Developing a Protocol for Medical Student-Organized Community-Based Hypertension Screening Programs
<p><strong>Background:</strong><span> Hypertension screening programs have been effective in raising awareness and identifying people who are otherwise unfamiliar with their disease. We aimed to develop a resource-minimal, evidence-based protocol for a novel medical student-o...
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| author | Vishal P. Varshney Tyrone Harrison Michal Szymczakowski Matthew Gross Charlotte Jones |
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| description | <p><strong>Background:</strong><span> Hypertension screening programs have been effective in raising awareness and identifying people who are otherwise unfamiliar with their disease. We aimed to develop a resource-minimal, evidence-based protocol for a novel medical student-organized hypertension-screening program capable of community implementation.</span></p><p><strong>Methods:</strong><span> Eighty-one medical students had their blood pressure measured once using an automated machine and once using the manual auscultatory method. Bland-Altman plots compared agreement between measurement techniques.</span></p><p><strong>Results:</strong><span> No significant difference between manual and automated techniques was noted in the measurement of systolic blood pressure, but was noted for diastolic blood pressure. </span></p><p><strong>Conclusion:</strong><span> In the context of a community-based screening program, automated and manual measurements may be used interchangeably to obtain an accurate measure of systolic blood pressure. A medical student-organized community-screening program is an effective way to screen large numbers of people in a short amount of time.</span></p> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-58d627637ad24b9f87cb1413fb0245c92023-08-02T08:52:45ZengUniversity Library System, University of PittsburghInternational Journal of Medical Students2076-63272013-11-01118115Developing a Protocol for Medical Student-Organized Community-Based Hypertension Screening ProgramsVishal P. VarshneyTyrone HarrisonMichal SzymczakowskiMatthew GrossCharlotte Jones<p><strong>Background:</strong><span> Hypertension screening programs have been effective in raising awareness and identifying people who are otherwise unfamiliar with their disease. We aimed to develop a resource-minimal, evidence-based protocol for a novel medical student-organized hypertension-screening program capable of community implementation.</span></p><p><strong>Methods:</strong><span> Eighty-one medical students had their blood pressure measured once using an automated machine and once using the manual auscultatory method. Bland-Altman plots compared agreement between measurement techniques.</span></p><p><strong>Results:</strong><span> No significant difference between manual and automated techniques was noted in the measurement of systolic blood pressure, but was noted for diastolic blood pressure. </span></p><p><strong>Conclusion:</strong><span> In the context of a community-based screening program, automated and manual measurements may be used interchangeably to obtain an accurate measure of systolic blood pressure. A medical student-organized community-screening program is an effective way to screen large numbers of people in a short amount of time.</span></p>http://www.ijms.info/ojs/index.php/IJMS/article/view/5 |
| spellingShingle | Vishal P. Varshney Tyrone Harrison Michal Szymczakowski Matthew Gross Charlotte Jones Developing a Protocol for Medical Student-Organized Community-Based Hypertension Screening Programs International Journal of Medical Students |
| title | Developing a Protocol for Medical Student-Organized Community-Based Hypertension Screening Programs |
| title_full | Developing a Protocol for Medical Student-Organized Community-Based Hypertension Screening Programs |
| title_fullStr | Developing a Protocol for Medical Student-Organized Community-Based Hypertension Screening Programs |
| title_full_unstemmed | Developing a Protocol for Medical Student-Organized Community-Based Hypertension Screening Programs |
| title_short | Developing a Protocol for Medical Student-Organized Community-Based Hypertension Screening Programs |
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