Open AccessAwareness and Approach towards Hypertension Management among General Practitioners of Western Vadodara
Author(s) -
Sanjeev Deshpande,
Niyati Patel,
Godbole,
Champaneri,
Navraj Singh,
Rushad Patell
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2014/8509.4741
Subject(s) - medicine , disease , general practice , primary care , thiazide , family medicine , blood pressure , emergency medicine
Hypertension (HTN) is a major risk factor contributing to premature mortality from cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease.To decrease morbidity and mortality from HTN, timely diagnosis of the disease and its complications, urgent treatment and referrals are required. General Practioners (GPs) are the first tier of the health care system in India and have a wide scope of practice. It is important to know the awareness and approach of primary care physicians to hypertension in their daily practice as compared to standard practice recommendations and guidelines, to identify targets for improvements. With this objective we decided to interview them personally and analyse their approach.