Department of Cardiology, The Second Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, China.
Cardiovascular Research Methods Centre, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
J Hum Hypertens. 2020 Jan;34(1):43-50. doi: 10.1038/s41371-019-0263-2. Epub 2019 Sep 23.
Timely awareness of hypertension is among the most crucial components in reducing the burden of hypertension. However, there is limited information about the awareness of hypertension in northern China. Therefore, in this cross-sectional study, we aimed to investigate the awareness of hypertension and its associated factors in the Jilin province in China; the study was conducted between July 2014 and December 2015 in four cities and four rural counties in the Jilin province as part of a national study. A stratified multistage random-sampling method was used to select a representative sample: a total of 15,206 participants aged ≥15 years were initially recruited, among which 14,956 were finally included in the survey. The awareness of hypertension in the Jilin province was found to be 42.3%. Moreover, the awareness of hypertension was associated with age, sex, region, marital status, body mass index, and family history of hypertension or coronary artery disease. Employment was associated with a lower awareness in rural areas, whereas high education was associated with a higher awareness in urban areas. Policies targeting specific subgroups may be helpful in increasing the awareness of hypertension in the Jilin province.
及时了解高血压是降低高血压负担的最重要因素之一。然而，关于中国北方高血压知晓率的信息有限。因此，在这项横断面研究中，我们旨在调查中国吉林省的高血压知晓率及其相关因素；该研究于 2014 年 7 月至 2015 年 12 月在吉林省的四个城市和四个农村县进行，是国家研究的一部分。采用分层多阶段随机抽样方法选择代表性样本：共招募了 15206 名年龄≥15 岁的参与者，其中最终有 14956 名参与者纳入了调查。吉林省的高血压知晓率为 42.3%。此外，高血压知晓率与年龄、性别、地区、婚姻状况、体重指数以及高血压或冠心病家族史有关。在农村地区，就业与较低的知晓率相关，而在城市地区，高教育水平与较高的知晓率相关。针对特定亚组的政策可能有助于提高吉林省的高血压知晓率。
