A Development of the Innovation “Advising Box for Preventing Hypertension”

Abstract

           Hypertension is the major public health problem in the world because it leads to several diseases. Therefore, a prevention of these hypertension complications should be developed. The objectives of this study were 1) to develop the innovation “Advising Box for Preventing Hypertension” for general population and population at risk of hypertension, 2) to compare knowledge of hypertension prevention before and after using an innovation, and  3) to examine the satisfactions toward the innovation. The participants were 20 people aged over 15 years, who live in Paktok Sub District, Muang District, Phitsanulok Province. They were selected by using accidental sampling. The instruments included knowledge regarding hypertension prevention questionaire and satisfactions toward the innovation questionnaire. The data were analyzed by using descriptive statistics and Wilcoxon Signed Ranks Test.

          The results showed that: after participating in using “Advising Box for Preventing Hypertension” innovation, the participants had knowledge of hypertension prevention at a good level in both before and after using the innovation (83.50% and 96.50% respectively). Knowledge of hypertension prevention are significantly higher than those before participating (p <.01). The satisfaction on using the innovation of them was good (85.92%). It can be summarized that this innovative “Advising Box for Preventing Hypertension” might help people gain knowledge of hypertension prevention. The innovation is useful for public health personnel to apply for preventing hypertension.