Table 1 Description of educational sessions in experimental group
Session number | Content and strategy | Educational methods and materials/educator/learner assignment/time | Construct | Evaluation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
First session | That was about osteoporosis, symptoms, complications and diagnosis | Presentations, group discussion, asking and answering questions and using educational posters, pamphlets, films and PowerPoints/researcher this study/ all paticipand of experimental group/55–60 min | Knowledge and atitude | Campare Pretese (before intervention) and posttest (2 weeks ans 2 month after intervention) |
Second session | That was held with the presence of doctor, health center officials and one of family members as subjective norms. Also, a 55Â years old woman suffering from osteoporosis was invited to talk about her disease, risk factor, symptoms and diagnosis | Subjective norms | Â | |
Third and fourth sessions | The role of nutrition in prevention from osteoporosis, benefits and barriers for following diet, proper nutrition programs, self-efficacy, perceived behavioral control for following appropriate diet based on presented pattern and recorded activities in determined forms were explained | Perceived behavioral control | Â | |
Fifth and sixth sessions | The role of proper exercising, walking, benefits and barriers for doing exercises, intention, type of exercises, perceived behavioral control and recorded results were explained | Doing exercises, intention, type of exercises, perceived behavioral control | Â |