Hypertension office: opportunities and prospects for primary health care

Н.А. Паскарь

Authors: N.A. Paskar

Place: St Petersburg, Russia

Institution: Federal Almazov Medical Research Centre

Abstract: Objective. To analyze the work of the Hypertension office to explore the risk factors of cardiovascular disease and prevention opportunities. Design and methods. The study included 2049 subjects (1549 women and 500 men) surveyed in 10 Hypertension offices. The special software «Cardiometer-MТ» JSC «MICARD-LANA» (Russia) was used for the automated integral estimation of the functional state of the cardiovascular system. Results. The fatal cardiovascular risk by the SCORE scale was estimated: very high risk was observed in 33,7 % cases, high risk — in 31,1 %, moderate risk — in 12,4 %, low risk — in 19,7 % cases. Conclusions. The methods applied in this work contribute to the development of the database and to the primary prevention in people with cardiovascular risk factors.

Keywords: hypertension, study of hypertension prevention, cardiovascular risk factors

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