Do community based self-reading sphygmomanometers improve detection of hypertension? A feasibility study | Zendy

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Do community based self-reading sphygmomanometers improve detection of hypertension? A feasibility study

Author(s) -

William Hamilton,

A Round,

Rose E. Goodchild,

Caroline Baker

Publication year - 2003

Publication title -

journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.916

H-Index - 82

eISSN - 1741-3850

pISSN - 1741-3842

DOI - 10.1093/pubmed/fdg027

Subject(s) - sphygmomanometer , medicine , blood pressure , ischaemic heart disease , stroke (engine) , reading (process) , risk factor , political science , law , mechanical engineering , engineering

Hypertension is a major risk factor for stroke and ischaemic heart disease. Most hypertension is detected opportunistically by general practitioners. Those who rarely use medical services are less likely to have their blood pressure (BP) measured. We hypothesized that open access self-reading BP measurement would detect previously unrecognized hypertension.

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