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- Hypertension, or high blood pressure, can lead to serious health problems like heart disease and memory issues, especially in older people.
- Many older adults struggle with managing hypertension because they often take multiple medications, which can cause side effects and make it hard to stick to treatment.
- Good public health messages are needed to help doctors and patients understand how to better manage high blood pressure in older adults.
Article Abstract
Hypertension is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease, cognitive decline, and frailty. Given the increasing burden of hypertension in the aging population, it is imperative to improve hypertension management in that population. Apart from variations in treatment goals, challenges such as polypharmacy, medication side effects, and therapeutic inertia hinder adherence to guideline-directed medical therapies among older people. Effective public health messaging is essential for spreading evidence-based guidelines, raising awareness among clinicians, enhancing patient education and health literacy, and implementing community-based strategies to tackle hypertension. This review examines the current state of public messaging on hypertension in older adults.
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