Journal of biology and today’s world

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Authors: Mohammad Mahboubi1, Fariba Ghahramani2, Zahra Shamohammadi3*, Shahpar Parazdeh4

This study was an analytic cross-sectional (correlation). The statistical population was patients who admitted to the Kermanshah Imam Reza hospital for dialysis. Correlation formula was used to determine of the sample size. 50 patients were selected using convenience sampling in one-month period. Two questionnaires were used in this study, one of them was the Cult - Lester fear of death Scale and the other was daily spiritual experiences scale. The relationship between fear of death and spiritual dimensions were determined by the Pearson Correlation Coefficient and regression. Difference of death fear scale in terms of gender, age and education was determined by t-test analysis using SPSS version 18. In this study significant relationship was seen between fear of death and spirituality in hemodialy-sis patients. There was no difference between men and women about fear of death. Fear of death average scores differences were not significant in age groups. It also found no significant association between age and Spirituality. The mean score of fear of death in people with a college education is more than whom were high school and under graduates, so that the difference was significant. There was no significant correlation between fear of death and spiritual needs. High religious belief and religious activity leading to reduce death fear. This study showed that spiritual matters should be considered for patient's treatment. Because, spiritual matters reduces the fear of death and reduce anxiety and thereby contribute to the disease process.

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Authors: Ladan EbrahimPouriyan1, Mohammad Mahboubi2*, Zeynab Karimi3, Mahmoud Kazemi4

In Iran death due to coronary artery diseases is increased levels, and unfortunately every year due to lack of physical activity and de-creased activity the age of this disease in decreasing in a way that now this disease is seen in youth; And one of basic tools in changing in patients lifestyle in the educational program as a part of treatment plan. This study has been don with the aim of compared to tradi-tional training methods based on Health Belief Model on exercise performance in patients with myocardial infarction. In this quasi- exper-imental research, 74 patients with myocardial infarction chosen by purposefully sampling method. then were chosen randomly in both training and control groups, training Group achieved education based on the concepts and components of health belief model training aimed at increasing Perceived severity of patients and control group achieved traditional education. The health belief model of education based on the performance of activity in the experimental group than the control group and found no significant difference (P = 0.000). The perceived benefits of physical activity after intervention using the Student T test with a mean of 46.19 in the test group and the aver-age 94.17 in the control group was significant .Education on the Health Belief Model in patients with myocardial infarction increases the perceived severity of patients and improvement in performance activity.