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Evaluation of ‘partnership care model’ in the control of hypertension
Author(s) -
Mohammadi Eesa,
Abedi Heidar Ali,
Jalali Farzad,
Gofranipour Fazlolah,
Kazemnejad Anoshirvan
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
international journal of nursing practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.62
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 1440-172X
pISSN - 1322-7114
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-172x.2006.00563.x
Subject(s) - medicine , general partnership , psychological intervention , intervention (counseling) , blood pressure , body mass index , compliance (psychology) , physical therapy , control (management) , nursing , business , psychology , finance , social psychology , management , economics
One of the shared common goals of World Hypertension League (WHL) and World Health Organization (WHO) is the control of hypertension. Despite many local and international interventions, the goal has not been achieved. This study evaluated an intervention based on the partnership care model to control hypertension in a rural population in the north of Iran. The results showed that the intervention was effective in decreasing systolic and diastolic blood pressure and in increasing the rate of controlled hypertensives (based on criteria of WHO/WHL). The intervention also had positive effects on health‐related quality of life, body mass index, anxiety, high density lipoprotein level and compliance score. Based on these results, the partnership care model is effective in hypertension control and is recommended as a model to replace previous approaches in hypertension control.