Hypertension care in demographic surveillance sites: a cross-sectional study in Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Viet Nam

• Main Authors: 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
• Format: Article PeerReviewed
• Language: English
• Published: World Health Organization 2022
• Subjects: Health Information Systems (incl. Surveillance); Public Health and Health Services
• Online Access: https://repository.ugm.ac.id/281803/1/Hypertension%20care%20in%20demographic%20surveillance%20sites%20a%20cross-sectional%20study%20in%20Bangladesh%2C%20India%2C%20Indonesia%2C%20Malaysia%2C%20Viet%20Nam.pdf; https://repository.ugm.ac.id/281803/; https://www.scopus.com/record/display.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85139167400&doi=10.2471%2fBLT.22.287807&origin=inward&txGid=e7351b77802bf468e8e1c39ada2dfdbf; http://dx.doi.org/10.2471/BLT.22.287807

Objective 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...