Feasibility of a checklist in treating hypertension in primary care - base line results from a cluster-randomised controlled trial (check and support).

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Most patients with antihypertensive medication do not achieve their blood pressure (BP) target. The most important factor behind this failure is poor medication adherence. However, non-adherence to therapy does not concern only patients. Clinicians also tend to lack adherence to hypertension guidelines, overestimate BP control and be satisfied with inadequate BP control. The aim of this non-blinded, cluster-randomised, controlled study was to investigate if using a checklist would improve the quality of care in the initiation of new antihypertensive medication and help reduce non-adherence. METHODS:The study was conducted in eight primary care study centres in Central Finland, randomised to function as either intervention (n = 4) or control sites (n = 4). We included patients ag

SUBMITTER: Tahkola A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6299921 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature