title: Blood pressure control in patients with hypertension: a community-based study.
abstract: The objective of own study was to investigate the quality of hypertension management in a rural Chinese population. A prospective cross-sectional study was conducted in 922 hypertensive patients in a regional community in southern China. The average systolic (SBP) and diastolic blood pressure (DBP) was 167.8 +/- 22.5 mmHg and 94.3 +/- 14.2 mmHg respectively. A total of 823 patients (89.3%) patients had a SBP of greater than or equal to 140 mmHg, and 596 (64.6%) had a DBP of greater than or equal to 90 mmHg. Fully 568 patients (69.7%) were treated with one or two antihypertensive drugs, mostly with calcium channel blockers. In patients treated with antihypertensive drugs, the average SBP and DBP were 170.3 +/- 23.1 mmHg and 96.2 +/- 14.8 mmHg, respectively. Blood pressure was poorly controlled in these hypertensive patients. Further studies are required to identify the barriers to the effective management of uncontrolled hypertension in a rural setting.
authors.affiliation: School of Biomedical Sciences, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, Australia. lwang@csu.edu.au
authors.forename: Lexin
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Tiemin
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Wei
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002681:China; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019035:Rural Health Services; D012424:Rural Population
chemical_list: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents; D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers