The effect of self-efficacy promotion program on knowledge and Self-management for stroke prevention among hypertensive patients

Abstract

The objectives of this quasi - experimental research one groups pre-posttest design was to study the effect of self-efficacy promotion program on knowledge and self-management for stroke prevention among hypertensive patients. The sample was 250 hypertensive patients of hypertensive clinic of Thong Pha Phum hospital by purposive sampling. The research instruments used in this study consisted of the personal data questionnaire, cerebrovascular disease knowledge test, self-management assessment form, and a promoting self-efficacyfor stroke prevention program. The content validity by Index Item Objective Congruence was 0.67–1.00 and the Cronbach’s alpha coefficients of cerebrovascular disease knowledge test was .73, self-management assessment form was .71, and whole questionnaire was .72. Data were analyzed using frequency percentage, mean, standard deviation, and pair t-test The results showed that after joining the program, The sample had significantly higher mean cerebrovascular disease knowledge score and self-management score than before joining the program (p<0.05)