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Effect of Health Belief Model-Based Education

NCT07047950 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 130

Last updated 2025-07-02

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Summary

Aim: This study aimed to determine the impact of an education and counseling program based on the health belief model on coronary heart disease risk factors knowledge level, risk perception of heart disease, and Framingham risk scores.

Background: Coronary heart disease remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, and effective prevention strategies are critical. The health belief model provides a theoretical framework for understanding and influencing health behaviors. A quasi-experimental design with a pre-test and post-test approach was employed.

Methods: Data were collected using the Descriptive Characteristics Form, the Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors Knowledge Level Scale, and the Heart Disease Risk Perception Scale. Additionally, Framingham risk scores were calculated.

Conditions

  • Cardiovascular Diseases Risk
  • Health Belief Model
  • Nursing

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Individual Education and Counseling Program

The educational programme entitled "HBM Approach to Prevent CHD" was designed by the researcher and delivered as a presentation. The educational sessions were conducted face-to-face at the Cardiology Outpatient Clinic of Van Yüzüncü Yıl University Dursun Odabaş Medical Center and lasted approximately 35-45 minutes. In addition, follow-up telephone calls were made to individuals in the intervention group twice at two-month intervals. The content of the educational programme was developed based on a comprehensive literature review using resources from the Turkish Society of Cardiology, the WHO, the Ministry of Health, the Turkish Public Health Institution, evidence-based research and previous studies. The programme covered topics such as the definition of CHD, risk factors, treatment, complications, perceived susceptibility and severity of CHD, perceived benefits, barriers and strategies to overcome them, self-efficacy, and rules for engaging in physical activity and maintaining a health

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Yuzuncu Yıl University

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2023-01-01
Primary Completion
2023-07-01
Completion
2023-08-07

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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