Health behaviour advice from health professionals to Canadian adults with hypertension: results from a national survey |
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Authors: | Walker Robin L Gee Marianne E Bancej Christina Nolan Robert P Kaczorowski Janusz Joffres Michel Bienek Asako Gwadry-Sridhar Femida Campbell Norman R C |
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Affiliation: | a Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary Alberta, Canada b Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada c University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada d Department of Family Practice, University of British Columbia and Primary Care and Community Research Child and Family Research Institute, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada e Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada f Lawson Health Research Institute, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada g Departments of Medicine, Community Health Sciences and Physiology and Pharmacology, Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
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Abstract: | BackgroundHealth professionals play an important role in providing health information to patients. The objectives of this study were to examine the type of advice that Canadians with hypertension recall receiving from health professionals to manage their condition, and to assess if there is an association between health behaviour advice provided by health professionals and self-reported engagement in health behaviour modification.MethodsRespondents of the 2009 Survey on Living with Chronic Diseases in Canada (N = 6142) were asked about sociodemographic characteristics, health care utilization, and health behaviour modification to control hypertension. Association between receipt of advice from health professional and ever engaging, continuing to engage, and not engaging in health behaviour modification was quantified by prevalence rate ratios.ResultsMost participants (90.9%; 95% confidence interval [CI], 89.6-92.2) reported that the health professional most responsible for treating their high blood pressure was their general practitioner. Approximately 9% reported that they had not received or do not recall receiving any advice for blood pressure control. The most commonly reported advice received from a health professional was to participate in physical activity or exercise (70.0%). Respondents who had received advice on health behaviour change to manage their high blood pressure were more likely to report engaging in the behaviour compared with those who did not receive such advice.ConclusionsMany Canadians with hypertension receive health behaviour change advice from their health professionals. Receiving this advice was associated with a greater likelihood of attempting health behaviour change and attempting to sustain that change. |
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