The effect of education based on health belief model on promoting preventive behaviors of hypertensive disease in staff of the Iran University of Medical Sciences

Archives of Public Health

Jaffar Abbas¹  Nemam Ali Azadi²  Seyed Fahim Irandoost³  Javad Yoosefi Lebni⁴  Fakhreddin Chaboksavar⁵  Arash Ziapour⁶ 

[1] Antai College of Economics and Management/School of Media and Communication, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China;Department of Biostatistics, School of Health, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran;Department of Public Health, School of Health, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran;Health Promotion Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran;Nursing Care Research Center, Health Research Institute, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, I.R., Iran;Research Center for Environmental Determinants of Health (RCEDH), Health Institute, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran;

关键词: Hypertension;    Health Belief Model;    Robust ANCOVA;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s13690-021-00594-4

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundHypertension is one of the major causes of many diseases, such as heart attack, strokes, kidney failure, and many internal disorders. This presentresearch study aimed to investigate the impact of educational programs based on the health belief model to promote hypertension prevention behavior of Iran University of Medical Sciences staff.MethodsThis study has incorporated pretest-posttest quasi-experimental based on 128 staff members and randomly assigned the recruited and involved participants to an intervention (n = 64) and a control group (n = 64). The data collection tool was based on a questionnaire related to health belief model constructs based on 42 questions. The study interpreted the results using ANCOVA and robust ANCOVA as suitable approaches.ResultsANCOVA showed improvement in the cues to participants’ action following educational interventional (p = 0.011). the robust ANCOVA specified that the intervention was successful for participants with low to moderate initial levels of knowledge, perceived susceptibility, perceived severity, perceived barriers, and self-efficacy scores. The levels of these components did not change in participants with very high baseline scores. Compared to a control group, regardless of baseline score, the perceived benefits and practice (behavior) of participants at the intervention group were improved significantly (P <  0.05).ConclusionThis current study specified that the education-based health belief model effectively promotes hypertension preventive behaviors among Iran University of Medical Sciences staff.

【 授权许可】

CC BY