Levels of detection of hypertension in primary medical care and interventions to improve detection: a systematic review of the evidence since 2000.

35 A randomised trial of a multifaceted intervention was not effective 34 and another randomised trial of targeted nurse-led case finding found an increase in blood pressure measurement, although the improvement in starting patients on antihypertensive treatment just failed to reach statistical significance. 36 Discussion In this review of studies published since 2000 on the detection of hypertension in primary medical care, we found only 18 studies from a limited range of countries.

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