Questions regarding how best CHWs can contribute to the overall care and education of the public will remain. However, it appears that training CHWs to improve community knowledge and individual adherence to medications for hypertension (and potentially other chronic non-communicable conditions) may be...
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In addition, the clinical decision support algorithm could provide guideline-based evaluation, treatment, and parent/patient education materials to the clinician. Conclusion Hypertension and prehypertension are well-defined, prevalent, asymptomatic, chronic conditions in children and adolescents. Based on ...
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First, patient education to improve self- awareness of medical conditions and the need for proper ingestion of antihypertensive medications is important. Physician efforts to lower pill counts are also important, as studies have shown a significant inverse association between antihypertensive pill counts ...
Οptimal ≤ 120 And ≤ 80 Normal 120-129 80-84 High normal 130-139 85-89 Hypertension Grade 1 (mild) 140-159 90-99 Grade 2 (moderate) 160-179 100-109 Grade 3 (severe) ≥ 180 ≥ 100 Isolated systolic hypertension ≥ 140 ≤ 90 SBP: Systolic blood pressure; DBP: Diastolic blood pr...
Self-reported education, marital status, and occupational category from the Millennium Cohort baseline questionnaire were used to supplement missing DMDC data. Manuscript #1: Analysis Strategy Aim 1: Determine the prevalence of hypertension among active duty cohort members using self-report and electronic...