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Life Span and Disability, vol.27, no.2, pp.245-265, 2024 (ESCI, Scopus)
The study was conducted with a quasi-experimental design to determine the effect of the nursing support program prepared in line with the Health Belief Model (HBM) to improve reproductive health in women with orthopedic disabilities. A total of 50 women were included in the research sample, 15 of whom were in the experimental group and 35 in the control group. A 3-week nursing support program was applied to the women in the experimental group. For data collection, the Introductory Information Form and the Scale for Determining Married Women’s Attitudes towards Protecting Reproductive Health (SDRH) were applied. The assessments were carried out with a follow-up form for four months. In the first assessment, the SDRH total scores were 119.93±20.59 for the experimental group and 122.20±16.71 for the control group. In the last assessment, the SDRH total scores were 144.27±11.95 for the experimental group and 118.00±16.43 for the control group. The difference between the SDRH total scores of the groups at the first and last assessment was statistically significant (p <.01). It was found that the HBM-based nursing support program applied to women with orthopedic disabilities had a positive effect on some reproductive health behaviors.