In the annual evaluation by Isfahan Cardiovascular Research Institute, the Hypertension research center won the first rank among the other research centers of Isfahan Cardiovascular Research Institute.
In the annual evaluation by Isfahan Cardiovascular Research Institute, the Hypertension research center won the first rank among the other research centers of Isfahan Cardiovascular Research Institute.
Simultaneously with reports from other countries, the report on the celebration of World Hypertension Day written by Isfahan Hypertension Research Center was published in the newspaper of the World Hypertension League in September 2021.
World Blood Pressure Day with the slogan "Measure your blood pressure, control it, live longer" was held on May 17, 2021 by Isfahan High Blood Pressure Research Center. On this day, the blood pressure of the heads and staff of the Cardiovascular Research Institute and the patients referred to the blood pressure clinic were measured. It is noteworthy that we did not hold blood pressure measurement campaign for public community this year, due to the COVID-19 pandemic and maintaining the health of the community.
Simultaneously with reports from other countries, the report on the celebration of World Hypertension Day written by Isfahan Hypertension Research Center was published in the newspaper of the World Hypertension League in December 2020.
The World Hypertension League (WHL) has postponed the celebration of World Hypertension Day to October 17, 2020, due to the global epidemic of COVID-19. The slogan for World Blood Pressure Day is "Measure Your Blood Pressure, Control It, Live Longer" with the goal of raising awareness of high blood pressure among the world's population.
This project was a quasi-experimental study in which we trained the general physicians with newest national and international guidelines for the treatment of hypertension and measured rate of hypertension control in patients and the knowledge, attitude and practice of general practitioners before and after training. The results of this study showed that the rate of control of hypertension increased significantly after the intervention (from 38.1% to 57.3%).
The celebration of World Hypertension Day with the slogan "Measure your blood pressure, control it, live longer" was held on October 17, 2020 by Isfahan Hypertension Research Center. On this day, the blood pressure of the heads and staff of the Cardiovascular Research Institute and the patients referred to the blood pressure clinic were measured. It is noteworthy that we did not hold a blood pressure measurement campaign for the public community this year, due to the COVID-19 pandemic and maintaining the health of the community.