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Physicians often underestimate the prevalence of challenging hypertension cases, highlighting the need for better awareness and management strategies.
The SHARE survey suggests physicians underestimate the prevalence of challenging hypertension patients, emphasizing the need for better awareness and compliance strategies to improve blood pressure control.
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May prompt reevaluation of hypertension awareness; leaves open whether education improves control in practice.
Physicians may underestimate the proportion of 'challenging patients' with hypertension and there is a need to improve their BP control. Increasing physicians' awareness about the risks of uncontrolled BP and improving compliance are two possible ways to improve management of hypertension.
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Erdine et al. (2012) studied this question. Physicians often underestimate the prevalence of challenging hypertension cases, highlighting the need for better awareness and management strategies.
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