How Hypertension Guidelines Address Social Determinants of Health: A Systematic Scoping Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patient-level and community-level social and economic conditions impact hypertension risk and control. We examined adult hypertension management guidelines to explore whether and how existing guidelines refer to social care activities.

Objective

The objective of this study was to explore how hypertension guidelines reference social care activities.

Research design

A systematic scoping review of clinical guidelines for adult hypertension management. We employed a PubMed search strategy to identify all hypertension guidelines published in the United States between 1977 and 2019. We reviewed all titles to identify the most updated versions focused on nonpregnant adults with hypertension. We extracted instances where guidelines referred to social determinants o

SUBMITTER: Razon N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8597925 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature