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May 24, 2003Journal of Hypertension

Awareness, treatment and control of hypertension in patients attending hospital clinics in China

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Population

9,703 patients over the age of 35 years attending outpatient clinics in 18 hospitals across 8 major cities…

Design

Cross-sectional

Authors

WLWei LiTianjin University of TechnologyXJXiongjing JiangChinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeHMHong MaNorth Carolina State University

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Implication

Suboptimal hypertension control persists amid adherence gaps; leaves open whether targeted education improves outcomes in prospective studies.

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Population
9,703 patients over the age of 35 years attending outpatient clinics in 18 hospitals across 8 major cities in Northern and Southern China, including 4,510 (46.5%) with hypertension.
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Outcome
Awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension

A substantial proportion of Chinese outpatients with hypertension have poor blood pressure control, largely driven by misconceptions and lack of regular medication adherence.

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Li et al. (2003) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a75a67a6e15464cba6a3879https://doi.org/10.1097/00004872-200306000-00020

Topics

Hypertension management
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