An educational program based on the health belief model significantly improved hypertension preventive practice scores (12.59 vs 9.25, p<0.001) compared to a control group among university staff.
RCT (n=128)
Open-label
Randomly assigned by lot
No
Does an educational program based on the health belief model improve hypertension preventive behaviors in university staff?
An educational intervention based on the Health Belief Model significantly improved hypertension preventive behaviors and health beliefs among university staff.
Absolute Event Rate: 12.59% vs 9.25%
p-value: p=<0.001
BACKGROUND: Hypertension 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. METHODS: This 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. RESULTS: ANCOVA 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). CONCLUSION: This current study specified that the education-based health belief model effectively promotes hypertension preventive behaviors among Iran University of Medical Sciences staff.
Azadi et al. (2021) conducted an RCT in Hypertension preventive behaviors (n=128). Educational program based on the health belief model vs. Control group (no specific intervention) was evaluated on Practice (behavior) score at the end of the study (p=<0.001). An educational program based on the health belief model significantly improved hypertension preventive practice scores (12.59 vs 9.25, p<0.001) compared to a control group among university staff.