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An Education-Counseling Program for Young Prehypertensive Adults

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  • Eunhee Jo
  • Soon-jung Hwang
  • Eun- jin Jeong
  • Minsun Kim

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In this non-equivalent control group, non-synchronized study, we assessed the effects of an education-counseling program for young prehypertensive adults. We included 40 and 47 prehypertensive individuals in the experimental and control groups, respectively. A structured questionnaire (pretest) was used to assess prehypertension-related knowledge, attitudes, health-promoting behavior, and self-efficacy. The experimental group underwent the 8-week program, while the control group received basic prehypertension and self-management education. Subsequently, blood pressure (BP) was measured, and prehypertension-related knowledge, attitudes, health-promoting behavior, and self-efficacy were evaluated using a questionnaire (posttest). There were significant intergroup differences in knowledge ( t  = 3.04, p  = .003), attitudes ( t  = 6.41, p  

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  • Eunhee Jo & Soon-jung Hwang & Eun- jin Jeong & Minsun Kim, 2023. "An Education-Counseling Program for Young Prehypertensive Adults," Clinical Nursing Research, , vol. 32(2), pages 349-358, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:clnure:v:32:y:2023:i:2:p:349-358
    DOI: 10.1177/10547738211059622
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