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ArticleBMC public health2019

An evaluation of the impact of aggressive hypertension, diabetes and smoking cessation management on CVD outcomes at the population level: a dynamic simulation analysis.

John Pastor Ansah, Ryan Leung Hoe Inn, Salman Ahmad

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Article in BMC public health, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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16citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 31 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Hypertension in Adults With Diabetes in Southeast Asia: A Systematic Review.Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.) · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

John Pastor AnsahSignature Program in Health Services and Systems Research, Duke-NUS Medical School, 8 College Road, Singapore, 169857, Singapore. john.ansah@duke-nus.edu.sg.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9157-4218
Ryan Leung Hoe InnNational University of Singapore, Residential College 4, 6 College Avenue East, University Town, Singapore, 138614, Singapore.
Salman AhmadSignature Program in Health Services and Systems Research, Duke-NUS Medical School, 8 College Road, Singapore, 169857, Singapore.
National University of Singapore · SGDuke-NUS Medical School · SG

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundEvidence from randomized control trials suggest that coupled with smoking cessation interventions, CVD events can be reduced significantly if hypertension and diabetes patients are properly managed, raising practical what-if questions at the population level. This research aims to develop a dynamic simulation model using the systems modelling methodology of system dynamics, to evaluate the medium to long-term impact of hypertension and diabetes management, as well as smoking cessation intervention on CVD events, CVD deaths and post-CVD population.

methodsThe systems modelling methodology of system dynamics was used to develop a simulation model to evaluate the impact of aggressive hypertension, diabetes and smoking cessation management on CVD outcomes at the population level.

resultThe insights from this research suggest that despite that at the individual level, hypertension management is associated with the highest risk reduction for CVD (50%) compared to diabetes and smoking (20%) and is also the most prevalent risk factor, at the population level, diabetes management interventions are projected to have higher impact on reducing CVD events compared to hypertension management or smoking cessation interventions. However, a combined intervention of diabetes and hypertension management, as well as smoking cessation has the most impact on CVD outcomes.

conclusionDue to aging population and the increasing prevalence of chronic conditions in Singapore, the number of CVD events in Singapore is projected to rise significantly in the near future-hence the need for proactive planning to implement needed interventions. Findings from this research suggest that CVD events and its associated deaths and disabilities could be reduced significantly if diabetes and hypertension patients are aggressively managed.

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AdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overCardiovascular DiseasesDiabetes MellitusFemaleHealth PromotionHumansHypertensionMaleMiddle AgedPrevalenceProgram EvaluationRisk FactorsSingaporeChronic disease managementCVDSingaporeSystem dynamics

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PMID31412830
PMCPMC6694535
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