02895nam a22003977a 4500 PH-MaWHO 20260212083956.0 260209b |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 9289013109 0378-2255 WPRO Library eng UHB.S.3 1993 World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe 641905 Assessing hypertension control and management : hypertension management audit project : a WHO/WHL study Copenhagen : World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe, 1993. 181 pages WHO regional publications, European series ; no. 47 Hypertension affects up to 30% of people in certain European populations, and seriously jeopardizes their health. If properly managed, hypertension can be reduced and its effects minimized, but the question is how often this is achieved in practice. This publication reports on the results of a WHO project carried out to assess the levels and quality of the management of hypertension in selected European countries. Best known as the Hypertension Management Audit Project, it began in 1983. It looked at physicians' awareness of hypertension as reflected by how much went undiagnosed; the quality of the care given to known sufferers; the feelings of patients about their condition and the treatment they were receiving; the attitudes and knowledge of physicians; and the amount of anti- hypertensive drug prescriptions issued. It shows that the level of detection has improved over the last two decades, although technological diagnostic tests are still preferred to simpler but more relevant behavioural questions. Treatment is still not as effective as it could be. While most physicians understand the correct techniques for the management of hypertension, far fewer carry them out in practice. Thus the greatest potential for improvement in the care of hypertensive patients lies in the psychological sphere. A better understanding is needed of why patients, as consumers, are or are not happy and comply with treatment, and of why physicians, as providers, do or do not give treatment in line with their stated beliefs. Hypertension Prevention and control Europe 667821 Evaluation studies 644999 Hungary 649758 Slovenia 653166 Romania 648008 Switzerland 654501 Yugoslavia 651915 Germany 170530 Israel 206870 Italy 206873 Spain 319620 Strasser, Toma 667819 editor Wilhelmsen, L. 667820 editor World Hypertension League. 667818 https://iris.who.int/handle/10665/272814 MONO 2017 retain Mark 01-05-2018 14:52:17 nml 13631 13631 0 0 nml 0 0 WHO WPRO WPRO 2ndFlrLib 2021-05-24 0 UHB.S.3 1993 WPR000303 2024-01-24 00:00:00 2021-05-24 MONO