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The proportions, influencing factors and effects of different health-seeking behaviours on blood pressure (BP) among hypertensive patients in urban communities are not clear. The aim of the study was to investigate health-seeking behaviours and the effects of different health-seeking behaviours on BP among hypertensive patients in urban communities in China.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>A cross-sectional survey of hypertension was conducted in urban communities in Chengdu. A total of 437 hypertensive patients seeking medical help regularly were sequentially enrolled to complete a the questionnaire on health-seeking behaviours.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>The average age was 67.1\u2009\u00b1\u20097.5\u00a0years old. The control rate of BP was 41.0%, and the systolic blood pressure (SBP) and diastolic blood pressure (DBP) were 144.2\u2009\u00b1\u200917.9\u00a0mm Hg and 75.4\u2009\u00b1\u200910.4\u00a0mm Hg, respectively. Among the hypertensive patients investigated, 62.8% chose community health service centre, 5.2% chose informal medical facilities, 21.5% chose cardiology clinics in secondary or tertiary hospitals, and 10.5% chose both community health service centre and cardiology clinics as the usual places for medical treatment. There were significant differences in education levels, proportions of home BP monitoring, establishment of chronic disease archives in the community, medication adherence and side effects of drugs among the four groups. The control rates of BP were 39.4%, 23.8%,\u00a043.0% and 54.8% (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.100), respectively. The SBPs were 145.1\u2009\u00b1\u200918.0, 150.9\u00a0\u00b1 19.8,\u00a0143.8\u2009\u00b1\u200917.5 and 136.3\u2009\u00b1\u200915.1\u00a0mm Hg (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.007), respectively, and it was significantly lower in the combined management group than in the other three groups. Compared with patients choosing community health service centre, patients in the combined management group had a significantly lower BP level (\u03b2\u2009=\u2009\u22120.119, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.038) adjusting for age, sex, education level, establishment of chronic disease archives, medication adherence and number of antihypertensive drugs.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>Combined management with both community health service centre and higher-level hospitals can decrease BP.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1186\/s12872-021-02073-8","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,5,25]],"date-time":"2021-05-25T14:03:02Z","timestamp":1621951382000},"update-policy":"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Combined management can decrease blood pressure: an investigation of health-seeking behaviors among hypertensive patients in urban communities in China"],"prefix":"10.1186","volume":"21","author":[{"given":"Si","family":"Wang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Kai","family":"Liu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Xin","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Qingtao","family":"Meng","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Xinran","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Runyu","family":"Ye","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Zhipeng","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Xiaoping","family":"Chen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,5,25]]},"reference":[{"key":"2073_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1953","DOI":"10.1097\/HJH.0000000000001940","volume":"36","author":"B Williams","year":"2018","unstructured":"Williams B, Mancia G, Spiering W, Agabiti Rosei E, Azizi M, Burnier M, et al. 2018 ESC\/ESH Guidelines for the management of arterial hypertension: The Task Force for the management of arterial hypertension of the European Society of Cardiology and the European Society of Hypertension. 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