Effectiveness of the Blood Pressure Control Program for Patients with Hypertension at Phayaman Sub-District Health Promoting Hospital, Pichai District, Uttaradit Province.

Abstract

Abstract

This Quasi-experimental study with a one-group pre-test and post-test design aimed to investigate the effectiveness of a blood pressure control program for patients with uncontrolled hypertension. The sample group consisted of 30 patients with uncontrolled hypertension. The blood pressure control program was developed by applying the research results from the first phase to design the program. The statistically significant variables associated with blood pressure control at the 0.05 level, including, knowledge and attitudes (attitudes towards disease prevention and attitudes towards behavior modification) by applying theories related to knowledge, attitudes, and behavior along with social support, encouragement, and reminders using social support, consisting of 6 activities: Activity 1: Enhancing knowledge and understanding of hypertension for primary care unit leaders. Activity 2: Enhancing blood pressure measurement skills. Activity 3: Enhancing skills in using the Sor. Buddy application. Activity 4: Enhancing knowledge, understanding, and attitudes about hypertension for patients with hypertension. Activity 5: Follow-up home visits to patients with hypertension. Activity 6: Knowledge exchange forum. The experimental period was 4 months. The data collection tool was a questionnaire. Data analysis was performed using Independent t-test statistics. The research results showed that after the experiment, the variables with increased mean scores compared to before the experiment were statistically significant, including knowledge (P-Value<0.001), attitudes (P-Value<0.001), and behaviors (P-Value=0.19), respectively. Finally ,blood pressure control after the experiment had a significantly lower mean compared to before the experiment (P-value<0.001)