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Table 4 Summary of questions with significant increase as well as overall increase

From: Health promotion via SMS improves hypertension knowledge for deaf South Africans

Question

Test

P-Value

1. What is high blood pressure?

McNemar’s

.0213

3. What puts a person at risk of developing high blood pressure?

Paired t test

.0017

7. Can high blood pressure be cured?

McNemar’s

.0072

8. If a person with high blood pressure leaves Cape Town for a while, which one of the following is right?

McNemar’s

.0213

10. Can a person lower his/her blood pressure?

McNemar’s

.0213

18. What should you cut down on if you have high blood pressure? Choose as many answers as you like.*

Wilcoxon signed-rank

.0455

OVERALL SCORES

Wilcoxon signed-rank

.0033