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| KAP questions | Scoring (mean ± sd) |
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| Knowledge questions | |
| (1) A blood pressure level of less than 120/80 mmHg is considered to be high (no) (0/1) | 0.555 ± 0.497 |
| (2) Hypertension is a lifelong disease (yes) (0/1) | 0.453 ± 0.498 |
| (3) The older patients have higher risk of having hypertension. (yes) (0/1) | 0.832 ± 0.374 |
| (4) Men has a higher risk of hypertension compared to women (yes) (0/1) | 0.158 ± 0.365 |
| (5) Do you know the danger signs of hypertension? (yes) (0–5) | 2.301 ± 1.536 |
| (6) Hypertension is a risk factor for stroke (yes) (0/1) | 0.977 ± 0.151 |
| (7) Stroke is a disease of the brain (yes) (0/1) | 0.797 ± 0.403 |
| (8) Do you know the name of the medication your patient is on? (yes/no) (0/1) | 0.648 ± 0.478 |
| (9) Do you know the side effects of the medication he is on? (dry cough, ankle edema) (yes) (0/1) | 0.345 ± 0.475 |
| (10) Hypertension can lead to other life-threatening diseases. (yes) (0/1) | 0.610 ± 0.488 |
| Total knowledge percentage (0–100) | 54.83 ± 17.95 |
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| Attitude questions | |
| (1) I agree that even the pressure remains normal and symptoms release, the medication should be continued. (−2 to +2) | 0.734 ± 1.125 |
| (2) I agree that my patient should do regular exercise. (−2 to +2) | 1.195 ± 0.895 |
| (3) I agree that my patient should avoid extra salt. (−2 to +2) | 1.309 ± 0.919 |
| (4) I agree that my patient should take medication regularly. (−1 to +1) | 0.934 ± 0.303 |
| (5) I agree that my patient should have enough consumption of healthy diet (−2 to +2) | 0.689 ± 1.100 |
| (6) Hypertension can be controlled with herbal medicine. (−2 to +2) | 0.414 ± 0.686 |
| Total attitude percentage (0–100) | 47.95 ± 24.05 |
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| Practice questions | |
| (1) Buy medicines for the patient regularly (0/1) | 0.487 ± 0.500 |
| (2) Help the patient to take medicines regularly (0/1) | 0.314 ± 0.464 |
| (3) Remind the patient to take the medicines regularly (0/1) | 0.727 ± 0.446 |
| (4) Looking out/being conscious about danger signs like severe chest pain, severe headache, became unconscious, had nasal bleeding, numbness of a side of the body, vomiting, etc. (0/1) | 0.906 ± 0.292 |
| (5) Encourage patient to avoid smoking (0/1) | 0.366 ± 0.482 |
| (6) Encourage patient to avoid extra salt, red meat, fatty foods, and egg yolk (0/1) | 0.804 ± 0.397 |
| (7) Encourage patient to do exercise regularly for 30 minutes for 5 days/week (0/1) | 0.652 ± 0.477 |
| (8) Encourage patient to avoid stress (0/1) | 0.725 ± 0.447 |
| (9) Encourage patient to take 6–8 hours of sleep daily (0/1) | 0.593 ± 0.492 |
| (10) Take the patient for regular medical check-up. (0/1) | 0.552 ± 0.498 |
| Total practice percentage (0–100) | 61.26 ± 17.50 |
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