Journal of Patient Care

Interventional Cardiology Research centre, Cardiovascular Research Institute, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran

Biography

Research Assistant in Nutrition and head of Nutrition Department at Isfahan Cardiovascular Research Institute, Iran. Ph. D. in nutrition epidemiology from the Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Iran. Research interests are community nutrition, clinical nutrition and CVD prevention.
Experienced Head Of Department with a demonstrated history of working in the research industry. Skilled in Clinical Research, Epidemiology, Life Sciences, Data Analysis, and Food Science. Strong education professional with a Ph. D. focused in Clinical Nutrition/Nutritionist from Isfahan University of Medical Sciences.

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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