Tze Chang Liu
A Case Study of the Adaptive Learning Platform in a Taiwanese Elementary School: Precision Education from Teachers' Perspectives
Education and information technologies
uncontrolled hypertension major public health problem among patients developed developing countries present study conducted investigate prevalence causes uncontrolled hypertension facilitate design effective methods hypertension control crosssectional study conducted 303 adults hypertension standard health literacy questionnaire used collect data uncontrolled hypertension ascertained based definition multiple logistic regression model used 95 confidence level variables considered confounders including age sex marital status family size income monthly mean smoking past current education level physical activity times week mean sd age participants n303 593127 years 574 men prevalence uncontrolled hypertension 505 mean score health literacy among patients controlled hypertension higher among patients uncontrolled hypertension 64832372 vs 46282219 p0001 odds uncontrolled hypertension decreased 3 patients 097 p006 adherence treatment 013 p0001 salt consumption per package purchased per month 440 p0001 increased physical activity per hour per week 056 p0001 current passive cigarette smoking 459 p0010 positive history chronic diseases 262 p0027 increased family size per 1 child 057 p0001 associated uncontrolled hypertension results showed borderline association increased health literacy hypertension control additionally increased salt consumption reduced physical activity small family size underlying diseases eg diabetes chronic heart disease renal disease could increase odds uncontrolled hypertension iranian society