Table 3.
Frequencies and mean scores of the hypertensive self-care activity level effect (H-SCALE) of the study participants during the past 7 days.
| H-SCALE variables | 0 time | 1 time | 2 times | 3 times | 4 times | 5 times | 6 times | 7 times | Scale | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | Mean ± SD | |
| Medication adherence | 504 | 45% | 208 | 19% | 104 | 9.3% | 80 | 7.1% | 56 | 5% | 24 | 2.1% | 16 | 1.4% | 124 | 11.1% | 5.2 ± 6.6 |
| Healthy diet | 1,208 | 29% | 1,332 | 33% | 736 | 18% | 360 | 9% | 208 | 5% | 84 | 2% | 60 | 1% | 104 | 3% | 16.7 ± 11.5 |
| Physical activity | 336 | 45% | 188 | 25% | 100 | 13% | 68 | 9% | 16 | 2% | 20 | 3% | 4.0 | 1% | 12 | 2% | 2.3 ± 2.6 |
| Smoking | 472 | 63% | 112 | 15% | 100 | 13% | 28 | 4% | 4.0 | 1% | 8.0 | 1% | 0.0 | 0% | 20 | 3% | 2.5 ± 2.5 |
| Weight management | 0.0 | 0.0% | 1,592 | 43% | 812 | 22% | 648 | 17% | 388 | 10% | 280 | 8% | 0.0 | 0% | 0.0 | 0% | 21.8 ± 10.3 |
| Total | 2,520 | 24% | 3,432 | 33% | 1,852 | 18% | 1,184 | 11% | 672 | 6% | 416 | 4% | 80 | 1% | 260 | 3% | 47.7 ± 23.5 |