High blood pressure knowledge among primary care patients with known hypertension: A North Carolina Family Medicine Research Network (NC-FM-RN) study

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 300-308

  Viera, Anthony J ^a   Cohen, Lauren W ^b   Mitchell, C Madeline ^b   Sloane, Philip D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FAMILY MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; KNOWLEDGE; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT EDUCATION; POSTAL MAIL; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STROKE;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; NORTH CAROLINA; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 47749142081     PISSN: 15572625     EISSN: 15587118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2008.04.070254     Document Type: Article

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