Hypertension
Conditions
Keywords
hypertension
Brief summary
This study is a retrospective database review of primary care appointments of patients' charts with new diagnoses of hypertension.
Detailed description
Compare the degree of blood pressure control of patients with stage 1 (BP \< 130/80 mmHg) and stage 2 hypertension (BP \> 20/10 mm Hg above goal BP) before and after the release of the Seventh report of Joint Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation and Treatment of High Blood Pressure (JNC 7) recommendations.
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
United States Naval Medical Center, San Diego
Study design
Observational model
DEFINED_POPULATION
Time perspective
RETROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Newly diagnosed hypertension
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed