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{"title":"Flipping the script: The benefits of inverted classrooms in oncology education.","authors":"Zineb Dahbi, Mohammed Fareh, Ghassane Elomri, Moussaab Rachid, Bouchra Daher, Loubna Taali, Youssef Ghaddou","doi":"10.4103/jehp.jehp_21_24","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4103/jehp.jehp_21_24","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15581,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Education and Health Promotion","volume":"13 ","pages":"414"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-10-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11658034/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142864302","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Development, implementation, and evaluation of a spiritual health promotion program for mothers of children with acute leukemia based on mobile health: A mixed-methods protocol study.","authors":"Masoud Bahrami, Amir Musarezaie, Sedigheh Farzi, Hossein Beigi-Harchegani, Rohallah Mosavizadeh","doi":"10.4103/jehp.jehp_42_24","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4103/jehp.jehp_42_24","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Considering the importance of the spiritual health promotion of Mothers of Children with Acute Leukemia (MoCwAL), designing a native mobile health (mHealth) application that is compatible with the beliefs, values, and cultural context of Iranian society is essential. This study aims to develop a Spiritual Health Promotion Program (SHPP) for MoCwAL based on a mHealth application, including design, implementation, and evaluation.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>This is a sequential exploratory mixed-methods study (qual → QUAN). This study will be conducted in four phases. The first phase includes the development of the content of the SHPP using Ewles and Simnett's (2010) designing pattern. After finalizing the SHPP, at the beginning of the second phase (mHealth application development), a panel of experts will be present. Based on the outputs obtained from this panel, the research team will proceed to design the application. The output of the second phase will be an initial version of the mHealth application. In the third phase, the usability and quality of mHealth application questionnaires will be evaluated. Results will be refined by the expert panel, and the final version of the application will be available. In the fourth phase, the SHPP for MoCwAL based on mHealth will be implemented as a quasi-experimental intervention, and mothers' spiritual health be evaluated.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This program can be useful in providing care, education, policy-making, and future research. Providing the SHPP in the form of an application will enable program users to benefit from the many advantages of information technology and will contribute to the expansion of the role of mHealth in the healthcare system and the strengthening of policies related to digital health in the field of chronic diseases.</p>","PeriodicalId":15581,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Education and Health Promotion","volume":"13 ","pages":"412"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-10-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11658047/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142864353","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Improving diabetes self-management and control through individualized patient counseling: A quasi-experimental study.","authors":"M Yogesh, Jay Nagda, Dhruvam L Babaria, Swati Misra","doi":"10.4103/jehp.jehp_1951_23","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4103/jehp.jehp_1951_23","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Diabetes is one of the most common chronic diseases, affecting a large proportion of the global population. This study aims to evaluate the effects of individualized patient counseling on diabetes self-management.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>This quasi-experimental study utilized a non-randomized two-arm pre-post design. It was conducted at the out-patient clinics of a tertiary care hospital, Gujarat, from February 2023 to August 2023. There were 300 type 2 diabetes patients who belonged to an intervention group receiving 3 monthly 30-minute individualized counseling sessions (n = 150) or a control group continuing usual care (n = 150). Assessments at baseline and 3 months post-intervention compared treatment effects. The outcomes measured were diabetes knowledge, attitudes/beliefs, medication/lifestyle adherence, self-reported quality of life, blood pressure (BP), and HbA1c. The intervention covered medication and lifestyle guidance, self-monitoring skills, barrier identification, and problem-solving with a focus on patient empowerment. The analysis compared within- and between-group changes.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>At 3 months, counseled patients showed significantly greater improvements in knowledge (difference 13.6 points), self-care abilities (lifestyle adherence difference 6.6 points), 5.9 mmHg extra drop in systolic BP, and 0.6% higher HbA1c reduction versus controls (all <i>P</i> < 0.05). Greater knowledge gain is strongly correlated with improved HbA1c (r = 0.42). Patients reported medication counseling as the most useful and cost and cultural dietary habits as key ongoing barriers.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Individualized counseling promoted better self-management behaviors, improved clinical measures, and subjective well-being in diabetes patients versus usual care alone. Routine Counseling should be considered to complement medical management in high-risk chronic diseases.</p>","PeriodicalId":15581,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Education and Health Promotion","volume":"13 ","pages":"407"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-10-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11657953/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142864326","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Knowledge, practices, and perceived barriers on breast self-examination of female college students: Experience from a local higher education institution.","authors":"Raphael Enrique Tiongco, Eliezer John Castro, Alyssa Denisse Baco, Sarah Casiguran, Ma Allona De Jesus, Evangel Dimatulac, John Dominic Ferreras, Chloe Gilbuena, Angelie Rose Sunglao, Jennifer Santillan, Annalyn Navarro","doi":"10.4103/jehp.jehp_1879_23","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4103/jehp.jehp_1879_23","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Breast self-examination (BSE) is an inexpensive, harmless screening tool for finding breast cancer. This study examines the knowledge, practices, and perceived barriers of female college students from a local higher education institution (HEI) regarding BSE, focusing on those in the reproductive age group.