World Hypertension Day

17th May is World Hypertension Day to highlight the importance of better detection, prevention and treatment of high blood pressure.   SiSU Health UK is celebrating having delivered over 840,000 blood pressure checks to date! Here are just some of the insights that relate to this years themes of Measure it accurately, control it, live longer!

Measure your blood pressure accurately, Control your blood pressure, live longer!

• Nearly 3 out of 4 people who conducted a SiSU health check had not had their blood pressure monitored in the last year
• 62% of people who measured a risk blood pressure on the medical device, SiSU health station, had not had their blood pressure measured in the last year.
• People living in the most deprived areas, IMD 1 and 2, and people who identified as Asian, mixed or other ethnicity, were less likely to have recently measured their blood pressure
• The highest prevalence of high blood pressure amongst those using the SiSU health kiosk, was seen in black males, at 20% and in black females, at 18%.
• Black females over 65 years had the highest prevalence of high blood pressure, at 53% of all groups completing a free digital health check.

Over 97,000 of the self-service health checks completed to date, measured a high blood pressure.

Digital platforms such as SiSU Health can scale to provide high accessibility at low cost, where other approaches simply cannot.

The data above shows significant gaps in health literacy and health care coverage when it comes to blood pressure.

Public facing, digital health platforms can reduce coverage gaps and address health inequalities, empowering self-management, triggering intervention where needed and ultimately leading to reduced health risks and saving lives.