In:
Science Translational Medicine, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), Vol. 14, No. 652 ( 2022-07-06)
Abstract:
Middle-income countries (MICs) face a disproportionately high burden of hypertension, as well as considerable population aging. It is therefore critical to understand how individuals move through hypertension care stages. Here, Mauer and colleagues longitudinally assessed how individuals with hypertension move through care by using waves of cohort data from China, Indonesia, Mexico, and South Africa. They found that only about 25% of untreated individuals became treated, whereas most individuals lost blood pressure control over the course of the study, and many discontinued treatment altogether. These findings highlight the challenges faced by MICs in trying to improve hypertension control and suggest that different approaches, beyond improving diagnosis and initiating treatment, are needed.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
1946-6234
,
1946-6242
DOI:
10.1126/scitranslmed.abi9522
Language:
English
Publisher:
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Publication Date:
2022
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