May Measurement Month 2019: an analysis of blood pressure screening results from Spain

Ana Molinero; Eva Calvo; Thomas Beaney; Emily Day; Rosa Prats-Mas; José A Fornos; Inés Mera-Gallego; Salvador Tous; Nicanor F de Andrés; Enrique Rodilla; Teresa Gijón; David Pérez-Manchon; Neil R Poulter; Gema Ruiz-Hurtado; Luis Miguel Ruilope

doi:10.1093/eurheartj/suab060

May Measurement Month 2019: an analysis of blood pressure screening results from Spain

Eur Heart J Suppl. 2021 May 20;23(Suppl B):B138-B140. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/suab060. eCollection 2021 May.

Authors

Ana Molinero¹, Eva Calvo², Thomas Beaney^{3

4}, Emily Day³, Rosa Prats-Mas⁵, José A Fornos⁶, Inés Mera-Gallego⁷, Salvador Tous⁸, Nicanor F de Andrés⁹, Enrique Rodilla¹⁰, Teresa Gijón¹¹, David Pérez-Manchon¹², Neil R Poulter³, Gema Ruiz-Hurtado^{13

14}, Luis Miguel Ruilope^{13

14

15}

Affiliations

¹ HTA Group of the Spanish Society of Family and Community Pharmacy (SEFAC). Community Pharmacist. Paseo de las Delician 31, 28045, Madrid, Spain.
² IBERMUTUA, 28043, Madrid, Spain.
³ Imperial Clinical Trials Unit, Imperial College London, Stadium House, 68 Wood Lane, London W12 7RH, UK.
⁴ Department of Primary Care and Public Health, Imperial College London, St Dunstan's Road, London W6 8RP, UK.
⁵ HTA Group of the Spanish Society of Family and Community Pharmacy (SEFAC), Community Pharmacist Denia, Alicante, Spain.
⁶ Diabetes Group of the Spanish Society of Family and Community Pharmacy (SEFAC), Community Pharmacist Cangas do Morrazo, Pontevedra, Spain.
⁷ HTA Group of the Spanish Society of Family and Community Pharmacy (SEFAC), Community Pharmacist Maella, Zaragoza, Spain.
⁸ HTA Group of the Spanish Society of Family and Community Pharmacy (SEFAC), Community Pharmacist, Barcelona, Spain.
⁹ Diabetes Group of the Spanish Society of Family and Community Pharmacy (SEFAC), Community Pharmacist, Vigo, Pontevedra, Spain.
¹⁰ Internal Medicine, University Hospital Sagunto, Universidad Cardenal Herrera-CEU, CEU Universities, Valencia 46115, Spain.
¹¹ Primary Care Center Centro del Aire, Majadahonda, Council of the Spanish Society of Hypertension, Madrid 28220, Spain.
¹² Departamento de Enfermería, Facultad de Salud, Universidad Camilo José Cela, Madrid 28036, Spain.
¹³ Cardiorenal Translational Laboratory, Institute of Research i+12, Hospital Universitario, 12 de Octubre, Madrid 28041, Spain.
¹⁴ CIBER-CV, Hospital Universitario, 12 de Octubre, Madrid 28041, Spain.
¹⁵ European University of Madrid, Madrid 28032, Spain.

Abstract

The aim of the May Measurement Month (MMM) is devoted to better understanding the awareness, treatment, and control rates of hypertension in Spain. Presented here are the data corresponding to 2019 campaign. In 2019, a total of 4433 patients (61.5% males) with a mean age of 54.8 years were included. Of all, 96.0% were Caucasian, and 3294 were recruited in pharmacies. The mean values of systolic blood pressure (BP) were 125.6 and of diastolic 76.7 mmHg in the whole population. The most recent previous BP measurement took place more than 1 year before in 27.6% of participants. A total of 1883 were hypertensive (systolic BP ≥140 mmHg or diastolic BP ≥90 mmHg or taking antihypertensive medication), of whom 77.2%/were aware and 71.1% were on medication. Of all, 64.9% of those on medication and 46.1% of all hypertensive participants had a BP controlled to <140/90 mmHg. These data from MMM 2019 continue to indicate the need for an improvement in the awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension in Spain.

Keywords: Blood pressure; Control; Diabetes; Hypertension; MMM; Pharmacies; Screening; Treatment.