May Measurement Month 2019: an analysis of blood pressure screening results in the Philippines
| Autor: | Neil R Poulter, Carlos L Chua, Thomas Beaney, Rafael R Castillo, Gilbert C Vilela, Alejandro Bimbo F. Diaz, Benjamin A. Balmores, Jonathan M Clarke, Alberto A Atilano, Deborah Ignacia David-Ona, Leilani B Mercado-Asis, Dolores D. Bonzon |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
Philippines hypertension
medicine.medical_specialty Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems Hypertension in Pregnancy Overweight Sitting Opportunistic screening Internal medicine medicine Philippine MMM19 Investigators AcademicSubjects/MED00200 1102 Cardiorespiratory Medicine and Haematology Pregnancy Science & Technology High BP treatment business.industry Articles medicine.disease Obesity Blood pressure Cardiovascular System & Hematology Cardiovascular System & Cardiology Standard protocol Alcohol intake medicine.symptom cardiovascular disease control Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business Life Sciences & Biomedicine |
| Zdroj: | European Heart Journal Supplements : Journal of the European Society of Cardiology B123 B120 |
| ISSN: | 1554-2815 1520-765X |
| Popis: | The Philippine Society of Hypertension (PSH) took part again in the annual May Measurement Month 2019 (MMM19) blood pressure (BP) measurement campaign to raise awareness of hypertension especially in those who are not aware of their condition. The MMM19 standard protocol designed by the International Society of Hypertension was used during screening. These included the collection of basic data on demography, lifestyle, and environmental factors. Standardized sitting BP measurements were taken two to three times, using an automated BP apparatus and were inputted either in the MMM19 app or data were recorded in paper form and manually transferred to Excel spreadsheets by encoders supervised by the PSH. A total of 89 941 participated through opportunistic convenience sampling. After multiple imputation, a total of 47 925 (53.3%) participants had hypertension (≥140/90 mmHg or on antihypertensive medication). Of this number, 31 151 (65%) were aware that they had high BP and 30 120 (62.8%) were on antihypertensive medications. Of the 30 120 participants on antihypertensive medications, only 18 373 (61.1%) had controlled BP ( |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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