KIẾN THỨC VÀ THỰC HÀNH VỀ DỰ PHÒNG BIẾN CHỨNG CỦA NGƯỜI BỆNH TĂNG HUYẾT ÁP ĐIỀU TRỊ NGOẠI TẠI BỆNH VIỆN ĐA KHOA TỈNH LẠNG SƠN NĂM 2023

Abstract

Objective: The study was conducted to describe knowledge and practice of preventing complications in hypertensive patients and identify factors related to the practice of preventing complications of hypertensive outpatients at Lang Son general hospital in 2023. Research focus and methods: Cross-sectional study was conducted on 324 outpatients with hypertension from April 2023 to August 2023. Results: The proportion of patients having knowledge about preventing complications of hypertension accounts for 70.7 percents whereas Practice of preventing complications of hypertension accounts for 58.6 percents. There existed a relationship between gender, knowledge of complication prevention of study subjects and practice of preventing complications of hypertension at the statistical significance of 0.05. Conclusions: Knowledge and practice of preventing complications of hypertension remained limited. It is necessary to strengthen health education for patients to consolidate knowledge and practice on preventing complications of hypertension.