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>Three hundred sixty (360) female college students, including 226 health sciences majors and 134 non-health sciences majors, were selected through criteria sampling. Data were collected using a self-administered questionnaire to assess knowledge, practices, and perceived barriers.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Key findings reveal that despite excellent BSE practices (52.5%), a significant proportion of respondents (51.7%) demonstrated insufficient knowledge about BSE. The main barriers to BSE execution were fear of discovering concerning findings and fear of being diagnosed with breast cancer. Health science majors exhibited significantly higher knowledge and practices than non-health science students, perceiving lower barriers. Age was found to have no significant impact on the variables examined. Majors and perceived barriers were not associated with BSE, but knowledge showed a significant association. Despite their excellent practices, participants' unsatisfactory knowledge regarding BSE suggests the need for effective interventions. Barriers primarily stemmed from fear, including the fear of a breast cancer diagnosis and the fear of learning about potential issues.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The study highlights the association between knowledge and BSE practices, emphasizing the importance of knowledge development and overcoming perceived barriers to improve BSE practices and encourage greater engagement.</p>","PeriodicalId":15581,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Education and Health Promotion","volume":"13 ","pages":"413"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-10-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11658032/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142864412","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The effectiveness of acceptance and commitment therapy in reducing the symptoms of complicated grief, corona disease anxiety, and improving the quality of life in the survivors of the deceased due to COVID-19.","authors":"Emad Alkasir, Abbas Masjedi-Arani, Maryam Bakhtiyari, Mohsen S Isfeedvajani","doi":"10.4103/jehp.jehp_1372_23","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4103/jehp.jehp_1372_23","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>COVID-19 is an infectious disease that has threatened the physical and mental health of people and in many cases leads to death. The present study investigated the effectiveness of acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) in reducing the symptoms of complicated grief, and corona disease anxiety, and improving the quality of life in the survivors of the deceased due to COVID-19.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>The research method was an experimental design with pre-test, post-test, and follow-up with a control group and random assignment to the intervention and the control groups. Thirty-eight people who met the study criteria were selected as a sample and assigned to the two intervention and control groups using a simple randomization method (19 people in each group). Measures included the complex grief scale, the coronavirus anxiety scale, and the short form of the World Health Organization quality of life scale. Then, mixed analysis of variance was used to compare the average variables between the two groups. Also, the independent <i>t</i>-test was used to compare the mean quantitative outcomes between the two groups.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The results showed that there were significant changes over time between the experimental and control groups (with a small effect coefficient) in complicated grief symptoms (<i>P</i> < 0.05), corona disease anxiety (<i>P</i> = 0.001), and quality of life (<i>P</i> = 0.001). Also, the results of all three variables showed that there were significant differences between pre-test and post-test (<i>P</i> < 0.05) and between pre-test and follow-up (<i>P</i> value < 0.05), but the difference between post-test and follow-up was insignificant.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>ACT has significant effects on reducing the symptoms of complicated grief and corona disease anxiety as well as on improving the quality of life in the survivors of the deceased due to COVID-19.</p>","PeriodicalId":15581,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Education and Health Promotion","volume":"13 ","pages":"406"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-10-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11658037/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142864486","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A novel smartphone application for bladder cancer management (BCM App): Design, development, and usability evaluation.","authors":"Atefeh Khosrobeigi, Mehrdad M Sichani, Fatemeh Rangraz-Jeddi, D Davoud Gharakhani, Elham Mousavinasab, Shima Anvari, Hosein Akbari, Farhad Fatehi, Ehsan Nabovati","doi":"10.4103/jehp.jehp_796_23","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4103/jehp.jehp_796_23","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Providing clinical guidelines to clinicians using innovative technologies seems practical and useful. This study aimed to design, develop, and evaluate a smartphone application to assist urologists in managing bladder cancer (BCM App).</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>The study was conducted in three phases, following the user-centered design model, at the urology clinic of Khorshid Hospital (Isfahan, Iran) in 2021. Components and functionalities for BCM App were specified in three focus group sessions with urologists and urology residents using clinical guidelines. Adopting the Delphi technique, the participants completed a questionnaire addressing issues including educating and informing clinicians, performing clinical calculations, representing graphical information, and recording patient information. A conceptual model for the app was designed, and the final product was developed. The usability of the BCM App was evaluated using the think-aloud technique by usability experts and end-users.