ArticleBulletin of the World Health Organization2022
Missed opportunities for hypertension screening: a cross-sectional study, India.
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- 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
- Decomposing socioeconomic inequality in blood pressure and blood glucose testing: evidence from four districts in Kerala, India.International journal for equity in health · 2022Article
- Absolute cardiovascular risk scores and medication use in rural India: a cross-sectional study.BMJ open · 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
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Abstract
objectiveTo assess missed opportunities for hypertension screening at health facilities in India and describe systematic differences in these missed opportunities across states and sociodemographic groups.
methodsWe used nationally representative survey data from the 2017-2018 Longitudinal Ageing Study in India to estimate the proportion of adults aged 45 years or older identified with hypertension and who had not been diagnosed with hypertension despite having visited a health facility during the previous 12 months. We estimated age-sex adjusted proportions of missed opportunities to diagnose hypertension, as well as actual and potential proportions of diagnosis, by sociodemographic characteristics and for each state.
findingsAmong those identified as having hypertension, 22.6% (95% confidence interval, CI: 21.3 to 23.8) had not been diagnosed despite having recently visited a health facility. If these opportunities had been realized, the prevalence of diagnosed hypertension would have increased from 54.8% (95% CI: 53.5 to 56.1) to 77.3% (95% CI: 76.2 to 78.5). Missed opportunities for diagnosis were more common among individuals who were poorer (
conclusionOpportunistic screening for hypertension has the potential to significantly increase detection of the condition and reduce sociodemographic and geographic inequalities in its diagnosis. Such screening could be a first step towards more effective and equitable hypertension treatment and control.
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