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Guidelines adherence and hypertension control at a tertiary hospital in Malaysia.

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RATIONALE, AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:Existing literature suggests that doctors' poor adherence with guidelines is one of the major contributing factors to suboptimal control of hypertension. This study aims to evaluate doctors' adherence with Malaysian clinical practice guideline (CPG 2008) in a tertiary care hospital, and factors associated with guideline adherence and hypertension control. METHODS:This was a cross-sectional study conducted at Hospital Pulau Pinang, Penang, Malaysia. Prescriptions written by 26 enrolled doctors to 650 established hypertensive outpatients (25 prescriptions per enrolled doctor) were noted on visit 1 along with patients' demographic and clinical data. The noted prescriptions were classified either as compliant or non-compliant to CPG (2008). Five hundred twenty (80%) of the enrolled patients (20 patients per enrolled doctor) were followed for one more visit. Blood pressure (BP) noted on visit 2 was related to the prescription written on visit 1. SPSS 16 (SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL, USA) was used for data analysis. RESULTS:Three hundred forty-nine (67.1%) patients received guidelines compliant pharmacotherapy. In multivariate analysis, hypertension clinic had significant negative association with guidelines adherence. Two hundred sixty-five patients (51%) were at goal BP on visit 2. In multivariate analysis, angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors and guidelines adherence had significant positive, while renal disease, diabetes mellitus and diabetic clinic had significant negative association with hypertension control. CONCLUSIONS:An overall fair level of adherence with guidelines and better control of hypertension was observed. Guidelines compliant practices resulted in better control of hypertension. The gaps between what guidelines recommend and clinical practice were especially seen in the pharmacotherapy of uncomplicated hypertension and hypertension with diabetes mellitus and renal disease.

journal_name

J Eval Clin Pract

journal_title

Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors

Ahmad N,Hassan Y,Tangiisuran B,Meng OL,Abd Aziz N,Ahmad FU,Atif M

doi

10.1111/j.1365-2753.2012.01852.x

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Has Abstract

pub_date

2013-10-01 00:00:00

pages

798-804

issue

eissn

1356-1294

issn

1365-2753

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Guidelines adherence and hypertension control at a tertiary hospital in Malaysia.