OBJECTIVETo investigate the community-based management status of hypertensive patients aged 35 or over in China and provide basic data for evaluation by investigating the hypertensive patients managed in communities.

METHODSThe subjects in this study were recruited from the individuals of the 2010 China Non-communicable and Chronic Diseases. In September 2011, flow-up survey and a cross-section analysis has been done during the same people interviewed in 2010. Clustering sampling method was used to select 11 977 samples aged 35 or over and diagnosed by doctors from community level or above hospitals to be interviewed. A face to face questionnaire survey was carried out to collect information on general demographic characteristics, the treatment and control of blood pressure and risk factors of the hypertensive patients of community management.Sample was weighted according to complex sampling scheme and post-stratification to represent the population of Chinese hypertensive patients aged 35 or over and the rates with 95% confidence intervals (CI) were calculated for the subgroups according to different characteristics. The Rao-scott χ(2) test was performed to test for the differences of the rates of the subgroups.

RESULTSIn the survey, there were 11 977 patients aged 35 or over diagnosed as hypertension by doctors, and among them, a total of 5120 hypertensive patients had been under management in communities. After being weighted the rate of management of hypertensive patients in communities was 43.99% (95%CI:38.17%-49.81%). There was a significant difference in the proportion of patients receiving management services when comparing different age groups (χ(2) = 21.98, P < 0.01) and sex (χ(2) = 4.18, P < 0.05), the rate of management among the patients aged 65 or over was 46.97% (95%CI:40.44%-53.50%), while among the patients aged 35 to 44 was only 37.72% (31.78%-43.65%). The rate of management was higher among females (45.37%, 95%CI:39.24%-51.50%) than males (42.50%, 95%CI:36.71%-48.30%). The overall rate of standardized management of hypertensive patients managed in communities was 35.30% (95%CI:31.78%-38.81%). The research also found differences in the proportions of patients receiving standardized management services when comparing different age groups (χ(2) = 28.66, P < 0.05), gender (χ(2) = 235.85, P < 0.01), and regions (χ(2) = 9.29, P < 0.05). The rate of receiving standardized management services among the patients aged 65 or over was 40.52% (95%CI:36.21%-44.82%), while among the patients aged 35 to 44 was only 26.18% (95%CI:20.07%-32.29%), the rate was lower among males (16.78%, 95%CI:14.13%-19.42%) than females(51.29%, 95%CI:46.41%-56.16%) , the rate of patients living in urban areas (38.53%, 95%CI:34.34%-42.72%) was higher than patients living in rural areas (33.36%, 95%CI:28.17%-38.55%) . The differences of the treatment rates of hypertensive patients managed in communities were found among different age groups (χ(2) = 26.39, P < 0.01), gender (χ(2) = 13.91, P < 0.01), and regions (χ(2) = 4.27, P < 0.05), the rate of treatment was 94.67% (93.41%-95.93%) among the patients aged 65 or over , while 86.47% (95%CI:81.05%-91.89%) among patients aged 35 to 44, the rate of treatment was higher among females (94.35%, 95%CI:93.15%-95.55%) than among males (90.84%, 95%CI:88.99%-92.70%), and it was also higher among patients living in urban regions (94.17%, 95%CI:92.62%-95.71%) than among patients living in rural regions (91.86%, 95%CI:90.20%-93.52%). The rate of control of hypertensive patients managed in communities was 33.13% (95%CI:29.50%-36.76%) and the rate was higher among the subjects living in the urban areas (45.09%, 95%CI:38.73%-51.45%) than in rural areas (25.96%, 95%CI:21.63%-30.30%) (χ(2) = 22.40, P < 0.01).

CONCLUSIONResults from our study showed that community management of hypertension had been popularized across the country. And it could significantly improve the program on the treatment and control of hypertension at the community level in China.

Adult ; Aged ; China ; epidemiology ; Community Health Services ; organization & administration ; Disease Management ; Female ; Humans ; Hypertension ; epidemiology ; therapy ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Surveys and Questionnaires

OBJECTIVETo analyze partner attitude change and influencing factors on HIV infected pregnant women HIV disclosure.

