Background and Objectives: Adherence to self-care behaviors is one of the effective factors in controlling and preventing chronic disease complications, such as hypertension, therefore, this study was conducted to determine adherence to self-care behaviors in hypertensive patients in Qom city. Methods: This study was a cross-sectional (descriptive-analytical) study, which was performed on 243 patients with hypertension referred to urban community health centers using available sampling method in Qom city in 2019. Data were collected using a demographic questionnaire, a self-care behaviors questionnaire and a checklist to assess and record systolic and diastolic blood pressure, and a standard blood pressure gauge. Data were analyzed by SPSS version 20 software using independent t-, chi-square, one-way ANOVA, and Pearson correlation coefficient tests. Results: The results of this study indicated that 56.8% of men and 83.7% of women adhere to the drug regimen. In the investigation of self-care behavior of low salt diet, 23.7% of the men and 27.9% of the women adhered to low salt diet. The findings also showed a significant inverse relationship between adherence to low-salt diet and weight management with mean systolic and diastolic blood pressure (p>0.05). Conclusion: The findings of the study reveal that about two-thirds of the patients adhere to drug and physical activity regimes, respectively, while adherence to the low-salt diet in one quarter of the patients still needs improvement. The findings also showed that self-care behaviors (medication, low salt diet, weight management) can decrease systolic and diastolic blood pressure in patients.

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Background and Objectives: High blood pressure is an important and controllable risk factor for cardiovascular diseases. Social support received by spouse and self-care are effective factors in controlling and preventing the complications of hypertension, therefore, this study was performed with the aim of investigating the effect of education based on spousal social support on improving self-care behaviors in men with high blood pressure. Methods: The present study was an interventional study performed on 112 male patients with primary hypertension and their spouse who referred to health centers of Qom city in 2019. After selecting the eligible individuals to enter the study using convenience sampling method, the subjects under study, were divided into two groups of experimental (n = 56) and control (n = 56) through block randomization method. Questionnaires and checklists were completed by the experimental and control groups before and two months after the intervention. Results: The results showed that the mean score of each of the dimensions of self-care behaviors and social support of the subjects' spouse significantly increased in the experimental group after the educational intervention (p < 0.05). Moreover, the mean systolic blood pressure score significantly decreased in the experimental group after the intervention (p < 0.05), but this decrease was not significant for diastolic blood pressure (p < 0.05). Conclusion: The findings of this research indicate that education based on spousal social support improves self-care behaviors and lowers systolic blood pressure in patients with hypertension.

Background and Aim: Hypertension is one of the most important risk factors for cardiovascular disease and stroke. Social support is one of the effective factors in the prevention and control of this disease. Therefore, this study aimed to determine the relationship between the aspects of social support received from the spouse and high blood pressure in patients who referred to healthcare centers in Qom, Iran. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was performed on 280 patients with primary hypertension referred to healthcare centers in Qom. Data collection tools were demographic form, social support survey by Sherburne and Stuart, a checklist for checking and recording systolic and diastolic blood pressure, and a standard sphygmomanometer. The data were analyzed in SPSS software (version 20) using independent t-test, one-way ANOVA, Pearson correlation coefficient, and multivariate linear regression tests. Results: According to the results, the social support received from the spouse was good in 82.9% of the patients, while 9.3% and 7.9% of the patients received moderate and low social support from their spouses, respectively. In addition, the results showed that the systolic (P=0.01) and diastolic blood pressures (P=0.003) had a significant relationship with the social support received from the spouse. Moreover, the findings revealed that occupation (P<0.001), gender (P<0.001), and income (P=0.019) had a significant correlation with the received social support (P<0.05). Conclusion:The results of this study indicated that social support received from the spouse should be considered as an influential component on systolic and diastolic blood pressure in hypertension patients.

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