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SUBMITTER: Han HR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3188846 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Han Hae-Ra HR Chan Kitty K Song Heejung H Nguyen Tam T Lee Jong-Eun JE Kim Miyong T MT
Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.) 20110714 10
Patients' knowledge concerning high blood pressure (HBP) is a useful outcome measure in HBP education programs. However, valid and easy-to-use HBP knowledge assessment tools are scarce. The purpose of the study was to validate the HBP Knowledge Test (HKT) in two independent samples of Korean Americans with HBP (N=885). A total of 61% of the sample were women with a mean age of about 61 years (standard deviation=11.0) and 44% reported some college education or greater. Psychometric and item respo ...[more]