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Title: | Blood pressure control and awareness among patients with diabetes and hypertension attending a tertiary ophthalmic clinic | Authors: | Wong, N. Wang, S.S. Lamoureux, E. Wong, T.Y. Tikellis, G. Harper, A. Wang, J.J. |
Keywords: | Awareness Blood pressure control Diabetes management Diabetic retinopathy HbA1c |
Issue Date: | Jan-2009 | Citation: | Wong, N., Wang, S.S., Lamoureux, E., Wong, T.Y., Tikellis, G., Harper, A., Wang, J.J. (2009-01). Blood pressure control and awareness among patients with diabetes and hypertension attending a tertiary ophthalmic clinic. Diabetic Medicine 26 (1) : 34-39. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1464-5491.2008.02614.x | Abstract: | 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. © 2009 The Authors. | Source Title: | Diabetic Medicine | URI: | http://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/108275 | ISSN: | 07423071 | DOI: | 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2008.02614.x |
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