TITLE:
The Effect of an Educational Program Based on the Health Belief Model on Self-Efficacy among Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Referred to the Iranian Diabetes Association in 2014
AUTHORS:
Sheida Vahidi, Sima Esmaeili Shahmirzadi, Davoud Shojaeizadeh, Hamid Haghani, Soghra Nikpour
KEYWORDS:
Self-Efficacy, Health Belief Model, Type 2 Diabetes
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Diabetes Mellitus,
Vol.5 No.3,
August
6,
2015
ABSTRACT: Background: Patient self-efficacy is one of the most important factors in
treating and overcoming disease. Objective: The aim of this study was to
evaluate the effect of an educational program based on the health belief model
on self-efficacy among patients with type 2 diabetes referred to the Iranian
Diabetes Association in 2014. Method: A randomized controlled clinical trial
was conducted. Eighty patients with type 2 diabetes were selected randomly by
the double block sample method. They were then divided into two groups of
intervention and control (40 patients in each group) by random allocation. Data
were collected by a questionnaire based on the Health Belief Model and
self-efficacy. The data were gathered two months after the educational program
was held. The educational program was designed on the basis of data collected
in the pre-test phase. Then, the educational program was executed for the
intervention group in 8 sessions (each 30 minutes) using lectures and an
educational booklet. Data analysis was done with Chi-square Test, Pearson’s
correlation, Independent samples T-test and paired T-test. The significance level
was considered at 0.05. Results: Before intervention, no significant difference
was detected between the two groups. However, after intervention all variables
were significantly different except for perceived threat. Moreover, there were
significant linear relationships between Self-efficacy and all Health Belief
Model components after the educational intervention in both groups (p