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Public Awareness of Health-Related Risks From Uncontrolled Hypertension

Uncontrolled hypertension, a common disorder, is associated with increased long-term risk of several serious conditions. Awareness of the health risks of uncontrolled hypertension is not well understood. We used data from a nationwide panel survey to assess the awareness of risk associated with unco...

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Autores principales: Ahuja, Rahoul, Ayala, Carma, Tong, Xin, Wall, Hilary K., Fang, Jing
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5894300/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29625630
http://dx.doi.org/10.5888/pcd15.170362
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author Ahuja, Rahoul
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Fang, Jing
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description Uncontrolled hypertension, a common disorder, is associated with increased long-term risk of several serious conditions. Awareness of the health risks of uncontrolled hypertension is not well understood. We used data from a nationwide panel survey to assess the awareness of risk associated with uncontrolled hypertension, stratified by cardiovascular disease risk factors. Awareness of increased risk from uncontrolled hypertension was high for some outcomes (heart attack, heart failure, stroke), and low for others (kidney disease, dementia). Several disparities in awareness were found. Complementary clinical and public health interventions could be instituted to increase awareness and target people who are high risk.
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spelling pubmed-58943002018-05-01 Public Awareness of Health-Related Risks From Uncontrolled Hypertension Ahuja, Rahoul Ayala, Carma Tong, Xin Wall, Hilary K. Fang, Jing Prev Chronic Dis Brief Uncontrolled hypertension, a common disorder, is associated with increased long-term risk of several serious conditions. Awareness of the health risks of uncontrolled hypertension is not well understood. We used data from a nationwide panel survey to assess the awareness of risk associated with uncontrolled hypertension, stratified by cardiovascular disease risk factors. Awareness of increased risk from uncontrolled hypertension was high for some outcomes (heart attack, heart failure, stroke), and low for others (kidney disease, dementia). Several disparities in awareness were found. Complementary clinical and public health interventions could be instituted to increase awareness and target people who are high risk. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2018-04-05 /pmc/articles/PMC5894300/ /pubmed/29625630 http://dx.doi.org/10.5888/pcd15.170362 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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