title: Questionnaire survey on the Japanese guidelines for treatment of hypertension in the elderly: 1999 revised version.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Geriatric Medicine, Osaka University Medical School, Suita, Japan. ogihara@geriat.med.osaka-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Toshio
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ogihara
authors.forename: Shigeto
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Morimoto
authors.forename: Kohya
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Okaishi
authors.forename: Kunio
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hiwada
authors.forename: Hiroaki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Matsuoka
authors.forename: Masayuki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Matsumoto
authors.forename: Shuichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Takishita
authors.forename: Kazuaki
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shimamoto
authors.forename: Kazuyuki
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shimada
authors.forename: Isao
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Abe
authors.forename: Katsuhiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kohara
authors.forename: Yasuyoshi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ouchi
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D000806:Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors; D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers; D004232:Diuretics