Awareness and control of hypertension in Bangladesh: follow-up of a hypertensive cohort
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Objectives: To assess the effect of awareness and advice to seek care on blood pressure (BP) control among patients with hypertension in Bangladesh. Design: Longitudinal study. Setting: The study was carried out in icddr,b surveillance sites at rural Matlab in Chandpur district and semi-urban Kamalapur in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Participants: Randomly selected men and non-pregnant women aged 20 years or older without any acute illness or history of any vascular events such as stroke or acute myocardial infarction. Main outcome measure: Hypertension was defined as systolic BP (SBP) ≥140 and/or diastolic BP (DBP) ≥90 mm Hg or as self-reported hypertension under medication. We advised patients to seek care from a qualified provider and to adopt a healthy lifestyle. We compared changes in BP from baseline to follow-up at around 6 months. Results: Overall, 17.1% (n=287) of participants had hypertension at baseline with significantly higher prevalence in the semi-urban than in the rural population (23.6% vs 10.8%; p<0.001); half were unaware of their condition. At follow-up, 83% (n=204) reported a visit to any healthcare provider. In the semi-urban area, a higher proportion of patients visited medically qualified practitioners than in the rural area (76.7% vs 36.6%, p<0.000). SBP (−3.3±20.7 mm Hg; p<0.01) and DBP (−2.0±13.0 mm Hg; p<0.02) were lower at follow-up. Those who visited medically qualified practitioners had significant SBP (−3.9±22.4 mm Hg; p<0.03) and DBP (−2.7±14.1 mm Hg; p<0.02) reduction. BP reduction did not reach statistical significance among those visiting a pharmacist or their village doctors. Overall, half of the patients with hypertension achieved the BP control goal (BP<140/90 mm Hg). Conclusions: Awareness and simple health messages increase provider visit, reduce blood pressure and improve BP control in hypertensive Bangladeshis. Longer-term follow-up is required to verify the sustainability.
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A substantial proportion of the population in Bangladesh remains undiagnosed with hypertension due to lack of awareness to seek medical care and high treatment costs.
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- Authors
- Alam, D. S., Chowdhury, M. A. H., Siddiquee, A. T., Ahmed, S., & Niessen, L. W.
- Affiliations
- International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research (BD)
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Alam, Dewan Shamsul
- Venue
- BMJ Open
- Publisher
- BMJ
- Published
- 2014-12
- Volume
- 4
- Issue
- 12
- Pages
- e004983
- ISSN
- 2044-6055 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC4275678
- OpenAlex
- W2099729968
- Cited by
- 54
- References
- 35
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 12 · 2020: 6 · 2019: 5 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 9 · 2016: 3 · 2015: 3
- FWCI
- 3.44
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Licence
- cc-by-nc
- Locations
- BMJ Open (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- HighWire Press Open Archive (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh
- National Institutes of Health
- U.S. Public Health Service (HHSN26820900032C)
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies
- Health Sciences › Nursing › Nutrition and Dietetics › Sodium Intake and Health
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Health Promotion and Cardiovascular Prevention
- Keywords
- hypertension, hypertension awareness, blood pressure control, health-seeking behavior, health advice, urban-rural differences, village doctors, healthy lifestyle, Bangladesh
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Antihypertensive Agents, Awareness, Bangladesh, Blood Pressure, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Health Promotion, Health Services, Humans, Hypertension, Life Style, Longitudinal Studies, Male, Medicine, Traditional, Middle Aged, Patient Acceptance of Health Care, Pharmacists, Rural Population, Urban Population, Health Behavior, Blood Pressure Monitoring, Ambulatory
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