Abstract:
Hypertension is a high risk of stroke Prevention needs to gain knowledge, stimulate and required appropriate behavioral adjustments.This study was quasiexperimental research designed in tho pretest-posttest control group. the purpose of the study was to test the effectiveness of health belief application program for stroke prevention behavior among hypertensive patients at Muang district, Phayao province.The samples were selected by purposive sampling, using Inclusion and exclusion criteria, 30 subjects in each group. After that, a simple random sampling by lottery, divided into 30 people in an experimental group and into 30 people in a control group. An experimental group received health belief application program for 12 weeks. Data was collected by questionnaires. Statistics were using by percentage, arithmetic mean, standard deviation, Mann-Whitney U and Wilcoxon signed ranks test. Results revealed that the mean score of the stroke knowledge, perception in stroke (including stroke risk, stroke severity, benefits of stroke prevention, barriers of practice for preventing stroke, self-ability to prevent stroke) and stroke prevention behavior between before and after the experiment in an experimental group were significantly different 0.05 (p < 0.001, < 0.001, < 0.001, < 0.001, < 0.001, < 0.001 and 0.009 respectively) and between the experimental group and comparison group were significantly different 0.05 (p < 0.001 equal). The results recommend the health belief model program affect behavior modification in stroke prevention of hypertensive patients.