Are physicians underestimating the challenges of hypertension management? Results from the Supporting Hypertension Awareness and Research Europe-wide (SHARE) survey

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 786-792

  Erdine, Serap ^a   Redon, Josep ^b   Böhm, Michael ^c   Ferri, Claudio ^d   Kolloch, Rainer ^e   Kreutz, Reinhold ^f   Laurent, Stéphane ^g   Persu, Alexandre ^h   Schmieder, Roland E ⁱ  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^e EVANGELISCHES KRANKENHAUS   (Germany)

^f CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^h CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

guidelines; Hypertension; physician attitudes; treatment goals

Indexed keywords

BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CARDIOLOGIST; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; EUROPE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERNIST; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

GUIDELINES; HYPERTENSION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDES; TREATMENT GOALS;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AWARENESS; BLOOD PRESSURE; EUROPE; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84884163182     PISSN: 20474873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2047487312449590     Document Type: Review

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