None listed
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: (a) age=18 years (b) a registered person with deaf (c) used sign language or lip-reading (d) diagnosed with hypertension by a doctor for at least 6 months
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: (a) those who had been diagnosed with mental illness (e.g., alcoholism, schizophrenia, drug addiction) that interfered with participation in this study (b) those who refused to participate in this study
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Hypertension knowledge;Linguistic health literacy;Functional health literacy;Internet health literacy;Degree of self-care for hypertension and self-efficacy;Hypertension medication adherence;Physiological variables (blood pressure, serum lipids);Depression;Health-related quality of life | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| General characteristics (age, gender, education, average family income, family living together, religion, duration of hypertension, medication use status and duration, height, weight, smoking, drinking, degree, duration and reasons of deaf, sign language/lip reading use status and duration, comorbidities) | — |
Countries
Korea, Republic of
Contacts
Seoul National University