Patients' education level was significantly correlated with their awareness of arterial hypertension risk factors, such as excess salt (p=0.038), e-cigarettes (p=0.005), and air pollution (p<0.001).
Cross-Sectional (n=205)
Patients' education level significantly correlates with their awareness of various risk factors for arterial hypertension, highlighting the need for targeted patient education in primary care.
Arterial hypertension (AH), one of the most common diseases of civilization, is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. This disease is the second, after lipid disorders, the most common cardiovascular risk factor and a significant cause of premature death. In Poland, one in three adults (approximately 11 million people) suffers from it. The aim of our survey was to determine patients’ knowledge of the factors (e.g., age, smoking cigarettes, drinking coffee, shift work) that may influence the development of hypertension. The survey was conducted among 205 adult primary care patients living in urban areas. There was a high correlation between patients’ education and risk factors of AH, such: as excess salt in the diet (p = 0.038), smoking electronic cigarettes (p = 0.005), moderate alcohol consumption (p = 0.028), moderate daily physical activity (p = 0.011), female and male sex (p = 0.032 and p = 0.012), air pollution (p < 0.001) and others. In addition, a statistically significant factor shaping patients’ attitudes toward hypertension prevention was the correlation between the respondents’ education and their parents’ prevalence of hypertension (p = 0.40). This study increases the knowledge of patients’ awareness of hypertension. It may serve as guidance for primary care providers to pay special attention to environmental interviews with patients and the patient’s family history for the prevention of hypertension incidence.
Sobierajski et al. (Tue,) conducted a cross-sectional in Arterial hypertension (n=205). Education level was evaluated on Correlation between patients' education and awareness of risk factors of arterial hypertension. Patients' education level was significantly correlated with their awareness of arterial hypertension risk factors, such as excess salt (p=0.038), e-cigarettes (p=0.005), and air pollution (p<0.001).