高血压相关症状:来自巴基斯坦的一项基于人口的研究的见解
Salma Kidwai1, Muhammad Haris2, Abubaker Bilal3
1Internal Medicine, Jinnah Sindh Medical University, Karachi, PAK.
Cureus
|August 26, 2024
概括
高血压 (高血压) 影响了卡拉奇超过65%的患者. 与血压正常的人相比,高血压患者更频繁地出现视力问题和心跳异常等症状.
科学领域:
- 心脏病学 心脏病学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 流行病学 流行病学
背景情况:
- 高血压 (HTN) 是一个重要的全球公共卫生问题,每年造成数百万人的死亡和大量的医疗保健费用.
- 巴基斯坦的HTN患病率很高,但关于其症状的误解仍然存在.
- 确定高血压的确切症状对于及时诊断和管理至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 为了比较高血压相关症状在 normotensive 和高血压的成年人群中的频率.
- 调查巴基斯坦卡拉奇的症状流行情况,解决有关高血压的当地神话.
主要方法:
- 一项以社区为基础的,横截面的观察性研究在巴基斯坦卡拉奇进行.
- 277名成年患者 (有或没有HTN) 参与了社区卫生中心的注册.
- 数据通过问卷收集并使用IBM SPSS统计数据进行分析.
主要成果:
- 研究群体包括31.65%的正常血压和67.98%的高血压患者.
- 高血压患者 (平均年龄为49.2岁) 与正常血压患者 (平均年龄为44.13岁) 相比,平均年龄,心率和吸烟状况有显著差异.
- 视力问题,睡眠呼吸暂停和心跳异常等症状在高血压组中明显更为普遍.
结论:
- 在这项卡拉奇研究中,超过65%的参观门诊部门的患者患有高血压.
- 某些症状在高血压患者中更为常见,挑战了现有的神话.
- 建议进行进一步的大规模研究,以全面了解巴基斯坦人口中高血压症状.
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