The Development and Validation of the "Hippocratic Hypertension Self-Care Scale".

ABSTRACT:

Background

The adoption of self-care behaviors among patients with arterial hypertension (AH) plays an important role in the management of their health condition. However, a lack of scales assessing self-care is observed. We aimed to develop and validate the Hippocratic hypertension self-care scale.

Methods

From a pool of questions derived from a literature review, 18 items were included in the scale and reviewed by a committee of experts. Participants indicated the frequency at which they followed the self-behavior prescribed in each statement on a five-point Likert scale. Data were collected between April 2019 and December 2019.

Results

A total of 202 consecutive adult patients with AH were enrolled in the study. The internal consistency of the scale was found to be

SUBMITTER: Brokalaki H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10530843 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature