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Illness perception; Health self-management; Self-Regulation Model; Medication Adherence Inventory; Inventory of Adherence to Self-Management
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Factors Influencing Blood Pressure Among Rural Adults With Hypertension In China, Lili Yang
Factors Influencing Blood Pressure Among Rural Adults With Hypertension In China, Lili Yang
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The low rate of hypertension control in China has caught the attention of health providers. To achieve better outcomes, providers need to know what factors are significantly predictive of hypertension control. Researchers have rarely studied illness perception in China although it is one of the predictors for illness outcomes often studied in other countries. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship among demographic and health-related characteristics, illness perception, adherence to medication and to self-management, and blood pressure in a sample of rural adults with hypertension in the Zhejiang Province of China. Leventhal’s Self-Regulation Model guided this cross-sectional, …