Fateme Chajaee|Asiyeh Pirzadeh|Akbar Hasanzadeh|Firoozeh Mostafavi
http://www.ephysician.ir/index.php/browse-issues/10/3/979-6470
Isfahan University of Medical Sciences|Health Promotion Services|Isfahan University of Medical Sciences|Isfahan University of Medical Sciences|Isfahan University of Medical Sciences
hypertension usually symptomless seriously attended causes chronic complications individuals skills understanding applying information health subjects may substantial impact patients behavior healthto determine relationship health literacy knowledge among patients hypertension isfahan province iranthis crosssectional study conducted 700 patients hypertension selected according multistage random quota types isfahan province iran data collection tools included health literacy iranian adults helia hypertension knowledge level scale hkls completed patients data analyzed spss version 23 using pearsons correlation one way anova independentsamples ttest significance level set 005the mean sd participants age 60581114 years results showed relationship age health literacy r0354 p0001 knowledge r0129 p0001 statistically significant three quarters participants 755 inadequate partially adequate health literacy significant correlation blood pressure knowledge mean score health literacy r00407 p0001the present study confirmed majority patients hypertension inadequate health literacy significant correlation blood pressure knowledge mean score health literacy therefore adequate education provided health centers increase health literacy knowledge hypertension hypertensive people suggested future studies conducted use various educational media hypertensive people