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December 23, 2020SHILAP Revista de lepidopterologíaOpen Access

India Hypertension Control Initiative—Hypertension treatment and blood pressure control in a cohort in 24 sentinel site clinics

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Why the study?

Does a public health hypertension control program improve blood pressure control in adult hypertension patients?

Population

21,895 adult hypertension patients in 24 IHCI sentinel site facilities in four Indian states

Design

Cohort study

Authors

PKPrabhdeep KaurAKAbhishek KunwarMSMeenakshi Sharma

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Overview

Supports scalable primary-care programs; leaves open retention and durability questions.

Structured PICO

Does a public health hypertension control program improve blood pressure control in adult hypertension patients?

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Population
21,895 adult hypertension patients in 24 sentinel site facilities in four Indian states (Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, and Telangana)
I
Intervention
India Hypertension Control Initiative (IHCI) public health hypertension control program using state-specific treatment protocols
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Outcome
Blood pressure (BP) controlsurrogate

A scalable public health hypertension control program in India significantly improved blood pressure control, particularly in primary care settings, though high loss to follow-up remains a challenge.

Limitations

  • High loss to follow-up (only 51% returned)

Cite This Study

Kaur et al. (2020) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69dec94dfd84e72eb2558cb8https://doi.org/10.1111/jch.14141
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