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- Title
A predictive model of genital warts preventive behaviors among women in the south of Iran: application of health belief model.
- Authors
Shahsavari, Saeideh; Alavi, Azin; Razmjoue, Parisa; Mohseni, Shokrollah; Ranae, Vahid; Hosseini, Zahra; dadipoor, Sakineh
- Abstract
<bold>Background: </bold>Genital wart (GW) is known as an infectious disease. Besides the infection, it is associated with a higher risk of cervical neoplasia and cancer in the infected population. The present research aimed to explore the predictors of GW preventive behaviors based on the health belief model (HBM).<bold>Methods: </bold>The present analytical and cross-sectional research was conducted in 2019 among 720 women between 15 and 49 years of age in Bandar Abbas in the south of Iran. The sample was selected in a multi-stratified clustering method. The participants responded to a reliable and valid researcher-made questionnaire which explored demographic information, knowledge-related items and the model constructs. A multivariate linear regression analysis was run to determine the predictors of adopting GW preventive behaviors. A path analysis was also run to test the direct and indirect effects of the model constructs on the dependent variable.<bold>Results: </bold>The mean and standard deviation of participants' age was 30.43 ± 8.697 years. As Pearson's correlation coefficients showed, knowledge (r = 0.197, p < 0.001), perceived susceptibility (r = 0.434, p < 0.001), severity (r = 0.463, p < 0.001) and self-efficacy (r = 0.434, p < 0.001) were significantly correlated with the adoption of GWs preventive behaviors. Multiple linear regression analysis showed that self-efficacy (B = - 0.010, p < 0.001), perceived susceptibility (B = 0.070, p < 0.001) and severity (B = 0.078, p < 0.001) were the predictors of GW preventive behaviors. Path analysis showed that perceived susceptibility, severity and self-efficacy directly affected healthy behaviors while perceived benefits and barriers indirectly affected the preventive behaviors.<bold>Conclusions: </bold>The present findings help to promote knowledge of the predictors of GW preventive behaviors. HBM can be a useful theoretical framework to evaluate the preventive behavior of the disease and help to reduce the rate of sexually-transmitted infections including GW.
- Subjects
IRAN; HEALTH Belief Model; PAPILLOMAVIRUSES; CROSS-sectional method; MULTIPLE regression analysis; PREVENTIVE health services; PEARSON correlation (Statistics); SELF-efficacy; HEALTH behavior; QUESTIONNAIRES; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; INTELLECT; PREDICTION models; PATH analysis (Statistics); GENITAL warts
- Publication
BMC Women's Health, 2022, Vol 22, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
1472-6874
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1186/s12905-022-01649-6