Virtual patient education for hypertension: The truth about behavioral change
作者机构:Department of Internal MedicineSaint Vincent HospitalWorcesterMA 01608United States School of Public Health and Health SciencesUniversity of MassachusettsAmherstMA 01003United States Department of Cardiovascular MedicineSaint Vincent HospitalWorcesterMA 01608United States
出 版 物:《World Journal of Cardiology》 (世界心脏病学杂志(英文版)(电子版))
年 卷 期:2023年第15卷第6期
页 面:324-327页
学科分类:12[管理学] 1204[管理学-公共管理] 120402[管理学-社会医学与卫生事业管理(可授管理学、医学学位)] 1004[医学-公共卫生与预防医学(可授医学、理学学位)] 1002[医学-临床医学] 100201[医学-内科学(含:心血管病、血液病、呼吸系病、消化系病、内分泌与代谢病、肾病、风湿病、传染病)] 10[医学]
主 题:Hypertension Virtual education Health promotion Public health Patient education Patient adherence Dietary approaches to stop hypertension diet
摘 要:Anti-hypertensive education is an important public health intervention to decrease the mortality and burden of the *** digital technologies for education as a part of preventive measures for hypertension is a cost-effective approach and helps low-income communities and vulnerable populations overcome barriers to healthcare *** coronavirus disease 19 pandemic further highlighted the need of new health interventions to address health *** education is helpful to improve awareness,knowledge,and attitude toward ***,given the complexity of behavioral change,educational approaches do not always provide a change in *** of the obstacles in online hypertensive education could be time limitations,not being tailored to individual needs and not including the different elements of behavioral models to enhance behavior *** regarding virtual education should be encouraged and involve lifestyle modifications emphasizing the importance of Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension diet,salt restriction,and exercise and should be used adjunct to in-person visits for the management of ***,to stratify patients according to hypertension type(essential or secondary)would be useful to create specific educational *** hypertension education is promising to increase awareness regarding risk factors and most importantly motivate patients to be more compliant with management helping to decrease hypertension related complications and hospitalizations.