Effect of Education On the self-care behaviors of people with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

Effect of Educational Intervention Based on Health Belief Model On the self-care behaviors of people with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

IRCT

Registry ID

IRCT20250323065147N1

Enrollment

120

Registered

2025-07-04

Start date

2025-05-10

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-07-21

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Conditions

non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. Fatty (change of) liver, not elsewhere classified

Interventions

Intervention 1: The intervention group will participate in eight sessions of self-care, nutrition, and physical activity training over a period of 2 months, using lecture, question and answer, group d

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Ability to communicate in Persian 2. No cognitive problems 3. Minimum literacy 4. Patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver 5. Failure to participate in educational classes related to the prevention of non-alcoholic fatty liver 6. Willingness to participate in educational sessions

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1- Unwillingness to participate in the study 2. Having a history of chronic liver diseases such as viral or drug-induced hepatitis 3. Confirmed Wilson's disease and primary hemochromatosis 4. Having hyperthyroidism or hypothyroidism 5. Bile duct cancer, diabetes 6. Cushing's syndrome, Addison's syndrome and chronic infections such as tuberculosis, use of liver drugs in the past 6 months 7. The occurrence of gallstones in the gallbladder and having other diseases including autoimmune-malignancies and other endocrine diseases 8. Use of drugs that affect liver enzyme levels, use of antioxidant supplements, pregnancy and lactation, alcohol consumption during the study, pregnancy or menopause during the study 9. Exposure to petrochemicals, alcohol consumption, substance abuse and genetic diseases related to lipid disorders

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Self-care behaviors. Timepoint: Before and two months after the intervention. Method of measurement: Questionnaire.;Fatty liver degree. Timepoint: Before and two months after the intervention. Method of measurement: Sonography.;Liver enzymes. Timepoint: Before and two months after the intervention. Method of measurement: blood test.	—

Countries

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Contacts

Public ContactAli Khani Jeihooni

Shiraz University of Medical Sciences

khani_1512@yahoo.com07137251001-5

Outcome results

None listed

Source: IRCT (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026