Lifestyle Pattern for Patients with Hypertension.

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1 Quality Member at Sinbillawin General Hospital, Egypt

2 Professor of Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Benha University

3 Assist Professor of Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Benha University, Egypt.

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Background: Compliance with antihypertensive treatment and lifestyle pattern plays an essential role in reducing blood pressure and preventing complications of hypertension. The study aimed to assess lifestyle pattern among hypertensive patients. Research design: A descriptive research design was utilized in this study. Setting: The study was conducted at the Medical Outpatient Clinics in Benha University Hospital. The sample: A simple random sample was utilized; the sample size was 140 hypertensive patients. Tools: Two tools were used 1): An interviewing questionnaire to assess studied patients' socio-demographic characteristics, medical history and knowledge about hypertension II) Hypertension evaluation lifestyle and management scale. Results: Showed that; 58.6% of studied patients had average total knowledge score about hypertension, while 34.3% had poor total knowledge score and only 7.1% had good total knowledge about hypertension. 79.3% of studied patients had unhealthy lifestyle pattern. Conclusion: There was no statistically significant difference between total knowledge of studied hypertensive patients and their lifestyle pattern. Recommendations: Health education program should be conducted to improve patients’ adherence to a healthy lifestyle pattern.

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