[Possibility of using WHO questionnaires, distributed by mail, for detecting stenocardia during mass screening].

In the non-organized population of males and females aged 30 to 50 years who live on the territory served by a Tbilisi district polyclinic, the authors have examined the possibilities of applying the WHO questionnaire sent by mail to the detection of angina pectoris, to the establishment of prevalence of arterial hypertension and smoking and the people's awareness of the presence of coronary heart disease. It has been shown that the questionnaire may assist the physician in detecting patients with exercise-associated angina, establishing the priorities of inviting patients for screening to the polyclinic, forming a follow-up group. The high prevalence of arterial hypertension was found among males (24.2%) and females (31.2%). The low awareness of patients with angina on having coronary heart disease was also ascertained, which was being 30.7%.