Investigation of health knowledge awareness and demand in hypertensive patients in rural areas in Baise city
NONG Jin-mei1LU Qing-mei2▲ DENG Su-xuan3WANG Yu-mei4WEI Liu-qing5MA Jin-fei6
1.Nursing Department,People′s Hospital of Tianyang County in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region,Tianyang 533600,China;
2.Youjiang Medical University for Nationalities,Baise 533000,China;
3.Intensive Care Unit,People′s Hospital of Debao County in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region,Debai 533700,China;
4.Nursing Department,People′s Hospital of Debao County in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region,Debai 533700,China;
5.The Second Ward of Cardiovascular Medicine,Affiliated Hospital of Youjiang Medical University for Nationalities,Baise 533000,China;
6.The Second Department of Internal Medicine,People′s Hospital of Tianyang County in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region,Tianyang 533600,China
Objective To understand the health knowledge awareness and demand for hypertension of hypertensive patients in rural areas of Baise city and in order to provide reference for exploration of intervention measures.Methods From January to July in 2015,self-designed questionnaire about hypertension health knowledge awareness and demand was distributed to 200 hypertensive patients in rural areas of Baise city.The collected data was statistically analyzed. Results The health knowledge cognition rate of hypertension patients was 44.07%,the demanding rate was 71.87%;Hypertension knowledge was mainly from family or friends(35.64%),and medical staff(34.65%);About acquiring types of health education:individual guidance by medical care personnel(n=148,74.00%),brochure handed out(n=51,25.50%),video(n=35,17.50%),picture(n=24,12.00%),expert consultation (n=8,4.00%),internet(n=5,2.50%),and lecture(n= 3,1.50%).Conclusion Health knowledge cognition rate of hypertensive patients in rural areas of Baise city are low,but was high in demand.Medical staff should follow patients′specific condition,and carry out the health education mode
suitable for hypertensive patients in rural areas,which can improve degree of awareness for hypertension health knowledge of patients and establish a healthy attitude and behavior.