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2. Conducta del médico ante el mal control de la hipertensión arterial. Aportaciones de los estudios PRESCAP 2002 y PRESCAP 2006 al conocimiento de la inercia terapéutica en España
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J.A. Santos-Rodríguez, P. Beato-Fernández, G.C. Rodríguez-Roca, M.Á. Pérez Llamas, M. Ferreiro-Madueño, R. Durá-Belinchón, Salvador Lou, T. Sánchez-Ruiz, J. Ramón Banegas, J.A. Divisón, Miguel Ángel Prieto-Díaz, José Luis Llisterri, and Vivencio Barrios
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Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health ,Family Practice - Abstract
Resumen En Espana tan solo 4 de cada 10 hipertensos tratados con farmacos antihipertensivos que reciben asistencia sanitaria en Atencion Primaria tienen bien controlada la PA. La inercia terapeutica esta reconocida como una de las principales causas de mal control de la HTA y de otras enfermedades cronicas. Los PRESCAP fueron estudios tranversales y multicentricos disenados para estimacion de prevalencias, que se realizaron en los anos 2002 y 2006 con la misma metodolologia en poblaciones similares asistidas en AP. Uno de los objetivos de ambos estudios fue analizar la conducta terapeutica del medico ante pacientes mal controlados (PA sistolica o diastolica ≥140 o ≥90 mmHg, respectivamente, en poblacion hipertensa en general, o PA≥130 o ≥80 mmHg en pacientes con diabetes, nefropatia o enfermedad cardiovascular). El estudio PRESCAP 2002 mostro que el porcentaje de pacientes con inadecuado control de la PA en los que el medico modifico la pauta terapeutica fue del 18,3% (IC 95%: 17,5–19,1), siendo el cambio de farmaco la opcion mas elegida (47%), seguida de la combinacion (34,7%) y del aumento de dosis (18,3%). En el estudio PRESCAP 2006 el medico modifico el tratamiento en el 30,4% (IC 95%: 29,2–31,6) de los sujetos mal controlados, resultando las acciones mas frecuentemente llevadas a cabo la combinacion con otro farmaco (46,3%), el incremento de dosis (26,1%) y la sustitucion del antihipertensivo (22,8%). La percepcion de buen control de la PA por parte del medico fue la variable que mas se relaciono con la no modificacion del tratamiento farmacologico. Aunque la conducta terapeutica del medico dista de ser idonea, nuestros resultados parecen indicar que se ha producido una mejora importante en la inercia terapeutica de los medicos de Atencion Primaria ante los hipertensos mal controlados que siguen tratamiento farmacologico antihipertensivo.
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3. Evolución del control de la presión arterial en España en el período 2002–2006. Estudios PRESCAP
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V. Barrios Alonso, G.C. Rodríguez Roca, J.L. Llisterri Caro, J.R. Banegas Banegas, J.A. Santos Rodríguez, J.A. Divisón Garrote, R. Dura Belinchon, D. González-Segura Alsina, M.A. Prieto Díaz, S. Lou Arnal, T. Sánchez Ruiz, and F.J. Alonso Moreno
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Internal Medicine ,Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine - Abstract
