Effectiveness of the Dharma Way – Thai Way Program on Blood Pressure Control in Hypertensive Patients of Health Zone No.9
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This quasi-experimental research aimed to evaluate the effects of “Dharma Way – Thai Way program” on blood pressure control in uncontrolled hypertensive patients. 26 uncontrol hypertensive patients were in the experimental group and 27 patients were in the control group. The experimental group was trained for the Dharma Way – Thai Way program for 3 days. Smart watches were distributed to monitor all participants then a weekly follow up was done for 12 weeks. Data were analyzed by descriptive statistics and compared within and between groups by paired t-test and independent t-test, respectively. 76.92% of the participants were female, married (69.23%) and Buddhist (100%). All participants had good medication compliance. Compared between pre- and post-trained of the experimental group, hypertension knowledge and risk behaviors were not statistically significantly different (p-value = 0.56). However, self-managements for hypertension control, weight, as well as mean systolic and diastolic blood pressure were statistically significantly different (p-value < 0.05). After 12 weeks of followed up, both mean systolic and diastolic blood pressure in the experimental group were lower than in the control group (p-value < 0.05). Therefore, the Thai healthy lifestyle program should be applied to modify risk behaviors among uncontrolled hypertensive patients.
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