Why the study?
Dietary adherence is an effective factor for hypertension control, but the factors predicting nutritional knowledge, illness perceptions, and dietary adherence based on the transtheoretical model among hypertensive middle-aged women were unknown.
What factors predict nutritional knowledge, illness perceptions, and dietary adherence among hypertensive middle-aged women?
Population
164 middle-aged women with HTN attending west health centers of Tehran, Iran
Design
Cross-sectional survey
Authors
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May inform targeted counseling in hypertensive women; leaves open causal validation and intervention trials.
What factors predict nutritional knowledge, illness perceptions, and dietary adherence among hypertensive middle-aged women?
Economic status, BMI, and transtheoretical model constructs such as decisional balance, self-efficacy, and overcoming temptation are significant predictors of nutritional knowledge, illness perceptions, and dietary adherence in hypertensive middle-aged women.
Mohebbi et al. (2021) studied this question.
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