Factors Effecting to Blood Pressure Level Controlling among Hypertension Patients At Sirattana Hospital, Sisaket Province.

Abstract

Background: Blood pressure level controlling can decrease mortality from hypertension disease for example, STROKE. This research aimed to study factors effecting to blood pressure level control among hypertension patient.
Methods: Descriptive research study consisted 359 diagnosed hypertension patients attended treatment at hypertension clinic, Sirattana Hospital, Sisaket Province. Systematic random sampling was determined for collecting data by questionnaires including, characteristics, health behavior, accessibility of health service system, health perception, blood pressure level and testing reliability about 0.899. Data analyzed using statistical as Pearson product moment correlation coefficient and Stepwise multiple regression analysis.
Results: Factors were positively association with blood pressure level controlling with statistic significant level 0.05 include; duration time of illness, food consumption, medical appointment, medicine taking, complication checking, home visit, and monitoring and evaluation, health education, risk perceived, severity perceived, benefit perceived, and barrier perceived, respectively. Factors effecting to blood pressure level control among hypertension patient include; medicine taking(P-value=0.016)and complication checking (P-value=0.017).
Conclusion: Prediction model analysis reported that two factors (medicine taking and complication checking) can predicted 13.7% of blood pressure level control(R²=0.137). 
Keywords: hypertension, blood pressure level