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. 2007 Feb;9(2):113-9.
doi: 10.1111/j.1524-6175.2007.06112.x.

Explicit and implicit evaluation of physician adherence to hypertension guidelines

Gail Ardery  1 , Barry L Carter, Jessica L Milchak, George R Bergus, Jeffrey D Dawson, Paul A James, Carrie Franciscus, Yoonsang Kim
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Explicit and implicit evaluation of physician adherence to hypertension guidelines

Gail Ardery et al. J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich). 2007 Feb.

Abstract

This study evaluated physician adherence to the Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure (JNC 7) hypertension guidelines in 6 community-based clinics. Explicit review of retrospective medical record data for patients with uncontrolled hypertension measured guideline adherence using 22 criteria. Mean overall guideline adherence was 53.5% and did not improve significantly over time. Random-effects models demonstrated significant associations between guideline adherence and various demographic and medical predictors, including age, minority status, comorbid conditions, and number of medications. A subsequent implicit review evaluated the degree to which nonadherence was justifiable and identified factors that might have affected adherence. Nonadherence was rated as justifiable for only 6.6% of the failed explicit criteria. In general, adherence to the JNC 7 guidelines was modest even when barriers that might have affected adherence were taken into consideration.

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