Background: The current situation of health promotion (HP) services in
hospitals of Iran is unclear. The aim of this study was to assess the status of HP in
hospitals in Isfahan, Iran.
Methods: This study is a cross-sectional survey in which 9 educational
hospitals selected through census sampling. HP self-assessment was used for the data
collection. The assessment teams formed, and evidence examined in line with the tools.
Results: The results identified five categories of HP activities in the
hospitals consisted: patients,staff, environmental, community, and organizational. The
mean of total score of HP was 48.8(9.8). In terms of the HP standards scores, 5 hospitals
(55.5%) were at the intermediate level;3 hospitals (33.3%) were at the weak level, and 1
hospital (11.1%) was at the good level.About the standards, the highest score was
"information and patient interventions" standard 79.8 (13.5), and the lowest was
"continuity and cooperation" standard 36.2 (10.8).
Conclusion: It seems that some of the health promoting hospitals (HPS) duties
carried out by hospitals. So, to improve the quality of health services, it seems useful
to encourage policymakers and health service managers to create coherent policies and
guidelines in HPS.
Our study did not confirm that the presence of MM influences TNM staging and overall survival of the patients. Additional clinical investigations with longer follow-up period and larger number of cases are required to decide on administration of neoadjuvant therapy in CRC patients.
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