Research Article

Effect of Health Belief Model Education on Increasing Cognition and Self-Care Behaviour among Elderly Women with Malignant Gynaecological Tumours in Fujian, China

Table 2

Comparison of HBM indicator scores between the HBM education group and the basic nursing group before educational intervention.

VariablesHBM education group (n = 134)Basic nursing group (n = 133) value

Compliance of training
Complete compliance (n (%))38 (28.4)37 (27.8)0.922
Low compliance (n (%))96 (71.6)96 (72.2)

Psychological resilience score (±SD)50.43 ± 3.2950.55 ± 2.290.738
Psychological flexibility (±SD)48.98 ± 3.4549.29 ± 3.590.465
Self-care knowledge (±SD)34.22 ± 7.4733.77 ± 7.050.614
Self-concept (±SD)20.87 ± 4.3420.22 ± 4.100.206
Self-care responsibility (±SD)20.44 ± 4.5820.64 ± 4.710.727
Self-care skills (±SD)22.78 ± 6.7121.77 ± 5.820.190
Self-efficacy (±SD)26.49 ± 5.2626.29 ± 6.410.781

HBM, health belief model; , mean; SD, standard deviation.