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May Measurement Month 2019: an analysis of blood pressure screening results from Nepal

May Measurement Month (MMM) is a global initiative to screen high blood pressure (BP) in the community and increase awareness at the population level. High BP is the leading risk factor for mortality worldwide and in Nepal. This study presents the results of the 2019 MMM in Nepal. Opportunistic BP s...

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Autores principales: Bhattarai, Harikrishna, McLachlan, Craig S, Khanal, Pratik, Adhikari, Tara Ballav, Ranabhat, Kamal, Koirala, Sweta, Parajuli, Surya B, Pokharel, Yashashwi, Paudel, Santosh, Soti, Pabitra Babu, Subedi, Bishal, Wagle, Chetan Nidhi, Mahato, Sweta, Pandey, Ghanashyam, Gyawali, Pawan, Pandey, Sadhana, Gyawali, Vivek, Devkota, Surya, Lohani, Guna Raj, Koirala, Bhagawan, Xia, Xin, Beaney, Thomas, Neupane, Dinesh
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Publicado: Oxford University Press 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8141957/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34054371
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/suab042
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author Bhattarai, Harikrishna
McLachlan, Craig S
Khanal, Pratik
Adhikari, Tara Ballav
Ranabhat, Kamal
Koirala, Sweta
Parajuli, Surya B
Pokharel, Yashashwi
Paudel, Santosh
Soti, Pabitra Babu
Subedi, Bishal
Wagle, Chetan Nidhi
Mahato, Sweta
Pandey, Ghanashyam
Gyawali, Pawan
Pandey, Sadhana
Gyawali, Vivek
Devkota, Surya
Lohani, Guna Raj
Koirala, Bhagawan
Xia, Xin
Beaney, Thomas
Neupane, Dinesh
author_facet Bhattarai, Harikrishna
McLachlan, Craig S
Khanal, Pratik
Adhikari, Tara Ballav
Ranabhat, Kamal
Koirala, Sweta
Parajuli, Surya B
Pokharel, Yashashwi
Paudel, Santosh
Soti, Pabitra Babu
Subedi, Bishal
Wagle, Chetan Nidhi
Mahato, Sweta
Pandey, Ghanashyam
Gyawali, Pawan
Pandey, Sadhana
Gyawali, Vivek
Devkota, Surya
Lohani, Guna Raj
Koirala, Bhagawan
Xia, Xin
Beaney, Thomas
Neupane, Dinesh
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description May Measurement Month (MMM) is a global initiative to screen high blood pressure (BP) in the community and increase awareness at the population level. High BP is the leading risk factor for mortality worldwide and in Nepal. This study presents the results of the 2019 MMM in Nepal. Opportunistic BP screening was conducted in 30 out of 77 districts across Nepal and aged ≥18 years at the community and public places. BP was measured three times in a seated position. A total of 74 205 individuals participated in the study, mean age 39.9 years, and 58% were male. BP measurements for the second and third readings were available for 69 292 (93.3%) individuals. The proportion of the population that were hypertensive was 27.5% (n = 20 429). Among those hypertensives, 46.3% were aware of their hypertensive status and of these, 37.5% were on antihypertensive medication. Only 54.3% of those on antihypertensive medication had their BP controlled. Of the community screened, those self reporting to have diabetes, current tobacco users, and current alcohol drinkers were 6.7%, 23.6%, and 31.9%, respectively; 20.6% of the participants were overweight, and 6.5% were obese. Since the first BP screening campaign, MMM 2017 in Nepal, the number of participants screened has largely increased over the years. MMM’s success in Nepal is through a coordinated mobilization of trained health science students and volunteers in the communities. The Nepal MMM data demonstrates that large community-based BP screening campaigns are possible in low resource settings.
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spelling pubmed-81419572021-05-27 May Measurement Month 2019: an analysis of blood pressure screening results from Nepal Bhattarai, Harikrishna McLachlan, Craig S Khanal, Pratik Adhikari, Tara Ballav Ranabhat, Kamal Koirala, Sweta Parajuli, Surya B Pokharel, Yashashwi Paudel, Santosh Soti, Pabitra Babu Subedi, Bishal Wagle, Chetan Nidhi Mahato, Sweta Pandey, Ghanashyam Gyawali, Pawan Pandey, Sadhana Gyawali, Vivek Devkota, Surya Lohani, Guna Raj Koirala, Bhagawan Xia, Xin Beaney, Thomas Neupane, Dinesh Eur Heart J Suppl Articles May Measurement Month (MMM) is a global initiative to screen high blood pressure (BP) in the community and increase awareness at the population level. High BP is the leading risk factor for mortality worldwide and in Nepal. This study presents the results of the 2019 MMM in Nepal. Opportunistic BP screening was conducted in 30 out of 77 districts across Nepal and aged ≥18 years at the community and public places. BP was measured three times in a seated position. A total of 74 205 individuals participated in the study, mean age 39.9 years, and 58% were male. BP measurements for the second and third readings were available for 69 292 (93.3%) individuals. The proportion of the population that were hypertensive was 27.5% (n = 20 429). Among those hypertensives, 46.3% were aware of their hypertensive status and of these, 37.5% were on antihypertensive medication. Only 54.3% of those on antihypertensive medication had their BP controlled. Of the community screened, those self reporting to have diabetes, current tobacco users, and current alcohol drinkers were 6.7%, 23.6%, and 31.9%, respectively; 20.6% of the participants were overweight, and 6.5% were obese. Since the first BP screening campaign, MMM 2017 in Nepal, the number of participants screened has largely increased over the years. MMM’s success in Nepal is through a coordinated mobilization of trained health science students and volunteers in the communities. The Nepal MMM data demonstrates that large community-based BP screening campaigns are possible in low resource settings. Oxford University Press 2021-05-20 /pmc/articles/PMC8141957/ /pubmed/34054371 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/suab042 Text en Published on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology. © The Author(s) 2021. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) ), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com
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Bhattarai, Harikrishna
McLachlan, Craig S
Khanal, Pratik
Adhikari, Tara Ballav
Ranabhat, Kamal
Koirala, Sweta
Parajuli, Surya B
Pokharel, Yashashwi
Paudel, Santosh
Soti, Pabitra Babu
Subedi, Bishal
Wagle, Chetan Nidhi
Mahato, Sweta
Pandey, Ghanashyam
Gyawali, Pawan
Pandey, Sadhana
Gyawali, Vivek
Devkota, Surya
Lohani, Guna Raj
Koirala, Bhagawan
Xia, Xin
Beaney, Thomas
Neupane, Dinesh
May Measurement Month 2019: an analysis of blood pressure screening results from Nepal
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title_short May Measurement Month 2019: an analysis of blood pressure screening results from Nepal
title_sort may measurement month 2019: an analysis of blood pressure screening results from nepal
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8141957/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34054371
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/suab042
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