AU - heidari, fatemeh AU - mohammad khaN KERMANSHAHI, sima AU - vanaki, zohreh AU - kazem nejad, anoshirvan TI - A Survey the effect of planned program of health promotion on stress management in middle-aged women PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE TA - IJNR JN - IJNR VO - 6 VI - 22 IP - 22 4099 - http://ijnr.ir/article-1-877-en.html 4100 - http://ijnr.ir/article-1-877-en.pdf SO - IJNR 22 ABĀ  - Introduction: There are many physiological and psychological stresses in Middle-age, which can have significant effect on mortality and suffering from a disease in women. So considering stress management in the form of a program is very important. This study aims at investigating effect of planned program of health promotion on stress management in middle-aged women. Methods: This research was a semi-experimental study and done with two groups of case (50 people) and control (41 people) were selected by convenience sampling. planned program of health promotion was performed on three stages: identification and investigation, supportive planning and evaluation of programs performing and giving feedback. Tools used to data collection in this research included: demographic information questionnaire and health promotion lifestyle profile 2 (HPLP2) questionnaires which completed by the case and control groups before and one and a half months after intervention. Results: The finding showed that before intervention ,no meaningful important statistical difference was observed average numbers of stress management and spiritual improvement between case and control groups (P>0.05). While after intervention according to independent t-test showed that there is a meaningful statistical difference in average numbers (P CP - IRAN IN - LG - eng PB - IJNR PG - 17 PT - Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing YR - 2011