Key result
Revised hypertension guidelines achieve ~93% approval among Japanese specialists.
Why the study?
Opinions of Japanese clinical hypertension specialists on the 1999 revised Guidelines for Hypertension in the Elderly were not previously assessed.
Cross-Sectional (n=122)
A survey of Japanese hypertension specialists demonstrated high approval for the 1999 Guidelines for Hypertension in the Elderly and identified preferred first-line antihypertensive agents.
High specialist approval supports guideline acceptance; leaves open translation to prescribing patterns and elderly outcomes.
A questionnaire survey was administered to Japanese clinical specialists in hypertension in order to gauge their opinions on the 1999 revised version of the Guidelines for Hypertension in the Elderly prepared by the Comprehensive Research Project on Aging and Health of the Ministry of Health and Welfare. Out of 162 council members of the Japanese Society of Hypertension, 122 (75%) replied. The majority (93%) of respondents approved of the guidelines in general, and 72% of them approved of the age-related setting of a therapeutic goal for blood pressure. Sixty-five percent of respondents selected long-acting Ca antagonists, ACE inhibitors and low-dose diuretics as first-line agents for hypertension without complications in the elderly. The results of the questionnaire survey should be reflected in the next version of the guidelines.
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Ogihara et al. (2002) conducted a cross-sectional in Hypertension in the elderly (physician opinions) (n=122). Questionnaire survey on the 1999 revised Guidelines for Hypertension in the Elderly was evaluated on General approval of the guidelines. A questionnaire survey of Japanese clinical specialists in hypertension revealed that 93% approved of the 1999 revised guidelines in general, and 72% approved of the age-related therapeutic goals.
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