title: [Evaluation on the effects of community-based comprehensive prevention and control of hypertension in the rural areas in China].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore the strategies and measures of community-based comprehensive prevention and control of hypertension in the rural areas.
  
  
  METHODS
  Community-based comprehensive prevention and control of hypertension was put in practice in 120,000 people in Fangshan District of Beijing during the period of "The Ninth Five-Year Plan (1996 - 2000)".
  
  
  RESULTS
  After intervention, blood pressure of the whole subjects were under control and kept the level of baseline data; the rate of increase of prevalence in the intervention areas was below the rate of that from 1979 to 1991 in China (the former was 14.7%, while the latter was 53.7%); the incidence rate of the subjects was 1.4%, close to the average rate of age 15 and above in China; the rates of awareness, treatment and control were above the levels of baseline data; SBP and DBP of the patients decreased by 2.9% and 5.6%, respectively; while the rate of having high risk factors reduced by 13.4% on average.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The community-based comprehensive strategies and measures played an important and effective role in prevention and control of hypertension in rural areas.
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology, Beijing Medical University, Beijing 100083, China.
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mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D003153:Community Health Services; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000628:therapy; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening; D008875:Middle Aged; D012307:Risk Factors; D012423:Rural Health; D012494:Sampling Studies; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires