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The education and screening of minority physicians regarding hypertension
ABSTRACTS:
HIGH
BLOOD
PRESSURE
61
CONTROL
A-57 THE EDUCATION HYPERTENSION
AND SCREENING
OF MINORITY
PHYSICIANS
REGARDING
Duane H. Dillman, Charles R. Drew Postgraduate Medical School, Los Angeles, California; Robert P. Hanson; Kristene Thompson, Martin Luther King, Jr. General Hospital, Los Angeles, California The study was undertaken to improve the education of physicians regarding hypertension. Objectives were to increase physician knowledge, to determine physician knowledge of and ability to estimate their own pressure, and to determine incidence of hypertension and treatment among physicians. Two hundred physicians, mostly Black, at a national convention by completing regarding their knowledge, estimating having their blood pressures taken.
participated in this an anonymous answer their own pressures,
study sheet and
Results included analysis of questions, detailed description of the population and findings of the screening. Over 44% of the sample had blood pressure greater than 140/90. Additional findings included the sample with a positive history of hypertension, those receiving treatment and the type of treatment which the physicians are following. Implications professionals fessionals
of the study are important with hypertension.
in
comparisons in improving
with other samples the care of non-pro-
A-58 EFFECTS OF HEALTH BELIEFS ABOUT HYPERTENSION ON PREVENTIVE BEHAVIOR. Joanne M. Disch, Medical Nursing, Rush University.
of
HEAL,"H
The purpose of this study was to investigate effects of health beliefs on preventive behavior in individuals with an elevated blood pressure reading. A questionnaire was developed to measure perceived susceptibility, perceived severity and the belief that disease could be present without symptoms. After screening 248 individuals, 55 were found to have an elevated blood pressure. They were told to see their physicians within 2 months. (At the end of this period, following the initial blood pressure screening, 21 of the 55 individuals (38%) had sought follow-up medical care.) Twelve hypotheses were developed and tested to identify relationships between those who sought medical care and those who did not. The major significant findings of this study were that (1) there was an association found between the presence of family history of hypertension and the seeking of medical care and (2) there was a difference in score levels on the Symptomatology Scale between those individuals who sought medical care and those who did not. Those persons who expressed a stronger belief that hypertension could exist without symptoms were more likely to see their physicians. No association was found between age, sex, race, socioeconomic status, or scores on the Susceptibility or Severity Scales and the seeking of medical care. This study emphasizes the "silent killer" belief is associated care measures.
the aspect with
need for publicity of Hypertension. increased utilization
and education regarding Acceptance of this of preventive health
HIGH
BLOOD
PRESSURE
61
CONTROL
A-57 THE EDUCATION HYPERTENSION
AND SCREENING
OF MINORITY
PHYSICIANS
REGARDING
Duane H. Dillman, Charles R. Drew Postgraduate Medical School, Los Angeles, California; Robert P. Hanson; Kristene Thompson, Martin Luther King, Jr. General Hospital, Los Angeles, California The study was undertaken to improve the education of physicians regarding hypertension. Objectives were to increase physician knowledge, to determine physician knowledge of and ability to estimate their own pressure, and to determine incidence of hypertension and treatment among physicians. Two hundred physicians, mostly Black, at a national convention by completing regarding their knowledge, estimating having their blood pressures taken.
participated in this an anonymous answer their own pressures,
study sheet and
Results included analysis of questions, detailed description of the population and findings of the screening. Over 44% of the sample had blood pressure greater than 140/90. Additional findings included the sample with a positive history of hypertension, those receiving treatment and the type of treatment which the physicians are following. Implications professionals fessionals
of the study are important with hypertension.
in
comparisons in improving
with other samples the care of non-pro-
A-58 EFFECTS OF HEALTH BELIEFS ABOUT HYPERTENSION ON PREVENTIVE BEHAVIOR. Joanne M. Disch, Medical Nursing, Rush University.
of
HEAL,"H
The purpose of this study was to investigate effects of health beliefs on preventive behavior in individuals with an elevated blood pressure reading. A questionnaire was developed to measure perceived susceptibility, perceived severity and the belief that disease could be present without symptoms. After screening 248 individuals, 55 were found to have an elevated blood pressure. They were told to see their physicians within 2 months. (At the end of this period, following the initial blood pressure screening, 21 of the 55 individuals (38%) had sought follow-up medical care.) Twelve hypotheses were developed and tested to identify relationships between those who sought medical care and those who did not. The major significant findings of this study were that (1) there was an association found between the presence of family history of hypertension and the seeking of medical care and (2) there was a difference in score levels on the Symptomatology Scale between those individuals who sought medical care and those who did not. Those persons who expressed a stronger belief that hypertension could exist without symptoms were more likely to see their physicians. No association was found between age, sex, race, socioeconomic status, or scores on the Susceptibility or Severity Scales and the seeking of medical care. This study emphasizes the "silent killer" belief is associated care measures.
the aspect with
need for publicity of Hypertension. increased utilization
and education regarding Acceptance of this of preventive health