THE EFFECT OF THE NURSING INTERVENTION BASED ON PENDER'S HEALTH PROMOTION MODEL ON INFECTION PREVENTION BEHAVIORS IN MOTHERS OF 1-5-YEAR-OLD CHILDREN WITH CANCER UNDERGOING CHEMOTHERAPY
Abstract:
This quasi-experimental research was aimed to study the effect of nursing intervention based on Pender, s health promotion model on infection prevention behaviors in mothers of 1-5-year-old children with cancer undergoing chemotherapy. Fifteen mothers were randomly assigned, 8 in the treatment group and 7 in the control group. Mothers in the treatment group received the nursing intervention based on Pender, s health promotion model was individual counseling aiming to increase perceived benefits of the infection prevention behaviors, to reduce perceived barrier, and to increase their self-efficacy. Data were collected by the infection prevention behaviors questionnaire developed by the researchers. It content validity index was .80 and its reliability coefficient was .78. Data were analyzed by Mann-Whitney U Test. It was found that mothers of 1-5-year-old children with cancer undergoing chemotherapy who received a nursing intervention based on Pender ,s health promotion model infection prevention behaviors in performed better infection prevention behaviors than the mothers who received routine nursing, at the statistical significance level of .05.