Drug control of hypertension in primary health care centers-registered patients, Al-khobar, saudi arabia

To assess the quality of the pharmacological control of hypertension. A cross-sectional study. Primary health care centers-registered hypertensive patients. Primary health care centers in Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia. Data was recorded, using a structured questionnaire, through direct interviewing of pat...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of Family & Community Medicine 1997-07, Vol.4 (2), p.47-53
Hauptverfasser: Elzubier, A G, Al-Shahri, M A
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:To assess the quality of the pharmacological control of hypertension. A cross-sectional study. Primary health care centers-registered hypertensive patients. Primary health care centers in Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia. Data was recorded, using a structured questionnaire, through direct interviewing of patients, and from their medical records. It included demographic characteristics, hypertension related, and doctors'-related variables; and patients' utilization of other health facilities and whether they had other chronic diseases. The proportion of patients with controlled hypertension was 37%. It was significantly increased with age below 55 years, with non-Saudis, duration of treatment shorter than 5 years; and with the use of monotherapy. Doctors' care-related variables did not show significant variation with the number of controlled patients which may imply that the quality of follow-up might not be adequate. The proportion of controlled patients cared for in the PHC centers is low. The factors associated with control were age, and the use of a single antihypertensive drug. The study questions the quality of follow-up of patients by the PHC physicians.
ISSN:1319-1683
2230-8229
2229-340X
DOI:10.4103/2230-8229.98432