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The app's components were categorized into three groups: Patient evaluation, disease staging and management, and patient follow-up. The app's main components included \"bladder cancer classification,\" \"disease grading and staging,\" \"management based on the disease stages,\" \"principles of intravesical treatment,\" and \"classifying follow-ups by disease stages.\" Moreover, the most prominent app's functionalities were \"using staging and grading table,\" \"using American Urological Association risk stratification,\" \"calculating disease stages,\" \"calculating patient's follow-up,\" and \"recording patient information.\" The usability evaluation results revealed that the BCM App was at a \"highly acceptable\" level.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>To design and develop a smartphone app for managing bladder cancer, the involvement of urologists is crucial. Apart from assisting urologists in effectively managing bladder cancer, the proposed app has the potential to enhance residents' knowledge and streamline their access to evidence.</p>","PeriodicalId":15581,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Education and Health Promotion","volume":"13 ","pages":"375"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-10-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11657902/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142864573","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Awareness of plagiarism: Adaption, validity, and reliability of questionnaires in Iranian medical sciences for post-graduate students.","authors":"Zivar Sabaghinejad, Parastoo Parsaei-Mohammadi, Narges Khanfari","doi":"10.4103/jehp.jehp_86_24","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4103/jehp.jehp_86_24","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Academic plagiarism affects the ethical aspects of research and can be in relation with valid health information distribution. The aim of this research is designing, validating, and standardizing the plagiarism awareness questionnaire for awareness of plagiarism.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>This study is cross-sectional and was done in medical sciences post-graduate students. Adaption, validity, and reliability were done. The validation population were 11 experts (one linguistics and ten medical library and information sciences). The reliability population includes 333 post-graduate students in Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences in 2022. Cultural adaption, face and content validity, reliability (exploratory and confirmed factor analysis), and correlation (Pearson coefficient) were checked using SPSS and Amos software ver24.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Cultural adaption was confirmed based on the experts' viewpoint using translation and re-translation. The CVR was 0.81, and content validity was confirmed. Exploratory factor analysis was conducted for a model with six factors and 30 items. Confirmatory factor analysis confirmed a model with six factors and 28 items (items 3 and 29 were removed). Cronbach's alpha was 0.86. The plagiarism awareness model (PAM) has six factors, \"authenticating\", \"citing\", \"understanding\", \"insight\", \"paraphrasing\", and \"attitude\", which can explain 54.353% of variances. IFI = 0.759, CFI = 0.755, NFI = 0.717, AGFI = 0.789, GFI = 0.826, and RMSEA = 0.073, and the PAM model was confirmed. The results of Pearson correlation showed a significant correlation between all factors.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The PAM model has six factors and 28 items and was confirmed for plagiarism awareness study. This model can be considered by managers and can be used in health promotion research studies.</p><p><strong>Paper type: </strong>Research Article.</p>","PeriodicalId":15581,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Education and Health Promotion","volume":"13 ","pages":"379"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-10-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11657895/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142864598","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Implementation and evaluation of the impact of virtual workshops of voluntary educational assistance among occupational health and safety students: Case study, Ardabil, Iran.","authors":"Negin Fathi, Mozhdeh Taheri Afshar, Farahnaz Khajehnasiri, Ali Askari, Robab Hosseinpour, Parvin Sepehr, Ali Salehi Sahlabadi, Maliheh Eshaghzadeh, Yosef Hamidzadeh Arbabi, Mohsen Poursadeghiyan","doi":"10.4103/jehp.jehp_1536_23","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4103/jehp.jehp_1536_23","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The advancements and growth in information and communication technology have created new paths in the process of teaching and learning, leading to a shift in focus towards the use of electronic resources and digital teaching platforms. This study aimed to examine the impact of virtual workshops as a tool for improving learning among industrial health and safety students.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>This study was a descriptive-analytical study and was conducted on 104 students of occupational health and safety at the University of Medical Sciences in Ardebil during the course of a year. In this study, five specialized courses were chosen, including the following: \"OSCO\", \"ESCC\", and \"Erg\". \"SSM\" and \"EMS\". In this study, the participants were divided into two groups: participating and non-participating students. The results of their grades in the workshop were compared. The study consisted of two parts, the preparation stage and the evaluation stage, which included the preparation of the workshop, data collection and analysis, and the final stage of evaluation. Then, a list of workshops related to the courses was prepared, and the obtained results were analyzed by SPSS software (Ver. 22).