Effect of counselling on health-promoting lifestyle and the quality of life in Iranian middle-aged women: a randomised controlled clinical trial

Promotion of healthy lifestyle is an important strategy. This study was conducted to determine the effects of counselling on health-promoting lifestyle and quality of life in middle-aged women. This randomised, controlled, clinical trial was conducted on 102 middle-aged women presenting to health ce...

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Published in:BMC health services research 2019-06, Vol.19 (1), p.350-350, Article 350
Main Authors: Karimlou, Vahideh, Charandabi, Sakineh Mohammad-Alizadeh, Malakouti, Jamileh, Mirghafourvand, Mojgan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Analysis
Cardiovascular disease
Censuses
Clinical trials
Counseling
Counselling
Diabetes
Empowerment
Evidence-based medicine
Families & family life
Health aspects
Health care
Health counseling
Health facilities
Health promotion
Health services
Health-promoting lifestyle
Hypertension
Intervention
Lifestyles
Middle age
Middle aged women
Older people
Personal relationships
Quality of life
Questionnaires
Sociodemographics
Women's health
Women's health services
Womens health
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Summary:Promotion of healthy lifestyle is an important strategy. This study was conducted to determine the effects of counselling on health-promoting lifestyle and quality of life in middle-aged women. This randomised, controlled, clinical trial was conducted on 102 middle-aged women presenting to health centers in Tabriz, Iran, in 2016-17. Using stratified blocking based on age (40-50 and 50-60 age groups) with block sizes of four and six, eligible middle-aged women were randomly allocated to the intervention and control groups. The intervention group received health-promoting lifestyle counselling over three 45-min sessions. The control group received the routine care provided by health centers. The Health Promoting Lifestyle Profile- II (HPLP-II) and quality of life survey (SF-36) were completed in both group before and four and eight weeks after completion of the intervention. Data were analyzed using the independent t-test and the repeated measures analysis of variance (ANOVA). After adjustment for the baseline values, the repeated measures ANOVA showed that the mean scores of health-promoting lifestyle (adjusted mean difference = 0.91, 95% confidence interval: 0.83 to 0.99, P 
ISSN:1472-6963
1472-6963
DOI:10.1186/s12913-019-4176-0