The effect of the education based on pender'shealth promotion model upon healthy life style behaviors among the individuals with hypertension

This thesis study was done to explore the effect of the education based on Pender's health promotion model among the hypertension patients upon improving healthy life style behaviors. This was a randomized-controlled interventional trial (semi-experimental trial). The study was conducted with 114 hypertension patients at a Public Hospital in Edremit County of Balıkesir Province between the 15th of October 2021 and the 15th of April 2022. The study was gathered using "Information Request Form" and "Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors Scale II (HLBS)" via face to face interview technique. After the pre-test, patients in the education group were personally interviewed and were provided the education. The education manual books were distributed to the patients at the end of the education and patients' contact information was recorded. An eight week follow-up was held for the patients in the education group. In the meantime, we wanted the education to remain effective by sending short messages to the patients twice or three times a week. For the post-test, the control group patients and the experimental group patients were given appointments and were asked to visit the hospital again. For the analyses of the data; numbers, percentages, averages ±, standard deviations, medians (minimum- maximum), Kolmogorov-Smirnov test, independent two samples t test, Mann Whitney U test, Pearson's chi-square test and Yates correction chi-square test, Wilcoxon test, Robust two ways variance analysis and Bonferroni test were employed. Statistical significance was set to 5%. In the pre-test, groups were found to be homogenous. However; in the post-test, the total scores obtained from HLBS showed that scale scores of the education group increased significantly after the education; which suggested that the educational intervention held for the hypertension patients was effective in managing hypertension. Key words: patient education, hypertension, Pender's health promotion model, healthy lifestyle behaviors