Background
Methods
Parameter | Students | |
---|---|---|
n = 249 (100%) | ||
Sex, n (%) | female | 144 (57.8) |
male | 105 (42.2) | |
Age, n (%) | 16 years | 32 (12.85) |
17 years | 96 (38.55) | |
18 years | 102 (40.96) | |
19 years | 19 (7.63) | |
Secondary school grade, n (%) | I | 74 (29.7) |
II | 133 (53.4) | |
III | 42 (16.9) | |
Inhabited, n (%) | city (urban) | 98 (39.7) |
countryside (rural) | 149 (60.3) |
The Personal Competence Scale
The Personal Values List (PVL)
Results
Knowledge about HT
Type of knowledge about HT | Level of knowledge | Weak | Medium | Good | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
n = 250 | |||||
Epidemiology | Chi square = 77.86 | n | 144 | 75 | 31 |
df = 2 | |||||
% | 57.6 | 30.0 | 12.4 | ||
p = 0.0000 | |||||
Causes | Chi square t = 28.38 | n | 65 | 62 | 123 |
df = 2 | |||||
% | 26.0 | 24.8 | 49.2 | ||
p = 0.0000 | |||||
Symptoms | Chi square = 173.86 | n | 181 | 44 | 25 |
df = 2 | |||||
% | 72.4 | 17.6 | 10.0 | ||
p = 0.0000 | |||||
Complications | Chi square = 62.05 | n | 94 | 128 | 28 |
df = 2 | |||||
% | 37.6 | 51.2 | 11.2 | ||
p = 0.0000 | |||||
Ways of treatment | Chi square = 7.4 | n | 100 | 85 | 65 |
df = 2 | |||||
% | 40.0 | 34.0 | 26.0 | ||
p = 0.02 | |||||
Prevention | Chi square = 12.2 | n | 105 | 85 | 60 |
df = 2 | |||||
% | 42.0 | 34.0 | 24.0 | ||
p = 0.002 |
Factor | Level of knowledge | Weak | Medium | Good | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sex
| n=249 | ||||
Girls | Chi square = 0.01 | n | 71 | 54 | 19 |
df = 2 | |||||
% | 49.3 | 37.5 | 13.2 | ||
Boys | n | 51 | 40 | 14 | |
% | 48.6 | 38.1 | 13.3 | ||
p = 1 | |||||
Place of living
| n = 247 | ||||
Urban | Chi square = 9.77 | n | 36 | 46 | 16 |
df = 2 | |||||
% | 36.7 | 46.9 | 16.3 | ||
Rural | n | 85 | 47 | 17 | |
% | 57.0 | 31.5 | 11.4 | ||
p = 0.007 | |||||
Level of education
| n = 249 | ||||
Grade I | Chi square = 8.46 | n | 41 | 27 | 6 |
% | 55.41 | 36.49 | 8.11 | ||
Grade II | df = 4 | n | 65 | 52 | 16 |
% | 48.87 | 39.10 | 12.03 | ||
Grade III | p = 0.08 | n | 17 | 14 | 11 |
% | 40.48 | 33.33 | 26.19 | ||
Blood pressure tests in the past
| n = 246 | ||||
No | Chi square = 14.63 | n | 21 | 4 | 0 |
df = 2 | |||||
% | 84.0 | 16.0 | 0.0 | ||
Yes | n | 98 | 90 | 33 | |
% | 44.3 | 40.7 | 14.9 | ||
p = 0.0006 | |||||
HT family history
| n = 250 | ||||
No | Chi square = 8.98 | n | 67 | 39 | 9 |
df = 2 | % | 58.26 | 33.91 | 7.83 | |
Yes | n | 56 | 55 | 24 | |
p = 0.01 | % | 41.48 | 40.74 | 17.78 | |
Other chronic diseases in family
| n = 250 | ||||
No | Chi square = 1.35 | n | 66 | 47 | 14 |
df = 2 | |||||
% | 52.0 | 37.0 | 11.0 | ||
Yes | n | 57 | 47 | 19 | |
% | 46.3 | 38.2 | 15.4 | ||
p = 0.51 | |||||
Source of knowledge about HT
| n = 171 | ||||
School | Chi square = 20.95 | n | 74 | 68 | 29 |
df = 2 | |||||
% | 43.3 | 39.8 | 17.0 | ||
p = 0.0000 | |||||
Family | Chi square = 18.77 | n | 46 | 55 | 18 |
df = 2 | |||||
% | 38.7 | 46.2 | 15.1 | ||
p = 0.0000 | |||||
Internet | Chi square = 4.12 | n | 30 | 35 | 20 |
df = 2 | |||||
% | 35.3 | 41.2 | 23.5 | ||
p = 0.13 | |||||
Radio/TV/newspapers | C Chi square = 2.21 | n | 20 | 23 | 14 |
df = 2 | |||||
% | 35.1 | 40.4 | 24.6 | ||
p = 0.33 |
Subjective factors
Level of knowledge about HT | Ranges | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Epidemiological knowledge about HT
| weak | n | 14 | 20 | 14 | 21 | 27 | 41 |
Contingency coefficient C = 0.21
| % | 10.22 | 14.60 | 10.22 | 15.33 | 19.71 | 29.93 | |
Cramer coefficient V = 0.15
| medium | n | 5 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 25 |
Chi square = 11.44
| % | 6.76 | 5.41 | 8.11 | 20.27 | 25.68 | 33.78 | |
df = 10
| good | n | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 10 |
p = 0.32 | % | 3.23 | 6.45 | 16.13 | 9.68 | 32.26 | 32.26 | |
Knowledge about HT causes
| weak | n | 9 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 18 |
Contingency coefficient C = 0.26
