National Hypertension Taskforce of Australia: a roadmap to achieve 70% blood pressure control in Australia by 2030

作者：Aletta E. Schutte, Belinda Bennett, Clara K Chow, Geoffrey Cloud, Kerry Doyle, Zoe Girdis, Jonathan Golledge, Andrew Goodman, Charlotte Hespe, Meng P Hsu, Sharon James, Garry Jennings, Taskeen Khan, Audrey Lee, Lisa Murphy, Mark Nelson, Stephen J. Nicholls, Natalie Raffoul, Breonny Robson, Anthony Rodgers, Andrea Sanders, Catherine A. Shang, James E. Sharman, Nigel Stocks, Tim Usherwood, Ruth Webster, Jun Yang, Markus P. Schlaich · 发表于：The Medical Journal of Australia · 年份：2024 · DOI：10.5694/mja2.52373 · 被引用次数：31 · 研究领域：Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies、Cardiac Health and Mental Health、Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes

Raised blood pressure or hypertension is by far the leading risk factor for preventable deaths in Australia, contributing to over 25 000 deaths annually (Supporting Information, figure 1 and figure 2),1-3 mainly due to stroke, heart disease, kidney disease, heart failure, atrial fibrillation and dementia.3, 4 The reduction of blood pressure to less than 140/90 mmHg is only achieved in 32% of people with hypertension in Australia, and control rates have stagnated for a decade (Supporting Information, figure 3).5, 6 As our control rates compare poorly to other high income countries (eg, 68% in Canada),5-7 we published a call-to-action to urgently bring about changes.5 In response to our call-to-action, the National Hypertension Taskforce of Australia (Taskforce) was formed, hosted by the Australian Cardiovascular Alliance and Hypertension Australia (Supporting Information), and launched by the Minister for Health and Aged Care in 2022.8, 9 The Taskforce partners are reflected in the authorship of the roadmap, and are listed in the Supporting Information, figure 4. This article describes the key actions to be taken by the Taskforce, including a roadmap to help implement identified actions. The methods for identifying the key actions and the structure of the Taskforce are described in the Supporting Information, figure 5 and table 1. Background. Raised blood pressure is the leading preventable cause of death in Australia. One in three Australian adults (6.8 million people) have h...