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

Mohsen Mirzaei Masoud Mirzaei Behnam Bagheri Ali Dehghani

Published in: BMC public health (2020)

Hypertension is a public health problem in this population, which is not well controlled. Half of the patients were unaware. Intervention for increased screening coverage is needed. It should plan to raise public awareness about hypertension and improve hypertension control under the supervision of physicians. Implement a family physician program is recommended in the health system.

Keyphrases

blood pressure
public health
primary care
randomized controlled trial
end stage renal disease
healthcare
emergency department
newly diagnosed
prognostic factors
arterial hypertension
smoking cessation
patient reported