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Table 3 Blood Pressure control and results of Physician’s Burnout

From: Occupational burnout and empathy influence blood pressure control in primary care physicians

Physicians

 

Low Burnout

Medium Burnout

High Burnout

All

 

Patients under physicians’ care

n

81430

57742

9660

148832

 

Patients with adequate blood pressure managementa

n (%)

32612 (40.05%)

22968 (39.78%)

3869 (40.05%)

59449 (39.94%)

0.5171

95% CI

[39.71% – 40.39%]

[39.38% – 40.18%]

[39.07% – 41.03%]

[39.69% – 40.19%]

 

Systolic blood pressure in overall population

mean (SD)

127.34 (15)

128.2 (15.5)

128.1 (15.4)

127.72 (15.2)

<0.0012

95% CI

[127.2 – 127.5]

[128–128.4]

[127.6 – 128.6]

[127.6 – 127.8]

 

median [IQR]

128 [118–137]

129 [119–138]

129 [119–138]

129 [119–137]

 

Blood control levels in overall population

     

<0.0011

 <130 mmHg

n (%)

17125 (52.51%)

11513 (50.13%)

1964 (50.76%)

30602 (51.48%)

 

95% CI

[51.97% – 53.05%]

[49.48% – 50.77%]

[49.19% – 52.34%]

[51.07% – 51.88%]

 

 130 – 140 mmHg

n (%)

9594 (29.42%)

6886 (29.98%)

1127 (29.13%)

17607 (29.62%)

 

95% CI

[28.92% – 29.91%]

[29.39% – 30.57%]

[27.7% – 30.56%]

[29.25% – 29.98%]

 

 >140 mmHg

n (%)

5893 (18.07%)

4569 (19.89%)

778 (20.11%)

11240 (18.91%)

 

95% CI

[17.65% – 18.49%]

[19.38% – 20.41%]

[18.85% – 21.37%]

[18.59% – 19.22%]

 

Hypertensive Patients

n (%)

2510 (3.08%)

1683 (2.91%)

449 (4.65%)

4642 (3.12%)

<0.0011

95% CI

[2.96% – 3.2%]

[2.78% – 3.05%]

[4.23% – 5.07%]

[3.03% – 3.21%]

 

Systolic blood pressure in hypertensive population

mean (SD)

129.98 (14.7)

131.7 (16.1)

130.83 (15.4)

130.67 (15.3)

0.0112

95% CI

[129.3 – 130.7]

[130.8 – 132.6]

[129–132.6]

[130.1 – 131.2]

 

median [IQR]

130 [120–139]

131 [121–140]

130 [123–138]

130 [120–139]

 

Blood control levels in hypertensive population

     

0.2771

 <130 mmHg

n (%)

802 (44.14%)

466 (39.76%)

127 (44.41%)

1395 (42.6%)

 

95% CI

[41.86% – 46.42%]

[36.96% - 42.56%]

[38.65% – 50.16%]

[40.9% – 44.29%]

 

 130 – 140 mmHg

n (%)

601 (33.08%)

403 (34.39%)

99 (34.62%)

1103 (33.68%)

 

95% CI

[30.91% – 35.24%]

[31.67% – 37.11%]

[29.1% – 40.13%]

[32.06% – 35.3%]

 

 >140 mmHg

n (%)

414 (22.78%)

303 (25.85%)

60 (20.98%)

777 (23.73%)

 

95% CI

[20.86% – 24.71%]

[23.35% – 28.36%]

[16.26% – 25.7%]

[22.27% – 25.18%]

 
  1. a At least two correctly recorded readings taken on different days. 1: Chi-square linear-by-linear association Test 2: ANOVA test