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ArticleElectronic physician2017

Identifying self-care behaviors in middle-aged women: A qualitative study.

Fereshteh Ghaljaei, Nasrin Rezaee, Alireza Salar

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Article in Electronic physician, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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  1. Exploring the dynamic biopsychosocial health needs of middle-aged adults living alone: a qualitative study.International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Fereshteh GhaljaeiPh.D., Community Nursing Research Center, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran.
Nasrin RezaeePh.D., Community Nursing Research Center, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran.
Alireza SalarPh.D., Community Nursing Research Center, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran.
Zahedan University of Medical Sciences · IR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundWomen in their middle-age enjoy abilities that affect their health promotion and improvement. Throughout their entire lifetime, women strive to maintain and improve their health through benefiting from behaviors that come from experience.

objectiveThis study was carried out with the aim of identifying self-care behaviors that middle-aged women consider as far as maintaining and promoting their health are concerned.

methodsThe study was conducted using a qualitative approach in conventional content analysis. Participants comprised of 20 middle-aged women from Zahedan, Iran in 2016 that were invited to enter the study using purposive sampling, and were given semi-structured interviews. After data collection, all interviews were transcribed, reviewed and then the subcategories were extracted.

resultsThe findings of this study include a main category "preventive self-care behaviors" and three subcategories of "understanding health and disease", "health knowledge" and "awareness of the health threats".

conclusionThe findings suggest that preventive self-care behaviors of women are associated with features such as understanding health and disease, health knowledge and awareness of the associated health risks. As a matter of fact, preventive behaviors encompass strategies that women apply to improve their physical and mental health.

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IranMiddle-agedQualitative studySelf-careWomen

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