Evaluation of Community-based Hypertension Control Programme in South Korea
- Authors
- Lim, Sun Mi; Park, Yoon Hyung; Jhang, Won Gi; Kim, Young Taek; Ahn, Eun Mi; Kim, Ga Hyun; Hwangbo, Young
- Issue Date
- Apr-2018
- Publisher
- Academy of Medicine Singapore
- Keywords
- Health education; Participatory research; Public health-clinical partnership
- Citation
- Annals of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore, v.47, no.4, pp 143 - 148
- Pages
- 6
- Journal Title
- Annals of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore
- Volume
- 47
- Number
- 4
- Start Page
- 143
- End Page
- 148
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/sch/handle/2021.sw.sch/6071
- ISSN
- 0304-4602
- Abstract
- Introduction: This study was conducted to provide an overview of the community-based hypertension and diabetes control programme of 19 cities in Korea and to evaluate its effectiveness in controlling hypertension at the community level. Materials and Methods: In this longitudinal observational study, we analysed the data of 117,264 hypertensive patients aged >= 65 years old from the time of their first enrolment in July 2012 to October 2013 (up to their 2-year follow-up). Results: The hypertension control rate of 72.5% at the time of enrolment increased to 81.3% and 82.4% at 1 and 2 years after enrolment. Treatment continuity, completion of hypertension self-management education, and longer enrolment duration in the programme contributed to improvements in hypertension control rate. Conclusion: This programme was characterised by a public health-clinical partnership at the community level. Despite its simplicity, the programme was evaluated as a successful attempt to control hypertension among patients aged >65 years at the community level.
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