Imperial College London
Alternate

Professor Neil Poulter

Faculty of Medicine, School of Public Health

Professor of Preventive Cardiovascular Medicine.
 
 
 
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Contact

 

+44 (0)20 7594 3446n.poulter

 
 
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Assistant

 

Mrs Ranjit Rayat +44 (0)20 7594 3445

 
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Location

 

55Stadium HouseWhite City Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Goma:2019:eurheartj/suz077,
author = {Goma, FM and Mwewa, B and Tembo, GK and Kachamba, M and Syatalimi, C and Simweemba, C and Chilufya, L and Mutale, W and Beaney, T and Xia, X and Poulter, NR},
doi = {eurheartj/suz077},
journal = {European Heart Journal Supplements},
pages = {D130--D132},
title = {May measurement month 2017: Blood pressure screening results from Zambia-Sub-Saharan Africa.},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/suz077},
volume = {21},
year = {2019}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Elevated blood pressure (BP) is a growing burden worldwide, leading to over 10 million deaths each year. May Measurement Month (MMM) is a global initiative aimed at raising awareness of high BP and to act as a temporary solution to the lack of screening programmes worldwide. Prevalence of hypertension is reported to reach 34% in some areas of Zambia but public awareness is reportedly low. A majority of individuals do not know that they have high BP and others do not take any medication. An opportunistic cross-sectional survey of volunteers aged ≥18 was carried out in May 2017. Blood pressure measurement, the definition of hypertension and statistical analysis followed the standard MMM protocol. Measurement sites were set-up at shopping malls, markets, sports facilities, churches, higher institutions of learning, and urban clinics. A total of 9607 individuals were screened during MMM17. After multiple imputation, 2438 (25.9%) had hypertension. Of individuals not receiving anti-hypertensive medication, 1706 (19.6%) were hypertensive. Of individuals receiving anti-hypertensive medication, 438 (62%) had uncontrolled BP. The MMM for 2017 was the largest BP screening campaign undertaken in Zambia. The campaign identified 2438 individuals with hypertension who were given heart health advice and/or referred to the local clinic for treatment. These results suggest that a large BP screening campaign based on convenience sampling could be a useful and reasonably inexpensive tool to help raise awareness in the general population and thereby help address the burden of disease caused by hypertension.
AU  - Goma,FM
AU  - Mwewa,B
AU  - Tembo,GK
AU  - Kachamba,M
AU  - Syatalimi,C
AU  - Simweemba,C
AU  - Chilufya,L
AU  - Mutale,W
AU  - Beaney,T
AU  - Xia,X
AU  - Poulter,NR
DO  - eurheartj/suz077
EP  - 132
PY  - 2019///
SN  - 1520-765X
SP  - 130
TI  - May measurement month 2017: Blood pressure screening results from Zambia-Sub-Saharan Africa.
T2  - European Heart Journal Supplements
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/suz077
UR  - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31043901
UR  - https://academic.oup.com/eurheartjsupp/article/21/Supplement_D/D130/5476843
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/71418
VL  - 21
ER  -
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