Resumen Objetivos Discutir la evolucion del grado de control de la presion arterial (PA) en una amplia muestra de pacientes hipertensos espanoles durante el periodo 2002–2006. Material y metodos Los PRESCAP fueron estudios transversales y multicentricos disenados para la estimacion de prevalencias, que se realizaron en los anos 2002 y 2006 con la misma metodologia en poblaciones similares asistidas en atencion primaria (AP). Estos incluyeron a pacientes ≥18 anos diagnosticados de hipertension arterial (HTA) que recibian tratamiento farmacologico antihipertensivo. Se considero buen control de la HTA cuando la PA fue Resultados Se incluyo a 12.754 pacientes (el 57,2% eran mujeres) con una edad media de 63,3±10,8 anos en PRESCAP 2002 y a 10.520 pacientes (el 53,7% eran mujeres) con una edad media de 64,6±11,3 anos en el PRESCAP 2006. En el ano 2002 se observo un control de la PA sistolica (PAS) y de la PA diastolica (PAD) del 36,1% (intervalo de confianza del 95% [IC 95%]: 35,2–36,9) y en 2006 del 41,4% (IC 95%: 40,5–42,4). El porcentaje de pacientes diabeticos con PA controlada resulto del 9,1% (IC 95%: 8,0–10,2) en 2002 y del 15,1% (IC 95%: 13,8–16,5) en 2006. En el PRESCAP 2002 el 56,0% recibia monoterapia antihipertensiva, el 35,6% recibia combinaciones de dos farmacos y el 8,4% recibia tres o mas farmacos, y en el PRESCAP 2006 estos porcentajes fueron del 44,4; el 41,1 y el 14,5%, respectivamente. Conclusiones El grado de control de la HTA en Espana ha mejorado en el periodo 2002–2006. Los factores que pueden haber influido en estos resultados son la gran cantidad de bibliografia generada en este periodo sobre la necesidad de conseguir un control adecuado de la PA, y el cambio en el perfil de prescripcion del medico de AP, que indica un mayor porcentaje de combinaciones de antihipertensivos.
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4. Valoración del riesgo cardiovascular en la fase transversal del estudio Mediterránea
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J.L. Llisterri-Caro, J. Aznar-Vicente, Domingo Orozco-Beltrán, T. Amorós-Barber, T. Sánchez-Ruiz, Vicente Francisco Gil-Guillén, J. Abellán-Alemán, and Jaime Merino-Sánchez
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Gynecology ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Multicenter study ,business.industry ,Hypertension complications ,medicine ,General Medicine ,business - Abstract
Resumen Introduccion y objetivos En el estudio Mediterranea se cuantifica la situacion de riesgo cardiovascular alto (RCVA), la fiabilidad entre REGICOR (R) y SCORE bajo riesgo (SB), las cifras alteradas de presion arterial (APA) en hipercolesterolemia (HCL) sin antecedentes de hipertension arterial (HTA), o valores altos de colesterol total (ACT) en HTA sin antecedentes de HCL, y en los hipertensos la afectacion renal y cardiaca. Pacientes y metodo Diseno transversal multicentrico de ambito nacional. Participaron 751 medicos que individualizadamente valoraron 7.973 pacientes con HTA y 5.319 con HCL. Se definio RCVA a partir del 10% con R y del 5% con SB. Se calculo el coeficiente de correlacion intraclase (CCI) y Pearson (r). Se cuantificaron los porcentajes de APA y ACT. En HTA se analizaron las cifras de creatinina (Cr), la tasa de filtrado glomerular por Cockroft-Gault (CG) y el conocimiento de hipertrofia ventricular izquierda (HVI). Resultados En HTA: el 17,3% de RCVA con R y el 26,1% con SB; CCI = 0,222 (p Conclusiones La escala SCORE identifica mas pacientes con RCVA que la de REGICOR en HTA y parecido en HCL. Entre ambas escalas la fiabilidad es baja. Se cuantifica una importante APA/ACT. En HTA la no valoracion de HVI y el porcentaje de IR son considerables.
