Investigation into the correlation between hypertension and behavior factors in senile farmers
Abstract：AIM: To explore the correlation between essential hypertension(EH) and behavior factors in senile farmers and to provide advice on how to prevent hypertension.METHODS: The living conditions of old farmers aged over 60 years old were investigated by using questionnaire and their blood pressure were measured by wrist sphygmomanometer when they were at rest. RESULT: among the 203 farmoers investigated, 123 suffered from EH with morbidity rate being 60.6% and average age being 60.8 years old. The incidence rates of EH in the hypertension group were 52.8% (65/123) for those with excessive drinking, and 44.7%(5/123) for those often felt agitated, higther than those in ghe non-hypertension group[(30.0%(24/80),26.7%(21/80)、26.7%(21/80),23.8%(19/80)、25.0%(20/80)](x2=7.098,P<0.01;x2=5.793,3.871,5.328,P<0.05),while the incidence rates of hypertension were lowor for the farmers who persisted in exercise, took up hobbies and bad enough sleep(x2=52.873,6.385 and 12.0,P<0.01).CONCLUSION: controlling body mass, doing physical exercises,restraint from smoking, less or no drinking, participating on social social activities properly and having enough sleep are the effective measures to prevent and control essential hypertension.
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Publication Date：2004-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：2( 2958-2959 )