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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

High Blood Pressure in Adults: Screening

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Systematic Review

Source: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force

Last Reviewed: April 2021

Workgroups: Access to Health Services Workgroup, Heart Disease and Stroke Workgroup

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends screening for high blood pressure in adults age 18 or older who don’t have known high blood pressure. USPSTF suggests yearly screening for adults age 40 years or older and those who are at increased risk for high blood pressure. In addition, USPSTF recommends getting blood pressure measurements outside the clinical setting to confirm a high blood pressure diagnosis before starting treatment.

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Objectives related to this resource (3)

Increase the proportion of adults who get recommended evidence-based preventive health care — AHS‑08
Getting worse
Reduce the proportion of adults with high blood pressure — HDS‑04
Baseline only
Increase control of high blood pressure in adults — HDS‑05
LHI label
Baseline only

Suggested Citation

1.

U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. (2021). Screening for Hypertension in Adults. Retrieved from https://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/hypertension-in-adults-screening