Why the study?
Does an increase in medical treatment intensity improve diastolic blood pressure in patients with uncontrolled hypertension compared to no increase?
Population
410 patients with uncontrolled hypertension from 3 primary care clinics in the Veterans Affairs medical…
Comparison
Increase in antihypertensive medical treatment… vs No increase in antihypertensive medical…
Design
Cohort
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Intensifying therapy was associated with lower diastolic BP; hypothesis-generating for uncontrolled hypertension and needs randomized confirmation.
Does an increase in medical treatment intensity improve diastolic blood pressure in patients with uncontrolled hypertension compared to no increase?
Inadequate treatment intensity by clinicians is a more frequent contributor to uncontrolled hypertension than patient nonadherence, and increasing medical therapy significantly improves diastolic blood pressure.
Rose et al. (2007) studied this question.
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