A questionnaire survey of general practitioners in Japan’s Kanagawa Prefecture for the Japanese Society of Hypertension Guidelines for the Management of Hypertension 2014
To evaluate the Japanese Society of Hypertension Guidelines for the Management of Hypertension 2014 (JSH2014) among Japanese general practitioners (GPs), we used a questionnaire survey with 209 GPs from the Kanagawa Physicians Society. Overall, 93.6% of GPs felt that the contents of the JSH2014 were...
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| author | Kazuo Kobayashi Kazuyoshi Sato Nobuo Hatori Masaaki Miyakawa |
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| description | To evaluate the Japanese Society of Hypertension Guidelines for the Management of Hypertension 2014 (JSH2014) among Japanese general practitioners (GPs), we used a questionnaire survey with 209 GPs from the Kanagawa Physicians Society. Overall, 93.6% of GPs felt that the contents of the JSH2014 were useful. Based on the results showing that 81.8% of GPs instructed the measurement of blood pressure (BP) in the early morning at home to most patients, GP’s acceptance of home BP methods and their penetration among patients with hypertension were considerably high. Regarding the number of home BP measurements, percentages for “one time,” “two times,” “three times,” and “as many times as the patient decides,” were 20.2%, 44.9%, 12.2%, and 22.9%, respectively; as such, no consensus was reached. Overall, 80.6% of GPs instructed most patients on sodium restriction; however, the content and method of restriction varied. Furthermore, 14.7% collected spot urine to assess salt intake. Many GPs respected the JSH2014 and faithfully adopted the guidelines during medical care. However, GPs did not necessarily agree with all guidelines. GPs sometimes selected the appropriate method for the individual patients and careful observations of how the guidelines affect actual clinical practice may lead to better medical care. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-38711e3f040b4b9db0e57160f13c56592023-09-19T09:24:46ZengTaylor & Francis GroupClinical and Experimental Hypertension1064-19631525-60062017-11-0139870571010.1080/10641963.2017.13138521313852A questionnaire survey of general practitioners in Japan’s Kanagawa Prefecture for the Japanese Society of Hypertension Guidelines for the Management of Hypertension 2014Kazuo Kobayashi0Kazuyoshi Sato1Nobuo Hatori2Masaaki Miyakawa3Kobayashi Clinic of Internal MedicineSato Clinic of Internal MedicineKobayashi HospitalMiyakawa Clinic of Internal Medicine and PediatricsTo evaluate the Japanese Society of Hypertension Guidelines for the Management of Hypertension 2014 (JSH2014) among Japanese general practitioners (GPs), we used a questionnaire survey with 209 GPs from the Kanagawa Physicians Society. Overall, 93.6% of GPs felt that the contents of the JSH2014 were useful. Based on the results showing that 81.8% of GPs instructed the measurement of blood pressure (BP) in the early morning at home to most patients, GP’s acceptance of home BP methods and their penetration among patients with hypertension were considerably high. Regarding the number of home BP measurements, percentages for “one time,” “two times,” “three times,” and “as many times as the patient decides,” were 20.2%, 44.9%, 12.2%, and 22.9%, respectively; as such, no consensus was reached. Overall, 80.6% of GPs instructed most patients on sodium restriction; however, the content and method of restriction varied. Furthermore, 14.7% collected spot urine to assess salt intake. Many GPs respected the JSH2014 and faithfully adopted the guidelines during medical care. However, GPs did not necessarily agree with all guidelines. GPs sometimes selected the appropriate method for the individual patients and careful observations of how the guidelines affect actual clinical practice may lead to better medical care.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10641963.2017.1313852blood pressuregeneral practitionersguidelinehypertensionquestionnaires |
| spellingShingle | Kazuo Kobayashi Kazuyoshi Sato Nobuo Hatori Masaaki Miyakawa A questionnaire survey of general practitioners in Japan’s Kanagawa Prefecture for the Japanese Society of Hypertension Guidelines for the Management of Hypertension 2014 Clinical and Experimental Hypertension blood pressure general practitioners guideline hypertension questionnaires |
| title | A questionnaire survey of general practitioners in Japan’s Kanagawa Prefecture for the Japanese Society of Hypertension Guidelines for the Management of Hypertension 2014 |
| title_full | A questionnaire survey of general practitioners in Japan’s Kanagawa Prefecture for the Japanese Society of Hypertension Guidelines for the Management of Hypertension 2014 |
| title_fullStr | A questionnaire survey of general practitioners in Japan’s Kanagawa Prefecture for the Japanese Society of Hypertension Guidelines for the Management of Hypertension 2014 |
| title_full_unstemmed | A questionnaire survey of general practitioners in Japan’s Kanagawa Prefecture for the Japanese Society of Hypertension Guidelines for the Management of Hypertension 2014 |
| title_short | A questionnaire survey of general practitioners in Japan’s Kanagawa Prefecture for the Japanese Society of Hypertension Guidelines for the Management of Hypertension 2014 |
| title_sort | questionnaire survey of general practitioners in japan s kanagawa prefecture for the japanese society of hypertension guidelines for the management of hypertension 2014 |
| topic | blood pressure general practitioners guideline hypertension questionnaires |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10641963.2017.1313852 |
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