Yarmohammadian M H, Dare Esfahani M Abdare, Yoosefi A R, Sh Shooshtarizadeh.
A study about the effects of health behavior on life style changes of the people affected by cardiovascular diseases
Pak Heart J Jun 2005;38(1-2):8-12.
Medical University of Isfahan, Iran

Teaching health behaviors such as balancing the diet, having regular exercises, quitting cigarette smoking, and management of stress are among the solutions for preventing, caring, curing and returning the patient to the physical, mental and social status he/she had before being afflicted by the disease. Methods: In a case study, 60 hospitalized patients were chosen based on random sampling and were divided into two groups- control and study- each consisting of thirty people. To gather the data, along with using reliable documents, (patients medical records) a questionnaire was given during the interviews sessions as a pre test and posttest. The questionnaire was given to the study group and it was about the plan for following up health behaviors in the four areas of nutrition, physical activity, smoking and stress before being discharged from the hospital, and a follow up plan for the second, the fourth, the sixth, and the eighth weeks after being discharged. No interference was done to the control group. At the end of the sixteenth week, the acceptance of health behavior and the change in lifestyle by the study group were measured through a questionnaire, and the data thus obtained was analyzed-using the SPSS software- by employing statistical descriptive methodology. Results: The results of the research study showed that there was not a meaningful difference among the factors making up the lifestyle in the control and study group at the beginning of the study. However, patient training caused the acceptance of health behaviors in the three areas of nutrition, physical activity and tress, hence public health, but it did not have any positive effects on smoking. Discussion: Training health behaviors before discharging patients from the hospital and a follow up program at his/her home will cause a change in the lifestyle of some people.

Category: Internal Medicine
Keywords: Disease Knowledge. Ischemic Heart Disease.

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