TY - JOUR JF - joge JO - joge VL - 3 IS - 2 PY - 2018 Y1 - 2018/10/01 TI - Self-care behavior and related factors in older adults with hypertension in Ahvaz City TT - رفتارهای خودمراقبتی و عوامل مرتبط با آن در سالمندان مبتلا به پرفشاری خون شهر اهواز N2 - Introduction: High blood pressure is the most important public health problem in developing countries. The implementation of self-care regarding its cost-effectiveness seems necessary. The aim of conducting this study was to investigate factors associated with self-care behaviors in elderly with hypertension. Method: This cross-sectional study was carried out in 2017 on 300 elderly with hypertension who were under the treatment in community health centers in Ahvaz city. The data were collected through a demographic form and a self-care assessing instrument for hypertension. The collected data were put in the SPSS and analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics t-test, Spearman and Pearson correlation and ANOVA tests at significant level of P<0.05. based on hypertension self-care and its relationship with demographic factors. Findings: Of 300 elderlies, 54/3% were woman that the most of them were married (80/7%), with average economic status (59.7%) and under diploma (73/66%). The mean and standard deviation of total self care were 55/92±8/94. The results showed that there was a significantly positive relationship between self-care and hypertension history, income, and education level(p<0/05). However, there was no significant relationship between self-care and the variables of age, gender, and coincident disease(p>0/05). Conclusion: Considering the importance of self-care in controlling hypertension and obtaining low self-care scores by the poorly literate elderly with low income, it is suggested that the age group be educated adequately through the extensive implementation of audio-visually educational programs. SP - 56 EP - 62 AU - barati, faride AU - sajjadi, mossa AU - farhadi, akram AU - amiri, mostafa AU - sadeghmoghadam, leila AD - Nursing School, Gonabad University of Medical Sciences, Gonabad, Iran. KW - Self-care KW - Hypertension KW - Elderly UR - http://joge.ir/article-1-241-en.html DO - 10.29252/joge.3.1.56 ER -