Beliefs about medications when treating hypertension in primary health care: results from "PERson-centredness in hypertension management using information Technology (PERHIT)"
CONCLUSION: This study shows a significant association between beliefs about medication and BP levels, on hypertensive patients in the Swedish primary care setting, in only one out of four subsections of the BMQ. The intervention did not have a significant effect on changing patients' beliefs about medication. Further emphasis on patients' beliefs about medications could be useful in the clinical setting.PMID:37353959 | DOI:10.1080/08037051.2023.2226736 (Source: Blood Pressure)
Source: Blood Pressure - June 24, 2023 Category: Hematology Authors: Rasmus Hermansson-Borrebaeck Ulrika Andersson Ulf Jakobsson Patrik Midl öv Source Type: research
Secondary hypertension as a cause of treatment resistance
Blood Press. 2023 Dec;32(1):2224898. doi: 10.1080/08037051.2023.2224898.ABSTRACTIn secondary hypertension, elevated blood pressure is caused by a known and/or potentially treatable underlying disease.Although the prevalence of secondary hypertension depends on the patient population and the thoroughness of applied diagnostic approaches, arterial hypertension is classified in 90 to 95% as primary in nature. In young patients, individuals without a family history of hypertension, late onset of hypertension or worsening of a previous well-controlled hypertension as well as in patients who have a difficult to treat hypertensio...
Source: Blood Pressure - June 19, 2023 Category: Hematology Authors: Isabella Sudano Paolo Suter Felix Beuschlein Source Type: research
Neighbourhood deprivation in childhood and adulthood and risk of arterial stiffness: the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns study
Conclusion: These findings suggest that lifetime neighbourhood deprivation and low adulthood socioeconomic status are independent risk factors for increased arterial stiffness in adulthood.PMID:37300298 | DOI:10.1080/08037051.2023.2220037 (Source: Blood Pressure)
Source: Blood Pressure - June 10, 2023 Category: Hematology Authors: Erika K ähönen Satu Korpim äki Markus Juonala Mika K ähönen Terho Lehtim äki Nina Hutri-K ähönen Olli T Raitakari Mika Kivim äki Jussi Vahtera Source Type: research
