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Campbell NRC, Padwal R, Tsuyuki RT, Leung AA, Bell A, Kaczorowski J, Tobe SW. Ups and downs of hypertension control in Canada: critical factors and lessons learned. Rev Panam Salud Publica 2022; 46:e141. [PMID: 36071924 PMCID: PMC9440728 DOI: 10.26633/rpsp.2022.141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2022] [Accepted: 07/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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As the leading risk for death, population control of increased blood pressure represents a major challenge for all countries of the Americas. In the early 1990’s, Canada had a hypertension control rate of 13%. The control rate increased to 68% in 2010, accompanied by a sharp decline in cardiovascular disease. The unprecedented improvement in hypertension control started around the year 2000 when a comprehensive program to implement annually updated hypertension treatment recommendations started. The program included a comprehensive monitoring system for hypertension control. After 2011, there was a marked decrease in emphasis on implementation and evaluation and the hypertension control rate declined, driven by a reduction in control in women from 69% to 49%. A coalition of health and scientific organizations formed in 2011 with a priority to develop advocacy positions for dietary policies to prevent and control hypertension. By 2015, the positions were adopted by most federal political parties, but implementation has been slow. This manuscript reviews key success factors and learnings. Some key success factors included having broad representation on the program steering committee, multidisciplinary engagement with substantive primary care involvement, unbiased up to date credible recommendations, development and active adaptation of education resources based on field experience, extensive implementation of primary care resources, annual review of the program and hypertension indicators and developing and emphasizing the few interventions important for hypertension control. Learnings included the need for having strong national and provincial government engagement and support, and retaining primary care organizations and clinicians in the implementation and evaluation.
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- Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
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- Faculty of Pharmacology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
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- Department of Family Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- Department of Family Medicine, University of Montreal and CRCHUM, Montreal, Canada
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- Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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Campbell NRC, Schutte AE, Varghese CV, Ordunez P, Zhang XH, Khan T, Sharman JE, Whelton PK, Parati G, Weber MA, Orías M, Jaffe MG, Moran AE, Plavnik FL, Ram VS, Brainin M, Owolabi MO, Ramirez AJ, Barbosa E, Bortolotto LA, Lackland DT. [São Paulo call to action for the prevention and control of high blood pressure: 2020Chamado à ação de São Paulo para prevenção e controle da hipertensão arterial: 2020]. Rev Panam Salud Publica 2021; 45:e26. [PMID: 33643404 PMCID: PMC7905751 DOI: 10.26633/rpsp.2021.26] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2019] [Accepted: 11/05/2019] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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About 1/4th of adults have high blood pressure which is the single most important risk for death (including heart disease and stroke).There are effective policies that could facilitate people making healthy choices to prevent raised blood pressure, and if fully implemented, could largely prevent hypertension from occurring.Hypertension is easy to screen and treat for BUT only about 50% of adults with hypertension are aware of their condition and only about 1 in 7 is adequately treated.Preventing and controlling high blood pressure is the major mechanism for NCD prevention and control and a model for other NCD risks.Effective lifestyle and drug treatments could prevent and control hypertension in most individuals if systematically applied to the population, simple interventions are feasible in all settings, and can be used to enhance primary care.Urgent sustained action is needed is needed for effective public policies and health system changes to prevent and control hypertension.
