Prevalence rates of self-care behaviors and related factors in a rural hypertension population: a questionnaire survey.

ABSTRACT: The objective of this study was to investigate the self-care behaviors among hypertensive patients in primary care. A cross-sectional survey, with 318 hypertensive patients, was conducted in a rural area in Beijing, China, in 2012. Participants were mainly recruited from a community health clinic and completed questionnaires assessing their self-care behaviors, including data on adherence to a prescribed medication regimen, low-salt diet intake, smoking habits, alcohol consumption, blood pressure monitoring, and physical exercise. The logistic regression model was used for the analysis of any association between self-care behaviors and age, gender, duration of hypertension, self-rated health, marital status, education level, diabetes status, or body mass index. Subjects that adhered to the

SUBMITTER: Hu H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3683479 | biostudies-literature | 2013

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature