Factors Predicting Self-Care Behaviors among Low Health Literacy Hypertensive Patients Based on Health Belief Model in Bushehr District, South of Iran

Table 1

The characteristics of respondents and descriptive findings .

Variables
Age (years)	Mean age: 56.87 years (SD = 8.70)
	Range: 35–80 years
Years with hypertension	Mean: 9.46 years (SD = 5.80)
Gender	Range: 1–30 years
Male	42 (27.6%)
Female	110 (72.4%)
Marital status
Never married	3 (2%)
Married	129 (84.9%)
Divorced	20 (13.9%)
Educational level
Illiterate	5 (3.3%)
Primary school	61 (40.1%)
Secondary/high school	77 (48.7%)
Above high school	9 (5.9%)
Family history of hypertension
Yes	74 (48.7%)
No	78 (51.3%)
Income
<10000000 IR-Rial	64 (42.1%)
>10000000 IR-Rial	88 (57.9%)
Medication
Yes	149 (98%)
No	3 (2%)