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5. Valoración del riesgo cardiovascular en la fase longitudinal del estudio Mediterránea
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E. Márquez Contreras, T. Sánchez-Ruiz, Domingo Orozco-Beltrán, Jaime Merino-Sánchez, J. Abellán-Alemán, J. Aznar-Vicente, M. Pascual Pérez, J.L. Llisterri-Caro, Vicente Francisco Gil-Guillén, and T. Amorós-Barber
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Gynecology ,medicine.medical_specialty ,business.industry ,medicine ,General Medicine ,business - Abstract
Resumen Introduccion y objetivos Es escasa la informacion de estudios cardiovasculares longitudinales. En hipertensos (HTA) y/o hipercolesterolemicos (HCL) espanoles, con mal control inicial de la presion arterial (PA) y/o del colesterol total (CT) se cuantifica la tasa de incidencia (TI), la incidencia acumulada (IA), los riesgos relativos (RR), las curvas de supervivencia (CS), el cumplimiento terapeutico (CU) y se ajusta la escala de Framingham-Anderson (FA) a nuestro entorno. Pacientes y metodos Se analizaron 6.893 HTA y/o HCL en prevencion primaria que aportaron un promedio de 1,22 anos de seguimiento. Participaron 480 medicos. Se calcularon: la TI, IA y los RR; el metodo de Kaplan-Meier para la CS; Haynes-Sackett adaptado para el CU; el ajuste de FA por la recta de los minimos cuadrados, coeficiente de correlacion de Pearson (r) e intraclase (cci). Resultados La IA fue 1,59% (1,31-1,90); la TI de 1.321, 6 eventos cardiovasculares por 100.000 pacientes/ano (1.026,6-1.598,8). Los RR significativos fueron: edad (p = 0,03), PA final (p = 0,02), antecedentes coronarios (p = 0,00), hipertrofia ventricular izquierda (HVI) (p = 0,00), microalbuminuria (p = 0,02), CT = 250 mg/dl al inicio (p = 0,01), glucemia basal (Gb) ≥ 126 mg/dl al inicio (p = 0,00), creatinina ≥ 1,2 mg/dl al inicio (p = 0,00) y final (p =0,00), y no CU en HCL (p = 0,00). Las CS realizadas por antecedentes de HTA y/o HCL, existencia o no de Gb ≥ 126 mg/dl, existencia o no de lesion de organos diana, y tener o no riesgo cardiovascular (RCV) alto con FA, fueron significativas (p Conclusiones Se ajusto la ecuacion FA en nuestros pacientes, con datos propios. Se cuantificaron los factores pronosticos y CS. Se cuantifico un beneficio entre CU y disminucion de RCV en HCL.
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6. Conducta del médico de Atención Primaria ante el mal control de los pacientes hipertensos. Estudio PRESCAP 2006
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S. Lou Arnal, J.A. Divisón Garrote, R. Dura Belinchon, V. Barrios Alonso, J.L. Llisterri Caro, Francisco J. Alonso-Moreno, José R. Banegas, G.C. Rodríguez-Roca, J.A. Santos Rodríguez, T. Sánchez Ruiz, M. Ferreiro Madueño, and D. González-Segura Alsina
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business.industry ,Medicine ,General Medicine ,business ,Humanities - Abstract
Introduccion Se dispone de poca informacion sobre la inercia terapeutica en Atencion Primaria (AP). El objetivo de este estudio fue conocer la conducta terapeutica del medico de AP en los pacientes hipertensos mal controlados. Pacientes y metodos Estudio transversal y multicentrico que incluyo a pacientes hipertensos de ambos sexos, tratados farmacologicamente, que fueron reclutados consecutivamente en consultas de AP de toda Espana. Se registraron datos sociodemograficos, clinicos y del tratamiento, asi como los motivos de modificacion terapeutica cuando se produjeron. Se considero buen control cuando el promedio era inferior a 140/90 mmHg en general, y menor de 130/80 mmHg en pacientes con diabetes, insuficiencia renal o enfermedad cardiovascular. Resultados Se incluyo a 10.520 pacientes (53,7% mujeres), con una edad media de 64,6 (11,3) anos, tratados con monoterapia el 44,4% y con terapia combinada el 55,6% (41,2% dos farmacos, 11,7% tres y 2,8% mas de tres). El 58,6% [intervalo de confianza (IC) 95%: 57,6-59,5] presento mal control de la presion arterial (PA). El medico modifico el tratamiento en el 30,4% (IC 95%: 29,2-31,6) de los sujetos mal controlados, siendo las conductas mas frecuentes la combinacion con otro farmaco (46,3%), el incremento de dosis (26,1%) y la sustitucion del antihipertensivo (22,8%). La percepcion de buen control de la PA por parte del medico mostro una mayor probabilidad de no modificar el tratamiento farmacologico. Conclusiones Los resultados del estudio indican que el medico de AP modifica la pauta terapeutica antihipertensiva establecida en tan solo tres de cada diez pacientes mal controlados. En los casos en los que se modifica el tratamiento, la asociacion farmacologica es la conducta mas frecuente.
