Table 2. Percentage of patients who reported use of community-based hypertension monitoring service.
| Variable | Category | Urban (N = 1,473) | Rural (N = 2,025) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N (%) | χ | p | N (%) | χ | p | ||
| Region | Western | 81 (20.87) | 227 (37.89) | ||||
| Central | 67 (18.50) | 167 (34.71) | |||||
| Eastern | 238 (33.38) | 379 (40.49) | |||||
| 37.63 | <0.001 | 8.164 | 0.097 | ||||
| Marital status | Married | 318 (25.66) | 630 (37.72) | ||||
| Unmarried | 68 (29.05) | 143 (40.28) | |||||
| 1.42 | 0.339 | 0.72 | 0.427 | ||||
| Sex | Male | 147 (22.44) | 336 (35.85) | ||||
| 239 (29.21) | 337 (30.97) | ||||||
| 12.88 | 0.002 | 2.113 | 0.161 | ||||
| Age | 45–59 | 119 (25.70) | 262 (38.02) | ||||
| 60–69 | 151 (25.68) | 308 (39.58) | |||||
| 70– | 116 (28.15) | 203 (36.97) | |||||
| 5.09 | 0.367 | 2.21 | 0.354 | ||||
| Household income* | Poor | 92 (28.66) | 202 (36.79) | ||||
| Near poor | 79 (30.38) | 249 (40.81) | |||||
| Middle income | 107 (25.17) | 163 (36.71) | |||||
| High income | 108 (23.63) | 159 (38.49) | |||||
| 6.14 | 0.214 | 1.74 | 0.658 | ||||
| Education | Uneducated | 93 (34.19) | 287 (40.70) | ||||
| Primary school | 187 (29.35) | 324 (36.56) | |||||
| Junior middle school | 63 (20.12) | 116 (36.36) | |||||
| High school and above | 43 (17.84) | 46 (43.39) | |||||
| 32.49 | 0.025 | 2.63 | 0.429 | ||||
| Having medical insurance | Yes | 363 (26.53) | 736 (62.32) | ||||
| No | 23 (21.90) | 37 (4.383) | |||||
| 0.49 | 0.515 | 7.73 | 0.009 | ||||
| Taking Medicine | Yes | 365 (28.16) | 724 (40.35) | ||||
| No | 21 (11.86) | 49 (21.21) | |||||
| 25.90 | <0.001 | 45.68 | <0.001 | ||||
Notes.
a
Household income were categorized into four groups based on the 25th, 50th, and 75th percentiles-poor (0–1,305 RMB), near poor (1,305–16,490 RMB), middle income (16,490-49,595 RMB), and rich (above 49,595 RMB).