ArticleThe Lancet regional health. Western Pacific2024
Missed opportunities for hypertension screening of older people in the Philippines: cross-sectional analysis of nationally representative individual-level data.
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- Inequality in prevalence of unmedicated hypertension or diabetes among older Filipinos: analysis of nationally representative survey data.International journal of cardiology. Cardiovascular risk and prevention · 2026Article
- Inequality in prevalence of unmedicated hypertension or diabetes among older Filipinos: analysis of nationally representative survey data.International journal of cardiology. Cardiovascular risk and prevention · 2026Article
- Unmasking the contemporary burden of hypertension in Lagos, Nigeria: insights from an opportunistic screening.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Clinical Perspectives on Stroke Prevention in Patients with Non-valvular Atrial Fibrillation in the Philippines.Cureus · 2025Review
- Missed opportunities for detection of hypertension in public health facilities of 18 districts in India, 2022.BMC public health · 2025Article
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Abstract
Background: Guidelines recommend routine blood pressure measurement at health facilities. We estimated the potential for opportunistic screening for hypertension at health facilities to change the level and distribution of diagnosed hypertension in the older population of the Philippines. Methods: We used a representative, nationwide sample of Filipinos aged 60 years and older and classified respondents as a) Findings: We estimated that opportunistic screening at health facilities would increase the percentage of hypertensives diagnosed from 62.7% (95% CI: 58.2, 67.0) to 74.4% (95% CI: 70.9, 77.6). The increase would be larger in richer groups due to lower (private) healthcare utilization by poorer, undiagnosed hypertensives. Interpretation: Opportunistic screening for hypertension, if effectively implemented at health facilities, would substantially increase diagnosis but exacerbate inequality unless barriers discouraging poorer, older Filipinos from accessing outpatient and primary care were lowered. Funding: Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation/Swiss National Science Foundation grant 400640_160374.
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