Journal of Patient Care

Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Health School, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Iran

Biography

Marjan Mansourian (Ph.D.) is currently affiliated to the BIO ART research group (UPC) with the Marie Curie fellowship and the Biostatistics and Epidemiology Department, Faculty of Health, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences (Iran) as the full professor and also the data-analysis department of Isfahan Cardiovascular research center, a WHO-collaborating center. She received the B.S. and M.S. degrees from the University of Isfahan and Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran, in 2003 and 2007, respectively. She received her Ph.D. in Biostatistics from Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran, in 2004. 

Publications

• Research Article   
  Self-Care Behaviours and Determinants Associated with Hypertension Control in Elderly Patients
  Author(s): Nizal Sarrafzadegan*, Marjan Mansourian, Hassan Alikhassi, Alireza Sherafat, Alireza Khosravi, Maryam Eghbali, Noushin Mohammadifard, Sonia Zarfeshani, Feridoun Noohi and Mostafa Barghi
  
  Objective: To determine the impact of self-care and its determinants on blood pressure control in elderly patients with hypertension in Isfahan, Iran. Methods: This Cross-sectional study included2100 patients with hypertension aged more than 65 years. We calculated and compared self-care behaviours score between patients with controlled and uncontrolled hypertension. Results: Uncontrolled blood pressure group has lower levels of self-care score than controlled group. Factors like Knowledge, attitude and practice about hypertension control, family support, socioeconomic status and underlying diseases have affected self-care behaviour score in controlling patients' blood pressure. Discussion: Our findings led to future studies to examine the effect of education and training programs on hypertensi.. View more»
  

  DOI: 10.35248/2573-4598.21.7.157

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