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7. [Evaluation of cardiovascular risk in the longitudinal phase of the Mediterranean study]
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V F, Gil-Guillén, J, Merino-Sánchez, T, Sánchez-Ruiz, T, Amorós-Barber, J, Aznar-Vicente, J, Abellán-Alemán, J L, Llisterri-Caro, D, Orozco-Beltrán, M, Pascual Pérez, and E, Márquez Contreras
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Male ,Survival Rate ,Cardiovascular Diseases ,Hypercholesterolemia ,Hypertension ,Humans ,Female ,Longitudinal Studies ,Middle Aged - Abstract
There is little information on cardiovascular longitudinal studies. In Spanish patients with hypertension (AHT)) and/or hypercholesterolemia (HC), with poor initial control of blood pressure (BP) and/or total cholesterol (TC), incidence rate (IR), cumulative incidence (CI), relative risks (RR), survival curves (SC), therapeutic compliance (TC) were quantified and the Framingham-Anderson scale (FAS) was adjusted to our patients.A total of 6,893 primary prevention patients with AHT and/or with HC were included in primary prevention, with an average of 1.22 years of follow-up. A total of 480 physicians participated. Incidence rate (IR), cumulative incidence (CIN), relative risks (RR), survival curves (SC) by Kaplan-Meier method, and therapeutic compliance (TCOM) by Haynes-Sackett self-reported questionnaire were calculated. The Framingham-Anderson scale (FAS) was validated with Pearson's correlation coefficient (r) and intraclass correlation index (ICI).CIN was 1.59% (1.31-1.90); the IR 1,321.6 cardiovascular events/ 100,000 patients/year (1,026.6-1,598.8). RRs with statistical significance were: age (p = 0.03). Blood pressure at the end of the study (p = 0.02), coronary background (p = 0.00), left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) (p = 0.00), microalbuminuria (p = 0.02), CT/= 250 mg/dl (p = 0.01), fasting glycemia (Gb)/= 126 mg/dl (p = 0.00), creatinine/= 1.2 mg/dl at the beginning (p = 0.00) and at the end of the study (p = 0.00), and poor compliance in HC patients (p = 0.00). SC have statistical significance (p0.05) for AHT background, fasting glucose/= 126 mg/dl, target organ damage, and high cardiovascular risk with FAS scale. The adjusted FAS formula for global cardiovascular risk was (0.415 x FAS Risk%) + 0.517%, r = 0.9962 (p = 0.00) and ICI = 0.9969 (p0.0001).The equation for the FAS scale was adjusted for Spanish AHT/HC patients. Prognostic factors and SC were calculated. Benefit between TC and decrease of CVR in HC patients was quantified.
