Recommendations
Based on the results of the study, the following recommendations are suggested:
1. Increase awareness of elders about risk factors of hypertension is essential to empower and motivate
elders to adopt healthy lifestyle to prevent the disease. This can be achieved through mass media and
health education programs to elders about the disease process and the importance of adopting healthy
lifestyle such as consumption of healthy diet, maintaining physical activity, and proper stress
management.
2. All health care providers should always update themselves with current information and development in
the health profession regarding hypertension knowledge.
3. A comprehensive treatment plan is to be instituted before the patient is discharged from the clinics to
help the patient and his caregiver to understand and follow accurately the required therapeutic regimen.
4. Follow up visits either to the clinic or through home visits is important in order to evaluate the progress
of patient's condition and motivate