Acceptance status of internet+ health management among hypertensive patients in Xuzhou city and its influencing factors / 中华全科医师杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective@#To investigate the acceptance status of internet+health management among hypertensive patients in Xuzhou city and the related influencing factors.@*Methods@#An interviewing questionnaire survey on the acceptance of internet+health management was conducted among 1,200 hypertensive patients from Xuzhou community health service centers selected by randomized cluster sampling and stratified sampling methods from February tp August 2018, 1 116 valid questionnaires were finally obtained with a response rate of 93.0%. The respondents were divided into two groups according to whether they would accept the internet+health management, and the general conditions and health management status of the two groups were compared.@*Results@#The acceptance rate of internet+health management was 71.9% (802/1 116). The univariate analysis showed that age, education level, occupation, and monthly income of hypertensive patients were associated with the acceptance of internet+health management (P<0.05); patients with family history of hypertension, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular complications and high health literacy had higher acceptance rate of internet+health management (P<0.05). Multivariate analysis showed that educational levels of junior high school and above (OR=0.426, 0.318, 0.089), good sleep (OR=0.453) were protective factors for acceptance of internet+health management; while not knowing the diagnostic criteria for hypertension (OR=1.494), not knowing the blood pressure monitoring (OR=2.668), not knowing ECG monitoring (OR=2.247), quitting smoking (OR=2.444), no complications (OR=2.247), and not participating in community health management (OR=1.758) were the risk factors of acceptance of internet+health management for patients with hypertension.@*Conclusion@#The acceptance rate of internet+health management among hypertensive patients in Xuzhou city is relatively high. A variety of factors have impact on the acceptance of internet + health management.