title: [The state of the knowledge of the rural population about the importance of risk factors for the development of arterial hypertension].
abstract: Thanks to a special questionnaire awareness was studied in 203 villagers of the part risk factors play in the development of arterial hypertension. The study made showed that the rural country-folk, those aged 65 and older especially, as well as those patients suffering from arterial hypertension, were far from being fully aware of the above risk factors. Only one-third male respondents and one-half female ones of those taking in too much alcoholic drink habitually consider it to be a risk factor for arterial hypertension. Similar tendency is seen among those smoking tobacco and consuming too much common salt. The most commonly encountered reaction to stressful situation in male countryfolk is emotional excitement, in female ones emotional depression. Identified among patients with arterial hypertension were persons having been in the state of stress for more than 24 hours. Most respondents drew attention to inadequate prophylactic work that health workers carry on in rural population.
authors.forename: S O
authors.initials: SO
authors.lastname: Dmytrenko
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012307:Risk Factors; D012424:Rural Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014455:Ukraine
vernacular_title: Stan obiznanosti sil's'koho naselennia pro znachennia chynnykiv ryzyku rozvytku arterial'noï hipertenziï.