Research Article
Implementation Intentions on the Effect of Salt Intake among Hypertensive Women: A Pilot Study
Table 2
Measures of salt intake and psychosocial variables for the IG and CG at baseline and at the 2-month follow-up.
| | | Intervention group (IG) () | Control group (CG) () | | | | | | | | | Mean (SD) | 95% CI | Mean (SD) | 95% CI | Mean (SD) | 95% CI | Mean (SD) | 95% CI |
| | Salt Intake | | Total salt (in grams) | 7.3 (5.0) | 5.9–8.8 | 5.5 (3.2) | 4.6–6.5 | 8.3 (5.2) | 6.6–9.7 | 7.9 (6.8) | 5.5–9.3 | | Discretionary salt (in grams) | 6.7 (4.9) | 5.4–8.3 | 5.3 (3.1) | 4.5–6.3 | 7.6 (4.8) | 6.1–8.9 | 7.3 (5.9) | 5.3–8.7 | | Salty spices (in grams) | 0.5 (0.7) | 0.3–0.7 | 0.1 (0.4) | 0.03–0.3 | 0.7 (1.3) | 0.3–1.1 | 0.5 (1.5) | 0.1–0.7 | | Salt: urinary sodium (in grams) | 9.9 (4.1) | 8.8–11.1 | 7.9 (3.3) | 7.0–8.9 | 10.5 (4.2) | 9.4–11.8 | 9.6 (2.9) | 8.7–10.5 |
| | Psychosocial variables | | Intention | 4.2 (0.5) | 4.1–4.4 | 4.1 (0.4) | 4.1–4.3 | 3.9 (0.7) | 3.7–4.1 | 3.8 (0.7) | 3.7–4.1 | | Self-efficacy | 4.1 (0.6) | 4.0–4.3 | 4.1 (0.5) | 3.9–4.2 | 3.7 (0.8) | 3.6–4.0 | 3.7 (0.8) | 3.6–4.0 | | Habit | 2.9 (1.0) | 2.7–3.3 | 2.3 (0.5) | 2.2–2.4 | 3.1 (0.9) | 2.8–3.3 | 2.7 (0.7) | 2.4–2.8 |
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SD: standard deviation; 95% CI: 95% confidence interval.
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