March 2, 2007Current Medical Research and Opinion

Clinical practice and recent recommendations in hypertension management – reporting a gap in a global survey of 1259 primary care physicians in 17 countries

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Population

1259 primary care physicians in 17 countries worldwide

Design

Cross-sectional

Authors

PBPeter BramlagePreventive Cardiology MTMartin ThoenesEmory University WKWilhelm KirchGeneral / Preventive / Lipids

Discussion

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Implication

Physician perceptions may overestimate control and signal therapeutic inertia; hypothesis-generating for education to close guideline-practice gaps.

Structured PICO

Population

1259 primary care physicians in 17 countries worldwide

Intervention

Telephone interviews using a central computer assisted telephone interview methodology (CATI)

Outcome

Physicians' attitude towards high BP, patients' perception and knowledge, and actual management of hypertension

A global survey reveals a gap between guideline recommendations and actual clinical practice in hypertension management among primary care physicians.

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Bramlage et al. (2007) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7649d2f8a4cd622d087d5b https://doi.org/10.1185/030079907x182077

Topics

Hypertension management

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Implication

Physician perceptions may overestimate control and signal therapeutic inertia; hypothesis-generating for education to close guideline-practice gaps.

Clinical practice and recent recommendations in hypertension management – reporting a gap in a global survey of 1259 primary care physicians in 17 countries

Discussion

Member takes

Implication

Structured PICO

Cite This Study

Topics

Clinical practice and recent recommendations in hypertension management – reporting a gap in a global survey of 1259 primary care physicians in 17 countries

Discussion

Member takes

Implication

Structured PICO

Cite This Study

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