ArticleJournal of health, population, and nutrition2025
Evaluating the relationship between primary care provider access and high blood pressure among Hispanic patients: a cross-sectional study.
Article in Journal of health, population, and nutrition, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
0 citing papers in PubMed.
No citing paper in PubMed yet.
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
4 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
backgroundAccess to a primary care physician (PCP) is essential for managing chronic diseases. Limited PCP access in underserved populations can lead to undiagnosed or poorly managed hypertension. This cross-sectional study assessed the association between having a PCP and uncontrolled blood pressure (BP) among predominantly Hispanic or Latino attendees of a community health fair, adjusting for identified confounders.
methodsData were collected from participants aged 18 years or older at Fiesta de Salud, a community health fair held in Yakima County, Washington State, in August 2023. Blood pressure, PCP status, insurance coverage, demographics, and self-reported hypertension diagnoses were recorded. Uncontrolled BP was defined as systolic ≥ 140 mmHg or diastolic ≥ 90 mmHg. Bivariate analyses utilized Pearson's chi-squared tests. Variable selection for adjusted robust Poisson regression was informed by a directed acyclic graph (DAG), subsequently adjusting for demographics (gender and age), socioeconomic (insurance status), and clinical (prior hypertension diagnosis) confounders. Only complete cases were included for analysis.
resultsOf the 218 participants analyzed, 84% identified as Hispanic, 63% were female. Uncontrolled BP prevalence was 33%. Participants without a PCP had significantly higher prevalence of uncontrolled BP (59% vs. 42%, p = 0.002). Having a PCP consistently lowered the prevalence of uncontrolled BP across all models, remaining significant in the fully adjusted model (PR = 0.54; 95% CI: 0.35-0.85, p = 0.007). Adjustment variables identified by the DAG were included to reduce confounding.
conclusionsHaving a PCP was independently associated with better BP control after adjusting for demographic, socioeconomic, and clinical confounders. Expanding access to consistent PCP relationships, particularly in underserved communities, may improve hypertension management and reduce disparities. Community health fairs can play an important role by identifying individuals with uncontrolled blood pressure and facilitating linkage to ongoing primary care.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What Socratic holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the Socratic graph.