“A study to assess the knowledge and attitude on lifestyle modification among hypertensive patients attending outpatient department at selected hospitals at Gwalior, M.P. The aim of the study is to identify and determine the level of the knowledge and attitude of Hypertensive patients regarding Life style modification at selected Hospitals of Gwalior, M.P. The objective of the study was To assess the knowledge level of hypertensive patients on lifestyle modification, To identify the attitude of hypertensive patients towards lifestyle modification, To find out the correlation between knowledge and attitude of hypertensive patients on lifestyle modification, To find out the association between knowledge level of hypertensive patients with their selected demographic variables, To find out the association between attitude level of hypertensive patients with their selected demographic variables. The research approach adopted for this study is a descriptive approach. The research design adopted for this study was descriptive survey design to assess the knowledge and attitude of Hypertensive patients regarding life style modification in selected Hospitals at Gwalior. The investigator had utilized Non probability convenient sampling for the selection of the subjects. A sample of 60 Hypertensive patients was selected for the study. The result of this study shows that The level of knowledge of Hypertensive patients regarding Life style modification shows 16.7 % of them having poor knowledge and 65 % of them having average knowledge, 18.3% of them having good knowledge. The level of attitude of hypertensive patients on life style modification shows 13.3% of them having unsatisfactory attitude, 53.4% of them having moderately satisfactory attitude, 33.3% of them are having satisfactory attitude. The Correlation between Knowledge and Attitude of Hypertensive patients regarding Life style modification shows significant positive, moderate correlation. The researcher prediction says when knowledge increases their attitude score also increases moderately, Based on the study there was an association between the knowledge and attitude score of the Hypertensive patients with selected socio-demographic variables like age, family history of Hypertension and habits are significantly associated with their level of knowledge and sex, occupation and type of family are significantly associated with their level of attitude.
Hypertension modified life style knowledge attitude hypertensive patients
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