General practitioners' hypertension knowledge and training needs: a survey in Xuhui district, Shanghai.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Hypertension prevalence is high in China, while patients' levels of hypertension awareness, treatment and control are low. General practitioners' knowledge and training relating to hypertension prevention may be an important related factor. We aimed to investigate general practitioners' knowledge of hypertension prevention and potential training needs.

Methods

A questionnaire survey was conducted among all general practitioners at five community health service centers selected by convenience sampling. A total of 160 questionnaires were distributed and 147 were returned (response rate 91.9%) The questionnaire included general information; 12 subjective questions on health promotion, education and training needs; and 19 objective questions in 5 domains (epidemiology

SUBMITTER: Chen Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3565892 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature