Barriers and Determinants to the Underutilized Hypertension Screening in Primary Care Patients in Hong Kong: A Mixed-Method Study.

ABSTRACT: (1) Background: Hypertension (HT) is the most common chronic condition, affecting approximately 1.13 billion people worldwide. Despite freely available blood pressure (BP) devices in primary care (PC) clinics, many patients do not regularly screen for HT and are untreated. (2) Methods: This study investigated the proportion of PC patients who did not screen for HT and the underlying reasons in Hong Kong. An explanatory mixed-method cross-sectional study was conducted in 2020, which included a questionnaire survey, office BP measurements, and subsequent semi-structured interviews. Adult patients who had no diagnosis of HT were recruited in a large PC clinic by convenience sampling. The relationships between not having HT screening and sociodemographic data were investigated by logistic regr

SUBMITTER: Chu RY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9859345 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature