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Healthy Life Awareness, Blood Pressure Awareness and Insight Among Adult Individuals: A Population-Based
Handan Terzi1, Sultan Ayaz-Alkaya2, Eylül Yeşilyurt3
1Nursing Department, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ankara Medipol University, Ankara, Turkey.
Objective:
To measure healthy life awareness, blood pressure awareness and insight levels, along with their predisposing factors among adult individuals.
Design:
A population-based cross-sectional study.
Sample:
The population consisted of adult individuals in a rural district of a city in Türkiye. Voluntary individuals who visited the population screening, organized as the May Measurement Month activity, were invited to the study (n = 290).
Measurements:
The data were collected by a questionnaire, the Healthy Life Awareness Scale (HeLAS), and the Blood Pressure Awareness and Insight Scale (BASIS). Descriptive statistics, Pearson Correlation, and multiple linear regression were used to analyze the data.
Results:
The mean scores of the HeLAS and the BASIS were 49.62 ± 8.30 and 2.89 ± 1.43, respectively. Income level, regular physical activity habits, and formerly being diagnosed with hypertension were positively associated with a healthy life awareness level. Former diagnosis of hypertension, regular medication usage, and being unemployed were the significant predisposing factors of blood pressure awareness and insight level.
Conclusions:
Most adult individuals displayed a moderate level of healthy life awareness and a low level of blood pressure awareness and insight. Nurses could take on the leading role in developing healthy lifestyle habits among individuals, ensure medication treatment adherence, and prevent hypertension prevalence.
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