An Education-Counseling Program for Young Prehypertensive Adults

Eunhee Jo, Soon-jung Hwang, Eun- jin Jeong and Minsun Kim

Clinical Nursing Research, 2023, vol. 32, issue 2, 349-358

Abstract: In this non-equivalent control group, non-synchronized study, we assessed the effects of an education-counseling program for young prehypertensive adults. We included 40 and 47 prehypertensive individuals in the experimental and control groups, respectively. A structured questionnaire (pretest) was used to assess prehypertension-related knowledge, attitudes, health-promoting behavior, and self-efficacy. The experimental group underwent the 8-week program, while the control group received basic prehypertension and self-management education. Subsequently, blood pressure (BP) was measured, and prehypertension-related knowledge, attitudes, health-promoting behavior, and self-efficacy were evaluated using a questionnaire (posttest). There were significant intergroup differences in knowledge ( t  = 3.04, p  = .003), attitudes ( t  = 6.41, p  

Keywords: prehypertension; hypertension; education; counseling; preventive strategy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1177/10547738211059622

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