Factors Effecting to behavior of blood pressure level controlling among hypertension patients who attended in ChaiJumPhon Sub-District Health Promoting Hospital, Laplae District, Uttaradit Province.

Abstract

Blood pressure level controlling can decrease mortality from hypertension disease for example, STROKE. Cross-sectional research aimed to study factors effecting to blood pressure level control among hypertension patient which registered at ChaiJumPhon Sub-District Health Promoting Hospital, Laplae District, Uttaradit Province. Population consisted 459 diagnosed hypertension patients and the sample size calculating used Daniel formula for 220 cases. 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 0.874. Data analyzed using statistical as Pearson product moment correlation coefficient and Stepwise multiple regression analysis. The result showed that the factors were positively association with blood pressure level controlling with statistic significant level 0.05 include; emotional management, no smoking and no alcohol drinking, home care visiting, monitoring and evaluation, risk perceived, respectively. Factors effecting to blood pressure level control among hypertension patient include; no smoking and no alcohol drinking (P-value = 0.008), home care visiting (P-value = 0.002), monitoring and evaluation (P-value = 0.018), risk perceived (P-value = 0.034), respectively. Prediction model analysis reported that four factors can predicted 18.4% of blood pressure level control (R² = 0.184).