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Knowledge of Primary Care Patients Living in the Urban Areas about Risk Factors of Arterial Hypertension

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  • Tomasz Sobierajski

    (Faculty of Applied Social Sciences and Resocialization, University of Warsaw, 00-927 Warsaw, Poland
    These authors contributed equally to this work.)

  • Stanisław Surma

    (Faculty of Medical Sciences in Katowice, Medical University of Silesia, 40-752 Katowice, Poland
    These authors contributed equally to this work.)

  • Monika Romańczyk

    (Faculty of Medical Sciences in Katowice, Medical University of Silesia, 40-752 Katowice, Poland)

  • Maciej Banach

    (Department of Preventive Cardiology and Lipidology, Medical University of Lodz, 93-338 Lodz, Poland
    Cardiovascular Research Centre, University of Zielona Gora, 65-417 Zielona Gora, Poland
    Department of Cardiology and Adult Congenital Heart Diseases, Polish Mother’s Memorial Hospital Research Institute (PMMHRI), 93-338 Lodz, Poland)

  • Suzanne Oparil

    (Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Brimingham, Brimingham, AL 35294, USA)

Abstract

Arterial hypertension (AH), one of the most common diseases of civilization, is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. This disease is the second, after lipid disorders, the most common cardiovascular risk factor and a significant cause of premature death. In Poland, one in three adults (approximately 11 million people) suffers from it. The aim of our survey was to determine patients’ knowledge of the factors (e.g., age, smoking cigarettes, drinking coffee, shift work) that may influence the development of hypertension. The survey was conducted among 205 adult primary care patients living in urban areas. There was a high correlation between patients’ education and risk factors of AH, such: as excess salt in the diet ( p = 0.038), smoking electronic cigarettes ( p = 0.005), moderate alcohol consumption ( p = 0.028), moderate daily physical activity ( p = 0.011), female and male sex ( p = 0.032 and p = 0.012), air pollution ( p < 0.001) and others. In addition, a statistically significant factor shaping patients’ attitudes toward hypertension prevention was the correlation between the respondents’ education and their parents’ prevalence of hypertension ( p = 0.40). This study increases the knowledge of patients’ awareness of hypertension. It may serve as guidance for primary care providers to pay special attention to environmental interviews with patients and the patient’s family history for the prevention of hypertension incidence.

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  • Tomasz Sobierajski & Stanisław Surma & Monika Romańczyk & Maciej Banach & Suzanne Oparil, 2023. "Knowledge of Primary Care Patients Living in the Urban Areas about Risk Factors of Arterial Hypertension," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 20(2), pages 1-17, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:20:y:2023:i:2:p:1250-:d:1030902
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