Comparison of practice organisational factors with hypertension prevalence and blood pressure target achievement
| Organisational factor | Prevalence (%) | P-value | Raw achievement of BP ≤150/90 (%) | P-value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Absent | Present | Difference (95% CI) | Absent | Present | Difference (95% CI) | |||
| Team approach to monitoring | 15.2 | 17.1 | 1.9 (0.7 to 3.1) | 0.002 | 79.5 | 81.6 | 1.2 (−0.2 to 4.5) | 0.068 |
| Nurse practitioner or prescriber changing medication if above target | 16.7 | 15.3 | 0.7 (0.02 to 2.7) | 0.047 | 81.1 | 79.4 | 1.3 (−0.9 to 4.3) | 0.20 |
| Nurse practitioner or prescriber prescribing new medication if above target | 16.7 | 15.4 | 1.4 (0.04 to 2.7) | 0.043 | 81.2 | 79.7 | 1.5 (−1.0 to 4.0) | 0.24 |
| Nurse practitioner or prescriber altering medication until target achieved | 16.4 | 15.9 | 0.7 (−0.9 to 1.9) | 0.47 | 80.7 | 80.6 | 0.1 (−2.5 to 2.8) | 0.94 |
| Any access to ABPM | 17.4 | 16.2 | 1.2 (−0.2 to 2.6) | 0.078 | 78.3 | 81.0 | 2.7 (−0.8 to 6.3) | 0.13 |
| In-practice access to ABPM versus no access | 17.4 | 16.7 | 0.7 (−1.2 to 2.5) | 0.47 | 78.3 | 81.5 | 3.2 (−0.10 to 6.6) | 0.057 |
| Access to ABPM referral service | 16.9 | 15.3 | 1.6 (0.3 to 2.9) | 0.014 | 80.9 | 80.2 | 1.2 (−1.8 to 3.2) | 0.57 |
ABPM = ambulatory blood pressure monitoring. BP = blood pressure.