Poor blood pressure control and its associated factors among older people with hypertension: a cross-sectional study in six public primary care clinics in Malaysia

• Main Authors: Cheong, Ai Theng, Ghazali, Sazlina Shariff, Tong, Seng Fah, Abdul Samad, Azah, Sharif, Salmiah
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Academy of Family Physicians of Malaysia 2015
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/45894/1/BP.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/45894/; https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26425291/

Introduction: Hypertension is highly prevalent in the older people. Chronic disease care is a major burden in the public primary care clinics in Malaysia. Good blood pressure (BP) control is needed to reduce the morbidity and mortality of cardiovascular disease (CVD). This study aimed to determine t...