Impact of educational intervention on high blood pressure-related knowledge, attitude and preventive behavior among women in Islamshahr City

Hypertension is one of the most common chronic diseases and a major risk factor for cardiovascular diseases )CVDs( and stroke. Due to the increasing prevalence of hypertension and its serious complications, this study aimed to determine the effect of educational intervention on preventive behavior of hypertension in school students’ mothers in Eslamshahr, Iran.
In the present experimental study, a total of 112 mothers of elementary school girls and boys were selected through a two-stage cluster sampling and were divided into two groups )n=56 per group(. The lecture method of education was employed in the form of question and answer at the end of the lecture. A questionnaire survey was performed to evaluate subjects at three stages consisting of a pretest, a post-test immediately after education, and a post-test two months later. All stages of this research were conducted ethically.
The results showed that there were no statistically significant differences between test and control groups in terms of the mean knowledge and attitude score, before the intervention. Concerning the mean practice score, however, a little difference was observed. After education, by contrast, scores for all above mentioned variables were significantly increased in intervention group (P-value The results revealed that the educational program on knowledge, attitudes and behavior to promote effective preventive behavior and to increase the knowledge and attitudes can promote the preventive behavior of hypertension.