METHODA multi-stage cross sectional method was used to collect information by questionnaires on 1164 HIV infected pregnant women in 6 counties including Ruili and Longchuan in Yunnan, Hezhou, Lingshan and Pingxiang in Guangxi and Yining in Xinjiang. Information on demographic characteristics and sexual behavior of the subjects and partner attitude toward HIV infected pregnant women were obtained. The influencing factors of partner's discrimination against HIV infected pregnant women were analyzed.

RESULTA total of 991(85.1%) HIV infected pregnant women have disclosed HIV status to partners among 1164 respondents and 39 (3.9%) reported they were discriminated against partners. Multivariate analysis showed that the 6.5% (15/231) of HIV infected pregnant women in urban had discrimination from their husbands while the ratio among rural pregnant women was lower(3.2% (24/760), OR = 0.40, 95%CI:0.12-0.77) . Compared with the ratio of discrimination among the women of first marriage(2.9%, 21/731), the discrimination ratio among women with remarriage and other status was higher (6.5% (15/232),OR = 2.45, 95%CI:1.61-5.25 and 10.7% (3/28),OR = 3.77, 95%CI:1.46-9.88) respectively. The discrimination ratio among pregnant women with multiple sexual partners was 5.9% (23/389), higher than women with single partner (2.6%, 15/580) (OR = 2.21, 95%CI:1.80-6.23).

CONCLUSIONThe discrimination toward HIV infected pregnant women from husbands was related to demographic characteristics and sexual behaviors.

Adolescent ; Adult ; Attitude ; China ; epidemiology ; Cross-Sectional Studies ; Female ; HIV Infections ; epidemiology ; Humans ; Middle Aged ; Pregnancy ; Prejudice ; Risk-Taking ; Sexual Behavior ; Spouses ; psychology ; Surveys and Questionnaires ; Young Adult

OBJECTIVETo investigate the current status and association between movement disorders, constipation and sleep disturbances in the elderly population of China.

METHODSA total of 42 353 subjects aged over 60 years old from Chinese Chronic Non-communicable Disease & Risk Factor Surveillance (2010) was selected in our study. The information on movement disorders, constipation and sleep disturbances was collected by standardized questionnaire interview. The prevalence and association of self-reported movement disorders, constipation and sleep disturbances was measured according to different gender, age groups and regions.

RESULTSThe study was conducted among 42 353 old adults, including 21 893 males (51.7%) and 20 460 females (48.3%); 17 917 from urban areas (42.3%) and 24 436 from rural areas (57.7%); and the proportion of elderly from eastern, central and western regions were 37.9% (16 031 subjects), 29.1% (12 345 subjects) and 33.0% (13 977 subjects) respectively. After weighted complex analysis, the data showed that among the elderly population over 60 years old in China, the self-reported rates of movement disorders, constipation and sleep disturbances were all age-related, rising up with the age increasing. The rates of 60-64 age group were 2.8% (95%CI:1.9%-3.7%), 3.6% (95%CI:3.1%-4.1%) and 12.4% (95%CI:11.0%-13.8%);and in ≥ 80 age group, the rates were 13.2% (95%CI:10.2%-16.1%), 8.8% (95%CI:7.1%-10.6%) and 19.1% (95%CI:16.3%-21.9%). The self-reported rate of movement disorders was 5.7% (95%CI: 4.5%-7.0%); the prevalence of constipation was 5.1% (95%CI: 4.4%-5.7%), which was higher among women (5.8%, 95%CI: 5.0%-6.6%) than it among men (4.3%, 95%CI: 3.7%-4.8%) (χ(2) = 23.40, P < 0.05), and higher among subjects from urban areas (6.0%, 95%CI: 5.1%-7.0%) than from rural areas (4.6%, 95%CI: 3.8%-5.4%) (χ(2) = 5.62, P < 0.05); the prevalence of self-reported sleep disturbances was 14.2% (95%CI: 12.7%-15.8%), higher in women (17.4%, 95%CI: 15.4%-19.3%) than in men (11.0%, 95%CI: 9.7%-12.2%) (χ(2) = 172.05, P < 0.05); the prevalence of movement disorders in people with constipation (16.3%, 95%CI: 12.7%-19.9%) was much higher than it in people without constipation (5.2%, 95%CI: 4.0%-6.3%) (χ(2) = 242.73, P < 0.05); and the prevalence of movement disorders in people with sleep disturbances (13.0%, 95%CI: 10.6%-15.4%) was much higher than it in people without sleep disturbances (4.5%, 95%CI: 3.5%-5.5%) (χ(2) = 688.80, P < 0.05).Logistic regression analysis showed that constipation and sleep disturbances would increase the risk of movement disorders, with the OR (95%CI) at 2.93 (2.57-3.33) and 2.73 (2.48-3.02), respectively.

