Prevalence,rates of awareness,treatment,and control and risk factors of hypertension among community residents of Longfeng community in Daqing city

ObjectiveTo examine the prevalence,awareness,treatment rate,control rate and influencing factors of hypertension among residents of Longfeng community in Daqing city of Heilongjiang province and to provide references for the prevention and control of hypertension.MethodsA total of 9 419 residents aged ≥15 years were selected with simple random sampling from Longfeng community of Daqing city and surveyed with a questionnaire interview and physical examination between February 2015 and April 2016.ResultsThe prevalence rate of hypertension was 23.16% among the participants.The rate of awareness,treatment,and control of hypertension in the 2 181 hypertensive patients identified was 66.35%,61.85%,and 8.62%,respectively.Multivariate unconditional logistic regression analysis showed that aged ≥45 years,alcohol drinking,family history of hypertension,history of suffering from diabetes and stroke,central obesity,and overweight and obesity were risk factors of hypertension and with annual personal income of 20 000 RMB yuan or more was a protective factor against hypertension among the participants.ConclusionThe prevalence rate of hypertension is high and mainly influenced by age,personal annual income,alcohol drinking,family history of hypertension,history of suffering from diabetes and stroke,central obesity,body mass index among adult residents in Longfeng community of Daqing city;in addition,the rates of awareness,treatment and control of hypertension need to be improved among hypertensive patients in the community.