Awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension and related factors in adult Iranian population

• Published in: BMC public health Vol. 20; no. 1; p. 667
• Main Authors: Mirzaei, Mohsen, Mirzaei, Masoud, Bagheri, Behnam, Dehghani, Ali
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central 12.05.2020; BMC
• Subjects: Age; Antihypertensives; Awareness; Blood pressure; Body mass index; Cardiovascular disease; Cardiovascular diseases; Control; Diabetes; Diabetes mellitus; Drugs; Education; Health insurance; Health risks; Health services; Hypertension; Illnesses; Iran; Medical personnel; Medical treatment; Morbidity; Patients; Physical activity; Physicians; Population; Population studies; Public awareness; Public health; Questionnaires; Risk analysis; Risk factors; Sex; Tobacco; Tobacco smoking; Womens health; Iran; Hypertension; Control; Iran; Awareness

Hypertension, known as the silent killer, is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Awareness and treatment of hypertension is not appropriate in the world, and this has led to an increase in mortality and morbidity caused by uncontrolled hypertension. This study aims to estimate awareness,...