Investigation of Demographic Characteristics of Essential Hypertension Patients Admitted to Cumhuriyet University Health Services Practice and Research Hospital

was; It consists of all individuals diagnosed with essential hypertension who applied to the Cardiology and Hypertension Outpatient Clinic of the hospital between 01.01.2017 and 01.01.2018. The data were collected by the researcher by retrospectively examining all patient file records between 01.01.2017-01.01.2018 belonging to the Cardiology and Hypertension Outpatient Clinic of the hospital where the research was conducted. Results: More than half of the individuals included in the study (57.7%) were women, and 92.0% of women were newly diagnosed with hypertension, 36.5% were aware of hypertension, and these rates were higher than men.