Awareness of Salt Intake among Community-Dwelling Elderly at Coastal Area: The Role of Public Health Access Program

Table 1

Evaluation of salt intake at elderly public health program.

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Variable

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Program evaluation

 (i) Program was held 2-3 times/month. We evaluated for 8 times for 3 months.

 (ii) Program involved interprofessional health physicians such as nurses, general practitioners, nutritionists, and health counselors

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The activities of the program

 (i) Regular physical examination

 (ii) Measurement of blood pressure

 (iii) Drug administration including antihypertension drugs

 (iv) Health or nutrition education

 (v) Physical activities/light training

 (vi) Supplementary feeding

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Subject evaluation

 (i) Number of attendance (participation) from the subject visiting book

 (ii) Awareness of salt intake by asking some simple questions

 1. At the present time, do you avoid salt intake?

 2. Do you think that salt intake is harmful for the healthy particularly hypertension?

 3. Do you get information about salt intake from the health education program?

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