Linkage to primary care after home-based blood pressure screening in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: a population-based cohort study.
Mark J SiednerKathy BaisleyJoanna Orne-GliemannDeenan PillayOlivier KooleEmily B WongPhilippa MatthewsFrank TanserKobus HerbstTill BarnighausenMax BachmannPublished in: BMJ open (2018)
Linkage to care after home-based identification of elevated blood pressure was rare in rural South Africa, particularly among younger individuals, men and the employed. Improved understanding of barriers and facilitators to NCD care is needed to enhance the effectiveness of blood pressure screening in the region.
Keyphrases
- south africa
- blood pressure
- primary care
- hiv positive
- hypertensive patients
- healthcare
- heart rate
- palliative care
- quality improvement
- randomized controlled trial
- systematic review
- genome wide
- pain management
- affordable care act
- blood glucose
- type diabetes
- metabolic syndrome
- dna methylation
- general practice
- gene expression
- chronic pain
- skeletal muscle
- human immunodeficiency virus
- adipose tissue
- bioinformatics analysis