scholarly journals Sex-Specific Differences in Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Blood Pressure Control in Hypertensive Patients

2014 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 309-312 ◽  
Author(s):  
Konstantinos Tziomalos ◽  
Vasilios Giampatzis ◽  
Maria Baltatzi ◽  
Elias Efthymiou ◽  
Konstantia Psianou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Cardiovascular Risk ◽  
Cardiovascular Risk Factors ◽  
Blood Pressure Control ◽  
Pressure Control ◽  
Hypertensive Patients

scholarly journals Assessing Quality Improvement Capacity in Primary Care Practices

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Parchman ◽  
Melissa L. Anderson ◽  
Katie F Coleman ◽  
LeAnn Michaels ◽  
Linnaea Schuttner ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Primary Care ◽  
Quality Improvement ◽  
Cardiovascular Risk ◽  
Cardiovascular Risk Factors ◽  
Blood Pressure Control ◽  
Prior Experience ◽  
Pressure Control ◽  
Practice Level

Abstract Background Healthy Hearts Northwest (H2N) is a study of external support strategies to build quality improvement (QI) capacity in primary care with a focus on cardiovascular risk factors: appropriate aspirin use, blood pressure control, and tobacco screening/cessation. Methods To guide practice facilitator support, experts in practice transformation identified seven domains of QI capacity and mapped items from a previously validated medical home assessment tool to them. A practice facilitator (PF) met with clinicians and staff in each practice to discuss each item on the Quality Improvement Capacity Assessment (QICA) resulting in a practice-level response to each item. We examined the association between the QICA total and sub-scale scores, practice characteristics, a measure of prior experience with managing practice change, and performance on clinical quality measures (CQMs) for the three cardiovascular risk factors. Field notes kept by the PFs from practices with high and low QICA scores were compared. Results The QICA score was associated with prior experience managing change and two of the three CQMs: aspirin use (r=0.16, p=0.049) and blood pressure control (r=0.18, p=0.013). Rural practices and those with 2-5 clinicians had lower QICA scores. PFs notes provide examples of high scoring practices devoting time and attention to quality improvement whereas low scoring practices did not. Conclusions The QICA is useful for both assessing QI capacity within a practice and for guiding PFs and practices in efforts to build this capacity. Further work is needed to understand how PFs and practices tailored their work in response to this practice-level assessment and how practices used it to improve their QI capacity.

scholarly journals Demographic and clinical characteristics of hypertensive patients in the internal medicine outpatient clinic of a university hospital in Rio de Janeiro

2004 ◽  
Vol 122 (3) ◽  
pp. 87-93 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Silaid Muxfeldt ◽  
Armando da Rocha Nogueira ◽  
Gil Fernando Salles ◽  
Kátia Vergetti Bloch
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Cardiovascular Risk ◽  
Blood Pressure Control ◽  
Rio De Janeiro ◽  
Pressure Control ◽  
Organ Damage ◽  
University Hospital ◽  
High Cardiovascular Risk ◽  
Hypertensive Patients

CONTEXT: Hypertension is one of the most important cardiovascular risk factors but its control is still a challenge for physicians all around the world. For blood pressure control to be improved, it is important to guarantee the quality of attendance provided for hypertensive patients, especially in teaching hospitals, where future physicians are being trained. OBJECTIVE: To characterize the profile of hypertensive patients attending the internal medicine outpatient clinic of a university hospital in Rio de Janeiro,describing their cardiovascular risk and identifying flaws in the treatment provided for severely hypertensive patients, in order to implement an arterial hypertension management program. TYPE OF STUDY: A descriptive cross-sectional population-based study. SETTING: Hospital Universitário Clementino Fraga Filho, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. METHODS: The study was carried out over a period of four months, involving all the hypertensive patients under treatment in the outpatient unit. The attending physician obtained information relating to demographic features, cardiovascular risk factors, target organ damage, blood pressure levels, therapeutic regimens and compliance with treatment. Means and the respective standard deviations and proportions were used to describe the distribution of patient data. RESULTS: Of the total number of patients seen, 24.2% (1,699 patients) were hypertensive. Women accounted for 65.0% of the patients. The mean age was 63.9 years. Dyslipidemia (49.2%) and diabetes (29.8%) were the most frequently reported risk factors and heart disease was the most prevalent end-organ damage. Seventy percent of the patients were classified as high cardiovascular risk. In spite of the high intensity treatment provided for the most severe patients (19.4% on a regimen of 3 or more antihypertensive drugs), the rate of blood pressure control was low (27%). CONCLUSIONS: The patients with arterial hypertension under treatment at the university hospital had a profile of high cardiovascular risk and poor blood pressure control. Greater effort for improving hypertension control is needed, since this is the only way to reduce the morbidity and mortality rates of cardiovascular diseases.

