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J Prevent Med 2022, 9(4): 402-411 |
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Asani L, Sabet M, Rafieipour A. Effectiveness of Health-Promoting Lifestyle Education on Physical Symptoms and Illness Perception of Patients With Asthma. J Prevent Med 2022; 9 (4) :402-411
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1- Department of Psychology, Kish International Branch, Islamic Azad University, Kish Island, Iran.
2- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Social Sciences, Roudhen Branch, Islamic Azad University, Roudhen, Iran.
3- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, Payam Noor University, Tehran, Iran.
2- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Social Sciences, Roudhen Branch, Islamic Azad University, Roudhen, Iran.
3- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, Payam Noor University, Tehran, Iran.
Abstract: (1486 Views)
Objective: Having a health-promoting lifestyle can improves the course of asthma. This study aims to determine the effectiveness of health-promoting lifestyle education on physical symptoms and illness perception in patients with asthma.
Methods: This is a quasi-experimental study with a pre-test, post-test, and follow-up design that was conducted on 30 patients with asthma referred to Shahid Fayyazbakhsh Hospital in Tehran, Iran in 2020, who were selected by a purposive sampling method and randomly assigned to two groups of intervention (n=15) and control (n=15). The instruments were the Illness Perception Questionnaire and the St. George’s Respiratory Questionnaire. Th educational program was presented to the intervention group at 6 sessions, each for 90 minutes. The data were analyzed using chi-square test and repeated measures analysis of variance in SPSS v. 24 software.
Results: The effect of group (η2=0.161, P=0.002), time (η2=0.720, P=0.001), and the interaction effect of time and group (η2=0.606, P=0.001) on physical symptoms, and the effect of group (η2=0.132, P=0.006), time (η2=0.760, P=0.001), and the interaction effect of time and group (η2=0.695, P=0.001) on illness perception were significant.
Conclusion: The health-promoting lifestyle education is effective in improving the symptoms and illness perception in patients with asthma. The officials and professionals in the health sector are recommended to provide behavioral interventions such as health-promoting lifestyle education for patients with asthma, in addition to medical treatments.
Methods: This is a quasi-experimental study with a pre-test, post-test, and follow-up design that was conducted on 30 patients with asthma referred to Shahid Fayyazbakhsh Hospital in Tehran, Iran in 2020, who were selected by a purposive sampling method and randomly assigned to two groups of intervention (n=15) and control (n=15). The instruments were the Illness Perception Questionnaire and the St. George’s Respiratory Questionnaire. Th educational program was presented to the intervention group at 6 sessions, each for 90 minutes. The data were analyzed using chi-square test and repeated measures analysis of variance in SPSS v. 24 software.
Results: The effect of group (η2=0.161, P=0.002), time (η2=0.720, P=0.001), and the interaction effect of time and group (η2=0.606, P=0.001) on physical symptoms, and the effect of group (η2=0.132, P=0.006), time (η2=0.760, P=0.001), and the interaction effect of time and group (η2=0.695, P=0.001) on illness perception were significant.
Conclusion: The health-promoting lifestyle education is effective in improving the symptoms and illness perception in patients with asthma. The officials and professionals in the health sector are recommended to provide behavioral interventions such as health-promoting lifestyle education for patients with asthma, in addition to medical treatments.
Type of Study: Orginal |
Subject:
Psychology
Received: 2022/02/17 | Accepted: 2022/03/9 | Published: 2023/01/1
Received: 2022/02/17 | Accepted: 2022/03/9 | Published: 2023/01/1
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