Impact of Community Proactive Health Management Application on Electronic Health Literacy and Self‐Management of Hypertensive Patients

ABSTRACT Objective Investigating the impact of the Community Proactive Health Management Application on electronic health literacy, self‐management level, and blood pressure in hypertensive patients within the community. Methods Between September and November 2020, two communities in Hengyang City,...

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Published in:Public health Nursing 2024-11, Vol.41 (6), p.1436-1445
Main Author: Jiang, Yueyan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Aged
Blood levels
Blood pressure
China
electronic health literacy
Female
Health education
Health Literacy
Humans
Hypertension
Hypertension - therapy
Intervention
Literacy
Male
Management
Middle Aged
proactive health
Quality of life
Self-Management - methods
self‐management
Statistical analysis
Surveys and Questionnaires
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Summary:ABSTRACT Objective Investigating the impact of the Community Proactive Health Management Application on electronic health literacy, self‐management level, and blood pressure in hypertensive patients within the community. Methods Between September and November 2020, two communities in Hengyang City, Hunan Province, China were selected as the intervention and control groups using convenience sampling. Subsequently, 30 hypertensive patients from each of the two communities were randomly selected to participate as study subjects. The control group patients received foundational hypertension management, whereas the intervention group received additional care through the Community Proactive Health Management Application. Results Following a 3‐month period, the intervention group exhibited significantly higher total scores (t = 2.193, p = 0.032) and application dimension scores (t = 2.605, p = 0.012) for electronic health literacy compared to the control group. The total scores of electronic health literacy scale for both the intervention (t = −5.671, p 
ISSN:0737-1209
1525-1446
1525-1446
DOI:10.1111/phn.13424