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Educational intervention on adopting health promotion lifestyle among Egyptian post-menopausal females

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Last updated: 23 Dec 2024

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Preventive Medicine

Abstract

Background: Healthy lifestyle promotion among females, enables attainment of healthy generations. Objectives: To evaluate effect of an educational intervention about health promoting lifestyle on health outcomes menopausal symptoms among Egyptian females. Methods: A quasi-intervention study, was conducted in two directorates in Zagazig district, Sharkia Governorate, Egypt from March to December 2021. A representative sample was drawn by a two-stage sample design. The study was conducted through pthree phases: pre and post intervention phases for both groups. Within intervention phase, educational messages on adopting health promoting lifestyle was applied for the intervention group. Results: There is statistically non-significant difference between both groups regarding mean score of baseline health responsibility, physical activity, nutrition, spiritual growth, interpersonal relation, stress management, total health promotive lifestyles, somatic, psychological, urogenital and total menopausal rating scale scores. There is statistically significant difference between them regarding means of all domains of both tools after intervention. Within intervention group, there is statistically significant improvement in domains and total scores after intervention. Mean systolic and diastolic blood pressure (SBP, DBP) become significantly lower among intervention group. There is significant decrease in mean BMI, blood sugar, SBP and DBP within intervention group. On the other hand, within control group, there is non-significant change in BMI, SBP, or DBP. Conclusion: Implementing educational interventions based on health-promoting behaviors is an effective technique for reducing illness occurrence and improving women's postmenopausal health.

DOI

10.21608/ejcm.2023.194887.1248

Keywords

Behaviors, EGYPTIAN FEMALES, Health promotion, Intervention, Lifestyle

Authors

First Name

lamiaa

Last Name

elhawy

MiddleName

lotfy

Affiliation

Public Health And Community Medicine, Faculty Of Medicine, Zagazig University

Email

lamiaa102elhawy@yahoo.com

City

zagazig

Orcid

0000-0002-4464-1526

First Name

Amany

Last Name

AbdAllah

MiddleName

Mohammed

Affiliation

Family medicine department, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Egypt

Email

dr.amanymohammed@gmail.com

City

-

Orcid

0000-0001-5302-838X

First Name

Marwa

Last Name

Bayomi

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

faculty of medicine,Zagazig university

Email

tartourm@yahoo.com

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-

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First Name

Hala

Last Name

El Maghawry

MiddleName

Ahmed

Affiliation

Department of Community, Environmental and Occupational Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University.

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halamf@yahoo.com

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-

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Volume

41

Article Issue

3

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42415

Issue Date

2023-07-01

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2023-02-19

Publish Date

2023-07-01

Page Start

193

Page End

201

Print ISSN

1110-1865

Online ISSN

2090-2611

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https://ejcm.journals.ekb.eg/article_298561.html

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234

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The Egyptian Journal of Community Medicine

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https://ejcm.journals.ekb.eg/

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Educational intervention on adopting health promotion lifestyle among Egyptian post-menopausal females

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23 Dec 2024