Effectiveness of training Persian Medicine Principles for Maintaining Health on the Lifestyle of Health Workers

Abstract

Objective (s): The study was conducted to investigate the effectiveness of training of Iranian traditional medicine principles on health workerschr('39') lifestyle in Kashan, Iran. Methods: This was a quasi-experimental study on a sample of 54 health workers. The educational intervention was performed through 5 weeks and 25 educational hours during which, principles of health maintenance (weather, exercise and resting, sleep and awakeness, eating and drinking, maintaining essential materials and repelling unnecessary materials, psychological health) were taught to health workers. Data collection was conducted before and three months following the educational intervention. Results: According to the statistical analysis significant improvement was observed in five principles (weather, sleep and awakeness, eating and drinking, maintaining essential materials and repelling unnecessary materials and psychological health). Conclusion: The findings indicated that training Iranian traditional medicine principles for maintaining health could improve the lifestyle of health workers.

Keywords

• training
• health maintaining principles
• iranian traditional medicine
• lifestyle
• health workers