Rashidi Yaseen, Manaflouyan Hesam, Pournaghi Azar Fatemeh, Nikniaz Zeinab, Nikniaz Leila, Ghaffari Samad
Student Research Committee, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
Iranian Center for Evidence-Based Medicine, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
J Cardiovasc Thorac Res. 2018;10(1):14-19. doi: 10.15171/jcvtr.2018.02. Epub 2018 Mar 17.
This study aimed at evaluating knowledge and awareness of hypertension and the risk factors for hypertension among hypertensive patients. In this study, 110 hypertensive patients were enrolled and filled out two self-administered questionnaires. The first questionnaire was about the demographic characteristics and the second one was about the knowledge (n = 10), attitude (n = 9) and practice (n = 8). The internal consistency and the stability of the questionnaires were approved. The Mann-Whitney U test and Kruskal-Wallis and Spearman correlation coefficient were used for statistical analysis. Seventy-three percent of participants know the normal range of hypertension. Most of the participants truly knew that stress (87.3%), obesity (70.9%) and aging (48.2%) are risk factors for hypertension. About 60% of participants knew the complications of uncontrolled hypertension. About 82.7% of participants believed that after adaptation of body to hypertension, there is no need to use antihypertensive drug. About 13.6% of participants measured their blood pressure daily and 11.8% of them measured it once a month. The educational level of participants was significantly associated with knowledge score ( = 0.01). There was a significant correlation between knowledge ( < 0.001) and attitude and also attitude and practice ( < 0.001) scores. These findings have important implications for developing proper and continuous self-management hypertension education programs in Iran which should mostly emphasize on the practical information about control and prevention programs.
本研究旨在评估高血压患者对高血压及其危险因素的知晓情况和认识程度。在本研究中，招募了110名高血压患者，并让他们填写两份自填式问卷。第一份问卷是关于人口统计学特征，第二份问卷是关于知识（n = 10）、态度（n = 9）和行为（n = 8）。问卷的内部一致性和稳定性得到了认可。采用曼-惠特尼U检验、克鲁斯卡尔-沃利斯检验和斯皮尔曼相关系数进行统计分析。73%的参与者知道高血压的正常范围。大多数参与者确实知道压力（87.3%）、肥胖（70.9%）和衰老（48.2%）是高血压的危险因素。约60%的参与者知道未控制的高血压的并发症。约82.7%的参与者认为身体适应高血压后就无需使用降压药。约13.6%的参与者每天测量血压，11.8%的参与者每月测量一次血压。参与者的教育水平与知识得分显著相关（ = 0.01）。知识得分与态度得分之间（ < 0.001）以及态度得分与行为得分之间（ < 0.001）存在显著相关性。这些研究结果对于在伊朗制定适当且持续的高血压自我管理教育项目具有重要意义，这些项目应主要强调关于控制和预防项目的实用信息。