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8. [Primary care physicians behaviour on hypertensive patients with poor blood pressure control. The PRESCAP 2006 study]
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F J, Alonso-Moreno, J L, Llisterri Caro, G C, Rodríguez-Roca, M, Ferreiro Madueño, D, González-Segura Alsina, J A, Divisón Garrote, J R, Banegas, V, Barrios Alonso, S, Lou Arnal, T, Sánchez Ruiz, J A, Santos Rodríguez, R, Durá Belinchón, and J, Polo García
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Aged, 80 and over ,Male ,Cross-Sectional Studies ,Drug Therapy ,Primary Health Care ,Hypertension ,Humans ,Female ,Middle Aged ,Practice Patterns, Physicians' ,Aged - Abstract
There is little information available on Therapeutic Inertia in Primary Care (PC). This study aimed to know the therapeutic behavior of the physician for uncontrolled hypertensive patients.Cross-sectional, multicenter study that included hypertensive patients of both genders, under pharmacological treatment who were recruited consecutively in the PC out-patient clinic in all of Spain. Social-demographic, clinical and treatment data were recorded, as well as the motives for eventual therapeutic modification. Adequate BP control was considered when BP values were below 140/90 mmHg in general, and below 130/80 mmHg in diabetes, renal insufficiency or cardiovascular disease.A total of 10,520 patients (53.7% women) were included with average age of 64.6 (11.3 years). Of these, 44.4% the patients were receiving monotherapy and 55.6% were treated with combined therapy (two drugs 41.2%, three drugs 11.7%, and more than three 2.8%). Uncontrolled hypertension was found in 58.6% (95% CI. 57.6-59.5) of the patients. Treatment was modified by physicians in 30.4% (95% CI. 29.2-31.6) of the uncontrolled patients, combination with another drug being the most frequent behavior (46.3%), followed by dose increase (26.1%), and antihypertensive drug switch (22.8%). The perception of the physician of good BP control was the factor most associated with not modifying the treatment in uncontrolled patients.Study results showed that the PC physician modified antihypertensive treatment in only 3 out of 10 uncontrolled patients. When treatment modification was made, association of drugs was the most frequent behavior.
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9. BLOOD PRESSURE CONTROL IN SPANISH HYPERTENSIVE PATIENTS ATTENDED IN PRIMARY CARE SETTINGS (THE PRESCAP 2010 STUDY)
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J.L. Llisterri Caro, R. Dura Belinchon, V. Pallarés Carratalá, T. Sánchez Ruiz, F.J. Alonso Moreno, F. Valls Roca, V. Barrios Alonso, G.C. Rodríguez Roca, D. González-Segura Alsina, and J. L. Gorriz Teruel
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Blood pressure control ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Physiology ,business.industry ,Internal Medicine ,medicine ,Primary care ,Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine ,Intensive care medicine ,business - Published
- 2011
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10. [Evaluation of cardiovascular risk in the cross-sectional phase of the Mediterranean Study].
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Gil-Guillén V, Merino-Sánchez J, Sánchez-Ruiz T, Amorós-Barber T, Aznar-Vicente J, Abellán-Alemán J, Llisterri-Caro JL, and Orozco-Beltrán D
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- Cross-Sectional Studies, Female, Humans, Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular etiology, Male, Middle Aged, Risk Assessment, Spain, Cardiovascular Diseases epidemiology, Cardiovascular Diseases etiology, Hypercholesterolemia complications, Hypertension complications
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Introduction and Objectives: The Mediterranean study quantifies high cardiovascular risk (HCR), consistency between REGICOR (R) and low risk SCORE (LS) scales, altered blood pressure (ABP) values in hypercholesterolemia (HC) without any history of hypertension (HT), high total cholesterol (HTC) values with HT with no background of HC and cardiac and renal damage in hypertensive patients., Patients and Methods: A national, cross-sectional and multicenter study was performed with the participation of 751 physicians. The physicians individually evaluated 7,973 patients with HT and 5,319 with HC. HCR was defined as over 10% with R and 5% with LS. Intra-class correlation coefficient (ICC) and Pearson coefficient (r) were calculated. The percentages of ABP and HTC were quantified. Creatinine (cr) value, glomerular filtration rate using Cockroft-Gault (CG), and prevalence of left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) were analyzed., Results: Regarding hypertensive patients: 17.3% HCR with R and 26.1% with LS. ICC = 0.222 (p < 0.0001), r = 0.61 (p < 0.0001), 64.7% HTC. There was no evaluation of LVH in 31.2% and a prevalence of 5.1%, prevalence of lesion and kidney failure (KF) of 4.7% and 1.6% respectively based on CR and 15.9% KF by CG. In HC patients, there was 21.1% of HCR with R and 21.5% with LS; ICC = 0.190 (p < 0.0001), r = 0.64 (p < 0.0001) and 33.7% ABP., Conclusions: The SCORE scale identifies more patients with HCR than the REGICOR one in HT patients and a similar amount in HC patients. Consistency between both scales is poor. A significant ABP/HTC was found. In HT patients, the patients who were not evaluated for LVH and the percentage of KF are important.
