CHANGES OF AWARENESS IN PATIENTS WITH ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION ABOUT HEALTHY LIFESTYLES ON A BACKGROUND OF TRAINING IN "HEALTHSCHOOL", ORGANIZED IN the LARGE INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISES
The article presents the results of studying the dynamics of awareness of 185 hypertensive patients about healthy lifestyle on a background of training in «Health School», organized in large industrial enterprises. The patients were randomized into two groups: 125-man main group, 60 - monitoring group. All the patients at baseline and after a year of observation conducted surveys, complete clinical diagnostic examination, individually chosen scheme of antihypertensive therapy. Patients in the intervention group additionally received training in «Health School», which led to a significant change in the awareness of a healthy lifestyle and this disease, as well as the correction of some clinical diagnostic indicators.