Prevalence Rates of Self-Care Behaviors and Related Factors in a Rural Hypertension Population: A Questionnaire Survey
Table 2
Differences between adherers and nonadherers to self-care behaviors in a rural hypertension population in Beijing, China.
Medication adherence
Regular BP measurement
Low-salt diet
Physical exercise
Non-smoking
Alcohol abstinence
Adherers ()
Non- adherers ()
Adherers ()
Non- adherers ()
Adherers ()
Non- adherers ()
Adherers ()
Non- adherers ()
Adherers ()
Non- adherers ()
Adherers ()
Non- adherers ()
Age mean, SD
63.4 (9.7)
62.1 (9.8)
64.9 (8.9)
61.4 (10.2)
63.3 (9.4)
59.7 (10.9)
62.8 (9.9)
63.1 (9.7)
62.7 (9.6)
63.5 (10.7)
62.4 (9.5)
64.8 (10.5)
Education mean, SD
4.5 (3.65)
5.2 (3.6)
4.6 (3.6)
5.0 (3.7)
4.8 (3.7)
4.8 (3.3)
4.9 (3.7)
4.7 (3.6)
4.7 (3.6)
5.1 (3.8)
4.9 (3.6)
4.6 (3.9)
Duration of Hypertension Mean, SD
8.3 (6.3)
8.1 (8.2)
8.7 (7.3)
7.9 (6.9)
8.4 (6.8)
7.3 (8.4)
7.3 (6.5)
9.2 (7.5)
8.4 (6.9)
7.7 (7.8)
8.3 (7.0)
7.8 (7.2)
BMI mean, SD
26.4 (3.7)
26.4 (3.9)
26.0 (3.8)
26.7 (3.7)
26.6 (3.7)
25.7 (4.1)
26.5 (3.7)
26.3 (3.8)
26.7 (3.7)
25.1 (3.8)
26.6 (3.7)
25.8 (4.0)
Gender
Male
55 (28.2)
35 (28.5)
41 (29.1)
49 (27.7)
64 (24.8)
26 (43.3)*
39 (23.6)
51 (33.3)
41 (16.3)
49 (74.2)*
46 (18.6)
44 (62.9)*
Female
140 (71.8)
88 (71.5)
100 (70.1)
128 (72.3)
194 (75.2)
34 (56.7)
126 (76.4)
102 (66.7)
211 (83.7)
17 (25.8)
202 (81.4)
26 (37.1)
Marital status
Married
170 (87.2)
111 (90.2)
120 (85.1)
161 (91.0)
229 (88.8)
52 (86.7)
144 (87.3)
137 (89.5)
223 (88.5)
58 (87.9)
221 (89.1)
60 (85.7)
Others
25 (12.8)
12 (9.8)
21 (14.9)
16 (9.0)
29 (11.2)
8 (13.3)
21 (12.7)
16 (10.5)
29 (11.5)
8 (12.1)
27 (10.9)
10 (14.3)
Self-rated health
Good to very good
47 (24.1)
32 (26.1)
36 (25.5)
43 (24.3)
66 (25.6)
13 (21.7)
42 (25.5)
37 (24.2)
62 (24.6)
17 (25.7)
57 (23.0)
22 (31.4)
Fair to very poor
148 (75.9)
91 (73.9)
105 (74.5)
134 (75.7)
192 (74.4)
47 (78.3)
123 (74.5)
116 (75.2)
190 (75.4)
49 (74.3)
191 (77.0)
48 (68.6)
Diabetes status
No
159 (81.5)
98 (79.7)
119 (84.4)
138 (78.0)
206 (79.8)
51 (85.0)
128 (77.6)
129 (84.3)
201 (79.8)
56 (84.9)
199 (80.2)
58 (82.9)
Yes
36 (18.5)
25 (20.3)
22 (15.6)
39 (22.0)
52 (20.2)
9 (15.0)
37 (22.4)
24 (15.7)
51 (20.2)
10 (15.1)
49 (19.8)
12 (17.1)
All values are exact numbers/percentages except where noted. The t-test is used when the dependent variable is a continuous variable. Chi-square and Fisher Exact tests were used for categorical variables.
*Significant at P < 0.05.