| Title: |
Global blood pressure screening during the COVID-19 pandemic: results from the May Measurement Month 2021 campaign |
| Authors: |
Beaney, T; Wang, W; Schlaich, MP; Schutte, AE; Stergiou, GS; Alcocer, L; Alsaid, J; Diaz, AB; Hernandez-Hernandez, R; Ishaq, M; Jozwiak, J; Khan, N; Kiru, G; McCardle, H; Odili, AN; Pyun, WB; Romero, CA; Wang, J; Poulter, NR; MMM Investigators |
| Source: |
1455 ; 1446 |
| Publisher Information: |
Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins |
| Publication Year: |
2023 |
| Collection: |
Imperial College London: Spiral |
| Subject Geographic: |
Netherlands |
| Description: |
BACKGROUND: Raised blood pressure (BP) remains the biggest risk factor contributing to the global burden of disease and mortality, despite the COVID-19 pandemic. May Measurement Month (MMM), an annual global screening campaign aims to highlight the importance of BP measurement by evaluating global awareness, treatment and control rates among adults with hypertension. In 2021, we assessed the global burden of these rates during the COVID-19 pandemic. METHODS: Screening sites were set up in 54 countries between May and November 2021 and screenees were recruited by convenience sampling. Three sitting BPs were measured, and a questionnaire completed including demographic, lifestyle and clinical data. Hypertension was defined as a systolic BP at least 140 mmHg and/or a diastolic BP at least 90 mmHg (using the mean of the second and third readings) or taking antihypertensive medication. Multiple imputation was used to impute the average BP when readings were missing. RESULTS: Of the 642 057 screenees, 225 882 (35.2%) were classified as hypertensive, of whom 56.8% were aware, and 50.3% were on antihypertensive medication. Of those on treatment, 53.9% had controlled BP ( |
| Document Type: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| Language: |
English |
| Relation: |
Journal of Hypertension; http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/105350 |
| DOI: |
10.1097/HJH.0000000000003488 |
| Availability: |
http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/105350; https://doi.org/10.1097/HJH.0000000000003488 |
| Rights: |
Copyright © 2023 The Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 (CCBY), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. ; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.CE17F2E5 |
| Database: |
BASE |