Investigating the effect of intervention based on pre-planned behavior theory on enhancing self-care behavior of patients with hypertension visiting rural health-care systems of Rasht in 2016

Joint Event on 49^th International Congress on Nursing Care Plan & Health & 50^th World Congress on Men in Nursing

July 16-18, 2018 | Rome, Italy

Roghayeh Aghebati, Fardin Mehrabia, Rabiollah Farmanbar, Marjan Mahdavi Roshan and Saeid Omidi

Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Iran

Posters & Accepted Abstracts: J Nurs Care

Abstract :

Statement of the Problem: Hypertension is an adjustable health risk factor and one of the most important causes of disability and mortality. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of theory-of-planned-behavior-based intervention on self-care behaviors in hypertensive patients. Methodology & Theoretical Orientation: An intervention study was conducted on two intervention and control groups (n=75) with hypertension referred to Rasht cityâ??s health centers. The research instrument was a questionnaire, including demographic information, physical activity by GPAC questionnaire, and nutritional information by food frequency questionnaire and also theory of planned behaviors questions were about five areas including attitude, subjective norms, perceived behavior control, and behavioral intention related to hypertension. The validity of the questionnaire was determined through content validity method and its reliability was determined by Cronbachâ??s alpha. Data analyses were performed using SPSS-18 software; descriptive and inferential tests were conducted too. Findings: Before training intervention, two groups were similar with regards to their mean scores on theory of planned behavior constructs, while after this intervention, the intervention groupâ??s mean scores of attitude changed from 4.51 to 4.58, mean scores of subjective norms changed from 4.16 to 4.19, mean scores of perceived behavior control changed from 3.64 to 4.23, and mean scores of behavioral intention changed from 3.88 to 4.24. These differences were statistically significant (p<0.05) with no difference observed in control group. Conclusion & Significance: The results showed that designing a training program based on theory of planned behavior will have more effect on promotion of self-care behaviors among patients. Mean value, standard deviation and significance level of MAP (sum of two diastoles+one diastole divided by three) blood pressure for two control and intervention groups before and 2.5 months after intervention.

Biography :

Roghayeh Aghebati is a Nursing Expert with a Master’s of Science in Health Education and Health Promotion from Guilan University of Medical Sciences. He/she has 13-years of working experience in nursing and is interested in reasearch projects about Nursing, Desease Training and Prevention. He/she is now working as a Nursing Instructor to students in the Burn Research Center in the north of Iran. He/she has participated in more than 10 national and international scientific conferences either as participant, poster or lecture presenter. Also, he/she is interested in cooperation with research centers and to pursue his/her PhD in Health Training and Policy-Making.

E-mail: r.aghebati44097@yahoo.com