Reasons for Switching Antihypertensive Medication in General Practice A Cross-Sectional Czech Nationwide Survey
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11110%2F14%3A10288960" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11110/14:10288960 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/00216224:14110/14:00079794 RIV/00216208:11140/14:10288960 RIV/61989592:15110/14:33151690 RIV/65269705:_____/14:00062458 and 2 more
Result on the web
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000000168" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000000168</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000000168" target="_blank" >10.1097/MD.0000000000000168</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Reasons for Switching Antihypertensive Medication in General Practice A Cross-Sectional Czech Nationwide Survey
Original language description
To improve blood pressure (BP) control of their patients, physicians either adjust or switch antihypertensive medication. Currently, there is only limited information available on why physicians decide to switch antihypertensive medications. A questionnaire-based survey was performed between November 2011 and March 2012 in the Czech Republic. General practitioners were asked to fill in questionnaires about their hypertensive patients whose antihypertensive medication they were planning to change. Thesequestionnaires recorded data about patient demographic information, cardiovascular risk factors, BP values, and reasons for switching anti-hypertensive medication. Two hundred eight-six general practitioners surveyed a total of 4341 hypertensive patients. The mean age of the patients was 59.8 years, 68.9% of patients were overweight or obese. Uncontrolled office systolic and diastolic BP >140/90 mm Hg was present in 89.6% and 81.5% of patients, respectively, despite the fact that 49.4% o
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>x</sub> - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)
CEP classification
FA - Cardiovascular diseases including cardio-surgery
OECD FORD branch
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Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
N - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z neverejnych zdroju
Others
Publication year
2014
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Medicine; analytical reviews of general medicine, neurology, psychiatry, dermatology, and pediatries
ISSN
0025-7974
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
93
Issue of the periodical within the volume
27
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
2
Pages from-to
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UT code for WoS article
000346406500013
EID of the result in the Scopus database
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