Control and management of hypertension at a university health centre in oman

Control and management of hypertension at a university health centre in oman

To evaluate the prevalence of hypertension, its control and management at Sultan Qaboos University (SQU) Health Centre, Oman. This was a retrospective cross-sectional study, in which were enrolled all the subjects (≥18 years), with the diagnosis of essential hypertension, who attended the SQU Health...

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Veröffentlicht in:Sultan Qaboos University medical journal 2008-07, Vol.8 (2), p.179-184
Hauptverfasser: Almahrezi, Abdulaziz, Al-Zakwani, Ibrahim, Al-Aamri, Ayman, Al-Khaldi, Samia, Al-Zadjali, Nisrin, Al-Hatali, Mohammed, Al-Shukeili, Abdullah
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Sprache:eng
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Clinical and Basic Research
disease management
hypertension
oman
prevention and control
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Zusammenfassung:To evaluate the prevalence of hypertension, its control and management at Sultan Qaboos University (SQU) Health Centre, Oman. This was a retrospective cross-sectional study, in which were enrolled all the subjects (≥18 years), with the diagnosis of essential hypertension, who attended the SQU Health Centre between 1998 and 2002. The systolic and diastolic blood pressure (BP) values of the last three visits were used for analysis. BP control was defined using the Joint National Committee (JNC-7) criteria,
ISSN:2075-051X
2075-0528