| % | 14.75 | 4.92 | 6.56 | 18.03 | 26.23 | 29.51 | |
Cramer coefficient V = 0.19
| medium | n | 8 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 18 |
Chi square = 18.3841
| % | 13.11 | 16.39 | 11.48 | 8.20 | 21.31 | 29.51 | |
df = 10
| good | n | 3 | 13 | 14 | 23 | 27 | 40 |
p = 0.05
| % | 2.50 | 10.83 | 11.67 | 19.17 | 22.50 | 33.33 | |
Knowledge about HT symptoms
| weak | n | 15 | 23 | 20 | 28 | 39 | 51 |
Contingency coefficient C = 0.19
| % | 8.52 | 13.07 | 11.36 | 15.91 | 22.16 | 28.29 | |
Cramer coefficient V = 0.13
| medium | n | 4 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 13 |
Chi square = 8.94
| % | 9.76 | 2.44 | 9.76 | 19.51 | 26.83 | 31.71 | |
df = 10
| good | n | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 |
p = 0.54 | % | 4.00 | 8.00 | 4.00 | 12.00 | 24.00 | 48.00 | |
Knowledge about HT complications
| weak | n | 10 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 21 | 21 |
Contingency coefficient C = 0.2
| % | 11.24 | 13.48 | 12.36 | 15.73 | 23.60 | 23.60 | |
Cramer coefficient V = 0.14
| medium | n | 10 | 11 | 12 | 19 | 26 | 47 |
Chi square = 10.21
| % | 8.00 | 8.80 | 9.60 | 15.20 | 20.80 | 37.60 | |
df = 10
| good | n | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 8 |
p = 0.42 | % | 0.00 | 10.71 | 7.14 | 21.43 | 32.14 | 28.57 | |
Knowledge about HT treatment
| weak | n | 8 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 23 | 30 |
Contingency coefficient C = 0.12
| % | 8.42 | 9.47 | 9.47 | 16.84 | 24.21 | 31.58 | |
Cramer coefficient V = 0.08
| medium | n | 8 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 21 | 22 |
Chi square = 3.54
| % | 9.64 | 12.05 | 9.64 | 16.87 | 25.30 | 26.51 | |
df = 10
| good | n | 4 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 24 |
p = 0.96 | % | 6.25 | 10.94 | 12.50 | 14.06 | 18.75 | 37.50 | |
Knowledge about HT prevention
| weak | n | 7 | 13 | 11 | 21 | 17 | 30 |
Contingency coefficient C = 0.18
| % | 7.07 | 13.13 | 11.11 | 21.21 | 17.17 | 30.30 | |
Cramer coefficient V = 0.13
| medium | n | 9 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 23 | 27 |
Chi square = 8.6
| % | 10.84 | 7.23 | 10.84 | 10.84 | 27.71 | 32.53 | |
df = 10
| good | n | 4 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 19 |
p = 0.57 | % | 6.67 | 11.67 | 8.33 | 15.00 | 26.67 | 31.67 | |
Global knowledge about HT
| weak | n | 11 | 16 | 13 | 20 | 25 | 31 |
Contingency coefficient C = 0.2
| % | 9.48 | 13.79 | 11.21 | 17.24 | 21.55 | 26.72 | |
Cramer coefficient V = 0.14
| medium | n | 9 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 20 | 34 |
Chi square = 9.83
| % | 9.57 | 8.51 | 10.64 | 13.83 | 21.28 | 36.17 | |
df = 10
| good | n | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 11 |
p = 0.45 | % | 0.00 | 6.25 | 6.25 | 18.75 | 34.38 | 34.38 |
Personal competence scale | Global knowledge about HT | ||||
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Weak | Medium | Good | |||
Feeling of self-effectiveness (PWS) (n = 237)
| 1-4 | n | 26 | 16 | 3 |
Contingency coefficient C = 0.18
| low | % | 57.78 | 35.56 | 6.67 |
Cramer coefficient V = 0.13
| 5-6 | n | 49 | 29 | 12 |
Chi square = 8.19
| medium | % | 54.44 | 32.22 | 13.33 |
df = 4
| 7-10 | n | 39 | 46 | 17 |
p = 0.08 | high | % | 38.24 | 45.10 | 16.67 |
Feeling of strength (S) (n = 238)
| 1-18 | n | 61 | 39 | 7 |
Contingency coefficient C = 0.2
| lower | % | 57.01 | 36.45 | 6.54 |
Cramer coefficient V = 0.2
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Chi square = 10.09
| 19-24 | n | 54 | 52 | 25 |
df = 2
| higher | % | 41.22 | 39.69 | 19.08 |
p = 0.006
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Feeling of persistence (W) (n = 241)
| 1-16 | n | 59 | 39 | 20 |
Contingency coefficient C = 0.12
| lower | % | 50.0 | 33.1 | 16.9 |
Cramer coefficient V = 0.12
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Chi square = 3.55
| 17-24 | n | 57 | 53 | 13 |
df = 2
| higher | % | 46.3 | 43.1 | 10.6 |
p = 0.17 |