Factors affecting blood pressure control behaviors of patients with essential hypertensionof Wangphinphat sub-district health promotion hospital, Sawankhalok District, Sukhothai Province

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to study the blood pressure control behavior of patients with idiopathic hypertension and study the relationship between leading factors, facilitating factors, and supporting factors such as knowledge, attitudes, perceived benefits, perceived obstacles to accessing health services, and social support and blood pressure control behaviors in patients with undiagnosed hypertension. This is cross-sectional descriptive research. The sample was defined as 152 patients with idiopathic hypertension in Wang Pinphat Sub-District Health Promoting Hospital. The research employed questionnaires with an IOC value of 0.67 and a reliability of 0.70. The data analysis statistics were frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, and Pearson's correlation coefficient. The study period is January 2021–April 2022. The results showed that knowledge was high (80.3%), attitude was high (82.9%), and the perceived benefit of control was high (100.0%). Perceived barriers to control were low (88.2%), access to health services was high (59.2%), social support was high (68.9%), and blood pressure control behavior was at a moderate level (67.1%) and were related to leading factors, namely knowledge, perceived benefits, and perceived obstacles of blood pressure control. Access to health services, social support, and blood pressure control behavior had no relationship with blood pressure control behavior (r = 0.190, p = 0.055). Attitudes about hypertension had no relationship with blood pressure control behavior (r = 0.061, p = 0.542). There was a low correlation between perceived barriers to blood pressure control and blood pressure control behavior (r = 0.229, p = 0.020). Perceived barriers to blood pressure control were not correlated with blood pressure control behavior (r =0.097, p = 0.331). Access to health services was not associated with blood pressure control behavior (r = 0.012, p = 0.902), and social support was low in relation to blood pressure control behavior (r = 0.260, p = 0.008).