Trial reportAmerican journal of epidemiology2015
One-year routine opportunistic screening for hypertension in formal medical settings and potential improvements in hypertension awareness among older persons in developing countries: evidence from the Study on Global Ageing and Adult Health (SAGE).
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- Access to hypertension care and services in primary health-care settings in Vietnam: a systematic narrative review of existing literature.Global health action · 2019Pooled it
- Cardiovascular Disease Screening Programs in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review.JACC. Advances · 2026Article
- [HEARTS quality: a policy framework to strengthen hypertension and cardiovascular risk management in primary healthcare - insights from HEARTS in the AmericasQualidade da iniciativa HEARTS: marco de políticas para fortalecer o manejo da hipertensão e do risco cardiovascular na atenção primária à saúde. Perspectivas da iniciativa HEARTS nas Américas].Revista panamericana de salud publica = Pan American journal of public health · 2026Article
- HEARTS quality: a policy framework to strengthen hypertension and cardiovascular risk management in primary healthcare-insights from HEARTS in the Americas.Lancet regional health. Americas · 2026Review
- Enhanced Facility-Based Hypertension Screening: A Quality Improvement Initiative at Primary Health Care Facilities in Ethiopia.Global heart · 2026Article
- Missed opportunities for detection of hypertension in public health facilities of 18 districts in India, 2022.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Measuring changes in prevalence of hypertension and diabetes across 720 districts in India using cross-sectional data from 2016 to 2021.BMJ public health · 2025Article
- Missed opportunities for hypertension screening of older people in the Philippines: cross-sectional analysis of nationally representative individual-level data.The Lancet regional health. Western Pacific · 2024Article
- Cost-effectiveness of sentinel screening of endemic diseases alongside malaria diagnosis: A case study in schistosomiasis.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2024Article
- Comparing socio-economic inequalities in self-reported and undiagnosed hypertension among adults 45 years and over in India: what explains these inequalities?International journal for equity in health · 2023Article
- Missed opportunities for initiation of treatment and control of hypertension among older adults in India.Preventive medicine reports · 2022Article
- Case identification, retention and blood pressure control in Kenya.Public health action · 2022Article
- Cost-Effectiveness and Distributional Impact of Opportunistic Screening for People at High-Risk of Cardiovascular Disease in Sri Lanka: A Modelling Study.Global heart · 2022Article
- Missed opportunities for hypertension screening: a cross-sectional study, India.Bulletin of the World Health Organization · 2022Article
- Awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension in adults aged 45 years and over and their spouses in India: A nationally representative cross-sectional study.PLoS medicine · 2021Article
- May Measurement Month 2017-2019: A Community-Wide Opportunistic Blood Pressure Screening Campaign in Hong Kong.International journal of hypertension · 2021Article
- May Measurement Month 2017: an analysis of blood pressure screening results from the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland-Europe.European heart journal supplements : journal of the European Society of Cardiology · 2019Article
- Time to review policy on screening for, and managing, hypertension in South Africa: Evidence from primary care.PloS one · 2019Article
- Hypertension in Developing Countries: A Major Challenge for the Future.Current hypertension reports · 2018Review
- Cardiovascular Disease Risk Assessment in the United States and Low- and Middle-Income Countries Using Predicted Heart/Vascular Age.Scientific reports · 2017Article
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Abstract
Hypertension is a leading risk factor in the global disease burden. Limited hypertension awareness is a major determinant of widespread gaps in hypertension treatment and control, especially in developing countries. We analyzed data on persons aged 50 years or older from 6 low- and middle-income countries participating in the first wave (2007-2010) of the World Health Organization's Survey of Global Ageing and Adult Health (SAGE). Our estimates suggest that just 1 year of routine opportunistic hypertension screening during formal visits to medical-care providers could yield significant increases in hypertension awareness among seniors in the developing world. We also show that eliminating missed opportunities for hypertension screening in medical settings would not necessarily exacerbate existing socioeconomic differences in hypertension awareness, despite requiring at least occasional contact with a formal health-care provider for obtaining a hypertension diagnosis. Thus, routine opportunistic screening for hypertension in formal medical settings may provide a simple but reliable way to increase hypertension awareness. Moreover, the proposed approach has the added advantage of leveraging existing resources and infrastructures, as well as facilitating a direct transition from the point of diagnosis to subsequent expert counseling and clinical care for newly identified hypertension patients.
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