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. 2020 Jun 4;5(6):e001959. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2019-001959

Table 3.

HealthRise screening and diagnosis outputs for programme sites in Brazil, India and South Africa

Data collection Across HealthRise sites Brazil India South africa
Teófilo otoni Vitória da conquista Udaipur Shimla Pixley ka seme uMgungun-dlovu
Hypertension
 Individuals screened* 59 342 3129 2315 26 144 20 606 2366 4782
 Individuals screened above threshold† 6439 871 626 835 2214 677 1216
 Individuals screened and newly diagnosed 1464 190 233 264 555 93 129
Diabetes
 Individuals screened* 56 642 5396 3609 17 994 21 482 3570 4591
 Individuals screened above threshold‡ 2563 125 499 839 900 71 129
 Individuals screened and newly diagnosed 295 40 44 107 56 24 24

*Individuals with no previously reported diagnosis of hypertension or diabetes and participated in a HealthRise-supported screening activity.

†SBP ≥140 mm Hg or DBP ≥90 mm Hg.

‡Random blood glucose (RBG) measure of ≥140 mg/dL in Vitória da Conquista and both India sites; fasting glucose (FG) ≥126 mg/dL or blood glucose of 200 mg/dL following a glucose tolerance test in both South Africa sites; and a RBG reading of ≥200 mg/dL with at least one classical diabetes symptom (polyuria, polydipsia or polyphagia) or a FG ≥126 mg/dL following a cardiovascular risk assessment (patients with a body mass index ≥25; or age ≥45, or at least moderate cardiovascular disease risk were referred to get a FG test at the health facility) in Teófilo Otoni.

DBP, diastolic blood pressure; SBP, systolic blood pressure.