PMID- 29881527 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20220317 IS - 2008-5842 (Print) IS - 2008-5842 (Electronic) IS - 2008-5842 (Linking) VI - 10 IP - 4 DP - 2018 Apr TI - Psychological factors of healthful diet promotion among diabetics: an application of health action process approach. PG - 6647-6654 LID - 10.19082/6647 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND AND AIM: Worldwide, type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) prevalence has increased. Non-healthful diet is one of the main reasons to T2DM growth. This study aims to determine the efficacy of the health action process approach (HAPA) in explaining healthful diet (HD) in T2DM patients. METHODS: This cross-sectional study was conducted based on HAPA in Isfahan, Iran between July and December 2015. Participants were recruited by convenience sampling method. HAPA inventory was administered to 203 Isfahan diabetics. Intentions, outcome expectancies, risk perception, action self-efficacy, action and coping planning, maintenance and recovery self-efficacy, and dietary style were the constructs measured. Structural equation modeling (SEM) in AMOS 21 was used to test the hypothesis. RESULTS: The results based on the common fit indices revealed that the HAPA fitted the data acceptably well among the T2DM patients and within dietary behavior (p<0.001), RMSEA=0.082, CFI=0.903, NFI=0.899). Action self-efficacy was the best predictor of intention (beta=2.49, p<0.001). Result revealed action and coping planning (beta=5.36, p=0.027) and recovery self-efficacy (beta=5.67, p=0.021) significantly predicted behavior. CONCLUSIONS: Our findings provide preliminary support for the practical usage of the HAPA model for predicting HD intention and behavior among T2DM patients. Randomized controlled trials should be performed in the future in order to involve causality. FAU - Rohani, Hosein AU - Rohani H AD - Ph.D. of Health Education and Promotion, Assistant Professor, Student Research Committee, Esfarayen Faculty of Medical Sciences, Esfarayen, Iran. FAU - Bidkhori, Mohammad AU - Bidkhori M AD - M.Sc. of Epidemiology, Department of Public health, Neyshabur University of Medical Sciences, Neyshabur, Iran. FAU - Eslami, Ahmad Ali AU - Eslami AA AD - Ph.D. of Health Education, Associate Professor, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran. FAU - Sadeghi, Erfan AU - Sadeghi E AD - Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran. FAU - Sadeghi, Ahmad AU - Sadeghi A AD - Ph.D. of Health Services Management, Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health, Esfarayen Faculty of Medical Sciences, Esfarayen, Iran. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20180425 PL - Iran TA - Electron Physician JT - Electronic physician JID - 101645099 PMC - PMC5984019 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Diabetes mellitus OT - Diet OT - Health OT - Health action process approach COIS- Conflict of Interest: There is no conflict of interest to be declared. EDAT- 2018/06/09 06:00 MHDA- 2018/06/09 06:01 PMCR- 2018/04/25 CRDT- 2018/06/09 06:00 PHST- 2017/05/09 00:00 [received] PHST- 2018/03/01 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2018/06/09 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2018/06/09 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/06/09 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2018/04/25 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - epj-10-6647 [pii] AID - 10.19082/6647 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Electron Physician. 2018 Apr 25;10(4):6647-6654. doi: 10.19082/6647. eCollection 2018 Apr.