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. 2017 May 12;18:63. doi: 10.1186/s12875-017-0634-0

Table 3.

Blood Pressure control and results of Physician’s Burnout

Physicians Low Burnout Medium Burnout High Burnout All
Patients under physicians’ care n 81430 57742 9660 148832
Patients with adequate blood pressure managementa n (%) 32612 (40.05%) 22968 (39.78%) 3869 (40.05%) 59449 (39.94%) 0.5171
95% CI [39.71% – 40.39%] [39.38% – 40.18%] [39.07% – 41.03%] [39.69% – 40.19%]
Systolic blood pressure in overall population mean (SD) 127.34 (15) 128.2 (15.5) 128.1 (15.4) 127.72 (15.2) <0.0012
95% CI [127.2 – 127.5] [128–128.4] [127.6 – 128.6] [127.6 – 127.8]
median [IQR] 128 [118–137] 129 [119–138] 129 [119–138] 129 [119–137]
Blood control levels in overall population <0.0011
 <130 mmHg n (%) 17125 (52.51%) 11513 (50.13%) 1964 (50.76%) 30602 (51.48%)
95% CI [51.97% – 53.05%] [49.48% – 50.77%] [49.19% – 52.34%] [51.07% – 51.88%]
 130 – 140 mmHg n (%) 9594 (29.42%) 6886 (29.98%) 1127 (29.13%) 17607 (29.62%)
95% CI [28.92% – 29.91%] [29.39% – 30.57%] [27.7% – 30.56%] [29.25% – 29.98%]
 >140 mmHg n (%) 5893 (18.07%) 4569 (19.89%) 778 (20.11%) 11240 (18.91%)
95% CI [17.65% – 18.49%] [19.38% – 20.41%] [18.85% – 21.37%] [18.59% – 19.22%]
Hypertensive Patients n (%) 2510 (3.08%) 1683 (2.91%) 449 (4.65%) 4642 (3.12%) <0.0011
95% CI [2.96% – 3.2%] [2.78% – 3.05%] [4.23% – 5.07%] [3.03% – 3.21%]
Systolic blood pressure in hypertensive population mean (SD) 129.98 (14.7) 131.7 (16.1) 130.83 (15.4) 130.67 (15.3) 0.0112
95% CI [129.3 – 130.7] [130.8 – 132.6] [129–132.6] [130.1 – 131.2]
median [IQR] 130 [120–139] 131 [121–140] 130 [123–138] 130 [120–139]
Blood control levels in hypertensive population 0.2771
 <130 mmHg n (%) 802 (44.14%) 466 (39.76%) 127 (44.41%) 1395 (42.6%)
95% CI [41.86% – 46.42%] [36.96% - 42.56%] [38.65% – 50.16%] [40.9% – 44.29%]
 130 – 140 mmHg n (%) 601 (33.08%) 403 (34.39%) 99 (34.62%) 1103 (33.68%)
95% CI [30.91% – 35.24%] [31.67% – 37.11%] [29.1% – 40.13%] [32.06% – 35.3%]
 >140 mmHg n (%) 414 (22.78%) 303 (25.85%) 60 (20.98%) 777 (23.73%)
95% CI [20.86% – 24.71%] [23.35% – 28.36%] [16.26% – 25.7%] [22.27% – 25.18%]

a At least two correctly recorded readings taken on different days. 1: Chi-square linear-by-linear association Test 2: ANOVA test