Authors
Thomas Beaney, Aletta E Schutte, Maciej Tomaszewski, Cono Ariti, Louise M Burrell, Rafael R Castillo, Fadi J Charchar, Albertino Damasceno, Ruan Kruger, Daniel T Lackland, Peter M Nilsson, Dorairaj Prabhakaran, Agustin J Ramirez, Markus P Schlaich, Jiguang Wang, Michael A Weber, Neil R Poulter, C Napiza-Granada, Ma RC Sevilla, AA Atilano, DID Ona, A More, AP Jose, A Maheshwari, D Kondal, W Yu, W Li, S Xu, J Yu, H Zhang, B Widyantoro, Y Turana, TD Situmorang, Y Sofiatin, R Barack, HJ Lin, TD Wang, WJ Chen, Y Sirenko, O Evstigneeva, E Negresku, ME Yousif, SA Medani, HM Beheiry, IA Ali, JM Zilberman, MJ Marin, PD Rodriguez, F Garcia-Vasquez, KE Kramoh, D Ekoua, P Lopez-Jaramillo, J Otero, G Sanchez, C Narvaez, JL Accini, R Hernandez-Hernandez, JA Octavio, I Morr, J Lopez-Rivera, D Ojji, A Arije, A Babatunte, KW Wahab, M Fernandes, SV Pereira, M Valentim, A Dzudie, S Kingue, DA Djomou Ngongang, EN Ogola, FA Barasa, B Gitura, FTN Malik, SR Choudhury, MA Al Mamun, VH Minh, NL Viet, S Cao Truong, C Ferri, G Parati, C Torlasco, C Borghi, FM Goma, C Syatalimi, PH Zelveian, E Barbosa, W Sebba Barroso, E Penaherrera, E Jarrin, A Yusufali, N Bazargani, B Tsinamdzgvrishvili, D Trapaidze, D Neupane, SR Mishra, J Jozwiak, J Malyszko, A Konradi, I Chazova, M Ishaq, F Memon, AM Heagerty, J Keitley, AJB Brady, JR Cockcroft, BJ McDonnell, F Lanas, YC Chia, H Ndhlovu, I Kiss, LM Ruilope, BF Ellenga Mbolla, AS Milhailidou, AJ Woodiwiss, S Perl, E Dolan, V Azevedo, L Garre, JG Boggia, VWY Lee, S Kowlessur, M Miglinas, D Sukackiene, RD Wainford, D Habonimana, T Masupe, J Ortellado, G Wuerzner, L Alcocer, G Burazeri, E Sanchez Delgado, D Lovic, CK Mondo, A Mostafa, SK Nadar, O Valdez Tiburcio, A Leiba, M Dorobantu, T De Backer, J Chifamba, G Stergiou, CR Nwokocha, S Sokolovic, AI Toure, KL Connell, NA Khan, D Burger, M De Carvalho Rodrigues, BK Kramer
Publication date
2018/7/1
Journal
The Lancet Global Health
Volume
6
Issue
7
Pages
e736-e743
Publisher
Elsevier
Description
Background
Increased blood pressure is the biggest contributor to the global burden of disease and mortality. Data suggest that less than half of the population with hypertension is aware of it. May Measurement Month was initiated to raise awareness of the importance of blood pressure and as a pragmatic interim solution to the shortfall in screening programmes.
Methods
This cross-sectional survey included volunteer adults (≥18 years) who ideally had not had their blood pressures measured in the past year. Each participant had their blood pressure measured three times and received a a questionnaire about demographic, lifestyle, and environmental factors. The primary objective was to raise awareness of blood pressure, measured by number of countries involved, number of people screened, and number of people who have untreated or inadequately treated hypertension (defined as systolic blood pressure …
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