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Family involvement in low-salt diet for hypertensive older adults.
- Source :
- Working with Older People: Community Care Policy & Practice; 2023, Vol. 27 Issue 1, p1-14, 14p
- Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of family involvement in the educational sessions and follow-up meetings on compliance with the low-salt diet for hypertensive older adults. Design/methodology/approach: Randomized controlled trial was used in this study with a total of 30 hypertensive older adults divided into two groups (n = 15). The intervention group involved one family member during the educational sessions and follow-up meetings. Conversely, no family member was involved in the control group. Findings: The intervention group showed a significant (p < 0.05) increase in compliance level on the attitude (knowledge) and subjective norm (psychomotor and family support) subscales. The perceived obstacle subscale and the salt concentration in food and urine excretion significantly decreased both after educational sessions and follow-up meetings (p < 0.05). However, the control group did not. Research limitations/implications: A relatively small number of samples would have affected the results, but in this study, randomization was applied in sample collection. Practical implications: By encouraging the involvement of family members in the educational sessions and follow-up meetings, it could enhance compliance of low-salt diet among hypertensive older adults. Originality/value: The findings and outputs provide a combination of family involvement and the Geragogy learning model through educational sessions and follow-up meetings that could enhance a low-salt diet adherence among older adults with hypertension in the community. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- HYPERTENSION
HEALTH education
MATHEMATICAL statistics
NONPARAMETRIC statistics
STATISTICS
SALT-free diet
ANALYSIS of variance
PARAMETERS (Statistics)
MOTIVATION (Psychology)
MANN Whitney U Test
FAMILY roles
RANDOMIZED controlled trials
T-test (Statistics)
HEALTH literacy
CONCEPTUAL structures
RESEARCH funding
QUESTIONNAIRES
CHI-squared test
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
MENTAL health surveys
PATIENT compliance
STATISTICAL sampling
FRIEDMAN test (Statistics)
DATA analysis
OLD age
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 13663666
- Volume :
- 27
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Working with Older People: Community Care Policy & Practice
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 161765174
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1108/WWOP-05-2021-0022