The knowledge profile of patients with hypertension
South African Journal of Physiotherapy
| Field | Value | |
| Title | The knowledge profile of patients with hypertension | |
| Creator | Stewart, A. V. Eales, C. J. de Charmoy, S. | |
| Description | A sample of 62 patients at a hypertension clinic at a tertiary care hospital was interviewed to establish which factors contributed to poor knowledge. Patients were interviewed to establish basic demographic data, their own risk factors, various psycho-social factors as well as their knowledge of the disease process and risk factor management. A step-wise logistic regression was done to establish which factors were predictive of the knowledge of patients with hypertension. It was found that a good quality of life (p=0.003); normal sex-life (p=0.00); home language of English or Afrikaans (p=0.002); educational status (p=0.00) and annual income (0.01) were predictive of patients’ knowledge. Patients with a better quality of life had better knowledge than those with a poor quality of life (p=0.05). | |
| Publisher | AOSIS | |
| Date | 2000-11-30 | |
| Identifier | 10.4102/sajp.v56i4.528 | |
| Source | South African Journal of Physiotherapy; Vol 56, No 4 (2000); 17-21 2410-8219 0379-6175 | |
| Language | eng | |
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