Key result
Sodium-reduction self-care in hypertensive adults correlates strongly with age, marital status, and hypertension duration.
Why the study?
Reducing dietary salt intake is an effective method for managing hypertension, but self-care agency and behaviors related to salt reduction in hypertensive patients were not well characterized.
Cross-Sectional (n=250)
No
p-value: p=<0.001
Single and older patients with a recent diagnosis of hypertension have lower self-care agency and behavior for salt reduction, suggesting they may benefit from targeted educational interventions.
Identifies correlates of salt-reduction self-care in hypertension; leaves open whether enhancing agency improves adherence or outcomes.
Introduction: Hypertension is a common chronic disease with multiple systemic complications. Reducing dietary salt intake is one of the most effective and economical methods for managing hypertension. The aim of this study was to investigate self-care agency and self-care behaviors of patients with hypertension in reducing dietary salt and its related factors in Tabriz. Methods: In a cross-sectional study, 250 hypertensive adults were selected in June 2016–2017 from a pool of referred patients to the general clinic at one large teaching hospitals in Iran. They were selected through purposive sampling method. The data collection tools included a demographic questionnaire, self-care agency scale, and self-care behaviors scale. Statistical analysis included simple and multiple (multivariable) linear regression. Results: For dietary sodium reduction, the mean scores (standard deviation) of self-care agency and self-care behaviors were 37.4 ± 10.04 and 36.5 ± 7.8, respectively. Variables with a significant correlation with self-care agency were marital status, age, and the years of hypertension diagnosis ( P < 0.001), and for self-care behaviors were marital status and self-care agency ( P < 0.001). Conclusion: The findings of this study showed that single and older patients with a recent diagnosis of hypertension had a low score in self-care agency and self-care behavior. Therefore, health-care providers can focus their educational activities on these individuals to enhance their self-care behaviors and agency.
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Hosseinzadeh et al. (2019) conducted a cross-sectional in Hypertension (n=250). Self-care agency and behaviors was evaluated on Self-care agency and self-care behaviors scores for dietary sodium reduction (p=<0.001). Self-care agency and behaviors for dietary sodium reduction in hypertensive adults were significantly correlated with marital status, age, and years of hypertension diagnosis (P<0.001).
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