Effects of a Health Education Program based on Social Cognitive Theory on the Health Promotion of University Students with Metabolic Syndrome

Hee-Gerl Kim; Jinhwa Lee; Jiyun Kim; Hyunju Park; Hyun Sook Oh; Won Jae Lee; Eun Aae Kim; Hye Kyung Jung

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Kim, Lee, Kim, Park, Oh, Lee, Kim, and Jung: Effects of a Health Education Program based on Social Cognitive Theory on the Health Promotion of University Students with Metabolic Syndrome

Original Article

Journal of Korean Academy of Community Health Nursing 2013; 24(4): 451-460.

Published online: 31 December 2013

DOI: https://doi.org/10.12799/jkachn.2013.24.4.451

Effects of a Health Education Program based on Social Cognitive Theory on the Health Promotion of University Students with Metabolic Syndrome

Hee-Gerl Kim¹, Jinhwa Lee², Jiyun Kim¹, Hyunju Park³, Hyun Sook Oh⁴, Won Jae Lee⁵, Eun Aae Kim⁵, Hye Kyung Jung⁵

¹Department of Nursing, Gachon University, Seongnam, Korea.

²Research Center for Student Health Promotion, Gachon University, Seongnam, Korea.

³Department of Nursing, Kangwon University, Chuncheon, Korea.

⁴Department of Applied Statistics, Gachon University, Seongnam, Korea.

⁵Department of Health Care Management, Gachon University, Seongnam, Korea.

Corresponding author: Lee, Jinhwa. Research Center for Student Health Promotion, Gachon University, 1342 Seongnam-daero, Sujeong-gu, Seongnam 461-701, Korea. Tel: +82-31-750-8577, Fax: +82-31-756-0780, hottie@gachon.ac.kr

Received 16 July 2013 Revised 28 October 2013 Accepted 17 December 2013

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Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this study is to evaluate effects of a health education program based on social cognitive theory on university students with risk factors for metabolic syndrome.

Methods

A nonequivalent control group pretest-posttest design was used. Participants were 88 students who had at least 2 risk factors for Metabolic Syndrome (47 students for the experimental and 41 for the control group). The health education program consisted of thirteen sessions. Knowledge regarding smoking and alcohol drinking, self-efficacy and self-esteem were evaluated. t-test, χ²-test, Fisher's exact test, and paired t-test were conducted to analyze the data. SPSS/WIN 19.0 Statistics program was used.

Results

There was a statistically significant increase in self-efficacy in the experimental group compared to the control group. No significant changes in knowledge and self-esteem were found.

Conclusion

The results suggest that the health education program for university students was partially effective. Further work is required to develop more effective health education programs.

Keywords: Universities, Metabolic syndrome X, Health education

Figures and Tables

Table 1

Health Program based on Social Cognitive Theory

SE=self-efficacy.

Table 2

Homogeneity Test for General Characteristics of Subjects (N=88)

Exp.=experimental group; Cont.=control group.

^†Fisher's exact test.

Table 3

Homogeneity Test for Health Behavior of Subjects (N=88)

Exp.=experimental group; Cont.=control group; BP=blood pressure.

Table 4

Effects of Health Education Program (N=88)

Exp.=experimental group; Cont.=control group.

Table 5

Comparison of Posttest between Two Group (N=88)

Exp.=experimental group; Cont.=control group.

Notes

This work was supported by the Gachon University research fund of 2013 (GCU-2013-R391).

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