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Investigation of adults' attitudes towards protection from hypertension and affecting factors
Abstract
Objective: This research was conducted to examine the attitudes of adults towards prevention of hypertension and the factors affecting it.
Materials and Methods: The descriptive and cross-sectional study was carried out with 525 individuals aged 18 years and above and without a diagnosis of hypertension who applied to the internal medicine outpatient clinics of XXX University Training and Research Hospital between January and June 2023 for various reasons (cardiology, endocrinology, rheumatology, nephrology, gastroenterology, chest, etc.). The data in the research were collected through face-to-face interviews with the "Individual Introduction Form" and the "Attitudes towards the Prevention of Hypertension (ASPH)". Significance test of the difference between two means, one-way analysis of variance and multiple linear regression model were used to evaluate the data.
Results: It was found that 44.4% of the individuals participating in the study were between the ages of 18-30, 52.8% were women, 60% were married, 39.2% were university graduates, and 57.9% had income equal to their expenses. It was found that 66.3% of the individuals participating in the study did not see themselves in the risk group for hypertension, 60.4% had a desire to receive training on preventing hypertension, and 76.2% went to health check-ups on time. It was found that the total mean score of ASPH of the participants was 105.67±12.44. It was found that marital status, education status, income status, mental status, the idea of being in the risk group in terms of hypertension and going to health checkups had a statistically significant effect on the multiple linear regression model established as variables with the scale total score of the participants. It was found that among the variables that had a statistically significant effect on the prevention of hypertension attitude scale scores, the variable with the highest effect was the level of education (standardized β coefficient=-0.201).
Conclusion: It was determined that some sociodemographic and health/disease variables had an effect on the participants' attitudes to prevent hypertension. It is thought that it is important to organize individual trainings on hypertension for individuals and to raise awareness of groups at risk in order to develop attitudes towards prevention of hypertension in a positive way.
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Details
Primary Language
Turkish
Subjects
Cardiology , Internal Diseases
Journal Section
Research Article
Authors
Güler Kayabaşı
0009-0009-8579-6397
Türkiye
Publication Date
June 10, 2025
Submission Date
August 31, 2023
Acceptance Date
February 7, 2025
Published in Issue
Year 1970 Volume: 64 Number: 2