scholarly journals The Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Blood Pressure Management from the Patient's Viewpoint: A Qualitative Study

2008 ◽  
Vol 41 (4) ◽  
pp. 255 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sok-Goo Lee ◽  
So-Youn Jeon
Keyword(s):  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Pressure Management ◽  
Blood Pressure Management ◽  
Attitude And Practice ◽  
Knowledge Attitude And Practice

scholarly journals Review of major trials of acute blood pressure management in stroke

2021 ◽  
pp. 0271678X2110043
Author(s):  
Thompson G Robinson ◽  
Jatinder S Minhas ◽  
Joseph Miller
Keyword(s):  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Clinical Trials ◽  
Acute Stroke ◽  
Trial Design ◽  
Haemorrhagic Stroke ◽  
Pressure Management ◽  
Blood Pressure Management ◽  
Multiple Trials ◽  
Hypertensive Crises ◽  
Improve Patient

Over the last two decades, there have been a number of major landmark clinical trials, classified as “major” as they sought to address clear clinical practice driven questions, in a pragmatic yet robust trial design, using a large powered sample size (n > 1000), in order to help improve patient outcome through informing guidelines. A commonality across all stroke sub-types included in these trials is the tendency to acute hypertensive crises within the acute stroke period. This phenomenon is associated with greater stroke complications and worsened overall prognosis. Multiple trials have attempted to address the issue of acute blood pressure management during the acute stroke period, with consideration for timing, magnitude of lowering, agent and relationship to other interventions. This review will consider the major clinical trials performed in ischaemic and haemorrhagic stroke that test the hypothesis that acute BP reduction improves clinical outcomes.

scholarly journals IMPACT OF PHARMACIST INTERVENTION IN SCREENING AND EDUCATION ON BLOOD PRESSURE IN A RURAL AREA IN SOUTHERN INDIA

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (9) ◽  
pp. 339
Author(s):  
Shanmuga Sundaram Rajagopal ◽  
Krishnaveni Kandasamy ◽  
Agilan Natarajan ◽  
Joyal Sebastian ◽  
Manikanta Konakalla ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Intervention Group ◽  
Pharmacist Intervention ◽  
Health Concern ◽  
Attitude And Practice ◽  
Knowledge Attitude And Practice

ABSTRACTObjective: Hypertension (HTN) expends a consequential public health concern on cardiovascular health status and health-care systems in India. Theeffectuation of the pharmaceutical care program in the health care is an extremely important need to achieve the optimum therapeutic effect. Theobjective of the study was to assess the impact of pharmacist intervention on patient’s blood pressure (BP) level, quality of life (QOL), and knowledge,attitude, and practice (KAP) of hypertensive patients.Methods: A randomized controlled pilot study was carried out for 6 months. The hypertensive patients were randomized into control and interventiongroup based on age, and both the groups were interviewed using KAP and WHO QOL-BREF questionnaires, screened BP, respectively, at baseline andeach follow-up after post counseling section to the intervention group. The effect of pharmacist intervention on QOL and KAP among control andintervention was statistically analyzed by paired t-test using SPSS version 16.Results: The total sample studied was 60, of which 20 (33.33%) were males and 40 (66.67%) were females. In our study, the QOL score for eachdomain of both intervention and control groups were almost poor (p˃0.05) at baseline and for the intervention group, a highly significant improvement(p<0.001) was observed for all domains in final follow-up. KAP score of intervention group also showed a significant improvement (p<0.001) frombaseline to final follow-up. In this study, intervention group showed a significant mean reduction of systolic BP from baseline 150.13±25.670 to finalfollow-up 145.33±12.914.Conclusion: The results of the study showed a significant improvement in the patient’s KAP toward different aspects of HTN and QOL followingpharmacist mediated counseling. Involvement of pharmacy practitioners in the management of HTN significantly improves QOL and KAPs.Keywords: Hypertension, Quality of life, Knowledge, Attitude and practice, Pharmacist intervention, Patient counseling.

scholarly journals Emergency Department Adherence to American Heart Association Guidelines for Blood Pressure Management in Acute Ischemic Stroke

Stroke ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
pp. 557-559 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erin McDonough Grise ◽  
Opeolu Adeoye ◽  
Christopher Lindsell ◽  
Kathleen Alwell ◽  
Charles Moomaw ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Emergency Department ◽  
Ischemic Stroke ◽  
Acute Ischemic Stroke ◽  
American Heart Association ◽  
American Heart ◽  
Heart Association ◽  
Pressure Management ◽  
Blood Pressure Management
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