Psychological well being and self care practices of patient with hypertension / Siti Khuzaimah Ahmad Sharoni, Nurul Syakila Naziron, Nurul Ashikin Hamzah, and Siti Rohaida Mohamed

This study identified the types of self-care practices that hypertensive patient in Malaysia adhered most, determined their psychological and social well being and examined the association between self-care practices and psychological. This study used cross-sectional and was conducted in Kuala Lumpu...

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Main Authors: Naziron, Nurul Syakila, Hamzah, Nurul Ashikin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Faculty of Business Management 2013
Online Access:https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/8747/
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description This study identified the types of self-care practices that hypertensive patient in Malaysia adhered most, determined their psychological and social well being and examined the association between self-care practices and psychological. This study used cross-sectional and was conducted in Kuala Lumpur Hospital (HKL) between September 2012 to June 2013, engaging 193 respondents. Most hypertensive showed the symptoms of depression, 63.21% (n=122) but were having moderately high social support with total mean scores of emotional support, tangible support, affectionate support, and positive social interaction were 3.73, 3.98, 3.96 and 3.54 respectively. There was no significant relationship between psychological with adherence to physical activity and weight management, p=0.359 and p=0.358. However, the presence of depression was affecting the medication adherence and adherence to low salt diet with p=0.042 and p=0.001 respectively.
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spelling uitm-87472019-03-18T07:19:11Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/8747/ Psychological well being and self care practices of patient with hypertension / Siti Khuzaimah Ahmad Sharoni, Nurul Syakila Naziron, Nurul Ashikin Hamzah, and Siti Rohaida Mohamed Naziron, Nurul Syakila Hamzah, Nurul Ashikin This study identified the types of self-care practices that hypertensive patient in Malaysia adhered most, determined their psychological and social well being and examined the association between self-care practices and psychological. This study used cross-sectional and was conducted in Kuala Lumpur Hospital (HKL) between September 2012 to June 2013, engaging 193 respondents. Most hypertensive showed the symptoms of depression, 63.21% (n=122) but were having moderately high social support with total mean scores of emotional support, tangible support, affectionate support, and positive social interaction were 3.73, 3.98, 3.96 and 3.54 respectively. There was no significant relationship between psychological with adherence to physical activity and weight management, p=0.359 and p=0.358. However, the presence of depression was affecting the medication adherence and adherence to low salt diet with p=0.042 and p=0.001 respectively. Faculty of Business Management 2013 Article NonPeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/8747/1/AJ_SITI%20KHUZAIMAH%20AHMAD%20SHARONI%20IJUS%2013%201.pdf Naziron, Nurul Syakila and Hamzah, Nurul Ashikin (2013) Psychological well being and self care practices of patient with hypertension / Siti Khuzaimah Ahmad Sharoni, Nurul Syakila Naziron, Nurul Ashikin Hamzah, and Siti Rohaida Mohamed. (2013) International Journal of Undergraduates Studies <https://ir.uitm.edu.my/view/publication/International_Journal_of_Undergraduates_Studies.html>, 2 (2). pp. 13-18. ISSN 2289-4242
spellingShingle Naziron, Nurul Syakila
Hamzah, Nurul Ashikin
Psychological well being and self care practices of patient with hypertension / Siti Khuzaimah Ahmad Sharoni, Nurul Syakila Naziron, Nurul Ashikin Hamzah, and Siti Rohaida Mohamed
title Psychological well being and self care practices of patient with hypertension / Siti Khuzaimah Ahmad Sharoni, Nurul Syakila Naziron, Nurul Ashikin Hamzah, and Siti Rohaida Mohamed
title_full Psychological well being and self care practices of patient with hypertension / Siti Khuzaimah Ahmad Sharoni, Nurul Syakila Naziron, Nurul Ashikin Hamzah, and Siti Rohaida Mohamed
title_fullStr Psychological well being and self care practices of patient with hypertension / Siti Khuzaimah Ahmad Sharoni, Nurul Syakila Naziron, Nurul Ashikin Hamzah, and Siti Rohaida Mohamed
title_full_unstemmed Psychological well being and self care practices of patient with hypertension / Siti Khuzaimah Ahmad Sharoni, Nurul Syakila Naziron, Nurul Ashikin Hamzah, and Siti Rohaida Mohamed
title_short Psychological well being and self care practices of patient with hypertension / Siti Khuzaimah Ahmad Sharoni, Nurul Syakila Naziron, Nurul Ashikin Hamzah, and Siti Rohaida Mohamed
title_sort psychological well being and self care practices of patient with hypertension / siti khuzaimah ahmad sharoni, nurul syakila naziron, nurul ashikin hamzah, and siti rohaida mohamed
url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/8747/