Improvement of hypertension management by structured physician education and feedback system: Cluster randomized trial

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 271-279

  Lüders, Stefan ^a   Schrader, Joachim ^a   Schmieder, Roland E ^b   Smolka, Wenefrieda ^c   Wegscheider, Karl ^d   Bestehorn, Kurt ^c  

^a ST JOSEFS HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c MSD Sharp and Dohme GmbH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

arterial hypertension; control; educational interventions; inertia; organizational interventions; primary care

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DIET THERAPY; EXERCISE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERMANY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MORTALITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECTS; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REMINDER SYSTEM; RISK REDUCTION; TIME;

AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; GERMANY; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REMINDER SYSTEMS; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77954006476     PISSN: 20474873     EISSN: 20474881     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJR.0b013e328330be62     Document Type: Article

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