Issue: 2024, Vol. 29, No. 2
DETECTION FREQUENCY OF HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE AND TENSITY OF THE REGULATORY SYSTEMS IN CHILDREN IN 2012–2021 (ACCORDING TO THE HEALTH CENTER)
- Keywords
- children, tension of the regulatory systems, increased blood pressure
- Abstarct
- The objective was to compare the frequency of increased blood pressure (BP) cases and tension of the body’s regulatory systems in children visiting the health center during the period of 2012–2019 and during the pandemic (2020–2021). Material and methods. A retrospective analysis of the reports of the Health Center of the State Health Institution “Chita Children’s Clinical Medical Center” was conducted, 69,137 children requiring medical care in the period from 2012 to 2021. Cases of high blood pressure and/or the activity of regulatory systems (PARS) increased by more than three points were taken into account. Results and discussion. In the period of 2012–2019, the proportion of children with increased blood pressure averaged 4,6 %, during the pandemic it growing to 8,9 % (p < 0,0001). The increase in PARS was registered in 4,2 % of children before the pandemic, while during the pandemic it was observed in 6,7 % (p < 0,0001). The analysis of dynamic series confirmed a gradual increase of both high blood pressure and regulatory system tension (greater PARS) in examined children and adolescents addressing the Health Center from 2012; the trend continued even during the pandemic. Conclusion. The results obtained confirm the need of thorough check-up of children and adolescents to determine deviations in their health and take subsequent measures to its improvement.
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