ArticleActa Cardiologica Sinica2020
Prevalence, Treatment, Control and Monitoring of Hypertension: A Nationwide Community-Based Survey in Taiwan, 2017.
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- May Measurement Month 2019: an analysis of blood pressure screening results from Taiwan.European heart journal supplements : journal of the European Society of Cardiology · 2021Article
- Long-Term Effect of Device-Guided Slow Breathing on Blood Pressure Regulation and Chronic Inflammation in Patients with Essential Hypertension Using a Wearable ECG Device.Acta Cardiologica Sinica · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundInadequate awareness and control remain the major obstacles for hypertension management worldwide. This observational study intended to assess the current status of hypertension management in Taiwan.
methodsThe Taiwan May Measurement Month (MMM) campaign was a nationwide survey for public alertness to hypertension initiated in 2017 and conducted in local pharmacies. Participants were asked about body habitus, comorbidities, smoking/drinking, use of anti-hypertensive drugs, and frequency of self-measured blood pressure (SMBP) monitoring. Three blood pressure (BP) readings were then measured by trained pharmacists. The mean BP was obtained by averaging all readings.
resultsBP recordings were obtained from 49,522 participants (average age, 56.9 ± 16.0 years), of whom 26.1% had an elevated pharmacist-measured BP (≥ 140/90 mmHg). The rate of BP control, defined as pharmacist-measured BP < 140/90 mmHg at the MMM visit, was 63.1% among treated hypertensive participants (n = 21,410). Participants who had uncontrolled hypertension were associated with a higher body mass index, currently smoking/drinking, diabetes, and stroke. More active SMBP monitoring (≥ weekly) was more often implemented in the participants with advanced age and cardiovascular diseases. More active SMBP (≥ weekly) was associated with lower measured BP among treated hypertensive participants but not overall control rate (control rate: 56.4% for ≥ weekly vs. 55.8% for < weekly, p = 0.363).
conclusionsIn the Taiwan MMM 2017, the hypertension control rate surpassed 60% in treated hypertensive participants. Suboptimal BP control was related to cardiovascular risk factors and prior stroke. Treated hypertensives had a lower measured BP but similar hypertension control rate for more active versus less active SMBP.
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