Comparison of blood pressure control in community hypertensive patients with different management methods
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1671-7368.2015.01.006
- VernacularTitle:不同就诊方式社区高血压患者的血压控制效果比较
- Author:
Mei ZHU
;
Junling GAO
;
Guiqin JIN
;
Jianying ZHENG
;
Qin HUANG
;
Jueying CHEN
;
Zhigang PAN
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Hypertension;
Treatment methods;
Community health services
- From:
Chinese Journal of General Practitioners
2015;14(1):15-19
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To compare blood pressure control in community hypertensive patients with different management methods.Methods Two neighborhood committees in a community of Pudong were selected as study area using cluster sampling method.A total of 5 166 residents aged ≥35 y were screened for blood pressure; the subjects with high blood pressure and had antihypertensive medication in last 6 months were included,and patients with secondary hypertension was excluded.The patients who entered community hypertension management program and got medication from community were included in community group; those who did not enter in community management program and/or not get medication from community were included in non-community group.Self-designed questionnaire was used for investigation.The medication compliance,awareness of hypertension risk factors and high blood pressure control were compared between two groups.Results Among 5 166 residents 4 763 were surveyed for hypertension with a response rate of 92.2％ and hypertension prevalence rate of 23.2％ (1 105/4 763).Among 1 012 patients with drug treatment for more than 6 months,there were 878 cases in community (86.8％) and 134 cases (13.2％) in non-community group.There were no significant differences in gender,age,education,working condition between community group and non-community group (P ＞ 0.05).44.3％ (389/878) patients in community group had a history of high blood pressure ＞ 10 y and that was 56.7％ (76/134) in non-community group (P =0.011) ; 28.6％ (251/878) patients in community group were at high risk for risk stratification and that in non-community group was 47.8％ (64/134) (P ＜0.001).The awareness of hypertension risk factors in community group and non-community group was 83.9％ and 95.5％,respectively (P ＜ 0.001).The medication compliance and blood pressure control rates in two groups were 93.2 ％ and 84.3 ％ (P ＜ 0.001),68.6％ and 51.5 ％,respectively (P ＜ 0.001).Conclusion The outcomes of hypertension management in terms of medication compliance and blood pressure control in community group are better than those in non-community group.
