Factors Influencing the Subjective Health Status of Middle-Aged Women with Hypertension

Key Points

• The aim is to identify factors influencing subjective health status in middle-aged women with hypertension and provide foundational data for health management.
• Analyzed data from 2,262 middle-aged women, focusing on 308 with hypertension from the Korean National Health and Nutrition Survey 2022-2023.
• Utilized complex sample frequency analysis and linear models with SPSS/WIN 25.0 to analyze subjective health variables.
• Conducted multivariate regression analysis to identify significant influencing factors.
• Subjective health score among hypertensive middle-aged women was 2.83 on a 5-point scale.
• Significant factors influencing subjective health included education level, exercise frequency, obesity, and depression.
• Higher subjective health perception was linked to educational attainment, while obesity and higher depression scores decreased subjective health.

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