The impact of self-efficacy education on self-care behaviours of low salt and weight setting diets in hypertensive women covered by health-care centers of Dehaghan in 2013

Abstract

Objective: To examine the impact of self-efficacy-based education on promoting self-care behaviour in low-salt and weight-setting diets for hypertensive women. Method: The quasi-experimental study was conducted in 2013 and comprised hypertensive women registered with healthcare centres in Dehaghan, Iran. The subjects were divided into two equal groups; intervention group and comparison group. For the intervention group, four educative sessions were conducted based on self-efficacy leading to self-care behaviours, while the comparison group did not receive any education. Self-efficacy and self-care questionnaires data (obtained before intervention, immediately after intervention and 3 months after intervention) was analysed using SPSS 20. Results: There were 64 subjects divided into two groups of 32(50) each. The mean age in the intervention group was 51.2+/-6.86years and 49.1+/-7.99years in the comparison group. Self-care behaviours of low salt diet (p=0.002) and weight-setting diet (p=0.004) were more significantly seen in the intervention group. The means of systolic blood pressure (p=0.004) and diastolic blood pressure (p<0.001) were significantly reduced in the intervention group. The mean value for body mass index was not the same in the intervention group (p<0.001). Conclusion: Self-efficacy-based education had an impact on self-care behaviours in hypertensive patients.