Evaluation of the Relationship Between Adults' Health Perception and Attitudes Towards Hypertension Prevention
24th INTERNATIONAL EASTERN MEDİTERRANEAN FAMİLY MEDİCİNE CONGRESS, Adana, Türkiye, 8 - 11 Mayıs 2025, ss.489-490, (Özet Bildiri)
- Yayın Türü: Bildiri / Özet Bildiri
- Basıldığı Şehir: Adana
- Basıldığı Ülke: Türkiye
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.489-490
- Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
Evaluation of the Relationship Between Adults' Health Perception and Attitudes Towards Hypertension Prevention
Introduction and Aim: The aim of our study was to evaluate the relationship between adults' health perception and their attitudes towards hypertension prevention. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional, descriptive study was conducted with individuals who applied to the Family Medicine outpatient clinic of Karadeniz Technical University Faculty of Medicine. The sample consisted of volunteer individuals over the age of 18 who had not been diagnosed with hypertension or diabetes. The Hypertension Prevention Attitude Scale is a newly developed scale, and no previous studies have been found related to this scale. The sample size was calculated as 333 using G*Power 3.1 software, with a 0.1 effect size (d), 0.05 alpha error, and 95% power. A 53-item questionnaire consisting of a sociodemographic information survey, a health perception scale with established validity and reliability, and a hypertension prevention attitude scale was applied to 333 volunteer patients who visited the clinic between December 2022 and February 2023. The normality of continuous data was assessed using the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test. Descriptive statistics were performed, and the relationships between variables were analyzed using Independent sample t-test, Mann Whitney U test, and Chi-square test. Descriptive statistics for categorical data were shown as frequency (n) and percentage (%). The statistical significance level was set at p < 0.05.
Results: The median age was 24 (min: 18, max: 68) years. The median health perception scale (HPS) score was 54 (min: 31, max: 74), and the median hypertension prevention attitude scale (HPAS) score was 106 (min: 34, max: 130). A weak positive correlation was found between the HPS score and the HPAS score (r = 0.278, p < 0.001). A weak negative correlation was found between age and the HPS score (r = -0.187, p = 0.001), and a weak positive correlation was found between age and the HPAS score (r = 0.027, p = 0.626). When the HPS and HPAS scores were compared by gender, it was found that the health perception scale score of men was significantly higher than that of women (p = 0.001). The health perception scale score showed a statistically significant difference based on marital status (p = 0.036), with a significant difference between married and single participants (p = 0.027). A statistically significant difference in health perception scale scores was observed based on the presence of chronic diseases (p = 0.029). Conclusion: It was found that participants had good health perception and hypertension prevention attitudes. Older age, being female, being married, and having chronic diseases were found to negatively affect health perception. The decrease in health perception with increasing age was notable. As health perception increased, individuals' attitudes towards hypertension prevention also improved. This result may suggest that increasing awareness about health among individuals with low health perception could contribute to changing hypertension prevention attitudes in the society.
Keywords: Health Perception, Hypertension Prevention, Cross-sectional Study, Health Awareness, Hypertension Prevention Attitude Scale, Health Education