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Objectives@#The workplace is an ideal place for encouraging health-promoting behaviors. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to determine the effect of an empowerment program on the health-promoting behaviors of women workers. @*Methods@#This randomized clinical trial was conducted with 80 women workers employed at a food packaging facility in 2020. The subjects were selected using convenience sampling and were classified into intervention and control groups using block randomization. An empowerment program for women workers was conducted across 6 sessions based on an empowerment model. Data collection tools included a demographic questionnaire and the Health Promoting Lifestyle Profile-II, which participants completed both before the program and 8 weeks after the last session. Data analysis was performed in SPSS version 16 using descriptive analysis and inferential statistics. @*Results@#There were no significant differences between the 2 groups in various health-promoting behaviors before the program. However, the intervention group’s scores for nutrition (34.92±1.09 vs. 27.87±4.23), physical activity (24.40±2.94 vs. 17.40±5.03), stress management (26.35±2.60 vs. 23.05±4.27), spiritual growth (34.02±3.00 vs. 30.22±5.40), interpersonal relationships (30.82±2.38 vs. 27.60±4.61), and health responsibility (31.60±2.71 vs. 28.22±4.59) were significantly higher than the control group’s 8 weeks after the program had ended. Moreover, there was a significant difference in the total score of health-promoting behaviors for the intervention group compared to the control group (179.00±9.22 vs. 151.42±20.25, p=0.001). @*Conclusions@#An empowerment program for women workers led to significant improvements in the health-promoting behaviors of the participants. Similar programs can ultimately improve women’s health in the workplace.
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Objectives@#The workplace is an ideal place for encouraging health-promoting behaviors. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to determine the effect of an empowerment program on the health-promoting behaviors of women workers. @*Methods@#This randomized clinical trial was conducted with 80 women workers employed at a food packaging facility in 2020. The subjects were selected using convenience sampling and were classified into intervention and control groups using block randomization. An empowerment program for women workers was conducted across 6 sessions based on an empowerment model. Data collection tools included a demographic questionnaire and the Health Promoting Lifestyle Profile-II, which participants completed both before the program and 8 weeks after the last session. Data analysis was performed in SPSS version 16 using descriptive analysis and inferential statistics. @*Results@#There were no significant differences between the 2 groups in various health-promoting behaviors before the program. However, the intervention group’s scores for nutrition (34.92±1.09 vs. 27.87±4.23), physical activity (24.40±2.94 vs. 17.40±5.03), stress management (26.35±2.60 vs. 23.05±4.27), spiritual growth (34.02±3.00 vs. 30.22±5.40), interpersonal relationships (30.82±2.38 vs. 27.60±4.61), and health responsibility (31.60±2.71 vs. 28.22±4.59) were significantly higher than the control group’s 8 weeks after the program had ended. Moreover, there was a significant difference in the total score of health-promoting behaviors for the intervention group compared to the control group (179.00±9.22 vs. 151.42±20.25, p=0.001). @*Conclusions@#An empowerment program for women workers led to significant improvements in the health-promoting behaviors of the participants. Similar programs can ultimately improve women’s health in the workplace.
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Objective [s]: To analyze outpatient flow in a radiology department to estimate outpatients waiting time for radiology services
Methods: This was a cross sectional study with the target population of all patients attending the radiology department of Shahid Hashemi Nejad Hospital in Tehran
Result: In all data for 303 patients were analyzed. The average waiting time for entering plain X-ray room was 10.87 minutes [SD=10.86] and the average waiting time for entering special X-ray room was 62.00 minutes [SD=53.49]. The most important factors for waiting time in radiology department were the type of service, and muliple entering. Analyzing the correlation of outpatient waiting time and their entrance showed a positive correlation with waiting time for plain X-ray services and a negative correlation with waiting time for special X-ray services [P=0.001]
Conclusion: The findings suggest that assessing wating time might help to schedule outpatient and appointment system more effectively
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Objective: to assess the amount of salt intake among normotensive [NT] and prehypertensive [PHT] subjects and to determine whether the association between salt intake and blood pressure is correlated with body weight and waist circumference [WC] or is independent
Methods: a total of 806 NT and PHT subjects from Isfahan Healthy Heart Program [IHHP] were enrolled in the study. A standard questionnaire was used to assess sociodemographic characteristics. The amount of salt intake was measured by the 24-hour urine collection method. Blood pressure, height, weight, and WC were measured based on standard protocols
Results: the mean ages [+/- SD] of NT and PHT subjects were 35.9 [+/- 11.9] and 44.7 [+/- 12.5] years, respectively [P < 0.001]. The mean values of body mass index [BMI] and WC were greater among PHT than NT subjects [BMI: 27.9 +/- 3.8 vs. 25.1 +/- 4.3 kg/m2; P < 0.001 and WC: 90.2 +/- 8.6 vs. 81.2 +/- 11.2 cm; P < 0.001, respectively]. PHT subjects had higher amount of salt intake than NT ones [10.3 +/- 6.2 vs. 12.7 +/- 7.1 g/d, respectively; P = 0.003]. Odds ratio [OR] for being PHT increased significantly across the tertils of salt intake in crude model and sociodemographic- adjusted model. Further adjustment for BMI and WC values weakened the OR for being PHT and showed nonsignificant trend [OR [and 95% CI] for BMI across tertiles of salt intake: 1, 1.26 [0.59 2.69], 1.89 [0.93 3.81]; P = 0.063 and OR [and 95% CI] for WC across tertiles of salt intake: 1, 1.22 [0.58 2.57], 1.79[0.89 3.56]; P = 0.082]
Conclusion: the findings of this study suggest that the association between salt intake and blood pressure is related to body weight and WC