Health-promoting behaviors among hypertensive adult patients with and without comorbidities in Indonesia: a cross-sectional study†
Article Category: Original Article
Published Online: Oct 09, 2022
Page range: 255 - 261
Received: Feb 19, 2022
Accepted: Mar 18, 2022
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fon-2022-0031
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Objective
The aim of this study was to evaluate health-promoting behaviors among hypertensive patients with and without comorbidities.
Methods
A cross-sectional study using multistage cluster sampling in Indonesia was applied. The health-promoting behaviors were assessed using Health-Promoting Lifestyle Profile 2 and analyzed using independent
Results
A total of 116 participants joined this study. The score of health-promoting behaviors in adults with and without hypertension was 2.90 and 2.79, respectively. Hypertensive patients with comorbidities had significantly higher results than those without comorbidities, with the following results for the considered subscales: total score (
Conclusions
Hypertensive patients with comorbidities showed higher engagement in health-promoting behaviors and the male gender was a significant predictor for existing comorbidity among patients with hypertension.