بررسي ارتباط بين سبك زندگي و پرفشاري خون اوليه در شهر سبزوار

The Relationship Between Lifestyle and Essential Hypertension in Sabzevar, Iran

Essential hypertension, as a health problem, and Also as an important risk factor in many other diseases such as cardiovascular and venal diseases has attracted the attention of many health-related organizations. In this analytical study, carried out as a case - control design, the relationship between dimensions of lifestyle and essential hypertension was investigated. A sample of 149 patients with essential hypertension and 149 other patients without hypertension problems hospitalized in the same hospital were selected as experimental and control groups respectively. A questionnaire was designed by the researchers to measure lifestyle dimension such as nutrition and sleeping patterns , smoking and physical activity. Based on chi-square and Pearson correlation coefficient statistical tests, our finding revealed significant relationships between essential hypertension and factors in lifestyle such as nutrition patterns and smoking. There fore a lifestyle modification program is beneficial for blood pressuse control.