일부 고혈압 전단계 성인의 고혈압 지식, 태도와 예방행위와의 관계

• Published in: 보건교육건강증진학회지 Vol. 34; no. 5; pp. 51 - 59
• Main Authors: 안준희(Jun Hee Ahn), 이명하(Myung Ha Lee), 유광수(Kwang Soo Yoo)
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Korean
• Published: 한국보건교육건강증진학회 01.12.2017
• Subjects: 예방의학; preventive activities; hypertension; prehypertension; knowledge; attitude
• ISSN: 1229-4128; 2635-5302
• DOI: 10.14367/kjhep.2017.34.5.51

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships between hypertension knowledge, attitude, and preventive activities of 20-30 years prehypertension adults. Methods: The subjects for this study were 178 prehypertension adults in J city. The data were collected using the questionnaires for knowledge, attitude and preventive activities. The data analysis was done by descriptive statistics, independent t-test and multiple regression analysis. Results: The mean of hypertension knowledge was 10.99 out of 18, attitude was 4.28 out of 5, and prevention activities was 5.32 out of 7. The influencing factors for hypertension preventive activities were attitude, perceived health status, marrital status and gender which accounted for 82.6% of the total variance. Conclusions: Hypertension attitude was identified as a variable that affects hypertension preventive activities. For preventing hypertension, national campaign and health education program in each prehypertension early adults need to be built. KCI Citation Count: 0