The self-care profiles and its determinants among adults with hypertension in primary health care clinics in Selangor, Malaysia.

Hani SalimPing Yein LeeShariff Ghazali SazlinaChing Siew MooiMaliza MawardiNurainul Hana ShamsuddinHanifatiyah AliAdibah Hanim IsmailNgiap Chuan Tan

Published in: PloS one (2019)

The overall hypertension self-care profile among patients in this multi-ethnic country was moderate. Being men, Chinese, lower education level and without family history of hypertension were associated with lower hypertension self-care profile score. Healthcare intervention programmes to address self-care should target this group of patients.

Keyphrases

blood pressure
healthcare
end stage renal disease
randomized controlled trial
primary care
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
newly diagnosed
high intensity
patient reported outcomes