Characterizing Patients with Uncontrolled Blood Pressure at an Urban Hospital in Hanoi, Vietnam

Table 3

Health behavior adherence of hypertensive patients.

Health behavior adherence	Controlled hypertension		Uncontrolled hypertension		Total		p
	n	%	n	%	n	%
Take prescribed medication daily
No	0	0.0	1	100.0	1	0.4	0.22
Yes	131	59.8	88	40.2	219	99.6
Follow a low-salt diet
No	68	61.8	42	38.2	110	50.5	0.42
Yes	61	56.5	47	43.5	108	49.5
Follow a low-fat diet
No	67	63.8	38	36.2	105	47.7	0.22
Yes	64	55.7	51	44.4	115	52.3
Exercise regularly
No	17	51.5	16	48.5	33	15.0	0.31
Yes	114	61.0	73	39.0	187	85.0
Stop/cut down on smoking
No	30	55.6	24	44.4	54	24.6	0.49
Yes	101	60.8	65	39.2	166	75.5
Cut down on alcohol
No	24	58.5	17	41.5	41	18.6	0.88
Yes	107	59.8	72	40.2	179	81.4
Cut down on stress
No	52	56.5	40	43.5	92	42.0	0.47
Yes	78	61.4	49	38.6	127	58.0
Carry supplies needed for self-care
No	77	54.6	64	45.4	141	64.1	0.04
Yes	54	68.4	25	31.7	79	35.9
Overall health behavior adherence
No	91	60.3	60	39.7	151	69.6	0.56
Yes	37	56.1	29	43.9	66	30.4
	Median	IQR	Median	IQR	Median	IQR
Adherence score	29	[24–33]	28	[24–32]	29	[24–33]	0.55