The Status of Self-controlling Blood Pressure and Factors of Hospitalization in Primary Hypertensive Patients / 中国慢性病预防与控制

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate the status of self-controlling blood pressure and their hospitalization reasons in primary hypertensive inpatients. Method A cross-sectional survey was performed in 206 patients with primary hypertension in the hospital. Results The 58 patients did not know that they previously suffered from hypertension. They had to be in the hospital as stroke or cardiovascular disease. Those who had measures of self-controlling blood pressure were taken a proportion of 59.22%. The proportion of those who regularly took drugs was only 10.68%. The regular checking rate of blood pressures was 12.14%. Because there was not any or irregular measures, it was increased that the hypertensive patients with stroke or cardiovascular disease in the hospital. Conclusion It is one of the major factors for increasing patients with hypertension in the hospital that lacking the know-ledge which is relevant to prevention and treatment of hypertension. The results indicated that medical staff on non-communicative diseases prevention should educate the hypertensive patients, enhance self-protecting awareness and encourage them to cultivate health lifestyles and simultaneously take comprehensive prevention and treatment measure on hypertension. These suggest it be also necessary to carry out health education in border town especially in rural area and minority nationality regions.