Table 1 General characteristics, hypertension treatment, and blood pressure parameters of 2733 registered hypertensive patients in the baseline and endline survey by study arm. Cardenas and Santiago, Cuba, 2012–2014
Variable (%) a | Control arm | Intervention arms | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Provider | Provider and Patient | |||||
Baseline | Endline | Baseline | Endline | Baseline | Endline | |
Sex | ||||||
Male | 229 (36) | 266 (38) | 128 (37) | 143 (40) | 157 (45) | 131 (38) |
Female | 406 (64) | 433 (62) | 221 (63) | 211 (60) | 191 (55) | 217 (62) |
Age | ||||||
< 65 | 402 (63) | 407 (58) | 188 (54) | 203 (57) | 217 (62) | 183 (53) |
≥ 65 | 233 (37) | 292 (42) | 161 (46) | 151 (43) | 131 (38) | 165 (47) |
Ethnicity | ||||||
Non-white | 394 (62) | 402 (58) | 168 (48) | 189 (53) | 195 (56) | 163 (47) |
White | 241 (38) | 297 (42) | 181 (52) | 165 (47) | 153 (44) | 185 (53) |
Civil status | ||||||
Single | 267 (42) | 280 (40) | 153 (44) | 153 (43) | 151 (43) | 153 (44) |
Married / partner | 368 (58) | 419 (60) | 196 (56) | 201 (57) | 197 (57) | 195 (56) |
Post-primary Education | ||||||
No | 79 (12) | 114 (16) | 79 (23) | 51 (14) | 47 (14) | 45 (13) |
Yes | 556 (88) | 585 (84) | 270 (77) | 303 (86) | 301 (86) | 303 (87) |
Paid Job | ||||||
No | 365 (57) | 404 (58) | 239 (68) | 159 (45) | 206 (59) | 154 (44) |
Yes | 270 (43) | 295 (42) | 110 (32) | 195 (55) | 142 (41) | 194 (56) |
Obese | ||||||
No | 522 (82) | 604 (86) | 265 (76) | 299 (84) | 280 (80) | 289 (83) |
Yes | 113 (18) | 95 (14) | 84 (24) | 55 (16) | 68 (20) | 59 (17) |
Diabetes | ||||||
No | 537 (85) | 560 (80) | 295 (85) | 292 (82) | 293 (84) | 277 (80) |
Yes | 98 (15) | 139 (20) | 54 (15) | 62 (18) | 55 (16) | 71 (20) |
Coronary Heart Disease | ||||||
No | 569 (90) | 548 (78) | 284 (81) | 294 (83) | 294 (84) | 291 (84) |
Yes | 66 (10) | 151 (22) | 65 (19) | 60 (17) | 54 (16) | 57 (16) |
On anti-hypertensive pharmacological treatment | ||||||
No | 54 (9) | 29 (4) | 30 (9) | 20 (6) | 31 (9) | 17 (5) |
Yes, not adherent | 280 (44) | 310 (44) | 174 (50) | 117 (33) | 167 (48) | 103 (30) |
Yes, adherent | 301 (47) | 360 (52) | 145 (42) | 217 (61) | 150 (43) | 228 (66) |
Blood pressure, mmHg (± SD)b | ||||||
Systolic | 129.6 (13.9) | 131.0 (14.9) | 132.0 (15.6) | 128.6 (13.9) | 128.8 (13.9) | 126.1 (14.2) |
Diastolic | 82.0 (8.76) | 83.4 (8.76) | 84.5 (9.71) | 82.0 (8.39) | 83.6 (83.6) | 80.3 (80.3) |
Total | 635 (100) | 699 (100) | 349 (100) | 354 (100) | 348 (100) | 348 (100) |