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- Norm RC Campbell
- Departamento de Medicina, Fisiología y Farmacología y Ciencias de la Salud de la Comunidad, Instituto O’Brien para Salud Pública e Instituto Cardiovascular Libin de Alberta, Universidad de CalgaryCalgary, AlbertaCanadáDepartamento de Medicina, Fisiología y Farmacología y Ciencias de la Salud de la Comunidad, Instituto O’Brien para Salud Pública e Instituto Cardiovascular Libin de Alberta, Universidad de Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canadá
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- Unidad para la Hipertensión y las Enfermedades Cardiovasculares, Equipo de Investigación de la Hipertensión en África (HART), Universidad NoroccidentalPotchefstroomSudáfricaUnidad para la Hipertensión y las Enfermedades Cardiovasculares, Equipo de Investigación de la Hipertensión en África (HART), Universidad Noroccidental, Potchefstroom, Sudáfrica
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- Departamento de Enfermedades no Transmisibles, Organización Mundial de la SaludGinebraSuizaDepartamento de Enfermedades no Transmisibles, Organización Mundial de la Salud, Ginebra, Suiza
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- Departamento de Enfermedades no Transmisibles y Salud Mental, Organización Panamericana de la SaludWashington, D.C.Estados UnidosDepartamento de Enfermedades no Transmisibles y Salud Mental, Organización Panamericana de la Salud, Washington, D.C., Estados Unidos
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- Instituto de la Liga de Beijing contra la HipertensiónBeijingChinaInstituto de la Liga de Beijing contra la Hipertensión, Beijing, China
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- Departamento de Enfermedades no Transmisibles, Organización Mundial de la SaludGinebraSuizaDepartamento de Enfermedades no Transmisibles, Organización Mundial de la Salud, Ginebra, Suiza
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- Instituto Menzies de Investigación Médica, Universidad de TasmaniaHobartTasmaniaAustraliaInstituto Menzies de Investigación Médica, Universidad de Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
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- Departamentos de Epidemiología y Medicina, Centro de Ciencias Médicas de la Universidad de TulaneNueva OrleansEstados UnidosDepartamentos de Epidemiología y Medicina, Centro de Ciencias Médicas de la Universidad de Tulane, Nueva Orleans, Estados Unidos
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- Departamento de Medicina y Cirugía, Universidad de Milán-Bicocca, y Departamento de Ciencias Cardiovasculares, Neurales y Metabólicas, Instituto Auxológico Italiano, IRCCS, Hospital San LucaMilánItaliaDepartamento de Medicina y Cirugía, Universidad de Milán-Bicocca, y Departamento de Ciencias Cardiovasculares, Neurales y Metabólicas, Instituto Auxológico Italiano, IRCCS, Hospital San Luca, Milán, Italia
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- División de Medicina Cardiovascular, Universidad Estatal de Nueva York, Centro Médico DownstateBrooklynNueva YorkEstados UnidosDivisión de Medicina Cardiovascular, Universidad Estatal de Nueva York, Centro Médico Downstate, Brooklyn, Nueva York, Estados Unidos
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- Sanatorio Allende, y Universidad Nacional de CórdobaCórdobaArgentinaSanatorio Allende, y Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina
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- Resolve to Save Lives, una iniciativa de Vital Strategies, Nueva York, Estados Unidos y Kaiser Permanente de California del Norte, San Francisco meridionalCaliforniaEstados UnidosResolve to Save Lives, una iniciativa de Vital Strategies, Nueva York, Estados Unidos y Kaiser Permanente de California del Norte, San Francisco meridional, California, Estados Unidos
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- Control Mundial de la Hipertensión, Resolve to Save Lives, una iniciativa de Vital StrategiesNueva YorkEstados UnidosControl Mundial de la Hipertensión, Resolve to Save Lives, una iniciativa de Vital Strategies, Nueva York, Estados Unidos
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- Grupo de Hipertensión, Hospital Alemão Oswaldo Cruz; e Instituto del Corazón (InCor); y Sociedad Brasileña de HipertensiónSan PabloBrasilGrupo de Hipertensión, Hospital Alemão Oswaldo Cruz; e Instituto del Corazón (InCor); y Sociedad Brasileña de Hipertensión, San Pablo, Brasil)
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- Escuela de Medicina Sudoeste de la Universidad de Texas, Estados Unidos; Colegio Médico y Hospital ApolloHyderabadIndiaFacultad de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud de la Universidad de MacquarieSydneyAustraliaOficina Regional de Asia Meridional de la Liga Mundial de la HipertensiónHyderabadIndiaEscuela de Medicina Sudoeste de la Universidad de Texas, Estados Unidos; Colegio Médico y Hospital Apollo, Hyderabad, India; Facultad de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud de la Universidad de Macquarie, Sydney, Australia; Oficina Regional de Asia Meridional de la Liga Mundial de la Hipertensión, Hyderabad, India
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- Universidad del DanubioKremsAustriaUniversidad del Danubio, Krems, Austria
