Abstract

Aim: The aim of this study is to evaluate the factors related with blood pressure levels of hypertensive patients receiving antihypertensive treatment. Material and Method: This is a cross-sectional descriptive study conducted in August 2012 at the Izmir Urla 1st Family Health Care Unit representing a population of 455 registered person, admitted with a diagnosis of hypertension who agreed to participate in the investigation. the questionnaire administered by researchers for the purpose of the study was applied face to face to the patients who agreed to participate in the survey, then body mass index and blood pressure measurements were recorded. Descriptive statistics, chi-square and Fisher exact test was used for the statistical analysis of the obtained data. P <0.05 was considered statistically significant. N15.0 for windows version of SPSS program was used for statistics. Findings: In this study, the 455 participants taking antihypertensive medication involved with mean age 65 ± 10.973 years (min: 26, max: 89) and 39.8% (n = 181) were male, 60.2% (n = 274) were female. 13% were normal weight patients. The rates of alcohol use was 20.9% and cigarette use was 16%. lifestyle changes compliance were found to be lower for currently employees and in men (p =0.006). Participants' had the mean systolic blood pressure of 139.47 ± 19.382 (min: 91, max: 220), the mean diastolic blood pressure of 79.82 ± 10.585 (min: 56, max: 130), respectively. In the study, 56.9% of participants (n = 259) provided blood pressure control were denoted. Conclusion: Fight against cigarette smoking, obesity and alcohol should be given to hypertensive patients. Life style changes should be questioned and reminded at every reference to the health facilities. Regulations relating to nutrition and exercise should be done at workplaces.