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 3

Comparison of HBM indicator scores between the two groups after the educational intervention.

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

Compliance of training (n (%))
Complete compliance108 (80.6)40 (30.1)<0.001
Low compliance26 (19.4)93 (69.9)

Psychological resilience score (±SD)55.47 ± 5.0150.46 ± 2.62<0.001
Psychological flexibility (±SD)56.53 ± 4.5149.13 ± 3.62<0.001
Self-care knowledge (±SD)43.36 ± 7.6034.05 ± 6.99<0.001
Self-concept (±SD)29.57 ± 5.6720.11 ± 3.86<0.001
Self-care responsibility (±SD)27.54 ± 5.0920.86 ± 4.53<0.001
Self-care skills (±SD)34.51 ± 5.6221.62 ± 5.64<0.001
Self-efficacy (±SD)30.79 ± 4.5626.41 ± 6.37<0.001

Incidence of LEDVT (n (%))
Yes3 (2.2)11 (8.3)0.027
No131 (97.8)122 (91.7)

HBM, health belief model; , mean; SD, standard deviation; LEDVT, lower extremity deep vein thrombosis.