Hypertension management in primary care: Study protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial

Trials

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Weltermann, Birgitta ^a   Viehmann, Anja ^a   Kersting, Christine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

blood pressure control; cluster randomized trial; hypertension management; practice redesign; primary care; quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CHECKLIST; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GERMANY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFECTS; EDUCATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; IN SERVICE TRAINING; MANAGEMENT; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AWARENESS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; GERMANY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INSERVICE TRAINING; PRACTICE MANAGEMENT, MEDICAL; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RESEARCH DESIGN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84926683092     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13063-015-0627-z     Document Type: Article

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