Variation in GP decisions on antihypertensive treatment in oldest-old and frail individuals across 29 countries

Streit, Sven; Verschoor, Marjolein; Rodondi, Nicolas; Gussekloo, Jacobijn; Poortvliet, Rosalinde K. E.

doi:10.1186/s12877-017-0486-4

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Title		Variation in GP decisions on antihypertensive treatment in oldest-old and frail individuals across 29 countries
Authors		Streit, Sven Verschoor, Marjolein Rodondi, Nicolas Gussekloo, Jacobijn Poortvliet, Rosalinde K. E.
Collaboration		Collaboration With : Maisonneuve, Hubert
Published in		BMC geriatrics. 2017, vol. 17, no. 1
Abstract		Background: 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 oldestold. 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.
Keywords		Hypertension — Oldest-old — Clinical variation — General practitioners — Frailty — Elderly
Identifiers		DOI: 10.1186/s12877-017-0486-4
Full text		Article (Published version) (683 Kb) - Free access
Structures		Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de santé et médecine communautaires / Institut de médecine de premier recours / Unité des internistes généralistes et pédiatres Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de santé et médecine communautaires / Institut de médecine de premier recours / Institut universitaire de médecine de famille et de l'enfance
Research group		Médecine interne générale et pédiatrie ambulatoires (968)
Projects		Swiss National Science Foundation: P2BEP3_165353 Autre: SUC project P-10
Citation (ISO format)		STREIT, Sven et al. Variation in GP decisions on antihypertensive treatment in oldest-old and frail individuals across 29 countries. In: BMC Geriatrics, 2017, vol. 17, n° 1. doi: 10.1186/s12877-017-0486-4 https://archive-ouverte.unige.ch/unige:116576

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Variation in GP decisions on antihypertensive treatment in oldest-old and frail individuals across 29 countries