Health Perception and Adherence with Blood Pressure Control among Rural Chinese Adults with Hypertension.

CONCLUSION: These findings suggest: (a) healthcare providers should focus on educating rural hypertensive adults about healthful diets and behaviors to manage hypertension, especially for those with high household income; (b) knowledge-based health education alone is not adequate; (c) illness perception may not be directly associated with blood pressure and; (d) the Chinese Illness-Perception Questionnaire-Revised and the Inventory of Adherence to Self-management require validation and potential revision for use with rural Chinese populations. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. PMID: 29788548 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Adv Data - Category: Epidemiology Authors: Tags: J Adv Nurs Source Type: research