scholarly journals Associations of Health Literacy with Blood Pressure and Dietary Salt Intake among Adults: A Systematic Review

Nutrients ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (12) ◽  
pp. 4534
Author(s):  
Darwish Mohd Mohd Isa ◽  
Suzana Shahar ◽  
Feng J. He ◽  
Hazreen Abdul Majid
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Health Promotion ◽  
Health Literacy ◽  
Salt Intake ◽  
Cochrane Library ◽  
Dietary Salt ◽  
Dietary Salt Intake ◽  
Mesh Terms ◽  
The Relationship

Health literacy has been recognized as a significant social determinant of health, defined as the ability to access, understand, appraise, and apply health-related information across healthcare, disease prevention, and health promotion. This systematic review aims to understand the relationship between health literacy, blood pressure, and dietary salt intake. A web-based search of PubMed, Web of Science, CINAHL, ProQuest, Scopus, Cochrane Library, and Prospero was performed using specified search/MESH terms and keywords. Two reviewers independently performed the data extraction and analysis, cross-checked, reviewed, and resolved any discrepancies by the third reviewer. Twenty out of twenty-two studies met the inclusion criteria and were rated as good quality papers and used in the final analysis. Higher health literacy had shown to have better blood pressure or hypertension knowledge. However, the relationship between health literacy with dietary salt intake has shown mixed and inconsistent findings. Studies looking into the main four domains of health literacy are still limited. More research exploring the links between health literacy, blood pressure, and dietary salt intake in the community is warranted. Using appropriate and consistent health literacy tools to evaluate the effectiveness of salt reduction as health promotion programs is required.

scholarly journals Blood Pressure and Hormonal Responses to Short Whole Body Cold Exposure in Subjects with High Dietary Salt Intake.

1999 ◽  
Vol 18 (6) ◽  
pp. 203-209 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olli Arjamaa ◽  
Lauri Turunen ◽  
Tero Malkinen ◽  
Jaana Laitinen ◽  
Juhani Leppaluoto ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Cold Exposure ◽  
Salt Intake ◽  
Whole Body ◽  
Dietary Salt ◽  
Hormonal Responses ◽  
Dietary Salt Intake

Dietary Salt Intake and Blood Pressure

JAMA ◽  
1983 ◽  
Vol 250 (3) ◽  
pp. 365 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert A. Holden
Keyword(s):  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Salt Intake ◽  
Dietary Salt ◽  
Dietary Salt Intake

scholarly journals Barriers of dietary salt reduction among hypertensive patients: a cross sectional study

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (9) ◽  
pp. 3459
Author(s):  
Mariyam Khwaja
Keyword(s):  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Salt Intake ◽  
Lifestyle Modification ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Dietary Salt ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Salt Reduction ◽  
Hypertensive Patients ◽  
Dietary Salt Intake

Background: Healthy dietary practice is an important lifestyle modification and one of the key adjuncts to pharmacotherapy in management of hypertension. A modest reduction in salt intake of 5 gm/day lowered blood pressure by 7/4 mmHg diastolic in hypertensive patients. Despite knowledge about the ill consequences, many people continue to consume high levels of salt in their diet. To motivate people to reduce salt in their diet, a solid understanding of barriers encountered by those under salt reduction recommendation is necessary. Hence, this study was conducted with the aim of identifying the barriers to dietary salt reduction among hypertensive patients.Methods: A community based cross sectional study was conducted on a sample of 356 hypertensive patients in field practice areas (urban and rural) in Department of Community Medicine, JNMC, AMU, Aligarh. A pretested semi-structured questionnaire was used for the study. Compliance to dietary salt intake was assessed by calculating average salt intake per person per day. The tenets of health belief model were used to examine the key determinants of human behavior. Analysis was done by using correlation, proportions, chi-square and multiple linear regression.Results: 31.4% of the participants took salt <5 gm per day. A significant association was noticed with area, religion, social class, family size, perceived benefits and perceived susceptibility. A significant positive correlation was seen with total adherence score and family size.Conclusions: A lot of barriers hinder the compliance to dietary salt reduction. Health Education stressing the role of salt reduction in control of blood pressure is recommended.

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