On the transition from a nurse-led hypertension clinic to hypertension control in primary care: identifying barriers to and factors acting against continuous hypertension control

Figures & data

Table 1. Descriptive data at re-examination.

	n	Mean %	SD
Age (years)	117	64.7	10.96
Men (%)	117	58.1
SBP (mmHg)	117	142.4	15.6
Ambulatory SBP in daytime (mmHg)	32	142.1	15.70
SBP < 140 mmHg (%)	117	45.3
BMI (kg/m^2)	102	28.0	4.27
Non-smokers (%)	116	77.6
Less than 30 min exercise per day (%)	114	78.5
Diabetes^a (%)	117	29.9
Total cholesterol (mmol/l)	105	4.9	1.0
Low or no education^b (%)	117	86.2
School: ≤ 10 years (%)	117	87
Stroke (%)	116	12.1
IHD (%)	117	14.5
Alcohol (0–6 drinks a week) (%)	112	86
Microalbuminuria^c (%)	92	9.8
Diabetic nephropathy^d (%)	117	1.7

a Self-reported and/or blood sugar levels > 11.1 mmol/l;

b no education or technical training;

c urine–albumin/creatinine index ≥ 30 U;

d p-creatinine ≥ 150 mmol/l and diabetes.

SBP, systolic blood pressure; BMI, body mass index; IHD, ischaemic heart disease.

Table 2. Patients reported the last blood pressure (BP) measured to be ≥ 140 mmHg or < 140 mmHg, or they did not answer or did not know the answer.

	BP at re-examination
	≥ 140 mmHg (n = 64)	< 140 mmHg (n = 53)
< 140 mmHg at the last visit to general practitioner	24	32
≥ 140 mmHg at the last visit to general practitioner	19	6
Not known or no answer	21	15

Chi-squared p = 0.02.

Table 3. Patients reported the last blood pressure (BP) measured to be satisfactory to the physician or unsatisfactory, or they did not answer or did not know the answer.

	BP at re-examination
	≥ 140 mmHg (n = 64)	< 140 mmHg (n = 53)
Satisfied	24	31
Not satisfied	13	4
Not known or no answer	27	18

Chi-squared p = 0.04.