Practical reading grids to better understand our hypertensive patients].

Hypertension is well identified as the main factor of mortality, cardiovascular disease and renal damage worldwide. However, only half of hypertensive patients are diagnosed as hypertensive, and only a quarter of hypertensive patients has blood pressure values normalized by the medical treatment. The aim of this article is to propose a practical reading grid in order to get a better understanding of our patients, in the GP's office, and a comprehensive approach of problematics encountered by the patient with its own perception, to identify barriers, tools and patients' available ressources.

Citation

Antoinette Pechère-Bertschi, Alain Golay. Practical reading grids to better understand our hypertensive patients]. Revue medicale suisse. 2017 Sep 13;13(574):1570-1575

PMID: 28905545

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