Cascades of diabetes and hypertension care in Samoa: Identifying gaps in the diagnosis, treatment, and control continuum - a cross-sectional study.

Background: Samoa is a Pacific Island country facing one of the highest burdens of non-communicable disease globally.

Methods: In this study, we apply a cascade-of-care approach to understand gaps in the awareness, treatment, and control cascade of diabetes and hypertension in a cross-sectional, convenience sample of 703 young, high-risk Samoan adults (29.5-50.

Improving services for chronic non-communicable diseases in Samoa: an implementation research study using the care cascade framework.

Objective: Samoa needs to intensify the response to the growing non-communicable disease burden. This study aimed to assess bottlenecks in the care continuum and identify possible solutions.

Methods: The mixed-methods study used the cascade framework as an analysis tool and hypertension as a tracer condition for chronic non-communicable diseases.

Remote Screening for Optic Nerve Cupping Using Smartphone-based Nonmydriatic Fundus Photography.

Precis: Evaluation of nonmydriatic fundus photographs captured with a low-cost, smartphone-based camera facilitated remote screening of patients for enlarged optic nerve cup-to-disc ratio in the Independent Nation of Samoa, an underserved setting with one full-time ophthalmologist in the entire country.

Purpose: To investigate factors that impact inter-rater agreement of glaucoma suspect optic disc status using a low-cost, handheld nonmydriatic fundus camera.

Methods: Color fundus photographs were obtained using the PanOptic iExaminer attached to an iPhone 6S by a lay examiner on 206 participants in the Independent Nation of Samoa.

Sex differences in the associations of physical activity and macronutrient intake with child body composition: A cross-sectional study of 3- to 7-year-olds in Samoa.

Background: Overweight/obesity is prevalent among children in the Pacific Islands, but its aetiology is poorly understood. Few studies have considered body composition in addition to body mass index-based measures.

Objectives: To describe body composition among Samoan children and determine sex-specific associations among dietary intake, physical activity, and body composition.

Dietary Patterns Are Associated with Metabolic Outcomes among Adult Samoans in a Cross-Sectional Study.

The Samoan population has been undergoing a nutrition transition toward more imported and processed foods and a more sedentary lifestyle. We aimed to identify dietary patterns in Samoa and to evaluate their associations with metabolic outcomes. The sample of this cross-sectional study includes 2774 Samoan adults recruited in 2010 (1104 with metabolic syndrome compared with 1670 without).