January 1, 2012BMJ OpenOpen Access

Impact of one or two visits strategy on hypertension burden estimation in HYDY, a population-based cross-sectional study: implications for healthcare resource allocation decision making

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Why the study?

Does a two-visit strategy compared to a single-visit strategy improve the accuracy of hypertension prevalence estimation in a general population?

Structured PICO

Does a two-visit strategy compared to a single-visit strategy improve the accuracy of hypertension prevalence estimation in a general population?

Population

10,242 individuals (5,063 men and 5,179 women) aged 15-69 years from a nationally representative sample of the Yemen population in rural and urban locations.

Intervention

Hypertension diagnosis based on triplicate blood pressure readings taken on two separate home-visits

Comparator

Hypertension diagnosis based on readings taken at a single visit

Outcome

Hypertension diagnosed as systolic BP ≥140 mm Hg and/or diastolic BP ≥90 mm Hg and/or self-reported use of antihypertensive drugssurrogate

Using a two-visit strategy for hypertension diagnosis reduces the estimated prevalence by 35% compared to a single visit, safely excluding low-risk individuals and potentially optimizing healthcare resource allocation.

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Implication

Single-visit hypertension screening may overestimate prevalence; challenges epidemiological norms and leaves two-visit adoption open pending prospective validation.

Cite This Study

Modesti et al. (2012) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a71a76c75498292b70b0fe8 https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2012-001062

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Implication

Single-visit hypertension screening may overestimate prevalence; challenges epidemiological norms and leaves two-visit adoption open pending prospective validation.

Impact of one or two visits strategy on hypertension burden estimation in HYDY, a population-based cross-sectional study: implications for healthcare resource allocation decision making

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Discussion

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Cite This Study

Impact of one or two visits strategy on hypertension burden estimation in HYDY, a population-based cross-sectional study: implications for healthcare resource allocation decision making

Structured PICO

Discussion

Implication

Cite This Study

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