Prevalence, treatment, and control of hypertension in residents of skilled nursing facilities

Consultant Pharmacist

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 317-323

  Coover, Kelli L ^a   Ryan Haddad, Ann ^a   Faulkner, Michele A ^b   Hilleman, Daniel E ^c  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PHARMACY AND HEALTH PROFESSIONS   (United States)

Author keywords

Antihypertensive medications; Elderly; Hypertension; Skilled nursing facilities

Indexed keywords

AMLODIPINE; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ATENOLOL; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CANDESARTAN; CLONIDINE; DILTIAZEM; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; ENALAPRIL; FELODIPINE; HYDRALAZINE; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; LABETALOL; LISINOPRIL; LOSARTAN; METOPROLOL; RAMIPRIL; VALSARTAN; VASODILATOR AGENT;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; COMORBIDITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CONTROL; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING HOME PATIENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 44349122341     PISSN: 08885109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4140/TCP.n.2008.317     Document Type: Article

References (11)

1. Hyman DJ, Pavlik VN. Characteristics of patients with uncontrolled hypertension in the United States. N Engl J Med 2001;345:479-86.
2. Hajjar I, Kotchen TA. Trends in prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control of HTN in the United States, 1988-2000. JAMA 2003;290:199-206.
3. Franklin SS, Jacobs MJ, Wong ND et al. Predominance of isolated systolic HTN among middle-aged and elderly US hypertensives. Hypertension 2001;37:869-74.
4. Egan BM, Lackland DT, Cutler NE. Awareness, knowledge, and attitudes of older Americans about high blood pressure. Arch Intern Med 2003;163:681-7.
5. Pandya, Sheel and the Independent Living/Long-Term Care Team. Nursing Homes Fact Sheet. Washington, DC: AARP Public Policy Institute; February 2001. http://www.aarp.org/research/longtermcare/nursinghomes/aresearch-import-669- FS10R.html.
6. Sahyoun NR, Pratt LA, Lentzner H et al. The Changing Profile of Nursing Facility Residents: 1985-1997. Aging Trends; No. 4. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics; 2001.
7. Chobanian AV, Bakris GL, Black HR et al. The Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure. JAMA 2003;289:2560-72.
8. SHEP Cooperative Research Group. Prevention of stroke by antihypertensive drug treatment in older persons with isolated systolic hypertension. JAMA 1991;265:3255-64.
9. Staesson JA, Fagard R,Thijs L et al. Randomized double-blind comparison of placebo and active treatment for older patients with systolic hypertension: the Systolic Hypertension in Europe (Syst-Eur) Trial Investigators. Lancet 1997;350:757-64.
10. Burt VL, Whelton P, Roccella EJ et al. Prevalence of hypertension in the US adult population: results from the third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1988-1991. Hypertension 1995;25:305-13.
11. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, State Operations Manual Appendix PP - Guidance to Surveyors for Long-Term Care Facilities. Available at http://cms.hhs.gov/manuals/Downloads/som107ap_pp_guidelines_ltcf.pdf page 371, 401. Accessed May 4, 2007.