Evaluation on the effects of community-based comprehensive prevention and control of hypertension in the rural areas in China

• Published in: Zhōnghuá liúxíngbìng zázhì Vol. 21; no. 3; p. 185
• Main Authors: Li, J, Cao, W, Hu, Y, Zhan, S, Li, P, Li, X, Wu, T, Wang, Y, Wang, S, Sun, Y, Li, L
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Chinese
• Published: China 01.06.2000
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; China - epidemiology; Community Health Services; Evaluation Studies as Topic; Female; Humans; Hypertension - epidemiology; Hypertension - prevention & control; Hypertension - therapy; Incidence; Male; Mass Screening; Middle Aged; Risk Factors; Rural Health; Sampling Studies; Surveys and Questionnaires; China
• ISSN: 0254-6450

To explore the strategies and measures of community-based comprehensive prevention and control of hypertension in the rural areas. 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)". 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. The community-based comprehensive strategies and measures played an important and