Treatment of Hypertension in Primary Care in Spain

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT00868881

Acronym

TAPAS

Enrollment

2160

Registered

2009-03-25

Start date

2009-03-31

Completion date

2009-07-31

Last updated

2009-07-13

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Hypertension

Keywords

Hypertension, Therapeutic diagnostic attitude, Blood pressure

Brief summary

Non-interventional,observational and retrospective study assessing the therapeutic and diagnostic attitude followed in primary care for a hypertensive patient depending on his degree of blood pressure control.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Time perspective

RETROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Diagnosis of primary hypertension and/or treated for hypertension for one year or more * Clinical data of blood pressure measures for the last 12+/- 2 months before inclusion.

Exclusion criteria

* Secondary Hypertension * Physical or psychological impairment for the understanding of the information to be given to the patient

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Therapeutic and diagnostic attitude followed in primary care for a hypertensive patient depending on his degree of blood pressure control.	1 Year

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Variation in the Percentage of patients with blood pressure controlled and not controlled during a year of follow-up.	1 Year
Clinical profile and cardiovascular risk.	1 Year

Countries

Spain

Outcome results