Effects of a health literacy promotion program on behavior to prevent urinary tract infection
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This quasi-experimental research aimed to study the effects of a health literacy promotion program on urinary tract infection (UTI) prevention behaviors. The sample consisted of 60 inpatients aged 18 years and older diagnosed with urinary tract infections and was divided into an experimental group and a control group, with 30 patients in each group. The research instruments was a health literacy promotion program. Data were collected using a demographic questionnaire, a health literacy assessment, and a UTI prevention behavior questionnaire. The content validities were 0.96 and 0.94, respectively, and Cronbach's alpha reliability coefficients were 0.92. and 0.89 respectively. Data were analyzed using frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, Paired t-test, and independent t-test.
The results revealed that the mean scores of health literacy and UTI prevention behaviors of the experimental group significantly increased after participating in the health literacy promotion program (t 13.08, p < .05 and t 8.55, p < .05, respectively). The experimental group showed significantly higher mean scores of health literacy and UTI prevention behaviors than the control group (t 10.26, p < .05 and t 3.02, p < .05, respectively). Therefore, patients diagnosed with UTIs should be promoted on health literacy to prevent recurrent UTI and enable accurate self-care.
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