Key result
Among primary care patients eligible for 5 selected hypertension RCTs, 89% to 100% had multiple chronic conditions, indicating that most eligible patients in family practice have comorbidities.
Population
980 adult patients from 21 primary care family physicians' practices in the Saguenay region of Québec…
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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Hypertension RCT results may not apply to most primary care patients with comorbidities; leaves open external validity for typical practice.
Cross-Sectional (n=980)
Yes
Most primary care patients eligible for hypertension RCTs have multiple comorbidities, suggesting that trial results may lack external validity for typical clinical practice.
Martin Fortin (2006) conducted a cross-sectional in Hypertension and multiple comorbidities (n=980). Application of RCT inclusion/exclusion criteria was evaluated on Proportion of eligible patients with multiple chronic conditions. Among primary care patients eligible for 5 selected hypertension RCTs, 89% to 100% had multiple chronic conditions, indicating that most eligible patients in family practice have comorbidities.
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