Trial reportPloS one2015
Personal Continuity of Care in a University-Based Primary Care Practice: Impact on Blood Pressure Control.
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- Effects of continuity of care on health outcomes among patients with diabetes mellitus and/or hypertension: a systematic review.BMC family practice · 2021Pooled it
- Primary care provider's barriers to effective management of apparently resistant hypertension in Malaysian public primary health care and strategies to overcome them: a qualitative study.BMC primary care · 2026Article
- Continuity of care for people with hypertension in primary health care: a scoping review.Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S P · 2026Article
- Pathways to Hypertension Control: Unfinished Journeys of Low-Income Individuals in Malaysia and the Philippines.The International journal of health planning and management · 2025Observational
- Understanding Gaps in the Hypertension and Diabetes Care Cascade: Systematic Scoping Review.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2024Article
- Safety and efficacy of oil palm phenolic supplementation in improving lipid profile among hyperlipidemic adults: a phase 2, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2023Article
- Does a policy that requires adherence to a regular primary care physician improve the actual adherence of patients?Israel journal of health policy research · 2021Article
- Impact of Continuous Care on Health Outcomes and Cost for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Analysis Using National Health Insurance Cohort Database.Diabetes & metabolism journal · 2019Observational
- How have researchers defined and used the concept of 'continuity of care' for chronic conditions in the context of resource-constrained settings? A scoping review of existing literature and a proposed conceptual framework.Health research policy and systems · 2019Article
- Continuity of Care Evaluation: The View of Patients and Professionals about Urban Family Physician Program.International journal of preventive medicine · 2017Article
- Assessment of Continuity of Care among Patients with Multiple Chronic Conditions in Italy.PloS one · 2016Observational
- Comparing Health Outcomes in Patients with Hypertension Receiving Continuity of Care From Regular Family Physician With Care From Multiple Physicians: A Retrospective Cohort Study.Journal of primary care & community healthArticle
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Abstract
Continuity of care is an important quality outcome of patient care. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between personal continuity and blood pressure (BP) control among the patients with hypertension in an academic primary care centre. Between January and May 2012, we conducted a retrospective review of medical records of patients with hypertension who had been followed up for at least 1 year in the Primary Care Clinic, University of Malaya Medical Centre, Malaysia. In this setting, doctors who provided care for hypertension included postgraduate family medicine trainees, non-trainee doctors and academic staff. Systematic random sampling (1:4) was used for patient selection. BP control was defined as less than 130/80 mm Hg for patients with diabetes mellitus, proteinuria and chronic kidney disease and less than 140/90 mm Hg for all other patients. Continuity of care was assessed using the usual provider continuity index (UPCI), which is the ratio of patient visits to the usual provider to the total number of visits to all providers in 1 year. A UPC index of zero denotes no continuity while an index of one reflects perfect continuity with only the usual provider. We reviewed a total of 1060 medical records. The patients' mean age was 62.0 years (SD 10.4). The majority was women (59.2%) and married (85.7%). The mean number of visits in a year was 3.85 (SD 1.36). A total of 72 doctors had provided consultations (55 postgraduate family medicine trainees, 8 non-trainee doctors and 9 academic staff). The mean UPCI was 0.43 (SD 0.34). Target BP was achieved in 42% of the patients. There was no significant relationship between BP control and personal continuity after adjustment for total number of visits. Continuity of care was not associated with BP control in our centre. Further studies are needed to explore the reasons for this.
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