Knowledge Related to Hypertension Risk Factors, Diet, and Lifestyle Modification: A Comparative Study Between Hypertensive and Non-Hypertensive Individuals

Asiri, Amira; Asiri, Sulaiman; Asiri, Hanan

doi:10.7759/cureus.9890

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“…The number of correct responses before and after training depended on the duration of hypertension, which is consistent with a number of studies (21); however, not all studies established this association (22). In this study gender, age, smoking status and body mass index were not associated with the awareness of risk factors.…”

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Improving primary prevention of hypertension using a social media website

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Bezzubtseva²,

Lipilina³

et al. 2021

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Purpose: To determine the most effective methods of informing people about the primary prevention of hypertension using a social media website. Materials and methods: It was a randomized, prospective, two-stage study conducted on a social media website (i.e., the Instagram platform). At Stage 1 Save Your Heart online school was announced, and 945 applicants were registered for the training. The online training programme included the following modules: Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Diseases (CVDs), Heart-Healthy Diet, Cholesterol. What a Patient Needs to Know, Physical Activity for the Prevention of CVDs, Overweight and Obesity, Smoking as a Risk Factor for CVDs, Hypertension: Diagnosis, Hypertension: Treatment, Myocardial Infarction: Diagnosis and Treatment. At Stage 2 a total of 125 participants were randomly selected and assigned into one of the four training groups depending on the training mode, i.e. text posts of up to 4.000 characters, short video clips of up to 5 minutes, text posts followed by video clips or video clips followed by text posts in Group 1 (n=31), Group 2 (n=31), Group 3 (n=33) and Group 4 (n=30), respectively. Before and after training respondents in all the four groups completed the Heart Disease Knowledge Questionnaire (HDKQ). Results: The total number of people who listened to and read the materials of the online school was 2.108 people; the overall engagement (comments, shares and saves) was 1.598 people. The average percentage viewed was 22%. The online school audience was mostly female (84%). A total of 80.8% of participants had post-secondary education. The mean duration of hypertension was 6.1 years. Smokers accounted for 3.2% of the respondents. Before training the number of correct responses for 29 HDKQ statements was 18.4 (CI, 17.5;19.4), with no significant differences between the groups. After training the number of correct responses increased to 21.9 (CI, 21;22.7) (p (ANOVA) <0.0001). The post-hoc analysis showed that after training the respondents from Group 3 gave the lowest number of correct responses compared to Groups 1 and 2, i.e. Δ=4.9 (CI, -7.8;2.0) and Δ=3.7 (CI, -6.5;-0.8), respectively. Participants from Group 4 had more correct responses than the respondents in Group 3, i.e. Δ=5.2 (CI, 2.2;8.1). The regression analysis showed that the post-training number of correct responses in Group 4 increased on average by 3.9 compared to Group 3 (β=3.94 p=0.04 (CI, 0.21;7.66)). The study showed a significant association between the duration of hypertension and the number of correct responses both before and after training (β=0.20 p=0.007 (CI, 0.06;0.34) and β=0.16 p=0.005 (CI, 0.05;0.27), respectively). No association was found between gender, age, education and the number of correct responses both before and after training. Conclusions: In all the 4 groups there was a tendency to increase in the number of correct responses after training, but among the training modes the most effective method of informing people about the primary prevention of hypertension using a social media website corresponded to the following sequence: a video clip of up to 5 minutes followed by a text post of up to 4,000 characters. Participants in Group 3 who received the material in the form of text posts followed by video clips gave the lowest number of correct responses for HDKQ statements after training. The results of this study can be used to design online training programmes for the primary prevention of hypertension.

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Improving primary prevention of hypertension using a social media website

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Bezzubtseva²,

Lipilina³

et al. 2021

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“…The number of correct responses before and after training depended on the duration of hypertension, which is consistent with a number of studies [ 25 ]; however, not all studies established this association [ 26 ]. In this study gender, age, smoking status and body mass index were not associated with the awareness of risk factors.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 89%

Video or text? Education through a social media website in hypertension

Bezzubtseva

Демкина

Lipilina³

et al. 2022

International Journal of Cardiology Cardiovascular Risk and Pre

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“…In addition, an African systematic review revealed a rural setting is a factor that influences the knowledge of cardiovascular diseases [ 32 ]. Furthermore, other Saudi studies identified the lowest knowledge level in the diet section [ 24 , 26 , 33 ].…”

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Assessing knowledge about hypertension and identifying predictors of inadequate knowledge in Saudi Arabia: A cross-sectional study

Alhazmi,

Moafa,

Kotb

et al. 2024

PLoS ONE

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Background Globally, hypertension is among the leading causes of premature mortality. It is a noncommunicable disease characterized by a persistent state of raised blood pressure that increases the risk of cardiovascular diseases and medical conditions affecting the brain and kidneys. There is a paucity of thorough hypertension knowledge assessment among hypertensive patients in the Jazan region of Saudi Arabia. Thus, this study aimed to assess overall and specific knowledge about hypertension and to identify predictors of inadequate knowledge. Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted in the Jazan region of Saudi Arabia between February and April 2023. Data were collected using an online, self-administered questionnaire divided into two sections. In the first section, the characteristics of the participants were collected. In the second section, the Hypertension Knowledge-Level Scale was used to measure overall and specific knowledge areas (subdimensions). The overall and subdimensional means were tested using Mann–Whitney U and Kruskal–Wallis H tests. Furthermore, the binary logistic regression was conducted to determine inadequate knowledge predictors. Results In all 253 hypertensive patients were eligible for participation; almost 70% of whom were male. The mean age of the participants was 45 years (±14.7), and their mean overall knowledge score was 17.60 (±5.09), which was equivalent to 67.7% of the maximum score. In addition, 40.7% of participants had an adequate level of hypertension knowledge. The complications subdimension level of knowledge was borderline optimal. At the same time, an adequate knowledge level was detected only in the lifestyle subdimension. Conclusion Most patients showed inadequate levels of knowledge related to hypertension management. Diet, medical treatment, disease definition, drug compliance, and complications were subsequently the least knowledgeable subdimensions among the study population. Therefore, these subdimensions should be prioritized when planning hypertension educational interventions and during follow-up sessions, especially for patients of younger age groups and those with lower educational levels.

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Knowledge Related to Hypertension Risk Factors, Diet, and Lifestyle Modification: A Comparative Study Between Hypertensive and Non-Hypertensive Individuals

Cited by 7 publications

References 14 publications

Improving primary prevention of hypertension using a social media website

Improving primary prevention of hypertension using a social media website

Video or text? Education through a social media website in hypertension

Assessing knowledge about hypertension and identifying predictors of inadequate knowledge in Saudi Arabia: A cross-sectional study

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