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 4

Comparison of HBM scores between the two groups before and after intervention.

GroupsVariablesBefore interventionAfter intervention value

HBM education group (n = 134)Compliance of training (n)<0.001
Complete compliance38108
Low compliance9626
Psychological resilience score (±SD)50.43 ± 3.2955.47 ± 5.01<0.001
Psychological flexibility (±SD)48.98 ± 3.4556.53 ± 4.51<0.001
Self-care knowledge (±SD)34.22 ± 7.4743.36 ± 7.60<0.001
Self-concept (±SD)20.87 ± 4.3429.57 ± 5.67<0.001
Self-care responsibility (±SD)20.44 ± 4.5827.54 ± 5.09<0.001
Self-care skills (±SD)22.78 ± 6.7134.51 ± 5.62<0.001
Self-efficacy (±SD)26.49 ± 5.2630.79 ± 4.56<0.001

Basic nursing group (n = 133)Compliance of training (n)0.685
Complete compliance3740
Low compliance9693
Psychological resilience score (±SD)50.55 ± 2.2950.46 ± 2.620.467
Psychological flexibility (±SD)49.29 ± 3.5949.13 ± 3.620.124
Self-care knowledge (±SD)33.77 ± 7.0534.05 ± 6.990.076
Self-concept (±SD)20.22 ± 4.1020.11 ± 3.860.527
Self-care responsibility (±SD)20.64 ± 4.7120.86 ± 4.530.181
Self-care skills (±SD)21.77 ± 5.8221.62 ± 5.640.519
Self-efficacy (±SD)26.29 ± 6.4126.41 ± 6.370.404

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