Knowledge, Awareness and Self-Care Practices of Hypertension Among Cardiac Hypertensive Patients
| Autor: | Mudassir Iqbal Dar, Aimen Yaqub, Muhammad Bilal, Waqas Shahnawaz, Abdul Haseeb, Khadijah Siddiq, Bilal Ahmed, Muhammad Saad, Ibrahim Zahid, Sehan Siraj Lashkerwala, Mohammad Hussham Arshad |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice systolic blood pressure hypertension Cross-sectional study Systole MEDLINE Disease Interviews as Topic Risk Factors Medicine Outpatient clinic Humans Risk factor Salt intake business.industry tertiary care hospitals outpatient department General Medicine Articles Middle Aged cardiac patients Self Care Blood pressure Cross-Sectional Studies Cardiovascular Diseases Emergency medicine Female business |
| Zdroj: | Global Journal of Health Science |
| ISSN: | 1916-9736 |
| Popis: | INTRODUCTION: The most prevalent form of hypertension is systolic blood pressure (SBP) and it is considered to be predisposing risk factor for cardiovascular disease. The objective of the study was to assess self-care practices, knowledge and awareness of hypertension, especially related to SBP among cardiac hypertensive patients. METHODOLOGY: A Cross sectional study was conducted on 664 cardiac hypertensive patients, which were selected by non-probability convenience sampling from cardiology outpatient department of three tertiary care hospitals. Face to face interviews were conducted using a pre designed questionnaire. Data was entered and analyzed by SPSS (V17). RESULTS: 81.8%, did not know that hypertension is defined as high blood pressure. 97.1% of the sample population did not know that top measurement of blood pressure was referred to as systolic and only 25.0% correctly recognized normal systolic blood pressure to be less than 140mmHg. 7.4% of the patients consulted their doctor for hypertension once or twice in a month. Risk factor for high blood pressure most commonly identified by the participants was too much salt intake CONCLUSIONS: The results state that there is an inadequate general knowledge of hypertension among cardiac patients and they do not recognise the significance of elevated SBP levels. There is a need to initiate programs that create community awareness regarding long term complications of uncontrolled hypertension, particularly elevated SBP levels so that there is an improvement in self-care practices of the cardiacpatients. |
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