Rahavard Salamat Journal

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Introduction and aim: Healthy and unhealthy behaviors of the ppeople that affects on their health condition. The aim of this study was survey of the relationship between physical activity, stress management and interpersonal relationship with hypertension in people referred to health centers of Ilam.

Materials and method: This study was a case-control study. The data were collected by standard d questionnaire (hplp2) and by directly questioning from referred people to the health services center of Ilam city. After collecting and sorting questionnaires, the data were entered in to SPSS software and analyzed by using descriptive statistics and chi-square test, t-test, and logistic regression.

Result: Results of the analysis showed that the mean scores of the two groups in physical activity and stress management are significantly different (p<0.05) So that the dimensions mean score in the patient's with hypertension was significantly lower than in controls group but the relationship between hypertension and nutrition and interpersonal relationship was not significant.

Discussion and conclusion: The results of our study showed that the mean scores in the control group on physical activity and stress management dimensions is significantly higher than the control group. So it seems having educational intervention about physical activity and stress management at risk people can affect in control of hypertension disease.

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Abstract:
Background and objective: Most important risky behaviors of health is inadequate diet, physical inactivity and smoking. The aim of this case control study was survey of relation between lifestyle of hypertension patients and some risky behaviors in patients referred to health centers of Ilam province.
 
Materials and Methods: In this case control study 200 hypertension patients and 200 people as a control group referred to the health centers of Ilam province selected by simple random sampling. Both groups completed the HPLP2 questionnaire. The data were analyzed by SPSS software and mann Whitney and cross kalwalis test.
 
Results: In relation to smoking, 10/9% of cases and 25/5% of the control group were smoking cigarettes or hookah. About oil consumption in food in control group 15/1% tend to eat low-fat foods, 53/6% moderate and 12.30% of fatty foods that the number of cases were 27/9%, 41/8% and 30/2 respectively. The mood of 46/4% of control groups was calm, 44/3%, sometimes angry and 9/4% very angry, this percent for case group was 39/9%, 44/7% and 13/9%, respectively.
 
Conclusion: According to the results and higher rates of smoking and high fat and salty food in control group compared to the case group, its seems this deferent related to the educational program for case group about dangers of smoking and high-fat diet and salt food. Therefore it is necessary to have educational intervention for other people.