background: regular physical activity (pa) has been shown to reduce risk of morbidity and overall mortality. a study has displayed that achieving 10,000 steps/day is associated with important health outcomes and have been used to promote pa. pedometers are a popular tool for pa interventions in different setting. this study investigated the effects on pedometer‑based and self‑reported pa among ...

Background: Self-medication by people is one of the major issues in the world that can be lead to numerous medical and economic problems, this especially issue in children under 2 years who are at the age of growth and development have great importance. The aim of this study was investigate the effects of model-based educational interventions on self-medication behavior in mothers with children...

background: promoting physical activity is one of the most effective strategies for reducing the risk of some chronic and non-communicable diseases. one of the theoretical approaches to the promotion of physical activity is the transtheoretical model. the aim of this study was to determine the effect of transtheoretical model-based education on promoting physical activity among employees of abu...

background: according of high prevalence of internet addiction and its numerous consequences among university students and based on importance of theory based educational intervention implementation on prevention and decreasing behavioral disorders such as internet addiction, current study performed to determine the effect of blended educational intervention based on health belief model on inte...

background: healthy lifestyle and ineffective coping strategies are deemed significant variables among patients with hypertension . this study attempted to determine the status of these variables following intervention via the mindfulness-based stress-reduction program ( mbsrp) in patients with hypertension. method : this study was a randomized clinical trial. the study sample, consisting of 30...

conclusions orem’s self-care model is significantly effective in reducing the fatigue of multiple sclerosis patients. objectives to determining the effect of orem’s self-care model on fatigue in multiple sclerosis patients. patients and methods this research involved a clinical trial. sixty-three multiple sclerosis patients at the vice-chancellor in treatment affairs of yasuj university of medi...

background education is crucial to improve the preventive behaviors of patients with hepatitis b. the professional collaboration of care-centered model (pccc) is one novel educational model that has shown promising effects in recent studies. objectives thus, this study aimed to assess the effects of patient education based on pccc on the knowledge of patients with hepatitis b regarding preventi...