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11. [Evaluation of cardiovascular risk in the longitudinal phase of the Mediterranean study].
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Gil-Guillén VF, Merino-Sánchez J, Sánchez-Ruiz T, Amorós-Barber T, Aznar-Vicente J, Abellán-Alemán J, Llisterri-Caro JL, Orozco-Beltrán D, Pascual Pérez M, and Márquez Contreras E
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- Female, Humans, Longitudinal Studies, Male, Middle Aged, Survival Rate, Cardiovascular Diseases drug therapy, Cardiovascular Diseases epidemiology, Hypercholesterolemia drug therapy, Hypercholesterolemia epidemiology, Hypertension drug therapy, Hypertension epidemiology
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Introduction and Objectives: There is little information on cardiovascular longitudinal studies. In Spanish patients with hypertension (AHT)) and/or hypercholesterolemia (HC), with poor initial control of blood pressure (BP) and/or total cholesterol (TC), incidence rate (IR), cumulative incidence (CI), relative risks (RR), survival curves (SC), therapeutic compliance (TC) were quantified and the Framingham-Anderson scale (FAS) was adjusted to our patients., Patients and Methods: A total of 6,893 primary prevention patients with AHT and/or with HC were included in primary prevention, with an average of 1.22 years of follow-up. A total of 480 physicians participated. Incidence rate (IR), cumulative incidence (CIN), relative risks (RR), survival curves (SC) by Kaplan-Meier method, and therapeutic compliance (TCOM) by Haynes-Sackett self-reported questionnaire were calculated. The Framingham-Anderson scale (FAS) was validated with Pearson's correlation coefficient (r) and intraclass correlation index (ICI)., Results: CIN was 1.59% (1.31-1.90); the IR 1,321.6 cardiovascular events/ 100,000 patients/year (1,026.6-1,598.8). RRs with statistical significance were: age (p = 0.03). Blood pressure at the end of the study (p = 0.02), coronary background (p = 0.00), left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) (p = 0.00), microalbuminuria (p = 0.02), CT >/= 250 mg/dl (p = 0.01), fasting glycemia (Gb) >/= 126 mg/dl (p = 0.00), creatinine >/= 1.2 mg/dl at the beginning (p = 0.00) and at the end of the study (p = 0.00), and poor compliance in HC patients (p = 0.00). SC have statistical significance (p < 0.05) for AHT background, fasting glucose >/= 126 mg/dl, target organ damage, and high cardiovascular risk with FAS scale. The adjusted FAS formula for global cardiovascular risk was (0.415 x FAS Risk%) + 0.517%, r = 0.9962 (p = 0.00) and ICI = 0.9969 (p < 0.0001)., Conclusions: The equation for the FAS scale was adjusted for Spanish AHT/HC patients. Prognostic factors and SC were calculated. Benefit between TC and decrease of CVR in HC patients was quantified.
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12. [Primary care physicians behaviour on hypertensive patients with poor blood pressure control. The PRESCAP 2006 study].
