Karşıyaka Prevalance and Awareness of Hypertension Study (KARHIP)

Background: The study was planned to assess potential differences in hypertension prevalance and hypertension related demographic properties in a urban area with relatively higher income and cultural population compared to national average.  Methods: Field work was done by educated personel at Karsiyaka Municipality Building by one by one interviewing poll, blood pressure measurement, rhythm and body composition analysis in February 2014. Hypertension was defined as  average  systolic blood pressure ≥140 mmHg or  average diastolic blood pressure ≥90 mmHg. Results: Out of total 1417 (627 males and 790 females) people enrolled, 780 people hypertensive(prevalence 55%). Hypertension prevalence in middle age group( age 35-65) was 46%, in geriatric age group(age>65) %79. 216 out of 780 hypertensive  (27.7%) people were not aware of their disease. Ratio of people under antihypertensive treatment was 69.4% and ratio of people under control was 34.7%, whereas control rate was 50.1% in 541 patients who were aware of their diseases. Conclusions: Hypertension prevalances in our study were similar to PatenT2 trial prevalances, which were  46 % for middle age group and 78% for geriatric age group. Compared to PatenT 2 data, rate of hypertension awareness (54.7% vs 72.3%) and rate of being under treatment (47.5% vs 69.4%) were higher. Rate of controlled hypertension was a little big higher (28.7 % vs 34.7% )in our group, whereas  control rates  in aware and treated groups were similar (53.9 % and 50.1 %) in both study. Keywords: Hypertension, Prevalance, Awareness, Treatment