Evaluation of Hypertension Patient Management During Family Medicine Trainee Education

Abstract

Abstract
 Introduction
 Hypertension (HT) is a systemic disease manifested by high blood pressure and is a major health problem, common in the community and the cause of serious complications. Control of blood pressure levels is an essential step in reducing the resulting complications. The aim of the study is to evaluate the impact of a face-to-face HT training on the HT knowledge and awareness of the family medicine resident doctors, and to understand their needs.
 
 Method
 Our study was planned in a descriptive-cross-sectional research design. Immediately before and after the face-to-face training, participants were given a questionnaire created by researchers based on two documents: the Turkish Hypertension Consensus Reports published in 2019, and the Hypertension Diagnosis and Treatment Guidelines published by the Turkish Endocrinology and Metabolism Society in 2022.
 
 Results
 In our study, we observed the effect of face-to-face education on 15 sub-categories of HT as an intervention research model. In the post-training evaluation, 12 of the 15 sub-categories involved theoretical questions, and three were case-based evaluation questions. The goal was to correctly answer 50% or more of the questions, and it was observed that, after the training, in five of the fifteen sub-categories, this target was generally achieved .
 
 Conclusion
 Face-to-face training is effective in increasing knowledge and awareness, and evaluation capacity, which are two important elements of HT administration in primary care. A detailed examination of 15 sub-categories related to HT revealed the categories that were better in terms of effect size. In addition, we reviewed other factors in the success of education, such as "case study”, and identified the most influential of these. Our study also detailed the effects on sub-categories related to HT management (such as resistance to first-stage HT management), which reveal interesting and somewhat unexpected results