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

Table 5.

Blood Pressure control and results of Nurse’s Burnout

Nurses Low Burnout Medium Burnout High Burnout All p
Patients undernurses’ care n 96888 54441 1496 152825
Patients with adequate blood pressure managementa n (%) 37500 (38.7%) 20593 (37.83%) 568 (37.97%) 58661 (38.38%) 0.0011
95% CI [38.4% – 39.01%] [37.42% – 38.23%] [35.51% – 40.43%] [38.14% – 38.63%]
Systolic blood pressure in overall population mean (SD) 127.67 (15.1) 128.52 (15.7) 128.96 (17.8) 127.98 (15.3) <0.0012
95% CI [127.5 – 127.8] [128.3 – 128.7] [127.5 - 130.4] [127.9 - 128.1]
median [IQR] 129 [119–137] 130 [119–138] 130 [119–136] 129 [119–137]
Blood control levels in overall population <0.0011
 <130 mmHg n (%) 19354 (51.61%) 10258 (49.81%) 280 (49.3%) 29892 (50.96%)
95% CI [51.1% – 52.12%] [49.13% – 50.5%] [45.18% – 53.41%] [50.55% – 51.36%]
 130 – 140 mmHg n (%) 11368 (30.31%) 6063 (29.44%) 212 (37.32%) 17643 (30.08%)
95% CI [29.85% – 30.78%] [28.82% – 30.06%] [33.35% – 41.3%] [29.71% – 30.45%]
 >140 mmHg n (%) 6778 (18.07%) 4272 (20.74%) 76 (13.38%) 11126 (18.97%)
95% CI [17.69% – 18.46%] [20.19% – 21.3%] [10.58% – 16.18%] [18.65% – 19.28%]
Hypertensive Patients n (%) 2937 (3.03%) 1534 (2.82%) 46 (3.07%) 4517 (2.96%) 0.0321
95% CI [2.92% – 3.14%] [2.68% – 2.96%] [2.2% – 3.95%] [2.87%3.04%]
Systolic blood pressure in hypertensive population mean (SD) 130.34 (15.3) 131.84 (15) 125.8 (17.6) 130.8 (15.2) 0.0132
95% CI [129.7 – 131] [130.9 – 132.8] [118.1 – 133.5] [130.3 – 131.3]
median [IQR] 130 [120–138.5] 132 [122–140] 126 [112.5 – 141] 130 [121–139]
Blood control levels in hypertensive population 0.0211
 <130 mmHg n (%) 886 (42.6%) 408 (40.16%) 11 (55%) 1305 (41.88%)
95% CI [40.47% – 44.72%] [37.14% – 43.17%] [33.2% – 76.8%] [40.15% – 43.61%]
 130 – 140 mmHg n (%) 733 (35.24%) 328 (32.28%) 4 (20%) 1065 (34.18%)
95% CI [33.19% – 37.29%] [29.41% – 35.16%] [2.47% – 37.53%] [32.51% – 35.84%]
 >140 mmHg n (%) 461 (22.16%) 280 (27.56%) 5 (25%) 746 (23.94%)
95% CI [20.38% – 23.95%] [24.81% - 30.31%] [6.02% - 43.98%] [22.44% - 25.44%]

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