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The results showed that the correlation between the student's scores in the cognitive, emotional and psychomotor areas before and after attending the virtual workshops was significant. Variance analysis test showed a significant difference between the scores of the cognitive, emotional, and psychomotor areas, both before and after (<i>P</i> > 0.001) participation in workshops.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This study suggests that additional workshops, in parallel with classroom training, are an effective tool in raising student academic performance, as the students who participated gained better grades than those who did not participate in the courses. Therefore, it is possible to enhance student academic levels by increasing the number of workshops in addition to course unit.</p>","PeriodicalId":15581,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Education and Health Promotion","volume":"13 ","pages":"393"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-10-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11657958/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142864309","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Effectiveness of educational training program on the knowledge of COTPA Act among the nonteaching staff of a tertiary care hospital.","authors":"Sourabh Paul, Bhola Nath, Aswani K Seth, Neeraj Pawar, Tarun Chhabra","doi":"10.4103/jehp.jehp_1751_23","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4103/jehp.jehp_1751_23","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Globally, tobacco is among the leading factors attributable to death. The nonteaching staff plays a pivotal role in making a campus a \"tobacco-free zone.\" The objective of the study is to assess the effectiveness of an educational training program conducted on the Cigarette and Other Tobacco Products Act (COTPA) 2003 among nonteaching staff of a tertiary care hospital.</p><p><strong>Methods and materials: </strong>A hospital-based cross-sectional study was conducted among 500 nonteaching staff of a tertiary care hospital in the Raebareli district of Uttar Pradesh, India. An educational training program on COTPA 2003 was conducted in collaboration with the State Tobacco Control Cell. Data were collected before (pre-test) and after (post-test) the training program. A paired <i>t</i>-test was applied to compare both knowledge scores. Multiple linear regression analysis was conducted to identify the factors associated with knowledge scores.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Around 187 (37.4%) security personnel, 198 (39.6%) housekeeping staff and 115 (23%) hospital attendants participated in the study. The pre-test mean (± standard deviation (SD)) knowledge score was 4.91 ± 1.59 whereas post-test mean (± SD) knowledge score was 7.91 ± 1.42. The pre-test knowledge score was associated with residence, age, and history of tobacco consumption of study participants. The female gender was associated with the pre-test knowledge score having a standardized coefficient -0.49 (<i>P</i> value = 0.009). The post-test knowledge score was associated with a history of tobacco consumption with a standardized coefficient of 0.42 (<i>P</i> value = 0.012).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The educational training program improved the knowledge of the study participants with maximum improvement among the housekeeping staff. The history of tobacco consumption emerged as a significant factor affecting knowledge even after the training program.</p>","PeriodicalId":15581,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Education and Health Promotion","volume":"13 ","pages":"396"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-10-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11657949/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142864374","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Investigating the efficiency of novel indicators in predicting risk of metabolic syndrome in the Iranian adult population.","authors":"Ayatollah Bayatian, Allahwardi Jangi, Farideh Pargar, Hadi Bazyar, Vahideh Aghamohammadi","doi":"10.4103/jehp.jehp_1137_23","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4103/jehp.jehp_1137_23","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Whether new anthropometric indicators are superior to conventional anthropometric indicators and whether they can better identify MetS in apparently healthy people needs further research. Thus, this study aimed to estimate the efficiency of novel indicators in predicting the risk of metabolic syndrome (MetS) in the Iranian adult population.</p><p><strong>Material and methods: </strong>In this cross-sectional study, 800 subjects were selected by clustered random sampling. The metabolic factors, traditional and novel anthropometric indices, the triglyceride and glucose index (TyG index) and modified TyG indices (TyG-BMI, TyG-WC, TyG-WHR, and TyG-WHtR), and metabolic score for insulin resistance (METS-IR) were evaluated. The MetS was calculated according to the IDF criteria. To investigate the risk of MetS, logistic regression was used along with modeling.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>In all three models, all traditional anthropometric indices were associated with MetS (<i>P</i> < 0.001). Regarding novel anthropometric indices, all indices (except for ABSI) significantly predicted the risk of MetS in all participants before and after adjustment (<i>P</i> < 0.001). WTI index presented the highest Odds ratios for MetS (29.50, 95% CI: 15.53-56.03). A positive association was found in all models between TyG and modified TyG indices and METS-IR with MetS (<i>P</i> for all < 0.001). TyG-WHtR index presented the highest Odds ratios for MetS (70.07, 95% CI: 32.42-151.43).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>A combination of the TyG index and WHtR (TyG-WHtR index) was better than the TyG index alone, with a higher odds ratio in predicting MetS. Due to the simplicity of these indices, cost-effectiveness, and facility at small-scale labs and being predictive of MetS risk it is suggested to include these markers in clinical practice.</p>","PeriodicalId":15581,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Education and Health Promotion","volume":"13 ","pages":"385"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-10-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11657903/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142864398","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}