Secondary Outcome
hypertension, impaired fasting glucose
BLOOD, HYPERTENSION
An 8-item questionnaire survey was used to compare the changes in hypertension knowledge in each group and between the 2 groups at baseline and 6 months. The items included (1) definition of hypertension, (2) treatment, (3) risk factors, (4) comorbidities, (5) prevention, (6) salt intake, (7) medication use, and (8) hypertension classification. For each item, the correct answer was scored as 1; otherwise, it was scored as 0. The overall awareness rate of hypertension knowledge was calculated by the proportion of the correct answers to all responses to each question.A 6-item questionnaire survey was used to compare a patient’s changes in lifestyle behavior at baseline and 6 months. The items included (1) cigarette smoking, (2) alcohol consumption, (3) healthy dietary habit, (4) low-salt intake, (5) physical exercise, and (6) and antihypertensive medication adherence. The options 3 to 5 in each item are equidistantly quantified in accordance with the degree of compliance from high to low. For example, for an item with 3 options, complete compliance was scored as 1, partial compliance was scored as 0.5, and noncompliance was scored as 0. The overall compliance rate of lifestyle behavior was calculated by the average score of all 6 questions.Blood glucose levels (including normal blood glucose and impaired fasting glucose), blood lipid levels (including low risk, moderate risk, and high risk), waist-hip ratio, and BMI were measured at baseline and 6 months.