Hypertension screening and follow-up in children and adolescents in a Canadian primary care population sample: a retrospective cohort studystudy.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Uncertainty exists about the need to screen for hypertension in children and adolescents. Information on current screening and follow-up rates in Canadian community practices is not available. There are no Canadian guidelines on the subject. We sought to identify current rates of pediatric hypertension screening and follow-up in Canada. In addition, we examined patient and provider characteristics associated with rates of blood pressure screening.

Methods

We used electronic medical record data extracted on Apr. 1, 2013, from 79 family practices in Toronto. We identified children seen at least twice between the ages of 3 and 18 years, with at least 6 months between first and last encounter. We used Multivariate Poisson regression analysis to analyze variation in bl

SUBMITTER: Aliarzadeh B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4933603 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Apr-Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature