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Blood pressure control and awareness among patients with diabetes and hypertension attending a tertiary ophthalmic clinic.

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Wong, N; Wang, SS; Lamoureux, E; Wong, TY; Tikellis, G; Harper, A; Wang, JJ
Published in: Diabet Med
January 2009

AIMS: To assess the proportion of patients who had diabetes and hypertension with optimal blood pressure (BP) control and to describe patients' awareness of the importance of BP control. METHODS: A cross-sectional survey of out-patients with diabetes who attended the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital (Melbourne, Australia) was conducted between October 2006 and February 2007. Of 245 patients invited, 220 (90%) participated. Optimal BP control was defined as BP < 130/80 mmHg recorded at the latest visit; proportions of patients with awareness of BP control were defined non-exclusively by: (i) ability to recall a previous BP record and rate the appropriateness of that BP level; (ii) ability to recall the recommended optimal BP control level by current diabetes management guidelines; (iii) knowledge that optimal BP control is important to diabetes management; and (iv) knowledge that optimal BP control is important to eye health. RESULTS: Of the 220 patients, 176 had both diabetes and hypertension. Of these, 49 of 176 (28%) had BP controlled optimally, and 30 of 176 (17%) recalled and rated a previous recorded BP level appropriately. Fewer than one in four (22%) acknowledged the recommended optimum BP level of < 130/80 mmHg, fewer than one in two (48%) rated BP as important to diabetes management, and one in three (35%) rated BP control as important to eye health. CONCLUSIONS: In this sample of patients with diabetes and hypertension, fewer than one-third achieved the BP level recommended by clinical guidelines, and fewer than half were aware of the importance of BP control.

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Diabet Med

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EISSN

1464-5491

Publication Date

January 2009

Volume

26

Issue

1

Start / End Page

34 / 39

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Statistics as Topic
  • Patient Education as Topic
  • Outpatient Clinics, Hospital
  • Male
  • Hypertension
  • Humans
  • Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
  • Female
  • Endocrinology & Metabolism
 

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Wong, N., Wang, S. S., Lamoureux, E., Wong, T. Y., Tikellis, G., Harper, A., & Wang, J. J. (2009). Blood pressure control and awareness among patients with diabetes and hypertension attending a tertiary ophthalmic clinic. Diabet Med, 26(1), 34–39. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1464-5491.2008.02614.x
Wong, N., S. S. Wang, E. Lamoureux, T. Y. Wong, G. Tikellis, A. Harper, and J. J. Wang. “Blood pressure control and awareness among patients with diabetes and hypertension attending a tertiary ophthalmic clinic.Diabet Med 26, no. 1 (January 2009): 34–39. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1464-5491.2008.02614.x.
Wong N, Wang SS, Lamoureux E, Wong TY, Tikellis G, Harper A, et al. Blood pressure control and awareness among patients with diabetes and hypertension attending a tertiary ophthalmic clinic. Diabet Med. 2009 Jan;26(1):34–9.
Wong, N., et al. “Blood pressure control and awareness among patients with diabetes and hypertension attending a tertiary ophthalmic clinic.Diabet Med, vol. 26, no. 1, Jan. 2009, pp. 34–39. Pubmed, doi:10.1111/j.1464-5491.2008.02614.x.
Wong N, Wang SS, Lamoureux E, Wong TY, Tikellis G, Harper A, Wang JJ. Blood pressure control and awareness among patients with diabetes and hypertension attending a tertiary ophthalmic clinic. Diabet Med. 2009 Jan;26(1):34–39.
Journal cover image

Published In

Diabet Med

DOI

EISSN

1464-5491

Publication Date

January 2009

Volume

26

Issue

1

Start / End Page

34 / 39

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Statistics as Topic
  • Patient Education as Topic
  • Outpatient Clinics, Hospital
  • Male
  • Hypertension
  • Humans
  • Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
  • Female
  • Endocrinology & Metabolism