A significant proportion of Black women with hypertension attribute specific symptoms to elevated blood pressure, highlighting the need for clinicians to understand patient perceptions to improve self-management.
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Symptom attributions in Black women with hypertension may shape self-management; cross-sectional data leave open effects on adherence or control.
Understanding factors that influence hypertension self-management may improve blood pressure control in Black women; however, little is known about Black women's perceptions of symptoms associated with hypertension. In this study, using the revised version of the Illness Perception Questionnaire (IPQ-R), we examined Black women's perceptions of symptoms that they associate with hypertension. While over half (52.5%) reported no symptoms of high blood pressure, 41.3% of the women reported one to six symptoms they attributed to high blood pressure. This study has the potential to increase clinicians' understanding of patients' perceptions of the symptomology of hypertension.
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