Ailelerinde Hipertansiyon Hastası Olan Kişilerde Hipertansiyon Gelişiminin Önlenmesiyle İlgili Tutumlar: Bir Ölçek Geliştirme Çalışması

Objective: Hypertension (HT) is the second most commonly diagnosed disease in Turkey and a global health problem. This study aimed to develop a scale to be used in HT prevention by investigating attitudes that might prevent HT in individuals who have a family member with HT. Materials and Methods: In this methodological study “Attitudes Scale towards Prevention of HT(ASPH)” was developed. For the scale validity and reliability analyzes were performed: For content validity expert views were received, for construct validity [principle component analysis (Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin(KMO), Bartlett test, eigenvalues-explained variance, scree