Construction and application of community health education intervention model in elderly hypertensive

Objective To investigate the intervention model of community health education for hypertension elderly patients, in order to provide scientific basis for future community prevention and control of hypertension. Methods 60 cases of patients with hypertension treated in Guangzhou General Hospital of Guangzhou Military Region from January2010 to December 2012 were divided into the intervention group and control group, each group had 30 cases. Patients in the control group were given antihypertensive drug therapy, while patients in the intervention group were given health education intervention on the basis of the control group. The therapeutic effect in the two groups were compared.Results After intervention systolic pressure of patients in the intervention group reduced from(164±10) mm Hg(1 mm Hg=0.133 kPa) to(132±7) mm Hg, diastolic blood pressure reduced from(98±12) mm Hg to(81±10) mm Hg, after intervention blood pressure reduced statistically significant(P 0.01). The survey results of number of people with normal blood pressure and awareness of hypertension risk factors showed that after intervention there were 29 and 28 cases in the intervention group, while 11 and 8 cases in the control group, the differences were statistically significant(P 0.01). The survey results of changes of unhealthy living habit or behavior after intervention showed that there were both 4 cases had high salinity high fat diet and smoke, while there were 11 and 21 cases in the control group, the differences were statistically significant(P 0.01). After intervention patients with regular exercise, limiting alcohol, weight control in the two groups were compared between the two groups, the differences were statistically significant(P 0.01). Conclusion Drug treatment combined with community health education is a effective intervention model for hypertension management.