Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Other Predictors of True Therapeutic Inertia on Patients with Hypertension in a Primary Care Clinic in Thailand.

After readjustment for the physicians 'reasons, the true TI was 64% and 60% in the pre-COVID-19 and COVID-19 period. For adjusted physician and patient-related factors, multilevel modeling was used. Senior medical staff visits, elderly patients, prior diabetes mellitus diagnosis, patients who used more than one type of anti-HT medication, and patients with systolic blood pressure >150 mmHg were all predictors of TI. The COVID-19 period, on the other hand had no effect on TI with an adjusted odds ratio of 0.82 (95% confidence interval, 0.67-1.01).