Moderation of alcohol consumption as a recommendation in European hypertension management guidelines: a survey on awareness, screening and implementation among European physicians.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Moderation of alcohol consumption is included as a class I, level of evidence A recommendation in the current European guidelines for the management of hypertension. We investigated its awareness and self-reported implementation among European physicians across different specialties and workplaces.

Design and setting

A cross-sectional survey study conducted in two annual German meetings (German Society of Cardiology and the German Society of Internal Medicine) and two annual European meetings (European Society of Hypertension and European Society Cardiology) in 2015.

Participants

1064 physicians attending the European meetings were interviewed including 52.1% cardiologists, 29.2% internists and 8.8% general practitioners.

Main outcome measures

Physic

SUBMITTER: Zaidi Touis L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6196817 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature