DETECTION AND CONTROL OF ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION IS AN EFFECTIVE TOOL FOR REDUCING MORTALITY FROM DISEASES OF THE CIRCULATORY SYSTEM

Abstract

Significance. Over the last two decades, Russia has been regestering the increased prevalence of high blood pressure among adults. The relationship between blood pressure and mortality from diseases of the circulatory system has been proved. Reducing morbidity and mortality from diseases of the circulatory system calles for improved efficiency of the state health system to detect and control blood pressure at the population level. Purpose. To improve organization of measures aimed at detecting high blood pressure and enhancing control of arterial hypertension in order to reduce adult mortality from diseases of the circulatory system in Russia. Material and methods. The authors have conducted a content analysis of regulatory and legal documents regulating activities of individual structures of the public health system on medical examination and follow-up of patients with chronic non-communicable diseases, registration and reporting forms of the federal statistical surveillance (FSN No. 12) and industry statistical surveillance (No.131/o), including information on the number of adults with arterial hypertension residing within the catchment area of the healthcare facility in dynamics from 2010 to 2019, as well as information on the number of newly diagnosed cases of arterial hypertension during medical examination of certain groups of the Russian adult population in 2015-2019; and the number of patients taken under medical follow-up with the detected (including newly diagnosed) arterial hypertension. Results. During the period from 2010 to 2019, the number of registered patients with arterial hypertension in Russia increased by 5.4 million (46%), from 11.7 in 2010 to 17.1 million in 2019. The rate of growth in the detection of new cases of arterial hypertension actively increased with initiation of the state program on medical examination of certain groups of the adult population (state checkup for non-communicable diseases). Coverage with follow-up of patients with arterial hypertension increased from 905.7 thous. in 2015 (69.5%) to 1321.4 thous. (77.0%) in 2019, including among newly detected cases during medical examination from 74.9 to 83.4%. Decrease in mortality from arterial hypertension, diseases of the circulatory system and total mortality over the period under study (2010-2019) in Russia is primarily associated with the improved detection of arterial hypertension, increased effectiveness of drug treatment and control of arterial hypertension. Conclusion. Improved detection, drug treatment and control of arterial hypertension have contributed to the decrease in mortality from arterial hypertension, diseases of the circulatory system and total mortality in the Russian adults.