The Effect of a Health Behavior Modification Program on Food Consumption Behavior, Exercise, and Waist Circumference Diabetes mellitus Risk Group in Niwet Tombol Health Promoting Hospital

Abstract

Purpose : To compare a consumption behavior, exercise, and waist circumference diabetes mellitus risk group in Niwet Tombol  health promoting hospital.

Study design : Quasi-experimental study; Two group pre-test-posttest design.

Materials and methods : 62 of participants  were  diabetes mellitus risk group, divided into experimental group and comparison group, each group consisted of 31 participants, who met the inclusion criteria and exclusion criteria. The experimental group received a health behavior modification program and a comparison group received normal health behavior modification activities according to the original pattern. The duration of the research were 12 weeks. Data were collected using interview and recording forms. The data were analyzed using frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, median, maximum, minimum, and comparison of mean score difference between groups using independent t-test. The statistical significance was determined at the .05 level.

Main findings : After intervention; The diabetes mellitus risk group in the experimental group had a higher mean score on food consumption behavior than the comparison group (p<.001), with a mean score on food consumption behavior increased by 2.18 points (95%CI;1.94, 2.43). In the experimental group, mean exercise behavior score was higher than comparison group (p<.001), with a 0.75 increase in  mean exercise behavior score (95%CI;0.49, 1.00) and the diabetes risk group in experimental group and a comparison group had no difference in mean scores for waist circumference (p=.967).

Conclusion and recommendations : The results of this research led diabetes mellitus risk group to have more consumption behavior and exercise behaviors, therefore, this program should be used to modify health behaviors for diabetes risk groups.