Healthy Aging.
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention 1: For Intervention group, Intervention is done by holding 8 sessions of 60-45 minutes face to face health promoting behaviors' training
two sessions per week, for 4 weeks, by method of lecturing, group discussion, PowerPoint presentations, and by providing manuals, pamphlets and CDs. After the meetings, follow-ups and consultations wi
Lifestyle
For Intervention group, Intervention is done by holding 8 sessions of 60-45 minutes face to face health promoting behaviors' training
Sponsors
Research Department Babol University of Medical Sciences
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
60 Years to No maximum
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Inclusion criteria: age 60 or over; being interested in and consent to participate in research (Informed consent); being able to read and write; obtaining score 8 and higher on abbreviated mental test; obtaining less than the average score on happiness questionnaire; obtaining independent score of daily activities questionnaire; absence of known acute and chronic disease; independence from any special diet; no history of acute events caused physical and psychological problems (accident, death of a family member, etc) during the past month. Exclusion criteria: Canceling the cooperation; failure to complete more than 50 percent of health promoting lifestyle questionnaire and happiness questionnaire; failure to attend in more than one session of training sessions for health promotion behaviors.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria:
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Happiness. Timepoint: Before the intervention, 3 months after intervention. Method of measurement: Oxford Happiness Questionnaire. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Promoting lifestyle behaviors. Timepoint: Before the intervention, 3 months after intervention. Method of measurement: Promoting lifestyle behaviors. | — |
Countries
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Contacts
Public ContactRazieh Torabi chafjiri
School of Nursing and Midwifery Fatima Ramsar, Babol University of Medical Sciences
Outcome results
None listed