Exploring Predictors of Information Use to Self-Manage Blood Pressure in Midwestern African American Women with Hypertension

Self-management of hypertension requires patients to find, understand, and use information to lower their blood pressure. Little is known about information use among African American women with hypertension, therefore the purpose of this study was to examine predictors of self-reported information u...

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Published in:Journal of immigrant and minority health 2018-06, Vol.20 (3), p.569-576
Main Authors: Jones, Lenette M., Veinot, Tiffany, Pressler, Susan J., Coleman-Burns, Patricia, McCall, Alecia
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
African Americans
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Black or African American
Blood pressure
Comparative Law
Cross-Sectional Studies
Female
Health behavior
Humans
Hypertension
Hypertension - therapy
Information Dissemination
Information management
Information Seeking Behavior
Information sharing
International & Foreign Law
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Middle Aged
Norms
ORIGINAL PAPER
Private International Law
Public Health
Questionnaires
Self Care
Selfmanagement
Sharing
Social norms
Sociology
Surveys and Questionnaires
Women
Young Adult
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Summary:Self-management of hypertension requires patients to find, understand, and use information to lower their blood pressure. Little is known about information use among African American women with hypertension, therefore the purpose of this study was to examine predictors of self-reported information use to self-manage blood pressure. Ninety-four Midwestern African American women (mean age = 59) completed questionnaires about information behaviors (seeking, sharing, use) and personal beliefs (attitude, social norms) related to self-management of blood pressure. Linear regression was used to identify significant predictors of information use. The total variance explained by the model was 36 %, F(7, 79) = 6.29, p
ISSN:1557-1912
1557-1920
DOI:10.1007/s10903-017-0573-9