Hypertension konwledge,attitude,beliefs,and practice(KABP) among rural residents of Zhongshan city

Objective To explore the KABP of hypertension among rural community residents and the drug treatment of hypertensives for community comprehensive prevention and treatment of hypertention. Methods In a town of Zhongshan city,2 639 inhabitants aged 18 years and above from 800 households in five production teams of four villages were randomly selected and investigated with a questionnaire. Results Among the subjects,the prevalence of hypertension was 8.15%. The hypertension patients had average years of alcohol drinking and smoking of 39.3 and 41.2.The participants had rare source of getting health related know ledge.Up to 77.2%of the hypertension patients did not know the diagnostic criteria of hypertension.Among the 202 hypertension patients with drug treatment,the main reasons for rejection or irregulation of the drug treatment were "forgetting medication"(69.0%)and "adverse effect of the drug"(50.0%). Conclusion More works should be done to improve the KABP of hypertension among rural community residents and to standardize the management of hypertension.Health education and promotion should be strengthened among the residents to change their unhealthy lifestyle and behavioral pattern.