Questionnaire survey on the Japanese guidelines for treatment of hypertension in the elderly: 1999 revised version.
A questionnaire survey was administered to Japanese clinical specialists in hypertension in order to gauge their opinions on the 1999 revised version of the Guidelines for Hypertension in the Elderly prepared by the Comprehensive Research Project on Aging and Health of the Ministry of Health and Welfare. Out of 162 council members of the Japanese Society of Hypertension, 122 (75%) replied. The majority (93%) of respondents approved of the guidelines in general, and 72% of them approved of the age-related setting of a therapeutic goal for blood pressure. Sixty-five percent of respondents selected long-acting Ca antagonists, ACE inhibitors and low-dose diuretics as first-line agents for hypertension without complications in the elderly. The results of the questionnaire survey should be reflected in the next version of the guidelines.
Ogihara
Toshio
T
Department of Geriatric Medicine, Osaka University Medical School, Suita, Japan. ogihara@geriat.med.osaka-u.ac.jp
Morimoto
Shigeto
S
Okaishi
Kohya
K
Hiwada
Kunio
K
Matsuoka
Hiroaki
H
Matsumoto
Masayuki
M
Takishita
Shuichi
S
Shimamoto
Kazuaki
K
Shimada
Kazuyuki
K
Abe
Isao
I
Kohara
Katsuhiko
K
Ouchi
Yasuyoshi
Y
D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology*; D000806:Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002309:Cardiology; D003625:Data Collection; D004232:Diuretics / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000188:drug therapy*; D007564:Japan; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic / Q000592:standards*; D012955:Societies, Medical; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
D000806:Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors; D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers; D004232:Diuretics