Behavior intention of home blood pressure monitoring in hypertension patients

Abstract

Objective To explore the behavior intention of home blood pressure monitoring in hypertension patients, analyze the influence factors and provide the emphasis of health education and reference for formulating individual intervention. Methods A total of 156 hypertension patients from February 2016 to August 2016 in the outpatient department of Fuling Center Hospital of Chongqing were surveyed using self-designed behavior intention of home blood pressure monitoring and influence factors questionnaire. One-way ANOVA and multiple stepwise regression analysis were performed to analyze the factors affecting behavior intention of home blood pressure monitoring in hypertension patients. Results The average score of home blood pressure monitoring intention in hypertension outpatients was (3.9±1.1). The scores of attitude, subjective norm and perceived behavior control were (111.7±8.0), (62.5±6.9) and (84.9±23.1). There were significant differences in the behavior intention score of patients with different educational levels (F=5.377, P=0.005). The factors affecting the behavior intention of home blood pressure monitoring in hypertension patients were attitude, subjective norm and perceived behavior control (β=0.682, 0.114, 0.070; P<0.01). Influence factors of home blood pressure monitoring intention explained 58.1% of the variance (R2=0.581). Conclusions Patients′ behavior intention of home blood pressure monitoring is positive. Perceived behavior control, subjective norm and attitude affect the behavior intention of home blood pressure monitoring in hypertension patients. The nursing intervention should focus on improving patients′ execute ability, providing positive evaluation on the behavior of home blood pressure monitoring and increasing patients′ knowledge of home blood pressure monitoring. Key words: Hypertension; Home blood pressure monitoring; Behavior intention; Theory of planned behavior