Strengthening opportunistic screening for hypertension: report from a tertiary care institution in a district of West Bengal, India

Ghosh, Ritu; Maulik, Sanghamitra; De, Saikat; Tikader, Tanmoy; Jha, Sankar Nath; Mondal, Sayantan; Mallik, Sarmila; Banerjee, Mohua

doi:10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20193987

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“…Other study reported the prevalence of hypertension to be 17%, 17.9%, 21.5%, while another study reported it to be 41.3%. 5,[9][10][11] Hypertension is a risk factor for cardiovascular diseases. The presence of this health condition may go unnoticed for long years, while opportunistic screening is simple, yet efficient method for screening hypertension.…”

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Opportunistic Screening for Hypertension and Obesity among Patients Attending a Tertiary Care Hospital in Bangalore, India

Raveesh,

Harshappradha,

Haleema

et al. 2024

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Background: An estimated 1.28 billion adults in the age group of 30–79 years globally have hypertension. Opportunistic screening would be one method to screen all patients attending health care facility for hypertension and Cardiovascular risk factors. Objectives of this study was to assess the magnitude of the undiagnosed hypertension and obesity by opportunistic screening among the study participants and also to study the factors associated. Methods and Material: A cross-sectional study design was carried out in the outpatient department of General Medicine, in a teaching hospital, India. Blood pressure, BMI, waist circumference was measured among patients aged 30 and above. Results: Almost one third of the study participants were screened to be having Hypertension (27.6%). More than half of the study participants belonged to the category of overweight according to BMI (64.4%) and majority of them were obese according to waist circumference (Male-81.3%, Female-74.2%). Conclusions: Opportunistic screening is a simple and yet efficient method for screening patients for Hypertension and Obesity. Management of these two important risk factors at early stage will help in preventing cardiovascular events among the patients in the future Keywords Opportunistic screening, Non communicable disease, Hypertension, Obesity

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“…Part 1: Socio-demographic profile and different factors associated with hypertension and obesity were included in the questionnaire, based on literature review. 5,9 Part 2: Measurement of BP, Height, Weight, BMI, Waist circumference.…”

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