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Alonso-Moreno FJ, Llisterri Caro JL, Rodríguez-Roca GC, Ferreiro Madueño M, González-Segura Alsina D, Divisón Garrote JA, Banegas JR, Barrios Alonso V, Lou Arnal S, Sánchez Ruiz T, Santos Rodríguez JA, and Durá Belinchón R
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- Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Cross-Sectional Studies, Drug Therapy standards, Female, Humans, Hypertension prevention & control, Male, Middle Aged, Hypertension drug therapy, Practice Patterns, Physicians', Primary Health Care
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Introduction: There is little information available on Therapeutic Inertia in Primary Care (PC). This study aimed to know the therapeutic behavior of the physician for uncontrolled hypertensive patients., Patients and Methods: Cross-sectional, multicenter study that included hypertensive patients of both genders, under pharmacological treatment who were recruited consecutively in the PC out-patient clinic in all of Spain. Social-demographic, clinical and treatment data were recorded, as well as the motives for eventual therapeutic modification. Adequate BP control was considered when BP values were below 140/90 mmHg in general, and below 130/80 mmHg in diabetes, renal insufficiency or cardiovascular disease., Results: A total of 10,520 patients (53.7% women) were included with average age of 64.6 (11.3 years). Of these, 44.4% the patients were receiving monotherapy and 55.6% were treated with combined therapy (two drugs 41.2%, three drugs 11.7%, and more than three 2.8%). Uncontrolled hypertension was found in 58.6% (95% CI. 57.6-59.5) of the patients. Treatment was modified by physicians in 30.4% (95% CI. 29.2-31.6) of the uncontrolled patients, combination with another drug being the most frequent behavior (46.3%), followed by dose increase (26.1%), and antihypertensive drug switch (22.8%). The perception of the physician of good BP control was the factor most associated with not modifying the treatment in uncontrolled patients., Conclusions: Study results showed that the PC physician modified antihypertensive treatment in only 3 out of 10 uncontrolled patients. When treatment modification was made, association of drugs was the most frequent behavior.
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13. [Control of blood pressure in Spanish hypertensive population attended in primary health-care. PRESCAP 2006 Study].
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Llisterri Caro JL, Rodríguez Roca GC, Alonso Moreno FJ, Banegas Banegas JR, González-Segura Alsina D, Lou Arnal S, Divisón Garrote JA, Sánchez Ruiz T, Santos Rodríguez JA, and Barrios Alonso V
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- Aged, Demography, Drug Therapy statistics & numerical data, Drug Utilization, Female, Humans, Hypertension diagnosis, Male, Middle Aged, Risk Factors, Severity of Illness Index, Spain epidemiology, Antihypertensive Agents therapeutic use, Hypertension drug therapy, Hypertension epidemiology, Primary Health Care statistics & numerical data
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Background and Objectives: More information is needed on hypertension control and its evolution in clinical practice. This study aimed to determine the degree of blood pressure (BP) control in Spanish hypertensive patients attended in primary care (PC) and to determine the factors associated with poor BP control., Patients and Method: Cross-sectional, multicenter study, carried out in PC settings throughout Spain. Hypertensive patients >or= 18 years, with antihypertensive treatment (>or= 3 months) were consecutively recruited. BP measurement was performed in surgery hours (morning and evening) following standardized methods and averaging 2 consecutive readings. BP control was regarded as optimum when BP values were < 140/90 mmHg in general population and <130/80 mmHg in patients with diabetes, chronic renal disease or cardiovascular disease., Results: 10,520 hypertensive patients were included (53.7% women), mean age (SD) 64.6 (11.3) years. 41.4% (95% confidence interval [CI], 40.5-42.4) presented good systolic BP (SBP) and diastolic BP (DBP) control, 46.5% (95% CI, 45.5-47.4) only SBP control and 67.1% (95% CI, 66.2-68.0) only DBP control. 55.6% of patients were treated with combination therapy (41.2% 2 drugs, 11.7% 3 and 2.8% more than 3). BP control was significantly (p<0.001) higher in the evening measurement (48.9%) than in the morning measurement (40.5%), and if patients had taken the treatment before measurement (42.0%) compared with those who had not taken it (38.8%). Factors such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease, sedentary lifestyle, alcohol consumption and surgery hour were associated with poor BP control (p<0.001)., Conclusions: The results of the PRESCAP 2006 study indicate that 4 out of 10 hypertensive patients treated in PC in Spain have an optimal BP control. The degree of control of arterial hypertension has improved remarkably with respect to the PRESCAP 2002 study.
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