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The Effects of an Individualized Education for the Military Personnels Diagnosed with Hypertension

  • 군진간호연구
  • Abbr : Korean Journal of Military Nursing Research
  • 2008, 26(1), pp.136~147
  • Publisher : Military Health Policy Research Center
  • Research Area : Medicine and Pharmacy > Nursing Science > General Nursing > Nursing Education

Park, Soon Cheon 1 Lee, Soon-Young 1 Hyun Jin Sook 1

1국군간호사관학교

Candidate

ABSTRACT

Purpose: This study was conducted to investigate the effects of an individualized education for hypertension management on health behavior and knowledge of primary hypertension patient. Methods: One group pretest-posttest quasi-experimental study was designed. The career military personnels who diagnosed with primary hypertension during annual physical checkup participated in the study. The participants received two sessions of 20 minute individualized education and two 10 minute telephone calls. The data were analyzed with descriptive statistics, χ2 test, and t-test using the SPSS window version 12.0 program. Results: This study showed that diastolic blood pressure and systolic blood pressure decreased and the score of self-care and knowledge of hypertension (p<.001) increased after individual education. Conclusion: In conclusion, an individualized education intervention on hypertension was effective on controlling blood pressure, self-care and knowledge.

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