Correlational study on Hypertension and Dietary Regimen among young adults in Bontoc, Mountain Province Philippines

Abstract

Interest in the relationship between hypertension and dietary regimen is an issue that needs to be understood for it has recently intensified that hypertension and non-optimal blood pressure levels are the most important contributors to cardio and cerebrovascular disease that is common not only to Filipinos but in the Pacific region with prevalence that is analogous to what is reported in developed countries. Thus, this needs an attention in which lifestyle would benefits these people. As such, diet is one of the important but neglected as regimen. With this, the authors agreed to come up with a study to look for the level of awareness of fifty hypertensive young adults on hypertension and their compliance to dietary regimen and at the same time, to uncover if there is significant relationships between the level of awareness on hypertension and the level of compliance to dietary regimen. Descriptive correlational study was employed and a reliable questionnaire that was formulated and utilized as the data gathering tool. Hypertensive young adults were found to be much aware on hypertension and they are high compliant to dietary regimen. There is significant relationship between the level of awareness on hypertension and level of compliance to dietary regimen.