[Screening of hypertension in a community. Data from the "Camposampiero Project" (author's transl)].
During the initial phase of the international "Community Control Programme of Hypertension" sponsored by W.H.O., and carried out in Italy by the Clinica Medica II of the University of Padua, a random sample of 5852 subjects was screened (11% of the whole population). The response rate was of 75.3%; the prevalence rate of hypertension (160 or 95), based on casual blood pressure readings, was 29.5%. Measures of the control of hypertension and other relevant results are:  a 35.6% of all hypertensives were aware of their condition, and of these 41% were under treatment. Effective treatment of hypertension was seen in one 12.3% of all treated hypertensives (values lower than 16/95), while 14.2% of all hypertensives had values at or above 200 (systolic) or 120 (diastolic). 98.2% of all hypertensives were not under effective control. As a whole, control of hypertension was better in women and in elderly patients.
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D007558:Italy; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening; D008875:Middle Aged
L'ipertensione arteriosa nella comunità: valutazione dello stato del controllo in una popolazione generale. Dati dal "Progetto di Camposampiero".