Characteristics | Total (n = 200) | Study Group | p-value | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Teaching: Individual (n = 98) | Usual Care (n = 102) | |||
Sociodemographic | ||||
Age (years) | 62.8 ± 11.1 | 62.8 ± 11.6 | 62.7 ± 10.7 | 0.948 |
Sex | ||||
Women | 146 (73.00) | 72 (73.47) | 74 (72.55) | 0.883 |
Men | 54 (27.00) | 26 (26.53) | 28 (27.45) | |
Marital status | ||||
Married/living in a free union | 98 (49.00) | 50 (51.02) | 48 (47.06) | 0.950 |
Divorced | 19 (9.50) | 9 (9.18) | 10 (9.80) | |
Single | 48 (24.00) | 23 (23.47) | 25 (24.51) | |
Widowers | 35 (17.50) | 16 (16.33) | 19 (18.63) | |
Socioeconomic status | ||||
Low | 174 (87.00) | 84 (85.71) | 90 (88.24) | 0.596 |
Medium | 26 (13.00) | 14 (14.29) | 12 (11.76) | |
Year of schooling | 5 (2–5) | 4 (2–5) | 5 (2–5) | 0.443 |
Occupation | ||||
Unemployed | 22 (11.00) | 9 (9.18) | 13 (12.75) | 0.455 |
Employees | 13 (6.50) | 4 (4.08) | 9 (8.82) | |
Housewives | 117 (58.50) | 60 (61.22) | 57 (55.88) | |
Independent | 47 (23.50) | 24 (24.49) | 23 (22.55) | |
Pensioners | 1 (0.50) | 1 (1.02) | 0 (0.00) | |
Clinics | ||||
Diseases | ||||
Type 2 diabetes | 24 (12.00) | 11 (11.22) | 13 (12.75) | 0.944 |
Hypertension | 125 (62.50) | 62 (63.27) | 63 (61.76) | |
Hypertension/Type 2 diabetes | 51 (25.50) | 25 (25.51) | 26 (25.49) | |
Charlson index (points) | 1 (0–1) | 1 (0–1) | 1 (0–1) | 0.913 |
Tobacco consumption in the last year | 12 (6.15) | 6 (6.25) | 6 (6.06) | 0.956 |
Body mass index (kg/m2) | 29.1 ± 5.4 | 29.5 ± 5.5 | 28.7 ± 5.3 | 0.349 |
Waist-hip index | 0.89 ± 0.07 | 0.90 ± 0.07 | 0.89 ± 0.08 | 0.440 |
Cholesterol (mg/dl) | ||||
Total | 196 ± 40 | 200 ± 34 | 192 ± 45 | 0.165 |
Low density lipoprotein (LDL) | 114 ± 37 | 118 ± 36 | 111 ± 38 | 0.248 |
High density lipoprotein (HDL) | 48 ± 12 | 48 ± 12 | 48 ± 11 | 0.838 |
Triglycerides | 173 ± 84 | 165 (115–204) | 152 (116–207) | 0.257 |
Outcomes | ||||
Adherence score (points) | 9.39 ± 2.05 | 9.39 ± 1.97 | 9.38 ± 2.13 | 0.957 |
SBP in 24 h (mmHg) | 124 ± 14.3 | 125 ± 14.6 | 123 ± 13.9 | 0.385 |
HbA1c (%) | 6.18 ± 1.58 | 6.19 ± 1.71 | 6.15 ± 1.44 | 0.879 |