Awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension among adult population in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina over the past decade
<em>Background</em>. Many studies throughout the world show that hypertension is not effectively treated and controlled, which continued to pose an important challenge in health systems in the world. <br /><em>Design and methods</em>. Population surveys were carried out...
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2014-12-01T00:00:00Z.
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| Summary: | <em>Background</em>. Many studies throughout the world show that hypertension is not effectively treated and controlled, which continued to pose an important challenge in health systems in the world. <br /><em>Design and methods</em>. Population surveys were carried out in 2002 and 2012 in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FBIH) on representative sample at the age of 25-64. The surveys used systematic stratified sample. Questionnaires and anthropometric measure protocols were adapted from internationally recommended surveys. <br /><em>Results</em>. In the past ten years there has been a slight increase in hypertension prevalence in researched population (41% <em>vs</em>. 42%). Percentage of hypertensive male and female respondents who are not aware of their hypertension actually dropped in the past decade from 54.3% to 51.4%. In 2002 total number of hypertensive respondents aware of their hypertension included 8.1% of male respondents and 10.3% female respondents whose condition was not treated and this rate effectively dropped during the 10-year period. Number of hypertensive, treated, and uncontrolled respondents dropped as reported in the 2012 survey; consequently percentage of hypertensive, treated, and controlled respondents in the 2012 survey increased, in particular in female population.<br /><em>Conclusions</em>. Investments in primary health care, improved availability, and improved quality of health care in the FBIH in the past 10 years can explain increased rate of hypertension detection and treatment; however, efforts should be continued to introduce hypertension screening programs and hypertension control programs. |
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| Item Description: | 2279-9028 2279-9036 10.4081/jphr.2014.323 |