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- Title
Self-Care Status in Healthy Women Visiting Health Care Centers in Zahedan, Southeast Iran.
- Authors
Sarhadi, Saeedeh; Irandegani, Mahdiyeh; Nikbakht, Javad
- Abstract
Background: Self-care in health is a set of activities undertaken to promote and restore health, prevent disease, and limit illness. Objectives: This study assessed the self-care status of women in Zahedan, southeast Iran. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 15-60-year-old women in Zahedan. All the women were interviewed by an expert staff to obtain demographic data. In addition, they filled out a self-care assessment questionnaire that had 75 items in 5 dimensions, including physical health, mental and emotional well-being, management priorities, supportive relationships, and meaning. Results: A total of 250womenwith a mean age of 40 ± 11.6 years completed the study. The total self-care score was 191.3 ± 44.9. About 64% of the women had an unfavorable self-care score, while only 6.4% and 30% had good and relatively good scores, respectively. There was a direct correlation between age, mental and spiritual well-being (r = 0.618, P <0.001), and meaning (r = 0.229, P < 0.001), but an inverse correlation was found between age, physical health (r = - 0.413, P < 0.001), and supportive relationship (r = - 0.204, P <0.001). The highest unfavorable self-care score was found among women with elementary education (77.2%), while the lowest was found among women with university education (39.5%) (P = 0.001). Conclusions: About two-thirds of women had an unfavorable self-care score, which shows poor self-care in women in Zahedan. Therefore, appropriate educational and training programs should be administered to increase women's knowledge and promote self-care behaviors.
- Subjects
ZAHIDAN (Iran); IRAN; WOMEN'S health; MEDICAL centers; HEALTH self-care; MEDICAL care; MENTAL health; PARISH nursing; HOSPITAL surveys
- Publication
Zahedan Journal of Research in Medical Sciences, 2024, Vol 26, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
2008-7977
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5812/zjrms-137335