Hypertension Prevalence and the Status of People Awareness,Treatment,and Control in Yangpu District of Shanghai
- VernacularTitle:上海市杨浦区高血压的患病率、知晓率及治疗和控制状况
- Author:
Yi HONG
1
;
Weizhen ZHANG
;
Hua ZHANG
;
Junfeng CAI
;
Jian HUANG
Author Information
1. 上海市第一康复医院心功能康复科
- Keywords:
Hypertension;
Rate of control;
Prevention
- From:
Chinese Journal of Clinical Medicine
2015;(1):99-101
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective:To evaluate the rate of prevalence ,awareness ,treatment ,and control of hypertension in a community population in Yangpu District ,Shanghai ,to improve the strategy of prevention and treatment .Methods :In this study ,5523 people were randomly sampled and analyzed from five service points in yangpu District ,shanghai ,through questionnaire survey and blood pressure measurement .Results:(1) The prevalence of hypertension in Yangpu was 41 .6% ( 43 .2% in males and 40 .4% in females) .(2) The rate of awareness ,treatment ,and the control of hypertension were 84 .4% ,64 .1% and 44 .1% , respectively .In addition ,with the increase of age ,the prevalence rate of hypertension increased significantly ,and the control rate decreased . The risk factors of hypertension included obesity , age , smoking , and family history of hypertension . Conclusions :There is a high prevalence of hypertension in Yangpu district ,Shanghai .Although hypertension awareness rate , treatment rate and control rate greatly increased than before , efforts are still needed to strengthen the community comprehensive prevention and control of hypertension .
