作者
Othman Beni Yonis, Yousef Khader, Abdulhakeem Okour, Mousa Al Omari, Thekraiat Al Quran, Adi Khassawneh, Baha Al-Mashikhi, Mohamid Shawkat
发表日期
2019/4
期刊
Postgraduate Medical Journal
卷号
95
期号
1122
页码范围
193-197
出版商
Oxford University Press
简介
Introduction
The purpose of this study was to determine the hypertension control rate and its associated factors among treated patients attending a teaching primary healthcare centre in Jordan.
Study design
We conducted a retrospective cohort study of 286 patients with HTN, treated with medications, who attended Jordan University of Science and Technology primary healthcare centre in Irbid, Jordan, from July through September 2018. Data were abstracted from the patient’s medical records and personal interviews. Multivariate logistic regression analysis was used to examine independent factors associated with hypertension control.
Results
Blood pressure control rate was 90.9% and was significantly higher among patients who were married (p=0.02), with higher income level (p<0.01), non-smokers (p=0.01), free of diabetes mellitus or dyslipidaemia (p …
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