What question did this study set out to answer?

To increase global awareness of elevated blood pressure and provide a pragmatic screening approach across countries lacking systematic screening programs.

April 25, 2019ENLIGHTEN (Jurnal Bimbingan dan Konseling Islam)Open Access

May Measurement Month 2018: a pragmatic global screening campaign to raise awareness of blood pressure by the International Society of Hypertension

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Why the study?

Raised BP is the leading contributor to global mortality and disease burden, but under half of those with hypertension are aware of it amid a worldwide lack of formal screening.

Design

Pragmatic global screening campaign using opportunistic sampling

Authors

TBThomas BeaneyGeneral / Preventive / Lipids LBLouise M. BurrellHeart Failure & Transplant RCRafael R. CastilloUniversidad de Alcalá

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Implication

Opportunistic screening detects many untreated cases; leaves open effects on treatment uptake and outcomes.

Key Points

To increase global awareness of elevated blood pressure and provide a pragmatic screening approach across countries lacking systematic screening programs.
Conducted an opportunistic screening campaign across 89 countries recruiting 1,504,963 volunteer participants aged ≥18 years (mean age 45.3 years; 52.4% female).
Obtained three blood pressure measurements per participant alongside questionnaires documenting demographic, lifestyle, and environmental characteristics.
Defined hypertension as systolic BP ≥140 mmHg, diastolic BP ≥90 mmHg, or use of antihypertensive medication, applying multiple imputation by chained equations for missing readings.
Identified 502,079 (33.4%) individuals with hypertension, among whom 59.5% were aware of their diagnosis and 55.3% were receiving antihypertensive medication.
Observed blood pressure control in 60.0% of individuals on medication, representing an overall control rate of 33.2% across all hypertensive participants.
Detected 224,285 individuals with untreated hypertension and 111,214 individuals with inadequately treated hypertension.

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Population

1,504,963 volunteers (≥18 years) recruited through opportunistic sampling at screening sites in 89 countries, mean age 45.3 years, 52.4% female.

Intervention

Opportunistic blood pressure screening (three BP measurements and a questionnaire on demographic, lifestyle, and environmental factors)

Outcome

Prevalence of hypertension (systolic BP ≥140 mmHg or diastolic BP ≥90 mmHg, or taking antihypertensive medication), awareness, treatment, and control rates

A global opportunistic blood pressure screening campaign successfully identified over 335,000 adults with untreated or inadequately treated hypertension, highlighting the value of such initiatives in raising awareness.

Cite This Study

Beaney et al. (2019) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7e504ffff18652e232f695 https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehz300

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Hypertension management

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