en ارتقای سلامت، پیشگیری و کنترل بیماری‌ ها Health Promotion, Protection, and Disease Control مروری Review Article <span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:16.0pt"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times=""><b><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt">Background & Aims</span></i></b><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt">: </span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt">The COVID-19 pandemic has brought more attention to health promotion. The present study aimed to evaluate the effect of peer education on health-promoting behaviors in patients with COVID-19. </span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:16.0pt"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times=""><b><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt">Materials & Methods</span></i></b><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt">:</span></b> <span style="font-size:9.0pt">In 2021, 80 COVID-19 patients were enrolled in a randomized clinical trial, including 40 patients each in the intervention and control groups. Demographic and Health Promoting Lifestyle Profile-II (HPLP-II) questionnaires were used to collect the data. The sessions were conducted in groups of 10 people, face-to-face, and by phone over 5 days. After one month of implementation, the HPLP-II was completed by both groups again. The data were analyzed using SPSS software version 16, with a significance level of less than 0.05 taken into account.</span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:16.0pt"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times=""><b><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt">Results</span></i></b><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt">:</span></b> <span style="font-size:9.0pt">Most of the patients were in the 46-65 age group.<b> </b>Based on the results of the paired t-test, there was no statistically significant difference in health promotion behaviors before and after the intervention in the control group (p > 0.05). The paired t-test revealed a significant increase in the mean of health-promoting behaviors before and after the peer education intervention in the experimental group (p < 0.05). Health promotion behaviors based on the independent t-test after the intervention revealed a significant difference between the two groups across all domains (p < 0.05).</span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:16.0pt"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times=""><b><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt">Conclusion</span></i></b><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt">:</span></b> <span style="font-size:9.0pt">Peer instruction can lead to an expanded level of well-being- advancing behaviors in patients with COVID-19. It is proposed that future studies center on the impact of peer instruction on health-promoting behaviors in people with other illnesses.&nbsp;</span></span></span></span> COVID-19, Health Promotion, Peer Education 324 332 http://hsm.umsu.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-255-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Nasrin Heidarzadeh nasrin.hy9597@gmail.com 10031947532846003075 10031947532846003075 No Master of Nursing, Department of Midwifery, Urmia Branch, Islamic Azad University, Urmia, Iran Monireh Rezaee Moradali monir.rezaee@yahoo.co.uk 10031947532846003076 10031947532846003076 Yes Assistant Professor, Department of Midwifery, Urmia Branch, Islamic Azad University, Urmia, Iran Leila Heidarzadeh leilaheydare63@yahoo.com 10031947532846003077 10031947532846003077 No Master of Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran Leyla Alilu Alilu@umsu.ac.ir 10031947532846003078 10031947532846003078 No Associate Professor, Department of Medical Surgical Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran