Cascade of care for hypertension among apparently healthy and unhealthy individuals of 25-64 years in the Czech Republic

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Alternative codes found

RIV/00216224:14110/24:00136176 RIV/00216208:11120/24:43926981 RIV/00216208:11130/24:10479737 RIV/00216208:11310/24:10479737 and 2 more

Result on the web

<a href="https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0301202" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0301202</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0301202" target="_blank" >10.1371/journal.pone.0301202</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Cascade of care for hypertension among apparently healthy and unhealthy individuals of 25-64 years in the Czech Republic

Original language description

BACKGROUND: Despite accessible diagnostics and treatment of hypertension, a high proportion of patients worldwide remain unaware of their diagnosis, and even more remain untreated. Several studies suggest that absence of comorbidities is a predictive factor for unawareness and consequently non-treatment of hypertension. There are only a few studies that have assessed the hypertension prevalence and management among apparently healthy individuals. OBJECTIVE: The aim of the study was to assess and compare hypertension prevalence, awareness, treatment and control among apparently healthy individuals, patients with internal diseases, and patients with non-internal diseases. METHODS: Data from standardised blood pressure measurements conducted during the Czech European Health Examination Survey 2014 and information on health status and health care use collected during the Czech European Health Interview Survey 2014 were analyzed. We focused on participants aged 25-64. Data were weighted on sex and age to ensure an appropriate sex and age structure of the population. The χ2-test and binary logistic regression analyses were used to compare distribution of cascade of care for hypertension between the health-status groups of respondents. RESULTS: The final eligible sample consisted of 1121 participants. The prevalence of hypertension was 32.8% in the healthy group, 29.8% in the non-internal disease group and 52.4% in the internal disease group, (p &lt; 0.001). Awareness was 54.1%, 59.1% and 85.2% respectively, (p &lt; 0.001). Treatment was 44.2%, 52.6% and 86.4%, respectively, (p &lt; 0.001). Among apparently healthy respondents 62.6% had their blood pressure measured by a medical professional in the last year, compared to 71.1% in the non-internal disease group and 91.7% in the internal disease group, (p &lt; 0.001). Differences in hypertension control were not statistically significant. CONCLUSIONS: Generally, our data show a discordance in hypertension management within the Czech population. Apparently healthy individuals are the least aware of their diagnosis and the highest proportion of them remain untreated.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

30202 - Endocrinology and metabolism (including diabetes, hormones)

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2024

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

PLoS One

ISSN

1932-6203

e-ISSN

1932-6203

Volume of the periodical

19

Issue of the periodical within the volume

4

Country of publishing house

US - UNITED STATES

Number of pages

11

Pages from-to

"e0301202"

UT code for WoS article

001216879200026

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85191437169