Hypertension prevalence alteration in 92 815 nurses based on the new standard by 2017 ACC/AHA hypertension guideline: observational cross-sectional study from China.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study aimed to elucidate the status of hypertension and to analyse the hypertension changes in prevalence, awareness, treatment and control rate among the portion of Chinese nursing staff based on the 2017 American College of Cardiology (ACC)/American Heart Association (AHA) High Blood Pressure Guideline and the 2010 Chinese Guideline for the Management of Hypertension.

Design

Cross-sectional study.

Setting

512 medical institutions in 13 cities in Hebei Province.

Participants

The candidates of registered nurses from 512 medical institutions in 13 cities in Hebei Province (N=143 772) were invited to participate in the survey, and few of them who refused to participate were excluded from the research group based on the reasons that 93 603 incumben

SUBMITTER: Zhao B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6720136 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature