The Effect of Educational Intervention Based on Health Belief Model on Eye Care Practice of Type II Diabetic Patients in Southern Iran

Table 2

Comparison of average scores of HBM components of studied subjects before and 3 months after the educational intervention in experimental and control groups.

Variables	Groups	Before educational intervention	3 months after educational intervention	Paired t-test
Awareness (0–15)	Experimental	6.22  2.84	11.31  2.45	0.001
	Control	7.09  2.50	7.28  2.47	0.128
	Independent t-test	0.080	0.001
Perceived susceptibility (5–25)	Experimental	8.24  3.25	19.24  2.81	0.001
	Control	8.42  3.28	9.06  3.18	0.126
	Independent t-test	0.116	0.001
Perceived severity (5–25)	Experimental	8.42  2.18	18.26  2.28	0.001
	Control	8.17  2.24	8.48  2.84	0.0131
	Independent t-test	0.145	0.001
Perceived benefits (5–25)	Experimental	8.71  2.13	18.36  2.71	0.001
	Control	9.04  2.16	10.01  2.13	0.184
	Independent t-test	0.107	0.001
Perceived barriers (5–25)	Experimental	19.36  2.53	8.25  2.50	0.001
	Control	18.87  2.45	17.40  2.44	0.155
	Independent t-test	0.214	0.001
Self-efficacy (5–25)	Experimental	8.23  2.18	18.44  2.18	0.001
	Control	8.45  2.10	9.12  2.02	0.224
	Independent t-test	0.212	0.001
Cues to action (10–50)	Experimental	18.22  4.14	36.87  4.45	0.001
	Control	17.91  3.85	18.34  3.70	0.241
	Independent t-test	0.161	0.001
Eye care practice	Experimental	2.16  0.79	4.24  1.112	0.001
	Control	2.24  0.48	2.27  0.57	0.148
	Independent t-test	0.0170	0.001