Self-monitoring urinary salt excretion in adults: A novel education program for restricting dietary salt intake

Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 615-618

  Yasutake, Kenichiro ^a   Sawano, Kayoko ^a   Yamaguchi, Shoko ^a   Sakai, Hiroko ^b   Amadera, Hatsumi ^b   Tsuchihashi, Takuya ^c  

^a NISHIKYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Tosu Health Center   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION KYUSHU MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Hypertension prevention; Salt restriction education; Self monitoring; Urinary salt excretion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIET RESTRICTION; DIETARY INTAKE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF MONITORING; SODIUM EXCRETION; STUDENT T TEST; URINARY EXCRETION;

EID: 79958024338     PISSN: 17920981     EISSN: 17921015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/etm.2011.265     Document Type: Article

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