Prevalence of hypertension in adults in the Šumadija district, Serbia: A cross sectional study
Background/Aim. World Health Organization (WHO) studies on the global level have shown that one of the major problems of the public health is hypertension. Blood pressure level greater than 140/90 mmHg is directly and predictively linked to other cardiovascular diseases. The aim of this...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Serbia, University of Defence, Belgrade
2014-01-01
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| Series: | Vojnosanitetski Pregled |
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| Online Access: | http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0042-8450/2014/0042-84501300057M.pdf |
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| Summary: | Background/Aim. World Health Organization (WHO) studies on the global level
have shown that one of the major problems of the public health is
hypertension. Blood pressure level greater than 140/90 mmHg is directly and
predictively linked to other cardiovascular diseases. The aim of this
research was to determine the prevalence of hypertension and the risk groups
among the adult population in the Šumadija District, Serbia. Methods. This
cross-sectional study included 1.669 elderly population of the Šumadija
District, aged 25-74. The study was performed according to the protocol of
the Country Wide Integrated Noncommunicable Disease Intervention (CINDI)
international program. Results. In the Šumadija District more than a half of
the population aged 25-74 suffers from hypertension (53%). In the Šumadija
District 9% of population has undiagnosed hypertension. In the group of
people familiar with their high blood pressure problems, good disease control
is achieved in only 46% of them. Statistically, hypertension occurs more
frequently in males aged 45-74, of lower education, and in rural population.
This is the target group for implementation of the high risk strategy.
Statistically, there is a higher prevalence of hypertension in people
suffering from myocardial infarction (p = 0.04), angina pectoris (p = 0.00),
other cardiac diseases (cardiac insufficiency) (p = 0.00) and cerebrovascular
crises (p = 0.04). Conclusion. A continuous increase of patients with
hypertension, coupled with the developed complications and increase in
cardiovascular diseases as a cause of death, points to the lack of effective
access to prevention and early detection of these diseases in the primary
health care among the risk groups in Šumadija. |
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| ISSN: | 0042-8450 |