Year: 2017
Type: Article
Title: Variation in GP decisions on antihypertensive treatment in oldest-old and frail individuals across 29 countries
Author: Streit, Sven
Author: Verschoor, Marjolein
Author: Rodondi, Nicolas
Author: Bonfim, Daiana
Author: Burman, Robert A
Author: Collins, Claire
Author: Gerasimovska Kitanovska Biljana
Author: Gintere, Sandra
Author: Gómez Bravo, Raquel
Author: Hoffmann, Kathryn
Author: Iftode, Claudia
Author: Johansen, Kasper L
Author: Kerse, Ngaire
Author: Koskela, Tuomas H
Author: Peštić, Sanda Kreitmayer
Author: Kurpas, Donata
Author: Mallen, Christian D
Author: Maisoneuve, Hubert
Author: Merlo, Christoph
Author: Mueller, Yolanda
Author: Muth, Christiane
Author: Šter, Marija Petek
Author: Petrazzuoli, Ferdinando
Author: Rosemann, Thomas
Author: Sattler, Martin
Author: Švadlenková, Zuzana
Author: Tatsioni, Athina
Author: Thulesius, Hans
Author: Tkachenko, Victoria
Author: Torzsa, Peter
Author: Tsopra, Rosy
Author: Canan, Tuz
Author: Viegas, Rita P A
Author: Vinker, Shlomo
Author: de Waal, Margot W M
Author: Zeller, Andreas
Author: Gussekloo, Jacobijn
Author: Poortvliet, Rosalinde K E
Abstract: In oldest-old patients (>80), few trials showed efficacy of treating hypertension and they included mostly the healthiest elderly. The resulting lack of knowledge has led to inconsistent guidelines, mainly based on systolic blood pressure (SBP), cardiovascular disease (CVD) but not on frailty despite the high prevalence in oldest-old. This may lead to variation how General Practitioners (GPs) treat hypertension. Our aim was to investigate treatment variation of GPs in oldest-olds across countries and to identify the role of frailty in that decision.
Publisher: BMC Part of Springer Nature
Relation: BMC Geriatrics
Identifier: oai:repository.ukim.mk:20.500.12188/15118
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12188/15118Identifier: 10.1186/s12877-017-0486-4
Identifier: http://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1186/s12877-017-0486-4.pdfIdentifier: 17
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