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July 1, 2003Journal of Clinical HypertensionOpen Access

Patient Knowledge and Awareness of Hypertension Is Suboptimal: Results From a Large Health Maintenance Organization

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Population

2500 randomly surveyed hypertension patients from a large health maintenance organization

Design

Cross-sectional

Authors

MAMark E. AlexanderElectrophysiologyNGNancy P. GordonKaiser PermanenteCDCatherine DavisRutgers, The State University of New Jersey

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Implication

Suboptimal BP target awareness may warrant education focus; leaves open whether it improves control in prospective studies.

Structured PICO

P
Population
2500 randomly surveyed hypertension patients from a large health maintenance organization (approximately 72% completed surveys)
I
Intervention
Questionnaire assessing knowledge of hypertension, supplemented with clinic blood pressure measurements
O
Outcome
Patient knowledge and awareness of their condition, recent blood pressure values, and target blood pressure goalspatient reported

Patient awareness of hypertension control status and targets is highly suboptimal, emphasizing the need for better patient education to improve blood pressure control.

Cite This Study

Alexander et al. (2003) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a82a64923a6926b671e1204https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1524-6175.2003.01963.x

Topics

Hypertension management
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