Zarqa University, Jordan.
Eur J Cardiovasc Nurs. 2010 Dec;9(4):244-53. doi: 10.1016/j.ejcnurse.2010.02.002. Epub 2010 Mar 17.
Improving cardiac related knowledge to further healthy lifestyles is the best preventive strategy against coronary heart diseases (CHD). Previous studies revealed a critical shortage in all-around cardiac related knowledge, plus an overall shortage in adopting healthy lifestyle behaviors.
To evaluate the effectiveness of an education, counseling and behavioral skill-building program in Jordanian working adults' knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs about CHD and adoption of a healthy lifestyle.
A non-equivalent quasi-experimental design was used to evaluate the effectiveness of the intervention program that is based on Pender's Health Promotion Model. The Response Questionnaire and HPLP-II were used to measure subjects' knowledge, attitudes, beliefs and adoption of healthy lifestyle.
One hundred six subjects completed the posttest questionnaires. Experimental group showed significantly better cardiac related knowledge, better scores for attitudes, and better scores for the health responsibility, nutritional behaviors, interpersonal relationships and total HPLP-II score. Subject's beliefs, physical activity, spiritual growth and stress management were not improved significantly. Men had better scores in beliefs and women had better scores for health responsibility.
Individual commitment to healthier lifestyles should be encouraged, and researchers have to design and apply more specific interventions that are directed toward improving factors that are not significantly improved through traditional programs.
提高与心脏相关的知识，以进一步促进健康的生活方式，是预防冠心病（CHD）的最佳策略。先前的研究表明，人们在全面的心脏相关知识方面存在严重不足，同时在采用健康的生活方式行为方面也存在总体不足。
评估教育、咨询和行为技能培养计划在约旦在职成年人对 CHD 的知识、态度和信念，以及对健康生活方式的采用方面的有效性。
采用非等效准实验设计来评估基于 Pender 健康促进模型的干预计划的效果。使用“反应问卷”和 HPLP-II 来衡量受试者的知识、态度、信念以及对健康生活方式的采用。
106 名受试者完成了测试后问卷。实验组在心脏相关知识方面表现出显著的提高，在态度方面得分更高，在健康责任、营养行为、人际关系和 HPLP-II 总分方面得分也更高。受试者的信念、身体活动、精神成长和压力管理方面没有得到显著改善。男性在信念方面的得分更高，而女性在健康责任方面的得分更高。
应该鼓励个人做出更健康生活方式的承诺，研究人员必须设计和应用更具体的干预措施，以改善通过传统计划没有显著改善的因素。
