Research Article

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 adherenceRegular BP measurementLow-salt dietPhysical exerciseNon-smokingAlcohol abstinence
Adherers
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Non-
adherers
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Adherers
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Non-
adherers
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Adherers
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Non-
adherers
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Adherers
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Non-
adherers
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Adherers
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Non-
adherers
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Adherers
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Non-
adherers
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Age mean, SD63.4 (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, SD4.5 (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, SD26.4 (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)*
Female140 (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
Married170 (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 good47 (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 poor148 (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
No159 (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)
Yes36 (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.