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Table 2 Health education for hypertension and demand for hypertension training by general practitioners in community healthcare centers

From: General practitioners’ hypertension knowledge and training needs: a survey in Xuhui district, Shanghai

Questions and responses

n (%)

Health Education for Hypertension

1. Do you think that changing unhealthy lifestyle helps control blood pressure?

  Yes

146 (99.3)

  No

0 (0.0)

  Missing

1 (0.7)

2. Do you intend to practice health education for patients with hypertension during your regular clinic work?

  Yes

147 (100.0)

  No

0 (0.0)

3. What is the difficulty in practicing health education to patients with hypertension? (multi-choice)

  Lack of related educational knowledge

38 (25.9)

  Poor compliance of patients

114 (77.6)

  Lack of technique of behavioral medicine

27 (18.4)

  Lack of medical consultation time

72 (49.0)

  Other

3 (2.0)

4. Do you think that health education will change the lifestyle of patients with hypertension?

  Yes, determinatively

27 (18.4)

  Yes, to some extent

119 (81.0)

  No

0 (0.0)

  Missing

1 (0.7)

5. How much time did you spend on practicing health education to patients with hypertension in terms of time for medical consultation?

  3/4 or more

5 (3.4)

  1/2

31 (21.1)

  1/3

46 (31.3)

  1/4

59 (40.1)

  Less or none

6 (4.1)

Demands for hypertension education and training

6. Did you ever attend any training course on hypertension prevention?

  Yes

136 (92.5)

  No

6 (4.1)

  Missing

5 (3.4)

7. Would you like to attend training courses on hypertension prevention regularly?

  Yes

129 (87.8)

  No

13 (8.8)

  Missing

5 (3.4)

8. What is the most appropriate frequency of related training course? †

  Weekly

2 (1.6)

  Bi-weekly

9 (7.0)

  Monthly

47 (36.4)

  Every 2 ~ 3 months

69 (53.5)

  Don’t need training course

2 (1.6)

9. What topics should be covered in the related training course? (multi-choice)

  Diagnosis and evaluation of hypertension

82 (55.8)

  Medical treatment of hypertension

121 (82.3)

  Education for hypertensive patients (including non-medication treatment)

97 (66.0)

  Management of hypertensive patients in community

84 (57.1)

  Two-way referral of hypertensive patients

55 (37.4)

  Treatment for patients with complication/comorbidity

80 (54.4)

  Other

6 (4.1)

10. What kind of format(s) should be used in the related training course? (multi-choice)

  Expert lectures

118 (80.3)

  On-site guidance

45 (30.6)

  Case study

91 (61.9)

  Community workshop

68 (46.3)

  Others

1 (0.7)

  1. † Among those want to attend training course regularly (n = 129).