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Turkey Prevalence, Awareness, Treatment and Control of Hypertension Study 2003

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General Info
Original or alternative title 
TÜRK HİPERTANSİYON PREVALANS ÇALIŞMASI (PatenT)
Geography 
Türkiye (TUR)
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
06/2003 - 11/2003
Data type
Survey:
  • Cross-sectional
  • Household
  • Individual
  • Interview
  • Nationally representative
  • Urban-rural representative
Summary 

The Turkey Prevalence, Awareness, Treatment and Control of Hypertension (PatenT) Study was an epidemiological survey to determine the distribution of blood pressure and the prevalence and treatment of hypertension. The survey used a two-stage stratified sampling technique to obtain a sample of the adult population over 18 years of age. Physicians interviewed 4,992 participants in their homes. Blood pressure measurements were taken at the beginning, middle, and end of the interview.

Keywords 
Absenteeism, Alcohol use, Antihypertensive drugs, Birth place, Blood pressure, Body mass index, Cardiovascular and circulatory diseases, Diabetes, Drug consumption, Education, Emergency care, Employment, FFQ, Fruits and vegetables, Health behaviors, Health care access, Health care use, Heart failure, Height, Hospitals, Hypertension, Infectious diseases, Injuries, Marital status, Medicines, Menopause, Noncommunicable diseases, Parental survival, Parents, Physical activity, Pregnancy, Prevalence, Public social assistance, Sense organ diseases, Sibling survival, Siblings, Stroke, Tobacco smoking, Weight
GHDx Entry last modified on: Dec 14, 2023