title: [Hypotension in Austria (author's transl)].
abstract: A representative group of the Austrian population was surveyed to gain informations about various aspects of the blood pressure problem. 22% of the persons surveyed (16-70 years) reported hypotension and 14% hypertension. Especially women very often (29%) consider their blood pressure rather low. 17% of the respondents consider hypotension "very dangerous", 47% "dangerous under certain conditions"; 30% prefer the statement "rather not dangerous". Women are less concerned about hypotension than men. Although hypotension very often is not recognized as a serious health problem this issue has implication on morbidity statistics and other aspects of public health, e. g. frequency of medical consultations, drug treatment, health economy. The population shows a high degree of awareness of this question of health.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D001294:Attitude to Health; D001317:Austria; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000453:epidemiology; D007022:Hypotension / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012737:Sex Factors
vernacular_title: Hypotonie in Osterreich. Ergebnisse einer Bevölkerungsbefragung.