Self-Screening and Non-Physician Screening for Hypertension in Communities: A Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Community-based self-screening may provide opportunities to increase detection of hypertension, and identify raised blood pressure (BP) in populations who do not access healthcare. This systematic review aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of non-physician screening and self-screening of BP in community settings.

Methods

We searched the Cochrane Central Trials Register, Medline, Embase, CINAHL, and Science Citation Index & Conference Proceedings Citation Index-Science to November 2013 to identify studies reporting community-based self-screening or non-physician screening for hypertension in adults. Results were stratified by study site, screener, and the cut-off used to define high screening BP.

Results

We included 73 studies, which described screening in 9

SUBMITTER: Fleming S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4506785 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature