Prevalence of corrected arterial hypertension based on the self-reported prevalence estimated by the Brazilian National Health Survey

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ID5167419
AuthorsJessica Pronestino De Lima Moreira (0000-0003-1987-3584, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, corresponding author), Renan Moritz Varnier Rodrigues De Almeida (0000-0003-0158-7432, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro), Nei Carlos Dos Santos Rocha (0000-0002-7493-6069, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro), Ronaldo Robson Luiz (0000-0002-7784-9905, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro)
Year2020
Volume36
Issue1
Pagese00033619-e00033619
Publication date2020-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCadernos de Saude Publica (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0102-311X • E-ISSN: 1678-4464
PublisherFapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1590/0102-311x00033619
PMID31967285
OpenAlexW3003014571
SCIELO_PIDS0102-311X2020000105014
LanguageEN
References cited13

The objective was to correct the self-reported prevalence of systemic arterial hypertension (SAH) obtained from the Brazilian National Health Survey (PNS 2013). SAH prevalence estimates were corrected by means of sensitivity/specificity of information. Sensitivity and specificity values from a similar study (same self-report question, age range and gold standard) were used to this end. A sensitivity analysis was also performed, by using the upper and lower limits of confidence intervals as sensitivity and specificity parameters. The corrected prevalence of SAH for Brazil as a whole was 14.5% (self-reported: 22.1%). Women presented a higher rate of self-reported SAH but, after correction, men were found to have a higher prevalence. Among younger women (18-39 age range), the self-reported prevalence was 6.2%, a value that, after correction, dropped to 0.28%. There was not much difference between self-reported and corrected SAH among the elderly (51.1% vs. 49.2%). For certain groups the corrected results were greatly different from the self-reported prevalence, what may severely impact public health policy strategies

Confidence interval · Gold standard (test) · Prevalence · Public health · Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies · Demography · Epidemiology · Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life · Health, Nursing, Elderly Care · Internal Medicine · Medicine

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