Knowledge, Treatment, Control, and Risk Factors for Hypertension among Adults in Southern Iran

Table 2

Percentage (%) of knowledge of hypertension among hypertensive adults ().

Variables	Weak		Average		Good
	Gender
Male	141	19.5	385	53.3	196	27.1
Female	218	19.6	630	56.6	266	23.9
Age groups
39–30	22	23.4	39	41.1	34	35.8
49–40	41	15.6	144	55	77	29.4
59–50	100	18.7	300	56.2	134	25.1
60	196	20.7	532	56.3	217	23
Region
Urban	149	18.1	452	55	221	26.9
Rural	210	20.7	563	55.5	241	23.8
Marital status
Single	5	20	6	24	14	56
Married	296	19.9	820	55.1	372	25
Divorced and widowed/widower	58	18	189	58.5	76	23.5
Education level
Illiterate	234	20.4	663	57.7	252	21.9
Primary school	72	19.9	206	57.9	84	23.2
Secondary school	24	21.4	61	53.5	29	25.4
High school	4	8.7	22	47.8	20	43.5
Diploma	18	20	42	47.7	30	33.3
University	7	9.3	21	28	47	62.6
Occupation
Farmer	35	17.4	114	56.7	52	25.9
Employed	13	11.7	55	49.5	43	38.7
Retired	34	18.5	88	47.8	62	33.7
Unemployed	63	23.4	151	56.1	55	20.4
Housekeeper	214	20	607	56.7	250	13.3
Income
Weak	322	20.1	20	13.5	7	21.7
Average	927	56	73	49.3	15	45.5
Good	396	23.9	55	32.2	11	33.3
Family history of hypertension
Yes	154	19.1	460	55.3	213	25.6
No	200	19.9	555	55.3	246	24.4
Tobacco
Yes	33	27.5	66	55	21	17.5
No	326	19	949	55.3	441	25.7
Physical activity
Yes	68	13.3	295	57.6	149	29.1
No	291	22	720	54.4	313	23.6
Body mass index (BMI)
18.5	4	26.7	7	46.7	4	26.7
25–18.5	143	21.8	364	55.6	148	22.6
30–25	136	18.5	417	56.7	183	24.9
≥30	76	17.7	227	52.7	127	29.5
Duration of diagnosis
≤5	183	19.2	522	54.7	250	26.2
5–9	77	21	204	55.7	85	23.2
10–14	60	20.1	169	56.7	69	23.2
15–19	22	17.1	77	59.7	30	23.3
20	17	19.3	43	48.9	28	31.8