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INTRODUCTION: Raised blood pressure (BP) or hypertension (HPT) is the most common condition observed in the population that can lead to cardiac arrest, stroke, renal failure, and death if not detected early and treated appropriately. 36.9% of adult population were never been measured their blood pressure although 26.4% of adult population have detected as raised blood pressure in Myanmar. OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to find the undetected case of raised blood pressure or hypertension among over 40 years old population in urban community. METHODS: Data collection was carried out by inclusive self-help group members by using mobile data collection Methods named as KoBo Collect software and measuring respondents blood pressure with standardised BP machine. RESULTS: 2362 community members accepted to screen their blood pressure. 18% of screening people were detected as high blood pressure and 34% were undetected. 77.8% in 40-64, 16.7% in 65-79, 5.6% are 80 years and above. DISCUSSION: These finding suggest that community-based screening model for Hypertension should be used to get early screening and referral to Health facility for only diagnosis and treatment. By using community-based screening model could be use in primary health care services (1) community members change better health care seeking behaviours by providing awareness. (2) reduce the complications associated with Hypertension by early screening, diagnosis and treatment with minimum cost. (3) enhancing community participation in disease prevention and control activities. (4) reducing workload of primary health care providers in screening and gathering patient data.
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@proceedings{APCPH-2019-82,
title = {Screening and Referral Services for Hypertension: A Community-Based Intervention in Myanmar},
author = {Han Win Aung and Anil Kumar Indria Krishna},
year = {2019},
date = {2019-07-22},
urldate = {2019-07-22},
journal = {6th Asia-Pacific Conference on Public Health 2019 Proceedings},
issue = {6},
abstract = {INTRODUCTION: Raised blood pressure (BP) or hypertension (HPT) is the most common condition observed in the population that can lead to cardiac arrest, stroke, renal failure, and death if not detected early and treated appropriately. 36.9% of adult population were never been measured their blood pressure although 26.4% of adult population have detected as raised blood pressure in Myanmar. OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to find the undetected case of raised blood pressure or hypertension among over 40 years old population in urban community. METHODS: Data collection was carried out by inclusive self-help group members by using mobile data collection Methods named as KoBo Collect software and measuring respondents blood pressure with standardised BP machine. RESULTS: 2362 community members accepted to screen their blood pressure. 18% of screening people were detected as high blood pressure and 34% were undetected. 77.8% in 40-64, 16.7% in 65-79, 5.6% are 80 years and above. DISCUSSION: These finding suggest that community-based screening model for Hypertension should be used to get early screening and referral to Health facility for only diagnosis and treatment. By using community-based screening model could be use in primary health care services (1) community members change better health care seeking behaviours by providing awareness. (2) reduce the complications associated with Hypertension by early screening, diagnosis and treatment with minimum cost. (3) enhancing community participation in disease prevention and control activities. (4) reducing workload of primary health care providers in screening and gathering patient data.},
note = {Type: ORAL PRESENTATION; Organisation: HelpAge International},
keywords = {hypertension, referral, screening, urban community},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {proceedings}
}