Kanung Komrungsee. Factors associated with blood pressure control in essential hypertensive patients at Suak primary care unit, Nan province . Master's Degree(Epidemiology). Mahidol University. : Mahidol University, 2007.
Factors associated with blood pressure control in essential hypertensive patients at Suak primary care unit, Nan province
Abstract:
There is a relationship between blood pressure control and risk factors in
hypertensive patients. This study explores this relationship with the view to providing
helpful indicators for better patient care.
A cross-sectional study was designed to determine risk factors of essential
hypertensive patients with blood pressure control at Suak Primary Care Unit in Nan
Province, who received hypertensive treatment there from 1 February to 30 April
2007. The total number of subjects was 310. Chi-square statistics were used in
univariate and multivariate analysis by logistic regression with 95% confidence
interval.
There were 115 men (37.1%) and 195 women (62.9%) with a mean age of
61.89 years. The factors such as having adequate income and savings (ORadj = 2.51,
95%CI = 1.14-5.56, p = 0.023) and having no one to remind them to meet doctors or
nurses (ORadj = 1.95, 95%CI = 1.14-3.32, p = 0.015) were significantly associated
with blood pressure control in this study.
The finding of this study shows the factors associated with hypertension in the
Suak Primary Care Unit and provides useful knowledge for prevention and control of
essential hypertension.