Lack of effective blood pressure control among an elder hypertensive population in Buenos Aires.
Am J Hypertens
; 11(8 Pt 1): 1024-7, 1998 Aug.
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ABSTRACT
Our purpose was to determine the level of awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension in a population of subjects aged 65 or more. We studied a random sample from the national health care program in Buenos Aires. Letters were mailed to 1000 selected individuals. Among those eligible, 41.4% (n = 414) were enrolled. The mean age was 73.8 years and 68% were women. Prevalence of hypertension in our sample was 77.5% (n = 321). Awareness of hypertension was 60.7% (n = 195). Fifty-four percent (n = 173) of the hypertensive subjects were receiving pharmacologic treatment and only 18.5% (n = 32) of them were controlled. These results show that there is a low level of awareness, pharmacologic treatment, and control of hypertension in the studied elderly subjects.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Hipertensión
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Antihipertensivos
Tipo de estudio:
Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Aged
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Aged80
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Am J Hypertens
Asunto de la revista:
ANGIOLOGIA
Año:
1998
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Argentina