scholarly journals Project ImPACT: Hypertension Outcomes of a Pharmacist-Provided Hypertension Service

2013 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Carrie Wentz Nemerovski ◽  
Maria Young ◽  
Nicholas Mariani ◽  
Carol Bugdalski-Stutrud ◽  
Lynette R. Moser
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Cardiovascular Risk ◽  
Medication Adherence ◽  
Cardiovascular Risk Factors ◽  
Goal Setting ◽  
Blood Pressure Control ◽  
Pressure Control ◽  
Home Blood Pressure ◽  
Patient Knowledge

Objective: To evaluate the impact of pharmacists, working collaboratively with patients, on blood pressure control, lifestyle goal setting, adherence to antihypertensive therapy, patient knowledge and satisfaction, and modification of cardiovascular risk factors. Methods: Self-declared hypertensive patients met with the pharmacist for blood pressure monitoring, lifestyle goal setting, and education about medications and disease state on four occasions over a 6-month period. Practice innovation: A community pharmacy partnered with an employer wellness plan to provide education and monitoring for patients with hypertension based on home blood pressure readings obtained using monitors that wirelessly transmit information to the pharmacist. Main outcome measure(s): Percentage of patients at blood pressure goal, mean blood pressure, percentage of patients with lifestyle goals, medication adherence, patient knowledge and satisfaction, and modification of cardiovascular risk factors. Results: Patients not at their goal blood pressure at baseline had a significant decrease in blood pressure and a significant increase in achievement of their blood pressure goals. Across the population, no significant changes were seen in the primary outcome, lifestyle goals, medication adherence or modification of cardiovascular risk factors. Patient knowledge increased from baseline and satisfaction with the service was high. Conclusion: Blood pressure control improved in patients not at their treatment goal. All patients increased their knowledge about hypertension and reported high satisfaction with the pharmacy service. Pharmacy services should be offered to patients who are more likely to reap a benefit. Home blood pressure readings are useful to inform clinical decision making and supplement patient consultation within the pharmacy setting.   Type: Original Research

scholarly journals Gender Difference in Blood Pressure Control and Cardiovascular Risk Factors with Diagnosed Hypertension

2021 ◽  
pp. 275-280
Author(s):  
Tarique Shahzad Chachar ◽  
Ummama Laghari ◽  
Ghullam Mustafa Mangrio ◽  
Abdul Ghaffar Dars ◽  
Ruqayya Farhad ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Cardiovascular Risk ◽  
Cardiovascular Risk Factors ◽  
Low Density Lipoprotein ◽  
Density Lipoprotein ◽  
Pressure Control ◽  
Health Sciences ◽  
Low Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol ◽  
Male And Female

Objective: Our study was designed to compare the gender difference in Blood Pressure Control and Cardiovascular Risk Factors in patients of Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences Jamshoro Pakistan. Methodology: This cross-sectional study was conducted in  Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences Jamshoro Pakistan from December 2019 to December 2020. Blood pressure was measured twice by trained physicians using aneroid sphygmomanometers after a standardized protocol. Patients were asked to sit with both feet on the floor for ≥5 minutes before the first BP measurement. Both the two BP measurements were taken 60 seconds apart.  For this research we defined hypertension as systolic BP ≥140 mm Hg, diastolic BP ≥90 mm Hg. Results:  We conducted a comparison between Hypertensive and nonhypertensive participants of the male and female groups. High blood pressure increased the level of uric acid in both male and female groups (351 ± 92 vs 303 ± 75). We observed that the hypertensive male population reported a high prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors due to  increase amount of total cholesterol level, triglyceride and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (5.45 ± 1.01, 1.42 ±  0.85,  2.56 ± 0.70) than females (5.15 ± 0.91, 1.29 ± 0.87, 2.30 ± 0.63). Conclusion: Our results concluded that the male hypertensive population is more prone to future cardiovascular risk due to increased amount of total cholesterol levels, triglycerides, and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, and sex hormones (androgens).

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