Arun Kumar Yadav|Pundla Nagarjuna|Amit Kumar|DharamjeetSingh Faujdar
Role of health literacy and primary health-care access in self-care management of hypertension
Armed Forces Medical College|Armed Forces Medical College|Armed Forces Medical College|Armed Forces Medical College
globally hypertension leading risk factor men women largest contributor premature deaths diseases india health literacy hl healthcare access important determinants selfcare management hypertensionthe purpose study estimate prevalence hl healthcare access importance selfcare management hypertensiona communitybased crosssectional study conducted among 104 known hypertensive patients 2 months may june 2022 data collected facetoface interviews using pretested preformed validated questionnaire tabulated analyzed using microsoft excel spss version 20 softwaremost participants 80 769 low levels hl however half 62 596 participants satisfied access primary health care age participants ranged 38 80 years half 54 519 middleaged adults majority 66 635 patients belonged lowermiddle socioeconomic status 154 16 living alone found poor hl primary healthcare access statistically significantly associated poor selfcare managementour findings confirm hl access primary health care crucial factors selfcare management hypertension hypertensive patients