Lifestyle of the employees working in Hamadan public sectors : application of the trans-theoretical model
Joint Authors
Mahmudi, Mahmud
Shojaeizadeh, Dawud
Abdi, Jalal
Iftikhar, Hasan
Sadiqi, Roya
Source
Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal
Issue
Vol. 17, Issue 2 (28 Feb. 2015), pp.1-7, 7 p.
Publisher
Publication Date
2015-02-28
Country of Publication
United Arab Emirates
No. of Pages
7
Main Subjects
Topics
Abstract EN
Background : A healthy lifestyle is a valuable source to reduce the prevalence of health problems, and promoteehealth.
Objectives : The current study aimed to evaluate the lifestyle and obesity status of Hamadan public employees and their status based on the trans-theoretical model (TTM).
Patients and Methods: This analytical cross-sectional study was performed in 2014 on 1200 public employees in Hamadan city, Iran selected through proportional stratified random sampling.
Data collection was performed using a three-section questionnaire including demographic characteristics, The FANTASTIC lifestyle questionnaire, and the five-part algorithm.
Data were analyzed by SPSS-20 using linear regression, Chi-square, Fisher exact test, and ANOVA.
Results : The mean age of the employees was 38.12 ± 8.04 years.
Most of the employees (61.7%) had favorable lifestyle.
About half of the employees were at the preparation stage of TTM.
Most of the employees were in a poor condition regarding the physical activity and healthy eating habits.
In most of the evaluated items, females got higher scores than males.
The associations between lifestyle and age, gender, work experience, income satisfaction, and marital status were significant.
Moreover, the associations between obesity and work experience, marital status, number of offspring, and gender were significant (P < 0.
05).
Significant predicting variables of obesity were age and work experience; they explained 31.2% variance of obesity (adjusted R2 = 0.312, R2 change = 0.01).
Conclusions : Planning health education interventions for employees through effective approaches seems necessary.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Abdi, Jalal& Iftikhar, Hasan& Mahmudi, Mahmud& Shojaeizadeh, Dawud& Sadiqi, Roya. 2015. Lifestyle of the employees working in Hamadan public sectors : application of the trans-theoretical model. Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal،Vol. 17, no. 2, pp.1-7.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Abdi, Jalal…[et al.]. Lifestyle of the employees working in Hamadan public sectors : application of the trans-theoretical model. Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal Vol. 17, no. 2 (Feb. 2015), pp.1-7.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Abdi, Jalal& Iftikhar, Hasan& Mahmudi, Mahmud& Shojaeizadeh, Dawud& Sadiqi, Roya. Lifestyle of the employees working in Hamadan public sectors : application of the trans-theoretical model. Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal. 2015. Vol. 17, no. 2, pp.1-7.
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Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 6-7
Record ID
BIM-533346