Abstract:
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships among perceived benefits, perceived barriers, perceived self-efficacy, body weight control activity-related affect, family influences, situational influences and health promoting behaviors in body weight control of hypertensive patients with overweight. Study sample consisted of 120 overweight hypertensive patients that received health service at the out patients department of community Hospital selected by multi-stage random sampling. The theoretical framework was based on Pender's Health Promotion Model. The instruments used in this study were self-reported questionnaires, including the Demographic questionnaire, the Perceived Benefits, the Perceived Barriers, the Perceived Self-Efficacy, the Bodyweight Control Activity-Related Effect, the Family influences, the Situational influences and the Health Promoting Behaviors in weight control. Cronbach's alpha coefficients of all measures, except Demographic Questionnaires, were .85, .86, .88, .85, .94, .85 and .79.Pearson product-moment correlation was used for statistical analysis. The results were as follows: 1.Mean score of weight control behaviors of hypertensive patients with overweight was at the good level.([x-bar] = 3.55, SD = 0.67). 2. There were positive statistical correlations between perceived benefits, perceived self-efficacy, activity-related effect, family influences, situational influences and health promotion behaviors of hypertensive patients with overweight at the level of .05 (r = .22, .81, .75, .26 and .36 respectively). 3. There was a negative statistical correlations between perceived barriers and health promotion behaviors of hypertensive patients with overweight at the level of .01(r = -.68)