Hypertension care in demographic surveillance sites: a cross-sectional study in Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Viet Nam.
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2022-08-22Author
Geldsetzer, Pascal
Tan, Min Min
Dewi, Fatwa St
Quyen, Bui Tt
Juvekar, Sanjay
Hanifi, Sayed Ma
Roy, Sudipto
Asgari-Jirhandeh, Nima
Reidpath, Daniel
Su, Tin Tin
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Geldsetzer, P., Tan, M.M., Dewi, F., Quyen, B., Juvekar, S., Hanifi, S., Roy, S., Asgari-Jirhandeh, N., Reidpath, D. and Su, T.T. (2022) ‘Hypertension care in demographic surveillance sites: a cross-sectional study in Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Viet Nam’, Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 100(10), pp. 601–609. Available at: https://doi.org/10.2471/BLT.22.287807.
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To determine the proportion of adults with hypertension who reported: (i) having been previously diagnosed with hypertension; (ii) taking blood pressure-lowering medication; and (iii) having achieved hypertension control, in five health and demographic surveillance system sites across five countries in Asia. Data were collected during household surveys conducted between 2016 and 2020 in the five surveillance sites in Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Malaysia and Viet Nam. We defined hypertension as systolic blood pressure ≥ 140 mmHg, diastolic blood pressure ≥ 90 mmHg or taking blood pressure-lowering medication. We defined hypertension control as systolic blood pressure < 140 mmHg and diastolic blood pressure < 90 mmHg. We disaggregated hypertension awareness, treatment and control by surveillance site, and within each site by sex, age group, education, body mass index and smoking status. Of 22 142 participants, 11 137 had hypertension (Bangladesh: 211; India: 487; Indonesia: 1641; Malaysia: 8164; and Viet Nam: 634). The mean age of participants with hypertension was 60 years (range: 19-101 years). Only in the Malaysian site were more than half of individuals with hypertension aware of their condition. Hypertension treatment ranged from 20.8% (341/1641; 95% CI: 18.8-22.8%) in the Indonesian site to 44.7% (3649/8164; 95% CI: 43.6-45.8%) in the Malaysian site. Less than one in four participants with hypertension had achieved hypertension control in any site. Hypertension awareness, treatment and control were generally higher among women and older adults. While hypertension awareness and treatment varied widely across surveillance sites, hypertension control was low in all sites. [Abstract copyright: (c) 2022 The authors; licensee World Health Organization.]
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