Reporting of blood pressure levels and self-monitoring practices: a survey among outpatients diagnosed with hypertension in Bogotá, Colombia

Table 2 General knowledge on hypertension among study participants using three different forms of classification

Question (% of the overall population giving a right answer)	Forms of classifying participants (% with a right answer by category, Χ² statistic)
	By years being diagnosed (3 incremental levels)	By % of follow up visits with the same doctor (3 incremental levels)	By knowledge of blood pressure levels (Yes/No answer)
Hypertension stands for high blood pressure (67)	63/69/68 (6.1)*	57/74/70 (32.7)*	77/59 (55.7)**
The two BP numbers stands for systolic and diastolic BP (8)	8/7/7 (0.1)	4/9/9 (11.9)**	13/3 (52.3)**
BP treatment goals are < 140 and < 90 (43)	41/41/45 (2.1)	33/48/46 (27.1)*	56/32 (87.8)**
If BP is not within goals additional medications may be needed (58)	59/59/58 (0.3)	54/65/57 (10.4)*	67/52 (35.1)**
3–4 of the above questions right (26)	26/26/26 (0.1)	17/34/28 (36.8)**	40/15 (128.4)**

Knowledge classified by years after diagnosis (left), % of follow up visits done with the same doctor (center) or reporting knowledge of blood pressure levels (right)
^*p < 0.05, **p < 0.001

ISSN: 2731-4553