Open AccessSodium intake prediction with health promotion model constructs in rural hypertensive patients
Author(s) -
Kamran Ali,
Gholamreza Sharifirad,
Yousef Shafaeei,
Leila Azadbakht
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
indian journal of public health/indian journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.381
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 2229-7693
pISSN - 0019-557X
DOI - 10.4103/0019-557x.157517
Subject(s) - structural equation modeling , medicine , health belief model , descriptive statistics , health promotion , statistics , public health , mathematics , pathology
Hypertension is the most common cause of cardiovascular disease, and the growing epidemic is a serious warning to pay more attention to this disease. The aims of this study were to examine the relationships between the health promotion model (HPM) constructs and sodium intake, and to determine the predictive power of the HPM constructs as the possible mediators of sodium intake in rural Iranian hypertensive patients.