Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
14. International Trakya Family Medicine Congress, Edirne, Türkiye, 24 - 27 Nisan 2025, ss.33, (Özet Bildiri)
Aim:
Hypertension is animportantpublichealthproblembecauseitis
acommon,treatableandpreventabledisease.Thisstudyaimed
to determine the level of self-care and the factors affecting it in
hypertensive individuals living in Edirne city center.
Method:
A total of 405 hypertensive patients aged 18 and above,
registered at 23 family health centers in the city center of Edirne,
were included in the study. The data for the research were
obtained from a 97-item questionnaire, which included
questions about sociodemographic characteristics and
hypertension-related information, along with the Hypertension
Self-Care Profile. Blood pressure was measured under
appropriate conditions before the interview.
Results:
Two hundred and fifteen of the participants (53.1%), were
female and 190 (46.9%) were male. According to the Turkish
Hypertension Consensus Report published in 2019, the
percentage of individuals with both systolic and diastolic blood
pressure values at target blood pressure was determined as
26.91%. Gender, education level, occupation, income, smoking
and alcohol consumption were found to affect self-care in
hypertensive patients. It has been determined that self-care
increases with age and duration of illness. Self-care behaviours
are influenced not only by individuals' habits but also by their
motivation; this helps patients to take a more active role in their
health management by increasing their self-efficacy.
Conclusions:
Family Practice is critical in providing effective self-care in
hypertension management. The low rate of patients with target
blood pressure in our study reveals that this issue should be
addressed more. Blood pressure control can be achieved by
establishingeffectivecommunicationbetweenthephysicianand
the patient, providing appropriate counseling to the patient,
establishing diet and exercise programs with a person-centered
approach, ensuring regular blood pressure follow-up and
evaluating the psychosocial dimensions of the patients, and
providing lifestyle habits by considering the self-care habits and
lifestyle of the patients as a priority.