A Health Promoting Program on Health Behaviors, Body Mass Index and Blood Pressure among People at Risk of Hypertension.
Keywords:
People at Risk of Hypertension, Health Promoting Program, Health Behavior, Body Mass Index, Blood PressureAbstract
This quasi-experimental research aimed to study the effects of a ealth promoting program on health behaviors, body mass index and blood pressure among people at risk of hypertension. The sample consisted of 60 participants who were people at risk of hypertension which were divided into an experimental group and a comparison group with 30 persons each. The experimental group received a health promoting program according to Pender's Health Promotion Model for 12 weeks whereas the comparison group received usual care. The content validity was checked by 5 experts with index of item objective congruence which was equal to 0.93. The reliability of health behavior questionnaire was tested by Cronbach's alpha coefficient with a result of 0.78. Data were analyzed using frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, differences were compared using statistics. The results revealed that, A mean score of health behaviors, systolic and diastolic blood pressure after the experiment was better than before the experiment and among the comparison group with statistical significance (p < 0.05), The body mass index after the experiment was better than before the experiment with statistical significance (p < 0.05) but there was no difference with the experimental group and the comparison group (p > 0.05)
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