Study of the Effects of Community-based Comprehensive Prevention & Control on the Blood Pressure of Hypertension Patients and Its Related Factors in the Rural Areas of China

Objective To Study of the effects of community-based co mp rehensive prevention and control on the blood pressure of hypertension patients and its related factors in the rural areas.Methods Community-based comprehensive prevention and control of hypertension was carried out in patients among 120 000 people in Fangshan district of Beijing during the period of Th e Ninth Five-Year Plan(1996~2000).Results At the end of intervent ion study,SBP and DBP of the patients in the intervention community respectively decreased by 5 7 mmHg and 5.6 mmHg,and SBP and DBP of the whole 2 003 patients dec reased by 4.7 mmHg and 5.4 mmHg respectively.The factors that influenced the blo od pressure were age,education,BMI and the level of blood pressure at the baseli ne.Conclusion The community-based comprehensive strategies and meas ures played important and effective roles in reduction and control of blood pres sure,and suggested paying more attention to the special patients in their health education and treatment.\;