Efficacy of targeted educational programs in secondary prevention of essential hypertension
To study educational programs' dynamic influence on clinical symptoms and modifiable cardiovascular risk factors in patients with essential hypertension (EH), the results of the Kyrgyz Hypertensive Patient Club activity were analyzed. At baseline and during the next two years of follow-up, auth...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | Russian |
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«FIRMA «SILICEA» LLC
2004-08-01
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| Series: | Российский кардиологический журнал |
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| Online Access: | https://russjcardiol.elpub.ru/jour/article/view/2299 |
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| Summary: | To study educational programs' dynamic influence on clinical symptoms and modifiable cardiovascular risk factors in patients with essential hypertension (EH), the results of the Kyrgyz Hypertensive Patient Club activity were analyzed. At baseline and during the next two years of follow-up, authors assessed disease awareness level, treatment compliance and consistency, blood pressure self-control skills, risk factors dynamics, and end-point incidence in 320 Bishkek patients with EH. Due to the educational program, awareness level had risen, and risk factor prevalence had decreased, with parallel improving in clinical symptoms. |
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| ISSN: | 1560-4071 2618-7620 |