Features of Blood Pressure Control in Different Regions of Ukraine

The aim of the study was to evaluate the results of 3 month treatment of patients with arterial hypertension by primary care physicians (n=531) depending on the region of Ukraine. The study is based on the results of examinations of 7935 patients with arterial hypertension, who had been divided into 7 groups depending on the place of their living. All the patients were measured their office blood pressure (BP), ECG, evaluation of the compliance by X. Girerd questioner tests baseline 3 months before and after the treatment using mostly the drugs made in Ukraine. It has been established that using domestic drugs you can achieve the target blood pressure in most patients. But in different regions of Ukraine the percentage of patients with controlled blood pressure was different – from 52,5 to 70 %. The causes of poor blood pressure control were different for different regions.