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ArticlePublic health nursing (Boston, Mass.)

Healthy Life Awareness, Blood Pressure Awareness and Insight Among Adult Individuals: A Population-Based Cross-Sectional Study.

Handan Terzi, Sultan Ayaz-Alkaya, Eylül Yeşilyurt

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Handan TerziNursing Department, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ankara Medipol University, Ankara, Turkey.ORCID 0000-0001-8450-4481
Sultan Ayaz-AlkayaNursing Faculty, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey.ORCID 0000-0003-4745-5478
Eylül YeşilyurtSchool of Nursing, Ufuk University, Ankara, Turkey.ORCID 0000-0003-3284-4470

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objectiveTo measure healthy life awareness, blood pressure awareness and insight levels, along with their predisposing factors among adult individuals.

designA population-based cross-sectional study. SAMPLE: The population consisted of adult individuals in a rural district of a city in Türkiye. Voluntary individuals who visited the population screening, organized as the May Measurement Month activity, were invited to the study (n = 290). MEASUREMENTS: The data were collected by a questionnaire, the Healthy Life Awareness Scale (HeLAS), and the Blood Pressure Awareness and Insight Scale (BASIS). Descriptive statistics, Pearson Correlation, and multiple linear regression were used to analyze the data.

resultsThe mean scores of the HeLAS and the BASIS were 49.62 ± 8.30 and 2.89 ± 1.43, respectively. Income level, regular physical activity habits, and formerly being diagnosed with hypertension were positively associated with a healthy life awareness level. Former diagnosis of hypertension, regular medication usage, and being unemployed were the significant predisposing factors of blood pressure awareness and insight level.

conclusionsMost adult individuals displayed a moderate level of healthy life awareness and a low level of blood pressure awareness and insight. Nurses could take on the leading role in developing healthy lifestyle habits among individuals, ensure medication treatment adherence, and prevent hypertension prevalence.

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Health Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeHypertensionAdultAgedBlood PressureCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHealthy LifestyleHumansMaleMiddle AgedRural PopulationSurveys and QuestionnairesTurkeyawarenessblood pressurehypertensionmiddle‐agednursingrural populationtreatment adherence

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