workers. This was a quasi experimental study on 160 volunteer health workers who were under coverage of south Tehran health center. They randomly assigned into 2 groups with the same size. One group recieved a short time lecture about good diet and other group received education by video tape presentation. Data were collected by questionnaire as pretest and post test and was analyzed using chi 2, Mcnemar, t-test [paired-independent] statistical tests. Knowledge and attitude was found to be significantly improved by both methods [P<0.0001], however the lecture method had a greater effect [P<0.0001] on improvement of knowledge and attitude of participants. Most participants also reported mass media as prior information source about good diet. This research showed that both educational methods namely lecture and video tape presentation can be effective ways to increase knowledge and improve attitudes about good diet but lecture was a more proper method