CONCLUSIONThe present study showed that self-reported rates of movement disorders, constipation and sleep disturbances all rose up with age increasing in the elderly. The movement disorders was associated with constipation and sleep disturbances.

Aged ; Aged, 80 and over ; China ; epidemiology ; Constipation ; complications ; epidemiology ; Cross-Sectional Studies ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Movement Disorders ; complications ; epidemiology ; Prevalence ; Rural Population ; Sleep Wake Disorders ; complications ; epidemiology ; Surveys and Questionnaires ; Urban Population

OBJECTIVETo analyze the status and trend of injury burden in 1990 and 2010 for Chinese people.

METHODSWe used results of the Global Burden of Diseases Study 2010 (GBD 2010) to analyze the status of injury burden in China. The main outcome measurements included years of life lost (YLL), years lived with disability (YLD), and disability-adjusted life years (DALY). Moreover, the China Census in 2010 was used as the reference population to calculate the age-standardized rate with each five-year as an age group. We also calculate the percentage change from 1990 to 2010 and analyze the trend of injury burden in China for the past twenty years.

RESULTSIn 2010, a total of 796 240 people died of injury. The crude death rate of injury in China was 59.34/100 000 and the standardized death rate was 61.87/100 000; the YLL due to injury was 31.7593 million person years. The YLD due to injury was 9.0447 million person years and the DALY due to injury was 40.8040 million person years. In 2010, the top five causes of death related to injury were road traffic, injury, suicide, falls, drowning and poisoning. The death number for the five causes were 282 576, 172 964, 115 294, 67 402, and 36 997, respectively. The top five causes of DALY related to injury were road traffic injury, falls, suicide, drowning and poisoning and the DALY were 14.9623 million, 7.0583 million, 5.9699 million, 3.6634 million, and 1.6137 million person years. From 1990 to 2010, the burden attributable to road traffic injury increased quickly, the standardized death rate increased from 15.76/100 000 to 21.83/100 000, up 38.54%; the standardized DALY rate increased from 930.12/100 000 to 1142.19/100 000, up 22.80%. From 1990 to 2010, the burden attributable to suicide decreased, the standardized death rate decreased from 22.62/100 000 to 13.62/100 000, down 39.82%, and the standardized DALY rate decreased from 875.09/100 000 to 462.28/100 000, down 47.17%. The disease burden of injury topped at the group aged 20-24, followed by group aged 40-44 and group aged 35-39, the DALY for the three age groups were 4.2211 million,4.1655 million, and 4.0319 million person years, respectively.

CONCLUSIONInjury was the main disease for burden among Chinese population, especially among young adults. In recent years, the burden attributable to road traffic injury increased quickly. Targeted prevention and control measures for road traffic injury, falling, suicide and other key injury should be in place to reduce the burden of injury effectively.

Accidental Falls ; Accidents, Traffic ; Adult ; China ; Cost of Illness ; Drowning ; Humans ; Outcome Assessment (Health Care) ; Poisoning ; Quality-Adjusted Life Years ; Suicide ; Wounds and Injuries ; Young Adult