Key result
The prevalence of hypertension was high among adults in Shandong province in 2013, while awareness, treatment, and control rates were low.
Cross-Sectional
Highlights the need for improved health education and standardized management of hypertension in Shandong province due to high prevalence and low awareness, treatment, and control rates.
Signals high regional hypertension burden with poor control; leaves open whether subsequent interventions have improved outcomes.
The prevalence of hypertension was high, but the awareness rate of hypertension, the treatment rate and the control rate of hypertension were low in adults in Shandong province. It is necessary to strengthen the health education about hypertension in young population, the prevention and control of hypertension in old population and those with low education level, the standardized management of hypertension cases and the reduction of risk factors for hypertension.
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Lu et al. (2016) conducted a cross-sectional in Hypertension. The prevalence of hypertension was high among adults in Shandong province in 2013, while awareness, treatment, and control rates were low.
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