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Blood pressure (BP) is the pressure or force of blood exerted on the artery's walls as it circulates through the body. It is essential for maintaining blood flow throughout the body.
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An Education-Counseling Program for Young Prehypertensive Adults.

Eunhee Jo1, Soon-Jung Hwang2, Eun-Jin Jeong3

  • 1Kunsan College of Nursing, Gunsan, Jollabuk-do, South Korea.

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An 8-week education-counseling program significantly improved knowledge, attitudes, behavior, self-efficacy, and systolic blood pressure in young prehypertensive adults. This intervention shows promise for preventing hypertension progression.

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Area of Science:

  • Public Health
  • Preventive Medicine
  • Health Education

Background:

  • Prehypertension affects young adults and increases cardiovascular disease risk.
  • Early intervention is crucial to prevent progression to hypertension.
  • Targeted education and counseling can empower individuals to manage prehypertensive states.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the effectiveness of an 8-week education-counseling program for young prehypertensive adults.
  • To assess the program's impact on knowledge, attitudes, health-promoting behaviors, and self-efficacy.
  • To determine the program's effect on systolic and diastolic blood pressure.

Main Methods:

  • A non-equivalent control group, non-synchronized study design.
  • Inclusion of 87 prehypertensive individuals (40 experimental, 47 control).
  • Pre- and post-intervention assessment of knowledge, attitudes, behavior, and self-efficacy using questionnaires; blood pressure measurement.

Main Results:

  • Significant improvements in the experimental group for knowledge (p=.003), attitudes (p<.001), behavior (p<.001), and self-efficacy (p<.001).
  • Significant reduction in systolic blood pressure (p<.001) in the experimental group compared to controls.
  • No significant difference in diastolic blood pressure between groups (p=.473).

Conclusions:

  • The 8-week education-counseling program effectively enhanced key health-related factors in young prehypertensive adults.
  • The program demonstrated efficacy in improving systolic blood pressure, a critical indicator for hypertension prevention.
  • This intervention is a viable strategy for preventing the progression from prehypertension to hypertension.