The role of perceived barrier in the postpartum women’s health promoting lifestyle: A partial mediator between self-efficacy and health promoting lifestyle
نویسندگان
1 Social Deputy Department of Zanjan University of Medical Sciences,
2 Department of Health Education and Promotion, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences
3 Health Metrics Research Center, Iranian Institute for Health Sciences Research, ACECR
4 Department of Community Nutrition, School of Nutritional Sciences and Dietetics, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
5 Department of Health Education and Promotion, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences
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چکیده
INTRODUCTION: In recent decades, the focuses of health studies were mostly in middle‑agedwomen, and few studies have investigated the lifestyle of women after delivery. The aim of thisstudy was to determine the effects of both self‑efficacy and perceived barriers on Iranian womenhealth‑promoting lifestyle (HPL) in the first 1 year after childbirth.MATERIALS AND METHODS: Using a cross‑sectional design, 310 women at first‑year postpartumwere surveyed in Zanjan (Iran) in 2016. The proportionate stratified random sampling method wascarried out to select a participant. HPL has assessed with HPL profile II questionnaire. Self‑efficacywas assessed using self‑rated abilities for health practices scale. Perceived barriers were assessedby Barriers to Health‑promoting Activities for Disabled Person scale. A meditational model was usedto examine whether perceived barriers mediates between perceived self‑efficacy and HPL.RESULTS: The participants mean age was 29.82 (5.1) years, 53.9% were primiparous, and mostof them were homemakers (82.9%). The mean total score of HPL was 2.50 (0.29). The relationshipbetween HPL and self‑efficacy was mediated by perceived barriers partially.DISCUSSION: Self‑efficacy, not only promotes women’s HPL but also indirectly affect the women’slifestyle by reducing perceived barriers.
