Background: Quality of life is one of the most important health-related outcomes that can be affected by mobile phone addiction. This study was conducted to determine the prevalence of mobile phone addiction and its relationship with quality of life in students of Birjand University of Medical Sciences (BUMS). Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 360 students in BUMS in 2018. The sample was randomly selected from each faculty using proportional stratified sampling. To collect data, a questionnaire containing the demographic variables, the PMPAS questionnaire for mobile addiction and SF-12 for quality of life were used. Data were analyzed by independent t-test and Pearson correlation coefficient in SPSS (V.18). Results: The mean age of the students was 25.1 ± 6.3 years that 75.5% were female. In terms of marital status, 60.6% were single. Nearly 75% of students were with moderate or severe mobile phone addiction. The score of mobile phone addiction was higher in single and younger students (p < 0.001). The mean score of quality of life for the students in two aspects of the physical and mental component were 50.81 and 42.86 respectively. Based on the results, there was a significant inverse relationship between scores of mental function and mobile phone addiction (r = −0.35, p < 0.001), this relation was not significant for physical function (r = −0.60, p = 0.25). Conclusions: According to the results, the prevalence of mobile phone addiction among students was high and mobile phone addiction has a negative effect on the quality of life of students, which has a negative effect on psychological performance.
Background and Aims: Happiness and vitality are among the most important and effective components in the process of human life, without which activity, creativity, initiative, invention, and healthy life cannot be created. Happiness is a valuable tool for improving the personality and job performance of employees; meaning that happy people are more successful in the workplace. The creation of social vitality is the priority for comprehensive intervention in South Khorasan Province, Iran, for comprehensive intervention. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the individual and organizational factors related to the social vitality of women working at the Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran. Materials and Methods: This descriptive-analytical cross-sectional study was performed on 214 females working at Birjand University of Medical Sciences selected using a systematic random sampling method in 2019. The 29-item Oxford Happiness Standard was used to collect data to measure social vitality. Results: The mean score of the females' happiness was estimated at 73.55±12.32 and the majority of the subjects had moderate happiness (60.3%). Moreover, most of the cases had not participated in happiness courses before (85.6%). The results also showed that happiness had no significant relationship with age, educational level, marital status, education level of the spouse, and occupation of spouse among the women (P>0.05); however, happiness showed a significant relationship with income and place of residence (P<0.05). Conclusion: It seems that the social vitality of working women was moderate; in this respect, it is recommended to officials and planners implement educational interventions to improve the vitality of employees.
BACKGROUND: Social vitality is one of the most important social indicators to develop a sense of public satisfaction. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of educational intervention based on theory of planned behavior (TPB) and self-regulatory strategies on the social vitality of women employee. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In this randomized controlled field trial study, 66 women employees of Birjand University of Medical Sciences (Iran) were selected including intervention (n = 31) and control (n = 35). Data were collected by standard Oxford Happiness Questionnaire and a researcher-made questionnaire based on TPB which its the validity and reliability were confirmed. The educational intervention consisted of 5 sessions based on the constructs of the TPB and self-regulatory strategies which were to the interventional group. Data analysis was performed using the Chi-square, Fisher's exact test, independent t-test, repeated measures ANOVA, and Bonferroni post hoc test at a significance level of <0.05. RESULTS: The mean age of women in the intervention and control group was 37.1 ± 9.3 and 36.2 ± 7.6 years (P = 0.67). Model constructs and happiness scores were homogeneous (P > 0.05) before the intervention, in two group of study, but after attitude (P = 0.016), subjective norm (P = 0.029), perceived behavior control (P = 0.01), intention (P = 0.006), and happiness score (P < 0.001) had a significant increase in the intervention group. In the control group, only a significant difference occurred over time in the happiness rate (P = 0.031). CONCLUSIONS: The results of the present study showed the effectiveness of educational intervention on the social vitality of women employees. Therefore, TPB is recommended to use in interventions to promote social vitality.
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