An educational program based on the Theory of Planned Behavior significantly improved self-care behavior scores compared to routine care in patients with pre-hypertension.
RCT (n=120)
Open-label
Coin toss
Yes
Does an educational intervention based on the theory of planned behavior improve self-care behaviors in patients with pre-hypertension?
An educational program based on the theory of planned behavior significantly improves self-care behaviors and blood pressure in patients with pre-hypertension.
Absolute Event Rate: 46.61% vs 39.38%
p-value: p=<0.001
Background and Objective: Hypertension is one of the most common noncommunicable diseases and one of the most important health problems in the world, which can be prevented and controlled at the same time. The theory of planned behavior is one of the important theories that explain the main process of accepting health behaviors. The present study was conducted to investigate the effect of educational intervention based on the theory of planned behavior on self-care behaviors of pre-hypertension patients referred to hospitals affiliated to Zahedan University of Medical Sciences.
Nohtani et al. (Mon,) conducted a rct in Pre-hypertension (n=120). Educational program based on the Theory of Planned Behavior vs. Routine care was evaluated on Self-care behavior score at 3 months (p=<0.001). An educational program based on the Theory of Planned Behavior significantly improved self-care behavior scores compared to routine care in patients with pre-hypertension.
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