title: 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.
  
  
  METHODS
  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).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Self-efficacy-based education had an impact on self-care behaviours in hypertensive patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Education and Promotion, Faculty of Health, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
authors.forename: Afsane
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Khosravizade
authors.affiliation: Department Of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Faculty of Health, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
authors.forename: Akbar
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hassanzadeh
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Education and Promotion, Faculty of Health, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
authors.forename: Firoozeh
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Mostafavi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001794:Blood Pressure; D004038:Diet, Reducing; D004039:Diet, Sodium-Restricted; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000628:therapy*; D007492:Iran; D008875:Middle Aged; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D012648:Self Care / Q000379:methods*; D020377:Self Efficacy; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
chemical_list: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents
keywords: Hypertension, Self-efficacy, Self-care behaviours.