KMID : 0607720020130010049
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Journal of Korean Community Nursing 2002 Volume.13 No. 1 p.49 ~ p.56
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A Study on Health Behaviors and Medication Compliances of Hypertensive Patients in a Rural Area
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Kim Keum-Ee
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Abstract
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This study was performed to identify the health behaviors and medication compliances of hypertensive patients in a rural area, from May 1 to July 31, 2001. The subjects were 100 hypertensive patients who were registered at the Health Center in Goeje City. The data was collected by face-to-face interviews with a 25-item questionnaire on health behaviors, and analyzed by the Chi-square test on each variable. The results were as follows: Approximately 76% of the subjects were currently taking drug medication. In the comparison of health behavior rates between male and female, there were statistically significant differences in smoking (p<.000), alcohol(p<.003). low salt diet(p<.014), and the health behavior rates of female were higher than those of male. In the comparison of socioeconomic factors by medication compliance, there was statistically significant difference in sex(p<.001), and the medication compliance rate of female was higher than that of male. In the comparison of subjects¡¯ perception by medication compliance, there were statistically significant differences in seriousness of hypertension (p<.001) and medication period for hypertension care(p<.004). The medication compliance rate of the group of subjects who took the threat on their hypertension seriously was higher than that of the group who didn¡¯t, and the medication compliance rate of the group who knew that they should take medication for the rest of their life was higher than of the group who didn¡¯t. These results suggest that community health education programs and distribution of information must be emphasized in order to increase medication and to encourage behavior changes ofr promoting health.
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KEYWORD
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Compliance, Health behavior, Hypertension
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