The evaluation of an educational intervention based on Pender’s health promotion model for patients with myocardial infarction

ABSTRACT

Despite advances in drug treatment and surgical interventions for the care of myocardial infarction, it has a high morbidity and mortality rate in Iran. In order to stop or reverse this trend, educational interventions based on various models are necessary. To determine the effect of an educational intervention based on Pender’s health promotion model on lifestyle, related factors, and clinical outcomes of patients with myocardial infarction, a clinical trial study was conducted. Patients were randomly allocated to two groups of educational intervention based on Pender’s model (n = 50) and the control group (n = 50). Educational sessions included eight 45-minute sessions held twice per week. Data gathering instruments were completed by the groups before and three months after intervention. The total mean of lifestyle, cardiac knowledge, perceived benefits of behavior, cholesterol, and triglycerides rates were significantly improved in the intervention group. Evaluation of the findings confirmed the effect of this educational model on healthy behaviors of patients with Myocardial Infarction.

KEYWORDS:

• Health promotion
• lifestyle
• myocardial infarction

Disclosure statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

Ethical considerations

This study was approved by the Social Development & Health Promotion Research Center’s ethics committee and Iranian Registry of Clinical Trials approved aims and procedures of this study (Irct ID: IRCT201607236909N1).

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Funding

Authors are extremely thankful to the Social Development & Health Promotion Research Center, Gonabad University of Medical Sciences that financially supported this study [contract no. 570/T/P].