Effect of Nutrition Education Based on Health Belief Model on Nutritional Knowledge and Dietary Practice of Pregnant Women in Dessie Town, Northeast Ethiopia: A Cluster Randomized Control Trial
Table 2
Health Belief Model constructs score of the pregnant women in Dessie town, northeast Ethiopia, 2017 GC ().
HBM Constructs
Study period
HBM constructs score
value
Intervention group
Control group
Perceived susceptibility
Baseline
17.9 ± 4.4
18.5 ± 4.3
0.29
Endline
28.1 ± 2.1
20.5 ± 5.6
<0.001
valueb
<0.001
=0.003
Perceived severity
Baseline
25.2 ± 6.6
26.7 ± 6.8
0.20
Endline
37.4 ± 2.6
28.6 ± 7.8
0.001
valueb
<0.001
=0.05
Perceived benefits
Baseline
19.5 ± 4.5
18.2 ± 5.0
0.14
Endline
23.6 ± 1.4
19.2 ± 5.2
0.001
valueb
<0.001
=0.05
Perceived barriers
Baseline
23.1 ± 4.7
23.1 ± 4.5
0.98
Endline
16.2 ± 4.2
21.9 ± 5.3
0.001
valueb
<0.001
=0.013
Perceived self-efficacy
Baseline
14.8 ± 3.7
13.7 ± 4.3
0.10
Endline
17.6 ± 1.9
14.1 ± 4.1
0.001
valueb
<0.001
=0.285
a = independent t-test; b = paired t-test; HBM = Health Belief Model.
