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DETECTION AND FOLLOW‐UP OF MODERATE AND SEVERE HYPERTENSIVE SUBJECTS IN THE AUSTRALIAN COMMUNITY
Author(s) -
Hunyor Stephen N.,
Bauer Gaston E.,
Abernethy John D.,
Baker Jennifer L.,
Bullen Margaret U.,
Lamb Margaret L.,
Stewart Mary R.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1977.tb130864.x
Subject(s) - medicine , blood pressure , incidence (geometry) , pediatrics , optics , physics
A national screening project has detected 989 subjects aged 30 to 69 years with untreated moderate or severe hypertension. The 1$md2% incidence of this condition indicates a total of about 100,000 people in the Australian community potentially requiring therapy. The sample showed that half the subjects were previously unaware of a blood pressure problem. Those so detected showed a very high rate (90$md7%) of acceptance of advice to see their own doctor. The local doctors confirmed the elevated pressure level in nearly two‐thirds of the patients referred, and initiated treatment in a similar proportion.