| Effect of the Hypertension-Management Educational Program on Hypertension Awareness of the Life Planner in Korea |
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SookJa Lee1, EunSook Park1, Young-Joo Park1, KuemSun Han1, Ji Young Im2 |
1Korea University. College of Nursing
2Inha University, Department of Nursing |
| 고혈압 관리 교육이 생명보험 설계사의 고혈압 인지 능력 향상에 미치는 효과 |
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이숙자1, 박은숙1, 박영주1, 한금선1, 임지영2 |
1고려대학교 간호대학 교수, 부교수
2인하대학교 간호학과 조교수 |
Correspondence:
KuemSun Han, Tel: 82-2-3290-4919, Fax: 82-2-927-4676,
Email: hkusn@korea.ac.kr
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Received: 23 August 2005 • Accepted: 30 September 2005 |
| Abstract |
Purpose
This study was to identify the effects of hypertension-management educational program on the awareness of hypertension of life-planner using quasi-experimental control group pre-post test design.
Methods
The subjects consists of a convenience sample of 270 life planner, who employed a life insurance company. Hypertension-management education was conducted for the experimental group(n=124) twice for 1 hour for 1 week. The control group(n=146) did not received educational session. For both group the level of hypertension awareness was measured before and after experiment.
Results
The experimental group reported a significan: higher level of hypertension awareness than control group(t=7.37, p<.001). The level of hypertension awareness of life planner was below than average(m= 12.07, range=0-27).
Conclusion
This study showed that hypertension-management educational program has positive effect on increasing the level of hypertension awareness of the life planner. From the results, it is suggested that the life planner can mediating role for screening the patients with hypertension at community setting in Korea. |
| Key Words:
hypertension-management educational program; hypertension awareness |
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