Compliance with hypertension guidelines in general practice in Slovenia

Autor: Petek-Šter Marija, Kersnik Janko, Švab Igor
Jazyk: English<br />Serbian
Rok vydání: 2007
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Zdroj: Srpski Arhiv za Celokupno Lekarstvo, Vol 135, Iss 3-4, Pp 191-196 (2007)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 0370-8179
DOI: 10.2298/SARH0704191P
Popis: Introduction. Compliance with hypertension guidelines in clinical practice is generally poor, but there was no data about compliance with any guidelines in general practice in Slovenia. Objective. Our aim was to find out whether general practitioners in Slovenia managed their hypertensive patients according to the national guidelines, based on 1999 WHO/ISH guideline recommendations. Method. 42 family physicians registered all patients with the diagnosis of arterial hypertension among 300 consecutive regular office visits. We used data about blood pressure management from paper medical records. Results. We collected data from 2752 patients with hypertension; the mean age was 64.1 years (SD = 12.4 years, from 21 to 97 years). All elements of the minimal diagnostic program in the last five years were performed in 23.8% of the patients. In 1809 (65.7%) patients, whose cardiovascular risk was estimated, the minimal diagnostic program was performed more frequently (p
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