Promoting sustainable physical activity among middle-aged Iranian women: a conceptual model-based interventional study

Shariati, Mohammad; Astaneh, Houra Pourrajabali; Khedmat, Leila; Khatami, Farnaz

doi:10.1186/s12905-020-01152-w

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“…AGYW who had attained primary education and those who had secondary or higher education were more likely to have comprehensive knowledge of HIV/AIDS compared to those who had no education. This finding is consistent with the results from previous studies conducted in Kenya and other African countries [ 21 , 22 , 24 , 25 , 30 ]. There are various potential explanations for the positive correlation between increasing level of education and comprehensive HIV/AIDS knowledge.…”

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“…In line with similar studies existing in the literature [ 24 , 31 ], the findings of this study show that comprehensive knowledge of HIV/AIDS was significantly correlated with ever been tested for HIV. Young women who ever tested for HIV were more likely to have comprehensive knowledge about HIV/AIDS compared to those who were not tested for HIV.…”

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confidence: 92%

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Prevalence and correlates of comprehensive HIV/AIDS knowledge among adolescent girls and young women aged 15–24 years in Malawi: evidence from the 2015–16 Malawi demographic and health survey

Mandiwa¹,

Namondwe

Munthali

2021

BMC Public Health

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Background HIV epidemic remains a major public health issue in Malawi especially among adolescent girls and young women (AGYW). Comprehensive HIV/AIDS knowledge (defined as correct knowledge of two major ways of preventing the sexual transmission of HIV and rejection of three misconceptions about HIV) is a key component of preventing new HIV infections among AGYW. Therefore, the aim of this study was to identify the correlates of comprehensive HIV/AIDS knowledge among AGYW in Malawi. Methods The study was based on cross-sectional data from the 2015–2016 Malawi Demographic and Health Survey. It involved 10,422 AGYW aged 15–24 years. The outcome variable was comprehensive HIV/AIDS knowledge. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics, bivariate and multivariable logistic regression model. All the analyses were performed using complex sample analysis procedure of the Statistical Package for Social Sciences to account for complex survey design. Results Approximately 42.2% of the study participants had comprehensive HIV/AIDS knowledge. Around 28% of the participants did not know that using condoms consistently can reduce the risk of HIV and 25% of the participants believed that mosquitoes could transmit HIV. Multivariable logistic regression model demonstrated that having higher education (AOR = 2.97, 95% CI: 2.35–3.75), belonging to richest households (AOR = 1.24, 95% CI: 1.05–1.45), being from central region (AOR = 1.65, 95% CI:1.43–1.89), southern region (AOR = 1.65, 95% CI: 1.43–1.90),listening to radio at least once a week (AOR = 1.27, 95% CI: 1.15–1.40) and ever tested for HIV (AOR = 1.88, 95% CI: 1.68–2.09) were significantly correlated with comprehensive HIV/AIDS knowledge. Conclusions The findings indicate that comprehensive HIV/AIDS knowledge among AGYW in Malawi is low. Various social-demographic characteristics were significantly correlated with comprehensive HIV/AIDS knowledge in this study. These findings suggest that public health programmes designed to improve comprehensive HIV/AIDS knowledge in Malawi should focus on uneducated young women, those residing in northern region and from poor households. There is also a need to target AGYW who have never tested for HIV with voluntary counselling and testing services. This measure might both improve their comprehensive HIV/AIDS knowledge and awareness of their health status.

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confidence: 93%

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 92%

Prevalence and correlates of comprehensive HIV/AIDS knowledge among adolescent girls and young women aged 15–24 years in Malawi: evidence from the 2015–16 Malawi demographic and health survey

Mandiwa¹,

Namondwe

Munthali

2021

BMC Public Health

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“…Women with POP in our study also had a poor social life score. This is similar to what was observed in studies done in Nepal and Ethiopia [ 12 , 37 , 38 ]. This could be due to the fact that advanced stages of POP (III and IV) are associated with foul smelling vaginal discharge and urinary incontinence which limits the interaction with the community for fear of being discriminated [ 39 ].…”

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“…One year following surgery, the overall quality of life including physical, social, emotional, sleep and sexual performance improved. This is similar to what was observed in studies done in the high and low income countries where surgery significantly improved all aspects of women’s life [ 5 , 7 , 13 , 14 , 37 , 38 , 41 ]. Bilateral sacrospinous ligament vault suspension which was performed for participants with recurrent vaginal vault prolapse in this study has been shown to improve QOL [ 42 , 43 ].…”

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Impact of surgery on quality of life of Ugandan women with symptomatic pelvic organ prolapse: a prospective cohort study

et al. 2021

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Background Pelvic organ prolapse (POP) is a significant public health issue that negatively affects the Quality of Life (QOL) of women in both low and high-income countries. About 20% of women will undergo surgery for POP over their lifetime. However, there is a paucity of information on the effect of surgery on QOL especially in resource-limited settings. We therefore assessed the QOL among women with symptomatic POP living in rural southwestern Uganda and the impact of surgery on their quality of life. Methods We conducted a prospective cohort study among 120 women with symptomatic POP scheduled for surgery at the urogynecology unit of Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital. The QOL at baseline and at 1 year after surgery in the domains of physical performance, social interaction, emotional state, sexual life, sleep quality, personal hygiene and urinary bladder function was determined using a King’s Quality of Life questionnaire. A paired t-test was used to compare the difference in mean scores at baseline and at 1-year post-surgery. Results Of the 120 participants that were enrolled at baseline, 117(98%) completed the follow-up period of 1 year. The baseline QOL was poor. The domains with the poorest QOL were physical, social, sexual, emotional and sleep quality. The mean QOL scores in all the domains and the overall QOL significantly improved 1 year after surgery (p < 0.001). The overall QOL improved by 38.9% after surgery (p < 0.001). Conclusions The QOL was poor among women with symptomatic POP and surgery improved the QOL in all the domains of life. We recommend that surgery as an option for treatment of symptomatic POP should be scaled up to improve on the QOL of these women.

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The burden of neck pain among adults aged 70 years and older in Iran, 1990–2019

Nejadghaderi,

Mousavi,

Sullman

et al. 2023

Health Science Reports

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BackgroundNeck pain is a complex musculoskeletal disorder that can result in substantial morbidity. The present article presents the neck pain burden in Iranians who were at least 70 years old, from 1990 to 2019, by sex, age group, and province.MethodsPublicly available information on the prevalence, incidence, and years lived with disability (YLD) caused by neck pain was extracted from the Global Burden of Disease study 2019. The estimates were all provided as counts and age‐standardized rates (per 100,000), and included 95% uncertainty intervals.ResultsThe point prevalence of neck pain in 2019 was 8710.6, while the incidence rate was 1334.7 per 100,000 population. That same year, there were number of 27.8 thousand YLDs and an YLD rate of 801.7 per 100,000. The prevalence, incidence, and YLD rates did not change substantially over the measurement period (1990–2019). The highest YLD rate was found in Tehran (960.9 per 100,000), while Kohgiluyeh and Boyer‐Ahmad had the lowest (730.5 per 100,000). Females had slightly higher prevalent cases, incident cases, and YLDs, as well as their corresponding rates in 2019. In 2019, the number of prevalent cases, incident cases, and YLDs peaked in the 70–74 age group, for both sexes, and in all cases they reduced with age. In both 1990 and 2019, Iran had a higher YLD rate than that found among elderly adults in the Middle East and North Africa region.ConclusionsThe burden of neck pain in Iran has decreased slightly over the last three decades, but it still imposes a substantial burden and is higher than that found in the rest of the region. Therefore, preventive programs should be initiated at a young age to reduce the attributable burden later in life.

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Promoting sustainable physical activity among middle-aged Iranian women: a conceptual model-based interventional study

Cited by 53 publications

References 20 publications

Prevalence and correlates of comprehensive HIV/AIDS knowledge among adolescent girls and young women aged 15–24 years in Malawi: evidence from the 2015–16 Malawi demographic and health survey

Prevalence and correlates of comprehensive HIV/AIDS knowledge among adolescent girls and young women aged 15–24 years in Malawi: evidence from the 2015–16 Malawi demographic and health survey

Impact of surgery on quality of life of Ugandan women with symptomatic pelvic organ prolapse: a prospective cohort study

The burden of neck pain among adults aged 70 years and older in Iran, 1990–2019

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