Hypertension Awareness in Namik Kemal University Faculty of Medicine Students And Employees

Aim:Hypertension (HT) is a common disease worldwide and in Turkey. The prevalence of HT in Turkey is 31.8%. HT is also a costly disease that affects important vital organs, leading to significant morbidity and mortality. The most important feature of HT is its low awareness because of its symptoms a...

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Main Authors: Enes YAVUZ, Merve GİRİCİ, Furkan ÖZDEN, Şeyma BARAN, Hüsna DURAN, Efekan YILMAZ, Diyap SERİN, Gülsüm ÖZKAN
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Published: Galenos Yayincilik 2017-12-01
Series:Namık Kemal Tıp Dergisi
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Online Access: http://namikkemalmedj.com/archives/archive-detail/article-preview/hypertension-awareness-in-namik-kemal-university-f/40415
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author Enes YAVUZ
Merve GİRİCİ
Furkan ÖZDEN
Şeyma BARAN
Hüsna DURAN
Efekan YILMAZ
Diyap SERİN
Gülsüm ÖZKAN
author_facet Enes YAVUZ
Merve GİRİCİ
Furkan ÖZDEN
Şeyma BARAN
Hüsna DURAN
Efekan YILMAZ
Diyap SERİN
Gülsüm ÖZKAN
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description Aim:Hypertension (HT) is a common disease worldwide and in Turkey. The prevalence of HT in Turkey is 31.8%. HT is also a costly disease that affects important vital organs, leading to significant morbidity and mortality. The most important feature of HT is its low awareness because of its symptoms are faint. In the HT prevalence study conducted by the Turkish Hypertension and Kidney Disease Association, HT awareness was determined as 40%, 31% of the hypertensive individuals used antihypertensive medications and 8% of them were under control of blood pressure (BP). In our study, we aimed to evaluate HT awareness among medical faculty students and employees.Material and Methods:A number of questions were asked to the employees and students in order to evaluate the knowledge of HT. Our question briefly; Is there HT in the family, have you ever done the BP measurement, where did you get the BP measurement, Do you have a BP measurement device at home, do you know the brand name of the BP measuring device? ın which case the BP measurement should be made, do you know about the HT frequency, Do you know the effects of HT, If you have HT and you are taking antihypertensive medications. After the questionnaire forms were completed, the data were analyzed.Results:A total of 456 people responded to the survey questions. The average age of the participants was 21.49 ± 4.10 (39.5% female) while 85.5% were university students. 45% in family with HT, 67.5% had a BP measurement, 42.8% had BP measurements in the hospital, 47.4% had the BP measuring device at home, 11.8% indicated that the measurement was performed routinely without any symptoms, 27% have knowledge about HT frequency , 45.8% had knowledge of HT effects, while 54 of those with high BP were receiving antihypertensive treatment. In the logistic regression analysis, those who had HT in the family, had a home BP measuring device, had information about the HT frequency, and knew the effects of HT were determined as parameters affecting the BP measurement.Conclusion:For the first time in our work, we evaluated HT awareness in NKU Medical faculty students and employees. We have found that our knowledge of HT frequency and effectiveness is very low. We think that awareness should be increased with training meetings.
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spelling doaj.art-27fc764b6cb549feb246045391ea65ad2023-02-15T16:09:33ZengGalenos YayincilikNamık Kemal Tıp Dergisi2587-02622017-12-015311812113049054Hypertension Awareness in Namik Kemal University Faculty of Medicine Students And EmployeesEnes YAVUZ0Merve GİRİCİ1Furkan ÖZDEN2Şeyma BARAN3Hüsna DURAN4Efekan YILMAZ5Diyap SERİN6Gülsüm ÖZKAN7 Namık Kemal Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi /Tekirdağ/Türkiye Namık Kemal Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi /Tekirdağ/Türkiye Namık Kemal Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi /Tekirdağ/Türkiye Namık Kemal Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi /Tekirdağ/Türkiye Namık Kemal Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi /Tekirdağ/Türkiye Namık Kemal Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi /Tekirdağ/Türkiye Namık Kemal Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi /Tekirdağ/Türkiye Namık Kemal Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Nefroloji Bilim Dalı/Tekirdağ/Türkiye Aim:Hypertension (HT) is a common disease worldwide and in Turkey. The prevalence of HT in Turkey is 31.8%. HT is also a costly disease that affects important vital organs, leading to significant morbidity and mortality. The most important feature of HT is its low awareness because of its symptoms are faint. In the HT prevalence study conducted by the Turkish Hypertension and Kidney Disease Association, HT awareness was determined as 40%, 31% of the hypertensive individuals used antihypertensive medications and 8% of them were under control of blood pressure (BP). In our study, we aimed to evaluate HT awareness among medical faculty students and employees.Material and Methods:A number of questions were asked to the employees and students in order to evaluate the knowledge of HT. Our question briefly; Is there HT in the family, have you ever done the BP measurement, where did you get the BP measurement, Do you have a BP measurement device at home, do you know the brand name of the BP measuring device? ın which case the BP measurement should be made, do you know about the HT frequency, Do you know the effects of HT, If you have HT and you are taking antihypertensive medications. After the questionnaire forms were completed, the data were analyzed.Results:A total of 456 people responded to the survey questions. The average age of the participants was 21.49 ± 4.10 (39.5% female) while 85.5% were university students. 45% in family with HT, 67.5% had a BP measurement, 42.8% had BP measurements in the hospital, 47.4% had the BP measuring device at home, 11.8% indicated that the measurement was performed routinely without any symptoms, 27% have knowledge about HT frequency , 45.8% had knowledge of HT effects, while 54 of those with high BP were receiving antihypertensive treatment. In the logistic regression analysis, those who had HT in the family, had a home BP measuring device, had information about the HT frequency, and knew the effects of HT were determined as parameters affecting the BP measurement.Conclusion:For the first time in our work, we evaluated HT awareness in NKU Medical faculty students and employees. We have found that our knowledge of HT frequency and effectiveness is very low. We think that awareness should be increased with training meetings. http://namikkemalmedj.com/archives/archive-detail/article-preview/hypertension-awareness-in-namik-kemal-university-f/40415 hypertensionawarenessawareness of medical studentsawareness of health professionals
spellingShingle Enes YAVUZ
Merve GİRİCİ
Furkan ÖZDEN
Şeyma BARAN
Hüsna DURAN
Efekan YILMAZ
Diyap SERİN
Gülsüm ÖZKAN
Hypertension Awareness in Namik Kemal University Faculty of Medicine Students And Employees
Namık Kemal Tıp Dergisi
hypertension
awareness
awareness of medical students
awareness of health professionals
title Hypertension Awareness in Namik Kemal University Faculty of Medicine Students And Employees
title_full Hypertension Awareness in Namik Kemal University Faculty of Medicine Students And Employees
title_fullStr Hypertension Awareness in Namik Kemal University Faculty of Medicine Students And Employees
title_full_unstemmed Hypertension Awareness in Namik Kemal University Faculty of Medicine Students And Employees
title_short Hypertension Awareness in Namik Kemal University Faculty of Medicine Students And Employees
title_sort hypertension awareness in namik kemal university faculty of medicine students and employees
topic hypertension
awareness
awareness of medical students
awareness of health professionals
url http://namikkemalmedj.com/archives/archive-detail/article-preview/hypertension-awareness-in-namik-kemal-university-f/40415
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