Knowledge level of hypertension patients about hypertension and related factors

Knowledge Level of Hypertension Patients About Hypertension and Related Factors INTRODUCTION AND AIM: Hypertension is one of the most common chronic diseases that have high morbidity and mortality due to their complications. The aim of this study was to determine the knowledge levels of hypertension patients and related factors. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The study was conducted between 1 May 2019 and 31 June 2019, at Republic of Turkey Ministry of Health Sakarya University Training and Research Hospital, Yazlık, Bahçelievler, Gevye, Akyazı No.1, Hendek No.3 and Kaynarca Yıldız Family Care Health Centers in Sakarya. A questionnaire including questions about personal information and suggestions about the knowledge of hypertension was applied to the participants. The relationship between each other was evaluated. To determine the level of statistical significance, 95% confidence interval and p≤0.05 were considered significant. RESULTS: Of the 200 participants included in the study, %49.5 were female and %50.5 were male; %85.9 were married and %49.0 were primary school graduates. The mean age was 60.37 ± 10.91 SD. In the medical treatment subdimension, the scores of the participants under 40 years of age were significantly lower than the other age groups (p=0.031). In the drug compliance subdimension, the level of knowledge of the group of graduates of secondary school, high school, university and above; It was significantly higher than the primary and below groups (p=0.028). It was seen that the participants who had high school and higher education knew the names of the drugs that they used statistically meaningfully more than the participants with middle and lower education levels (p=0.002). It was seen that the mean score of the patients receiving medication regularly from the medical treatment subdimension was significantly higher than those who did not use it regularly (p=0.034). The total score (p<0.001), definition (p=0.001) and medical treatment (p=0.010) subdimension scores of those who knew the name of the drug they used were significantly higher. CONCLUSIONS: Hypertension patients' level of knowledge about the disease and related factors vary. In order to make the management of disease processes more effective, it is important to reveal the knowledge level of the patients and other related factors. Society based, more comprehensive studies are needed to establish these relationships. KEY WORDS: Hypertension, Hypertension Knowledge Level, Hypertension Knowledge Level Scale, HK-LS.