The effect of educational intervention on self-care behavior in hypertensive older people: Applying the health belief model.

its), find the factors that prevent the behaviors which pose more harm than good (perceived barriers), and consider themselves capable of performing preventive behaviors (self-efficacy) in order to finally obtain an effective care[ 17 , 18 ] The prevalence of hypertension in Isfahan province was in an increasing trend, that is, 32% in the elderly aged ≥60 years in the rural population.[ 19 ] Since the health education programs have been effective in improving self-care behaviors,[ 20 , 21 ] the goal of this study was to evaluate the educational program on self-care behaviors in hypertensive people in 2020.

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