The effect of knowledge about hypertension on the control of high blood pressure
| Autor: | Hüseyin Ede, Tuğba Uzunçakmak, Mahmut Kılıç |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Pediatrics
medicine.medical_specialty Multivariate analysis Life style business.industry Knowledge level Primary health care 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology 03 medical and health sciences Knowledge 0302 clinical medicine Blood pressure Informed consent Hypertension medicine Population study 030212 general & internal medicine Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of the Cardiovascular Academy. 2(1):27-32 |
| ISSN: | 2405-8181 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.ijcac.2016.01.003 |
| Popis: | ObjectiveThe aim of this study was to search the effect of knowledge about hypertension and socio-demographic characteristics on controlling high blood pressure levels among patients diagnosed with hypertension.MethodsThis is a cross-sectional study. The study population was obtained from subjects diagnosed with hypertension and applied to primary health care centers in Yozgat province center, in 2013. The subjects with informed consent were enrolled into the study (n=485). The data were collected via 15-item hypertension knowledge questionnaire and personal information survey prepared in accordance with the literature. The knowledge level was classified as follows: low (0.05).ConclusionMajority of the subjects had inadequate knowledge about hypertension, two third of the subjects did not imply significant life style modification for hypertension. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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