The impact of communication training on the clinical care of hypertension in general practice: a cluster randomized controlled trial in China

Table 3 Interaction of intervention with the period for each outcome

Outcome	Parameter estimated (PE)	95% CI	P-value
GPs^a (n = 27)
Communication skills	0.612 (0.178)	0.310, 0.907	0.006
Patients^b (n = 540)
Hypertension knowledge	0.233 (0.061)	0.098, 0.514	< 0.001
Satisfaction	0.495 (0.127)	0.116, 0.706	0.004
SBP (mmHg)	-0.803 (0.200)	-1.327, -0.389	< 0.001
DBP (mmHg)	-0.918 (0.243)	-1.694, -0.634	< 0.001

^aAdjusted for gender, age, years providing care, and education
^bAdjusted for gender, age, marital status, education, income per month, smoking, drinking, family history of hypertension, cardiovascular family history, comorbid conditions, diabetes, duration of diagnosis, BMI
Communication skills, set elicit give understand end framework (SEGUE); Knowledge, Hypertension Knowledge-Level Scale (HK-LS); Satisfaction, European Task Force on Patient Evaluation of General Practice (EUROPE)

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