缅甸高血压的知识:风险水平和风险组
Zinzi E Pardoel1, Robert Lensink2, Maarten Postma1,2
1Health Sciences, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Groningen, 9700 RB, The Netherlands.
Open research Europe
|August 30, 2023
概括
大多数缅甸人了解高血压,但那些没有工作或低教育的人需要有针对性的健康教育. 高血压患者的治疗坚持度较低是一个令人担忧的问题.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 流行病学 流行病学
- 卫生教育卫生教育教育
背景情况:
- 高血压在缅甸等低收入和中等收入国家构成了重大公共卫生挑战.
- 缅甸对高血压知识及其决定因素的证据有限,阻碍了预防和治疗工作.
- 了解知识差距对于制定有针对性的干预措施来管理日益增长的非传染性疾病负担至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 评估缅甸有关高血压风险因素,症状和并发症的知识水平.
- 检查知识如何根据高血压治疗状况,社区团体成员资格和社会经济因素而有所不同.
- 确定需要针对高血压管理量身定制的健康教育的特定人口群体.
主要方法:
- 2020年在缅甸进行了一项横截面研究,使用结构化问卷与660名参与者的随机样本.
- 使用经过验证的"知识,态度和实践"调查评估了对高血压的了解,对参与者进行了分类,分为知情不良或合理到知情良好.
- 数据收集按地区和社区群体的存在分层,以确保代表性抽样.
主要成果:
- 大多数参与者对高血压风险因素,症状和并发症有合理到良好的了解.
- 根据高血压治疗状态或社区团体成员资格,知识水平没有显著差异.
- 与同行相比,就业和高等教育水平的个人表现出更好的高血压知识.
结论:
- 虽然大多数参与者都了解高血压,但针对性教育对于失业者和教育程度较低的人来说至关重要.
- 观察到对高血压治疗的坚持率较低,突出显示需要改善患者教育和支持.
- 缅甸未来的健康教育战略应优先加强治疗坚持和解决弱势群体内知识差异.
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