Prevalence, awareness and therapeutic control of hypertension in Belgium: an opportunistic screening of nearly 6,000 participants during the May Measurement Month campaigns 2017–23
Despite the limited representativeness of the sample, these data suggest that the 'rule of halves' for hypertension no longer holds true in Belgium and that therapeutic control of hypertension is still suboptimal.
Authors
- P. Delmotte (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8789-8225)
- Sofie Brouwers (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7081-4881)
- Thomas Vanassche (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7404-8918)
- Elke Van Der Beken
- Dirk De Bacquer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3202-7238)
- Aurélie Carlier (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2305-5667)
- Bregt Van Nieuwenhuyse
- B Falque
- Alexandre Persu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4007-9695)
- S. Bayet
- Patricia Van der Niepen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6401-1580)
- Tom Robberechts (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5170-605X)
- Antoine Bondue (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4103-515X)
- Hilde Heuten
- Justine Huart (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3384-108X)
- T. De Backer
- Krzesinski Jm
- Ph van de Borne
- Martin Chabot
- F Brohée
Institutions
- Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc (BE)
- Vrije Universiteit Brussel (BE)
- University of Liège (BE)
- Ghent University Hospital (BE)
- Erasmus Hospital (BE)
- CHU Ambroise Paré (BE)
- Ghent University (BE)
- Onze Lieve Vrouwziekenhuis Hospital (BE)
- Antwerp University Hospital (BE)
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Brugmann (BE)
- Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel (BE)
- Hôpital Universitaire Dupuytren (FR)
- Centre Hospitalier Régional de Huy (BE)
- KU Leuven (BE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Blood Pressure
- Published
- 2025-05-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1080/08037051.2025.2501956
- Citations
- 5
- Primary Topic
- Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 6.94