Health literacy status in hypertension patients Health Literacy Hypertension Health Education Health Empowerment
Conditions
Interventions
Health Education and Health Empowerment program developed by the researcher based on the theory of health education (WHO,
2012) and health empowerment by Shearer (2007),Usual care patients have received so far
Experimental Behavioral,No Intervention Behavioral
Health Education and Health Empowerment program,Usual care
Sponsors
Associate professor Dr. Nujjaree Chaimongkol
Associate professor Dr. Nujjaree Chaimongkol
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 59 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1) Diagnosed hypertension disease by physician within 5 years, 2) Aged between 18-59 years old 3) Who has poorly controlled blood pressure level of systolic and diastolic blood pressure between 140/90 -180/100 mmHg in the last four weeks 4) Participants are able to communicate, read and write in Thai language. 5) Who has no serious illness or complications by hypertension such as stroke, or alteration of consciousness.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1) co-morbidities not related to vision and hearing loss, musculoskeletal problem, renal failure, heat failure 2) health status deteriorates by condition such as stroke, or alteration of consciousness. Moreover, the participants who are incapable of completing the three phases of the study were excluded.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Health Literacy in Hypertension 3 time points; pre intervention at week 0, post intervention at week 4,and follow up at week 8 Health Literacy for Hypertension Questionnaire(HLHQ) developed by Health Education Division in Minis | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| N/A N/A N/A | — |
Countries
Thailand
Contacts
Public ContactNipon Lamgool
Director of Tha-chang subdistrict health promotion hospital
Outcome results
None listed