Parent and Primary Care Clinician Perceptions About Pediatric Hypertension.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Despite published guidelines and a prevalence of pediatric hypertension of approximately 3%, less than 25% of affected children are identified, with 60% not receiving any intervention despite detection. Understanding the knowledge and perceptions of parents or caregivers and health care teams is crucial to identify factors that may contribute to these unacceptably low detection rates.

Objective

To examine the knowledge and perceptions of parents and health care teams regarding pediatric hypertension to identify common themes contributing to low hypertension detection.

Design, setting, and participants

This qualitative study, interviewed parents of children diagnosed with hypertension who did not follow up within 1 year after diagnosis and health care clinic

SUBMITTER: Zaidi AH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11645643 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature