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Decrease of blood pressure by community-based strategies.
Salazar, Martín R; Carbajal, Horacio A; Aizpurúa, Marcelo; Riondet, Beatriz; Rodrigo, Horacio F; Rechifort, Valentin; Quaini, Susana M; Echeverria, Raul F.
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  • Echeverria, Raul F; Centro de Referencia Provincial de Hipertensión Arterial, Ministerio de Salud, Pcia. de Buenos Aires. salazarlandea@gm.
Medicina [B Aires] ; 65(6): 507-12, 2005.
Article in En | BINACIS | ID: bin-38180
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ABSTRACT
In a cross section study performed in Rauch in 1997 we found a high prevalence of hypertension and low levels of treatment and control. To evaluate the impact of the community-based intervention activities on blood pressure (BP), we made a cohort study in 1526 inhabitants aged between 15 and 75 years in 2003. The initial study, the advice to consult the family doctor when alterations were found, the free provision of antihypertensive drugs, the press diffusion of the study results and a healthy lifestyle were included among the intervention activities. BP was measured in the subjects residence by especially trained nurses, considering systolic BP (SBP) and diastolic BP (DBP) as the average of three measurements in one occasion. A total of 1307 subjects (85.65
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Collection: 06-national / AR Database: BINACIS Type of study: Observational_studies / Risk_factors_studies Language: En Journal: Medicina [B Aires] Year: 2005 Document type: Article
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Collection: 06-national / AR Database: BINACIS Type of study: Observational_studies / Risk_factors_studies Language: En Journal: Medicina [B Aires] Year: 2005 Document type: Article