| Sumario: | Background & aim: Infertility treatment provides a good opportunity for implementing preconception care. The current study aimed to evaluate the impact of training based on Pender's health promotion model on infertile women's lifestyle and self-efficacy in the preconception period. Methods: This is a quasi-experimental study using a non-randomized, pre-test and post-test design with a control group. It was conducted in the in vitro fertilization unit of a teaching hospital in Istanbul, Turkey in 2022. Three training sessions were provided to the intervention group (n = 57) using Pender's health promotion model at the beginning and weeks 4 and 8 following intervention. The control group (n = 57) was provided routine standard care without any training. Data were collected the beginning (pre-test) and week 8 (post-test) using the demographic questionnaire, Healthy Lifestyle Behavior Scale, and Infertility Self-Efficacy Scale-Short Form. Data were analyzed with SPSS version 24 using independent t-test, analysis of covariance, chi-square, and paired t-test. Results: After training, the average post-test HLSBS-II score of the intervention group (152.71±22.61) was revealed to be significantly higher than that of the control group (133.17±20.78) (F= 18.718, P < 0.05 ) While the average pre-test and post-test TISE-SF scores did not differ in the intervention group after the training (t = 0.526, p > 0.05 ) the average post-test score of the control group decreased significantly in comparison with the pre-test score (t = 2.951, P < 0.05 . Conclusion: It was found that training based on Pender's health promotion model positively affects infertile women's lifestyle. Further studies are needed to examine self-efficacy following training in infertile women.
|
|---|