Do hypertension risk prediction tools improve prescriptions and outcomes of hypertension prevention?
While existing hypertension risk prediction tools show acceptable discrimination, their actual clinical impact on prevention outcomes and prescribing practices remains unproven.
The discrimination ability of existing hypertension risk prediction tools is acceptable, but the impact of using these tools on prescriptions and outcomes of hypertension prevention is unclear.
Echouffo‐Tcheugui et al. (Fri,) studied this question.