Correlations between stroke-preventing knowledge,health relief and health behaviors in community hypertensive patients
10.3969/j.issn.1671-8283.2013.12.001
- VernacularTitle:社区高血压患者预防脑卒中知识、信念与行为的相关性研究
- Author:
Lihong WAN
;
Zhengyi YANG
;
Lijuan LI
;
Shiying CHENG
;
Shuyi LIU
;
Shan XIAO
;
Wei TANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
hypertension;
stroke;
health knowledge;
health belief;
health behavior
- From:
Modern Clinical Nursing
2013;(12):1-5
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objectives To study the correlations between stroke-preventive knowledge,health belief and health behaviors in community hypertensive patients.Methods The questionnaire of SPKQ,CHBMS and HPLPⅡwere used to take the investigation among 94 hypertensive patients from a community hospital in Guangzhou.Results The total score on SPKQ was 62.70±18.39 and the average scores on CHBMS and HPLPⅡwere 3.51±0.24 and 2.48±0.37,respectively.The stroke-preventive knowledge was positively correlated with health belief,health motivation and self-efficacy(r=0.289,P<0.01;r=0.246,P<0.05;r=0.350 (P<0.01,respectively).The health motivation was positively correlated with health behaviors(r=0.304,P<0.01)and the seriousness negatively correlated with health behaviors(r=-0.279,P<0.01).Conclusion Medical staff should provide much more stroke education with community hypertensive patients and promote patients’health motivation and self-efficacy of health belief in stroke prevention,help patients understand stroke seriousness,establish and sustain healthy lifestyles.
