ArticleAmerican journal of hypertension2018
Prevalence of Self-Reported Hypertension in Deaf Adults Who Use American Sign Language.
Article in American journal of hypertension, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- Pooled it
- Deaf Weight Wise: A novel randomized clinical trial with Deaf sign language users.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2023Trial
- Training Medical Students in Deaf, DeafBlind, and Hard-of-Hearing Patient Care Through Interactive Lecture and Simulation.MedEdPORTAL : the journal of teaching and learning resources · 2025Article
- Community Health Navigators for Cancer Screening Among Deaf, Deafblind, and Hard of Hearing Adults Who Use American Sign Language.Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education · 2024Article
- Exploring the Interplay of Diabetes, Deaf Patient Reported Outcomes, and Cancer Screening in Deaf and Hard of Hearing Women.International journal of women's health · 2024Article
- Knowledge and experience of paramedics concerning patients with hearing and visual disability.BMC emergency medicine · 2023Article
- Adverse Childhood Communication Experiences Associated With an Increased Risk of Chronic Diseases in Adults Who Are Deaf.American journal of preventive medicine · 2020Article
- Health Disparities Among Mid-to-Older Deaf LGBTQ Adults Compared with Mid-to-Older Deaf Non-LGBTQ Adults in the United States.Health equity · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundIn the United States, roughly one-third of adults have hypertension; another third have prehypertension. The prevalence of hypertension in deaf American Sign Language (ASL) users is unknown. We address this gap through a descriptive study for the prevalence of hypertension in the American Deaf community and discuss future directions to address this issue.
methodsSelf-reported data for 1,388 ASL using deaf adults were compared with a secondary data of 2,830 English-speaking hearing adults. Frequency and percentages were used to describe the prevalence of hypertension in the deaf community. Age-weighted analysis was used to compare unmodifiable risk factors and hypertension rate between deaf and hearing adults.
resultsDeaf and hearing samples' hypertension rates for gender and age were similar. Significant group differences between deaf and hearing samples emerged across race. Compared with the hearing controls, our deaf sample demonstrated a significantly decreased risk for hypertension with a prevalence of 37% (compared with 45% in the hearing sample).
conclusionsAlthough the hypertension rate for gender and age was similar across deaf and hearing samples, between-group disparities exist for race. The lower rate of hypertension in our deaf sample is likely a consequence of underdiagnoses due to lower health literacy and poor patient-physician communication. Furthermore, deaf black Americans' lower rates compared with hearing black Americans may be due to poor patient-physician communication, not having regular providers or social stressors. It is recommended that modifiable risk factors and social determinants be investigated to determine their effect on hypertension within the deaf community.
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