Table 2.

Prevalence of high-quality care for people with hypertension who had had a check-up in the last 24 months, NHS 2013 (n = 9,638) and 2019 (n = 18,495)

	2013		2019
Variable	n	%	n	%
Were you advised to maintain a healthy diet?	9,638	88.6	18,495	87.2
Were you advised to maintain a healthy weight?	9,638	85.1	18,495	84.4
Were you advised to cut down on salt?	9,638	91.4	18,495	87.8
Were you advised to engage in regular physical activity?	9,638	82.1	18,495	81.7
Were you advised not to smoke?	9,638	76.4	18,495	67.3
Were you advised not to drink in excess?	9,638	75.7	18,495	66.6
Were you advised to do regular check-ups with a health professional?	9,638	88.3	18,495	85.3
At your last check-up, did the doctor look at the results of the tests from past appointments?	8,185	71.0	16,279	69.5
Were you asked to do a blood test?	9,638	82.4	18,495	80.2
Were you asked to do a urinalysis?	9,638	71.5	18,495	70.2
Were you asked to do an electrocardiogram?	9,638	65.8	18,495	64.8
Were you asked to do a cardiac stress test?	9,638	36.3	18,495	33.9
Quality above the threshold (> 10 points)	8,185	41.7	16,279	35.4