title: The Outcomes Research Task Force and the Canadian Hypertension Education Program.
abstract: The present report is an update on the contribution of the Canadian Hypertension Education Program's (CHEP) Outcomes Research Task Force to the surveillance and monitoring efforts surrounding hypertension and hypertension-related conditions in Canada. Components of the program include advocating national physical measures surveys of blood pressure; analysis of national cross-sectional and longitudinal population-based health surveys that assess hypertension diagnosis and treatment; assessment of national and regional pharmacotherapy patterns using existing commercial databases; assessment of national and regional trends in hypertensive complications (stroke, myocardial infarction and congestive heart failure); development of a national system based on provincial administrative data to assess the incidence, prevalence and management of diagnosed hypertension; and assessing some aspects of CHEP implementation. Preliminary data support a large increase in the diagnosis and treatment of hypertension corresponding to the initiation of CHEP.
authors.affiliation: Libin Cardiovascular Institute and Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, 3330 Hospital Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. ncampbel@ucalgary.ca
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Campbell
authors.forename: Jay
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Onysko
mesh_terms: D026683:Advisory Committees; D002170:Canada / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care / Q000379:methods*; D011159:Population Surveillance / Q000379:methods*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic