Objective To investigate the status and influencing factors of participating in Internet Plus community health management among hypertension patients in Guangzhou city and to provide references for improving the performance of the management in the city.
Methods Using stratified cluster sampling, we recruited 1 500 hypertension patients registered in 10 community health service institutions in 5 districts of Guangzhou city, Guangdong province for a questionnaire survey from October to December 2018.
Results Of the 1 360 respondents with valid information, 71.76% (976) reported the acceptance of Internet Plus community health management. Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that the respondents with the education of senior high school and above, having family history of hypertension, being nonsmoker, with good sleeping, being aware of diagnostic criteria of hypertension, having self-measurement of blood pressure, and with a good medication compliance were more likely to accept Internet Plus community health management.
Conclusion The acceptance rate of Internet Plus community health management is high and the acceptance is mainly influenced by education, sleeping condition, family history of hypertension, smoking, awareness of diagnostic criteria of hypertension, self-measurement of blood pressure, and medication compliance among hypertension patients in Guangzhou city.
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