Key result
Poor knowledge and access barriers are linked to ~43% underutilization of routine hypertension control.
Why the study?
Utilization of routine hypertension control in the Free Health Check program at Ngaliyan Primary Health Center remains suboptimal despite its role in early detection and management of NCDs.
Cross-Sectional (n=100)
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Knowledge, healthcare accessibility, and patient perceptions are significant drivers of participation in routine primary care hypertension control programs.
Modifiable patient factors associated with hypertension control underutilization; hypothesis-generating for targeted interventions, needs prospective confirmation.
The government’s strategy to address Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs), which arise from health challenges across different life stages, is the Free Health Check program (PKG), aimed at early detection of risk factors and diseases to improve prevention and management. However, the utilization of hypertension control, one of the most common conditions identified in this program, remains suboptimal at Ngaliyan Primary Health Center determinants of utilization of the PKG program’s routine control among hypertensive patients at Ngaliyan Primary Health Center. The study was conducted from November 2025 to February 2026 using a descriptive quantitative method with a cross-sectional approach and a total of 100 respondents were selected using accidental sampling from a population of 2,000 hypertensive patients identified in the PKG program from February to September 2025. Bivariate analysis conducted using the Chi-Square test. The results showed that 43% of respondents underutilized routine control. Determinants with no significant relationship were income, health insurance ownership, usual source of care, cues to action, perceived severity, and evaluated need. In contrast, significant determinants included knowledge (p = 0,000), accessibility (p = 0,005), perceived barriers (p = 0.022), perceived need (p = 0,000), and perceived susceptibility (p = 0.015).
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Pratiwi et al. (2026) conducted a cross-sectional in Hypertension (n=100). Patient knowledge, accessibility, and perceived health beliefs was evaluated on Utilization of routine hypertension control. Patient knowledge (p=0.000), accessibility (p=0.005), perceived need (p=0.000), perceived susceptibility (p=0.015), and perceived barriers (p=0.022) were significant determinants of routine hypertension control utilization, which was underutilized by 43% of respondents.
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