Awareness and control of hypertension among the elderly in a university hospital.
Because medically useful information could also be gathered through hospital-based studies, the aim of this study was to assess the prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control of HT among the elderly at a university hospital in Turkey. A total of 3,038 elderly were enrolled. Overall, 75.1% of the patients had HT. Among the hypertensive elderly, 88.9% were aware that they had HT, and only 20.9% had BPs that were under control. The low prevalence of control, even among individuals aware of their HT, suggests that the education of health care providers at all stages of professional training is especially important.
Halil
Meltem
M
Hacettepe University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Geriatrics, Ankara, Turkey.
Cankurtaran
Mustafa
M
Ulger
Zekeriya
Z
Balam Yavuz
Burcu
B
Altun
Bulent
B
Turgan
Cetin
C
Ariogul
Servet
S
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001364:Awareness; D001795:Blood Pressure Determination; D005260:Female; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000193:education*; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D014421:Turkey / Q000453:epidemiology; D000078329:Workforce