Table 2.
Health conditions of study participants
| Variable | N | n (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Experienced severe illness | 202 | 71 (35.0) |
| Family members experienced severe illness | 201 | 68 (33.5) |
| Duration of hypertension | 202 | |
| < 6 months | 16 (7.8) | |
| ≥ 6 months | 186 (92.2) | |
| Last month blood pressure | 200 | |
| < 140/90 mmHg | 110 (54.2) | |
| ≥ 140/90 mmHg | 90 (45.8) | |
| Health risk level a | 186 | |
| Low | 51 (25.1) | |
| Medium | 100 (49.3) | |
| High | 26 (12.8) | |
| Very high | 9 (4.4) | |
| Anti-hypertensive medications | 202 | |
| 0 | 16 (7.9) | |
| 1 | 134 (66.0) | |
| 2 | 44 (21.7) | |
| ≥ 3 | 8 (4.0) |
aHealth risk was assessed based on blood pressure, risk factors, and target organ damage/diabetes mellitus, and multi-morbidities [17]