Coping styles and lifestyle factors among hypertensive and non-hypertensive subjects
Introduction: The objective of this study was to investigate the relationship between hypertensive patients and their coping style and associated lifestyle factors. Methods: A total of 502 participants attending nine outpatient clinics completed the validated Bahasa Malaysia version of the Cop...
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Singapore Medical Association
2011
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| Online Access: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/4089/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/4089/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/4089/1/19.Coping_Style_Singapore.pdf |
| Summary: | Introduction: The objective of this study was to
investigate the relationship between hypertensive
patients and their coping style and associated
lifestyle factors.
Methods: A total of 502 participants attending
nine outpatient clinics completed the validated
Bahasa Malaysia version of the Coping Inventory
for Stressful Situations and sociodemographic
questionnaires. The height, weight, pulse rate
and blood pressure of all the participants were
measured using standardised methods.
Results: A total of 264 (52.6 percent) participants
were hypertensive, while 238 (47.4 percent) were
not. Participants with a high task-oriented score
showed a significantly lower risk of hypertension
compared to those with a low score (odds ratio
[OR] 0.546; 95 percent confidence interval [CI]
0.371–0.804). Those with a high emotion-oriented
coping score were associated with an increased
risk of hypertension (OR 1.691; 95 percent CI
1.107–2.582). Hypertension was also significantly
associated with a higher mean body mass index,
positive family history of hypertension, history
of diabetes mellitus and hypercholesterolaemia.
In multiple logistic regression analysis with
hypertension status as the dependent variable, a
high emotion-oriented coping score, a low taskoriented
coping score, age, body mass index,
positive family history of hypertension and history
of diabetes mellitus remain significant factors in
the final model.
Conclusion: These results indicated a significant
relationship between hypertension and coping
styles and lifestyle factors. They underscored
the importance of further study as well as the
development and implementation of intervention
measures to improve coping skills among
hypertensive patients, which may be incorporated
into the management of hypertension. |
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