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Factors Affecting Uncontrolled Blood Pressure among Elderly Hypertensive Patients in Pekanbaru City, Indonesia

Author(s) -

Mitra Mitra,

Wulandari Wulandari

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

open access macedonian journal of medical sciences

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.288

H-Index - 17

ISSN - 1857-9655

DOI - 10.3889/oamjms.2019.255

Subject(s) - medicine , blood pressure , logistic regression , habit , environmental health , gerontology , physical therapy , demography , psychology , sociology , psychotherapist

The highest prevalence of hypertension is among older adults. Although older adults with hypertension have already controlled their blood pressure by taking antihypertensive drugs, hypertension will still occur when not balanced with a healthy lifestyle. Data from Pekanbaru Municipality Health Department in 2016 showed that hypertension was the most common disease in Pekanbaru City.

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