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- Title
Higher blood pressure control rate in a real life management program provided by the community health service center in China.
- Authors
Xiao-Jing Chen; Xi-Lian Gao; Gui-Ying You; Jing Jiang; Xiao-Lin Sun; Xiao Li; Yu-Cheng Chen; Yu-Jia Liang; Qing Zhang; Zhi Zeng
- Abstract
Background: Community health service center (CHSC) in China is always regarded as a good facility of primary care, which plays an important role in chronic non-communicable disease management. This study aimed to investigate the blood pressure (BP) control rate in a real life CHSC-based management program and its determinants. Methods: The study enrolled 3191 patients (mean age of 70 ± 10 years, 43% males) in a hypertension management program provided by the Yulin CHSC (Chengdu, China), which had been running for 9 years. Uncontrolled BP was defined as the systolic BP of ≥140 mmHg and/or the diastolic BP of ≥90 mmHg, and its associated factors were analyzed by using logistic regression. Results: The duration of stay in the program was 33 ± 25 months. When compared with the BP at entry, the recent BP was significantly lowered (147 ± 17 vs. 133 ± 8 mmHg; 83 ± 11 vs. 75 ± 6 mmHg) and the BP control rate was dramatically increased (32 vs. 85%) (all p < 0.001). The age of >70 years [1.40 (odds ratio), 1.15-1.71 (95% confidence interval)], female gender (0.76, 0.63-0.93), longer stay of >33 months (0.77, 0.63-0.94), doctor in charge (0.97, 0.95-0.99), and the use of calcium channel blocker (1.35, 1.09-1.67) were significantly related to uncontrolled BP at the recent follow up (all p < 0.05). Conclusions: This CHSC-run hypertension program provides an ideal platform of multi-intervention management, which is effective in achieving higher BP control rate in community patient population. However, the BP control status could be affected by age, gender and adherence of the patients, as well as practice behavior of the doctors.
- Subjects
CHINA; HYPERTENSION; THERAPEUTICS; REGULATION of blood pressure; COMMUNITY health services; MEDICAL care; PRIMARY care; NON-communicable diseases
- Publication
BMC Public Health, 2014, Vol 14, p1
- ISSN
1471-2458
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1186/1471-2458-14-801