February 28, 2000Archives of Internal Medicine
Implications of a Health Lifestyle and Medication Analysis for Improving Hypertension Control
Population
727 patients with hypertension, weighted to match the 1992 National Health Interview Survey age and sex…
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
Discussion
Loading...
Member takes
Implication
Supports hypertension subgroup phenotyping by adherence; hypothesis-generating, needs prospective validation before practice change.
Structured PICO
P
Population
727 patients with hypertension, weighted to match the 1992 National Health Interview Survey age and sex distribution
O
Outcome
Covariation in medication and health lifestyle beliefs and behaviors to identify distinct subgroupspatient reported
Patients with hypertension can be profiled into distinct subgroups based on lifestyle and medication behaviors, suggesting the need for tailored management strategies.
Limitations
- Needs validation on a separate sample
Cite This Study
Maibach et al. (2000) studied this question.