THE EFFECT OF GROUP COUNSELING ON HEALTH PROMOTION BEHAVIOR IN MIDDLE-AGED WOMEN WHO REFERRED TO BORDER HEALTH CENTERS OF URMIA IN 2017

Health promoting behavior is one of the main criteria of health and it has a
potential impact on improvement of health and quality of life in middle-aged women. In addition, it
leads to a reduction in health care services expenditure. This study is conducted to determine the effect
of group counseling on health promotion behaviors in middle-aged women who referred to border health
centers of Urmia in 2018.
Materials & Method: This is an RCT study with pre-test and post-test on the control group. Statistical
population of this study was 90 middle-aged women who referred to border health centers that were
randomly divided into experimental groups (n = 45) and control (n = 45). The research instruments were
demographic questionnaire and standard questionnaire HPLP2 that was completed before and after the
intervention. The intervention consisted of six 60-90 minute group counseling session. The nonintervention
group received normal care. Data were analyzed by SPSS-20, T-test Wilcoxon rank tests.
P-value less than 0.05 was considered significant.
Result: Before the intervention, mean scores were matched the two groups. But after intervention
showed a significant increase a mean of the health-promoting behaviors (diet, exercise, responsibility,
stress management, interpersonal support, and self-actualization) (P<001.(
Conclusion: The results indicated group counseling can be used as appropriated methods to improve
the middle-aged women’s health-promoting behaviors