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KMID : 0926620210260020056
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Korean Journal of Hospital Management
2021 Volume.26 No. 2 p.56 ~ p.67
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Factors Related to the Outpatient Visits for Blood Pressure Management in Patients diagnosed with Hypertension
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Cho Hyung-Kyung
Lee Hyun-Ji
Seol Jin-Ju
Lee Kwang-Soo
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Abstract
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Background: Regular doctor visits are vital for hypertension patients, especially for who have never received hypertension medication or non-pharmacologic therapy. This study purposed to study factors affecting outpatient visits for patients diagnosed with hypertension.
Methods: This study included 59,009 respondents with hypertension over 30 from 2019 Community Health Survey data. Outpatient visits were defined by having hypertension treatments such as medication or non-pharmacologic therapy. Logistic regression was used to examine the factors affecting outpatient visits using SAS ver. 9.3.
Results: 57,081(96.73%) patients with hypertension were identified as those having a outpatient visit for hypertension treatments, whereas 1,928(3.27%) patients did not have visits. Patient’s characteristics such as gender, age, periods of hypertension, education level, perception of the blood pressure, hypertension management education, place of living, body mass index, depression and diabetes were found to have statistically significant relationship with the outpatient visits.
Practical Implications: There is a need to select patients with high blood pressure who are unlikely to visit for hypertension treatments based on the study results. For those, establishing a personalized management plan such as health education and counseling programs will be helpful for the successful implementation of national chronic disease management program.
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KEYWORD
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Hypertension management, Outpatient visits, National chronic disease management program, Community Health Survey
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