Effect of education intervention on preventive behaviors of urinary tract infections based on health belief model among female outpatients.
- c2017.
- 59p.
Thesis Report.
ABSTRACT:
Background: Urinary Tract Infection is the most common bacterial infection, accounting for 25 % of all infections. UTI can occur in any population and age groups; however, it is most common in women of reproductive age. It is predicted that one half of all women will experience UTI in their lifetime, and one fourth have recurrent infections. Health behaviors can help patients to prevent UTI. The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of education on Preventive behaviors of urinary tract infections based on health belief model among female outpatients.'
Methods: A Quasi-experimental study design was used. The study was conducted at KIST Hospital. A total number of 68 women diagnosed with urinary tract infection were included in the study. The women were divided into experimental and control group. The data was collected by interviewing both the groups using questionnaire before and after intervention. The questionnaire consisted of five parts. The first part was about demographic information. The second part was about the present symptoms of patients. The third part included questions on beliefs evaluation based on HBM which were about the perceived susceptibility, perceived severity, perceived barriers, and perceived benefits which was assessed using the five-point Likert type scale The fourth part was about cues to action which was answered with yes(1 point) and no (0 point) response pattern; the last part of the was about the health behaviors were answered with yes (1 point) and no (0 point). Only experimental group received the intervention. Independent t-test was used to calculate the means of two independent group and paired t test was used to calculate the scores before and after intervention.
Results: The experiment group showed a significant increase in the average score of the knowledge (P<0.001), perceived susceptibility (P<0.001), perceived severity (P<0.001), perceived benefits (P<0.001), and health behaviours (P<0.001), perceived barriers (P<0.001)when compared to the control group but cues to action (p=0.04) had no significant difference after the intervention.
Conclusion: The findings concluded the effectiveness of education based on Health Belief Model and it is one of the effective strategies for the prevention of Urinary Tract Infection in women.