Jahrom University of Medical Sciences Pars Journal of Medical Sciences 2717-0284 21 3 2024 01 18 The diagnostic role of health-oriented strategies, self-management and incompatible strategies on hypertension: A discriminant analysis The diagnostic role of health-oriented strategies, self-management and incompatible strategies on hypertension: A discriminant analysis 30 39 709189 10.22034/pjms.2024.709189 FA Meisam Amiri PhD Student in Health Psychology, Department of Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Najafabad Branch, Najafabad, Iran. 0000-0002-9649-218X Mostafa Khanzadeh Assistant Professor of Health Psychology, Department of Psychology, Faizul Islam Institute of Higher Education, Khomeini Shahr, Iran 0000-0002-2176-8321 Vahid Sadeghi Firouzabadi Assistant Professor of Psychology, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran. 0000-0002-9524-6120 Mojtaba Ansari Shahidi Assistant Professor of Health Psychology, Department of Psychology, Najaf Abad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Najaf Abad, Iran 0000-0003-3213-5164 Amir Mohsen Rahnejat Associate Professor of Psychology, Department of Clinical Psychology, Faculty of Medicine, Army University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 0000-0002-2194-4698 Journal Article 2023 10 11 Introduction: The high prevalence and consequences of hypertension in teachers has doubled the importance of identifying factors affecting blood pressure disease, the purpose of this study was to investigate the role of the diagnostic role of health-oriented strategies, self-management and incompatible strategies on hypertension: A discriminant analysis in Khorram Abad city.<br />Materials and Methods: The current research method was cross-sectional in year1402. The statistical population was made up of teachers in Khorramabad city, the sample size of the study was equal to 324 people, of which 175 teachers without hypertension and 149 teachers with hypertension were selected by available sampling method. In this study, the standard questionnaire of psychological factors affecting blood pressure was used to collect data, and these data were analyzed with the help of spss-24 software and by variance analysis and discriminant analysis.<br />Results: The results of the discriminant analysis showed that the discriminant function has a very high clean power to distinguish and diagnose teachers with and without hypertension (p<0.05), such that 81.7% of the position of the discriminant function is based on the components of health-oriented strategies, self-management and inconsistent strategies. Also, the diagnostic power related to the subscale of awareness of the disease has been higher(p<0.05).<br />Conclusion: Based on the findings of the present research, it can be concluded that psychological factors play an important role in diagnosing and predicting teacher’s hypertension, and for this purpose, psychologists, counselors and education professionals should pay attention to these factors to prevent and treat teacher’s hypertension. Introduction: The high prevalence and consequences of hypertension in teachers has doubled the importance of identifying factors affecting blood pressure disease, the purpose of this study was to investigate the role of the diagnostic role of health-oriented strategies, self-management and incompatible strategies on hypertension: A discriminant analysis in Khorram Abad city.<br />Materials and Methods: The current research method was cross-sectional in year1402. The statistical population was made up of teachers in Khorramabad city, the sample size of the study was equal to 324 people, of which 175 teachers without hypertension and 149 teachers with hypertension were selected by available sampling method. In this study, the standard questionnaire of psychological factors affecting blood pressure was used to collect data, and these data were analyzed with the help of spss-24 software and by variance analysis and discriminant analysis.<br />Results: The results of the discriminant analysis showed that the discriminant function has a very high clean power to distinguish and diagnose teachers with and without hypertension (p<0.05), such that 81.7% of the position of the discriminant function is based on the components of health-oriented strategies, self-management and inconsistent strategies. Also, the diagnostic power related to the subscale of awareness of the disease has been higher(p<0.05).<br />Conclusion: Based on the findings of the present research, it can be concluded that psychological factors play an important role in diagnosing and predicting teacher’s hypertension, and for this purpose, psychologists, counselors and education professionals should pay attention to these factors to prevent and treat teacher’s hypertension. https://jmj.jums.ac.ir/article_709189_b417568125eca2ca842f8b2fa4d64b8b.pdf