A Multicenter Family Practitioners’ Research on the Prevalence of Obesity and Hypertension

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: Hypertension and obesity threaten public health. Our aim was to study the prevalence of obesity and hypertension in our community and their relation to feeding habits. MATERIAL and METHODS:This was a cross-sectional descriptive study and it was performed in the period of January 2014 -January 2015. A total of 1013 people living in the city center participated in the study. Relationships between body mass index values, blood pressure values, and feeding habits were analyzed. RESULTS:In this sampling, the prevalence of obesity was 27.30%, and the prevalence of hypertension was 28.13%. Among patients with hypertension, 99 patients were newly diagnosed asymptomatic cases. Blood pressure control rate was 48.90% in patients with a history of hypertension. CONCLUSION:The relationship between obesity and hypertension is apparent. The control rate of hypertension was high but not satisfactory. There are still a large number of undiagnosed patients with hypertension in the community. Family physicians may begin to deal with this struggle by increasing awareness of these conditions. BULGULAR: Bu örneklemde, obezite sıklığı %27,30 ve hipertansiyon sıklığı %28,13 olarak saptandı. Hipertansiyonu olan hastalar arasında, yeni tanı konmuş 99 asemptomatik olgu vardı. Kan basıncı kontrol oranı hipertansiyon öyküsü olan hastalarda %48,90'dı. SONUÇ:Obezite ve hipertansiyon arasındaki ilişki belirgindir. Hipertansiyon kontrol oranı yüksekti ancak bu değer tatmin edici değildi. Hâlâ toplumda hipertansiyon teşhis edilmemiş çok sayıda hasta vardır. Aile hekimleri hipertansiyon ve obezite ile mücadeleye bu hastalıklara olan farkındalığı artırarak başlayabilirler.