Objective KONTROL study : therapeutic inertia in hypertensive patients attended in primary care of Spain

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OBJECTIVES: To determine the level of therapeutic inertia (TI), and the factors associated to the patient, doctor and the health organisation, in hypertensive patients treated in Primary Care (PC).

DESIGN: Cross-sectional, multicentre study.

SETTING: A sample of PC Teams from all over Spain.

PARTICIPANTS: The study was conducted among PC doctors using a questionnaire and clinical records of 4 patients.

MAIN MEASUREMENTS: The TI was calculated for each patient (TIp) as the proportion of visits in which there was no change in medication when this was indicated.

RESULTS: A total of 543 PC doctors provided data on 2,032 patients, who fulfilled the indication of a change in requirement. There was TI In 77.8% of cases. The TIp observed was non-existent or low for 17.1% of the patients, intermediate for 42% and high for 40.8%. For the patients, the factors most associated with TIp were, age (P<.001), diabetes (P<.001), stroke (P<.01), obesity (P<.01) and a low education level (P<.001). To be female, be less than 40 years or more than 55 years, to be a family doctor with a training program other than MIR and to work in the public sector increased the probability of TIp (P<.001 for all the assumptions).

CONCLUSIONS: The results of the study indicate that there is TI in 7 out every 10 visits made by hypertensive patients in Primary care. There are significant differences as regards the clinical characteristics of the patients and of the doctors.

Errataetall:

ErratumIn: Aten Primaria. 2012 Apr;44(4):243

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2011

Erschienen:

2011

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:43

Enthalten in:

Atencion primaria - 43(2011), 12 vom: 06. Dez., Seite 638-47

Sprache:

Spanisch

Weiterer Titel:

Inercia terapéutica en pacientes hipertensos asistidos en atención primaria en España. Estudio Objetivo Kontrol

Beteiligte Personen:

Doménech, Carlos Sanchis [VerfasserIn]
Caro, José Luis Llisterri [VerfasserIn]
Sanz, Vicente Palomo [VerfasserIn]
Moreno, Francisco Javier Alonso [VerfasserIn]
Rodríguez, Isidro López [VerfasserIn]
Loro, Armando Nevado [VerfasserIn]
Zamorano, Miguel Ángel [VerfasserIn]
García, Natividad Gil [VerfasserIn]
Conesa, M Dolores Aguilar [VerfasserIn]
Lázaro Y de Mercado, Pablo [VerfasserIn]

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English Abstract
Journal Article
Multicenter Study
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 01.05.2012

Date Revised 20.10.2021

published: Print-Electronic

ErratumIn: Aten Primaria. 2012 Apr;44(4):243

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.aprim.2010.09.030

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM206734069