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The persistence of irregular treatment of hypertension in the former Soviet Union.
- Source :
- Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health; Nov2012, Vol. 66 Issue 11, p1079-1082, 4p, 2 Charts
- Publication Year :
- 2012
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Abstract
- Background: Hypertension is one of the leading causes of avoidable mortality in the former Soviet Union (fSU). In previous work, the authors described patterns of irregular hypertension treatment in eight countries of the fSU in 2001. This paper presents new data on changes in the use of hypertension treatment in the same countries. Methods: Using household survey data from 18 420 (2001) and 17 914 (2010) respondents from Armenia, Azerbaijan (2010 only), Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia and Ukraine, the authors describe changes in rates of irregular treatment use (less than daily) between 2001 and 2010. Multivariate logistic regression was also used to analyse the characteristics associated with irregular treatment. Results: Irregular treatment was extremely high at 74% in 2001 and only fell to 68% in 2010 (all countries combined). Irregular treatment remained particularly high in 2010 in Armenia (79%), Kazakhstan (73%) and Moldova (73%). Recurring characteristics associated with irregular treatment included gender (men), younger age, higher fitness levels, and consuming alcohol and tobacco. Conclusions: Irregular hypertension treatment continues to be a major problem in the countries of the fSU and requires an urgent response. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- CONFIDENCE intervals
DRUGS
EPIDEMIOLOGY
HEALTH services accessibility
HYPERTENSION
INFORMATION storage & retrieval systems
MEDICAL databases
INTERVIEWING
OPERATING rooms
PATIENT compliance
PROBABILITY theory
RESEARCH funding
SURVEYS
LOGISTIC regression analysis
DATA analysis
DATA analysis software
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0143005X
- Volume :
- 66
- Issue :
- 11
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 82503097
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1136/jech-2011-200645