Pre intervention data collection

265 Improving Blood Pressure Controls in Primary Care Settings 3. Intervention during consultation a. Reminder note to the health care professional Appendix D. b. Advice slip to patients were also distributed. c. Stamp on blood pressure reading · Uncontrolled: blood pressure reading highlighted and they were given an advice slip Appendix B. · Appointment date given according to the protocol. 4. Continuous promotional activities which includes seminar for patients and video show during clinic. 5. Second training had been conducted a month later, which was on 23rd February 2007 to the same medical officers and paramedics to refresh them on management of hypertension patient. 6. In the control clinic, the patient had received the usual care from their health care providers. There were no interventions done in the control clinic.

4.3 Phase III

4.1.1 Post Intervention data

In the end of May which is five months after intervention was implemented, the first post intervention blood pressure measurement was collected and this continue monthly for next three consecutive months June to August 2007. Also collected are age and sex. Each month 300 samples were taken for each group. In total, there are four sets of post intervention data comprising blood pressure, age and sex in both intervention and control groups which designated as Post 1 May, Post 2 June, Post 3 July and Post 4 August. The Table 5 showed the results of blood pressure outcomes, age and sex within intervention group from May till August before and after. From the Table 5, we could see that the improvement in number of patients whom their blood pressure treated to target in post intervention 1 intervention group was very significant when compared with pre intervention. In the control group difference between pre intervention and post intervention 1 was not significant. In the following month, the improvement was not significant but just sustaining. However in post intervention 3, there was a drop in the percentage of patients in intervention group