Key result
Hypertensive participants demonstrated significantly higher overall knowledge about hypertension compared to normotensive participants (mean score 48.64 vs 43.51, p=0.000).
Why the study?
Hypertension leads to fatal health complications, but knowledge levels across hypertensive and normotensive individuals, different age groups, and sexes remained to be assessed.
Does the level of knowledge about hypertension differ between hypertensive and normotensive individuals, across age groups, and between sexes?
Cross-Sectional (n=200)
Does the level of knowledge about hypertension differ between hypertensive and normotensive individuals, across age groups, and between sexes?
Overall knowledge about hypertension is inadequate, though hypertensive patients, older individuals, and women demonstrate significantly better knowledge than their counterparts.
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Knowledge gaps persist despite diagnosis-linked gains; leaves open whether awareness interventions prevent incident hypertension.
Hypertension is a chronic lifestyle-related condition in which the blood vessels have persistently elevated pressure leading to fatal health complications such as cardiovascular deaths, heart failure, stroke, brain hemorrhage, and renal failure. The present study aims to assess the level of knowledge about hypertension in the total study sample as well as to compare the level of knowledge about hypertension among the hypertensive and normotensive participants. The level of knowledge about hypertension was also compared across four patient age-groups and between men and women. The Hypertension Knowledge Schedule, consisting of 16 hypertension related knowledge questions, was developed and validated. The study sample comprised of 96 hypertensive and 104 normotensive participants recruited from an outpatient primary care facility and a community-based setting in Hyderabad, India. The results of the study indicated that the hypertensive participants had a significantly higher level of knowledge about hypertension as compared to their normotensive counterparts. Participants in the older age-groups and women were found to have significantly better knowledge about hypertension as compared to their younger counterparts and men. Overall, the level of knowledge about hypertension, among the total study sample was found to be inadequate. Health education to increase awareness about hypertension should be imparted in schools, colleges, workplaces and primary care facilities to facilitate the early diagnosis and treatment of this health condition.
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Oruganti et al. (2018) conducted a cross-sectional in Hypertension knowledge (n=200). Hypertension vs. Normotension was evaluated on Total hypertension knowledge score (Cohen's d 0.55, 95% CI -7.72 to -2.52, p=0.000). Hypertensive participants demonstrated significantly higher overall knowledge about hypertension compared to normotensive participants (mean score 48.64 vs 43.51, p=0.000).
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