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- Centro de Excelencia de las Universidades Africanas de Investigación sobre las Enfermedades no TransmisiblesUniversidad de IbadanNigeriaCentro de Excelencia de las Universidades Africanas de Investigación sobre las Enfermedades no Transmisibles, Universidad de Ibadan, Nigeria
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- Unidad de Hipertensión Arterial y Enfermedades Metabólicas, Hospital Universitario, Fundación FavaloroBuenos AiresArgentinaUnidad de Hipertensión Arterial y Enfermedades Metabólicas, Hospital Universitario, Fundación Favaloro, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Sociedad Latinoamericana de la Hipertensión, Artery LatamPorto AlegreBrasilSociedad Latinoamericana de la Hipertensión, Artery Latam, Porto Alegre, Brasil
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- Hospital de Clínicas, Universidad de San Pablo; Instituto del Corazón; y Sociedad Brasileña de HipertensiónSan PabloBrasilHospital de Clínicas, Universidad de San Pablo; Instituto del Corazón; y Sociedad Brasileña de Hipertensión, San Pablo, Brasil
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- División de Neurociencias Aplicadas y Estudios de Población, Universidad Médica de Carolina del Sur, CharlestonCarolina del SurEstados UnidosDivisión de Neurociencias Aplicadas y Estudios de Población, Universidad Médica de Carolina del Sur, Charleston, Carolina del Sur, Estados Unidos
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Lucko A, Doktorchik CTA, Campbell NRC. Impact of quality of research on patient outcomes in the Institute of Medicine 2013 report on dietary sodium. J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich) 2018; 20:345-350. [DOI: 10.1111/jch.13168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2017] [Accepted: 10/28/2017] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Department of Medicine; University of Calgary; Calgary AB Canada
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- Department of Medicine, Physiology and Pharmacology and Community Health Sciences; O'Brien Institute for Public Health; Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta; University of Calgary; Calgary AB Canada
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Campbell NRC, Lemogoum D. Hypertension in sub-Saharan Africa: a massive and increasing health disaster awaiting solution. Cardiovasc J Afr 2015; 26:152-4. [PMID: 26407216 PMCID: PMC4683293] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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- Norm RC Campbell
- Departments of Medicine, Physiology and Pharmacology, and Community Health Sciences, O’Brien Institute for Public Health, Libin Cardiovascular Institute, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Canada
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- Douala School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Douala, Cameroon, and Erasme Hospital, Free Brussels University, Belgium President of the International Forum for Hypertension Control and Prevention in Africa (IFHA), President of the Cameroon Heart Foundation, and Director of the Cameroon Heart Institute
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Bienek AS, Gee ME, Nolan RP, Kaczorowski J, Campbell NR, Bancej C, Gwadry-Sridhar F, Robitaille C, Walker RL, Dai S. Methodology of the 2009 Survey on Living with Chronic Diseases in Canada--hypertension component. Chronic Dis Inj Can 2013; 33:267-276. [PMID: 23987223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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INTRODUCTION The Survey on Living with Chronic Diseases in Canada--hypertension component (SLCDC-H) is a 20-minute cross-sectional telephone survey on hypertension diagnosis and management. Sampled from the 2008 Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS), the SLCDC-H includes Canadians (aged ≥ 20 years) with self-reported hypertension from the ten provinces. METHODS The questionnaire was developed by Delphi technique, externally reviewed and qualitatively tested. Statistics Canada performed sampling strategies, recruitment, data collection and processing. Proportions were weighted to represent the Canadian population, and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were derived by bootstrap method. RESULTS Compared with the CCHS population reporting hypertension, the SLCDC-H sample (n = 6142) is slightly younger (SLCDC-H mean age: 61.2 years, 95% CI: 60.8-61.6; CCHS mean age: 62.2 years, 95% CI: 61.8-62.5), has more post-secondary school graduates (SLCDC-H: 52.0%, 95% CI: 49.7%-54.2%; CCHS: 47.5%, 95% CI: 46.1%-48.9%) and has fewer respondents on hypertension medication (SLCDC-H: 82.5%, 95% CI: 80.9%-84.1%; CCHS: 88.6%, 95% CI: 87.7%-89.6%). CONCLUSION Overall, the 2009 SLCDC-H represents its source population and provides novel, comprehensive data on the diagnosis and management of hypertension. The survey has been adapted to other chronic conditions--diabetes, asthma/chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and neurological conditions. The questionnaire is available on the Statistics Canada website; descriptive results have been disseminated by the Public Health Agency of Canada.
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- A S Bienek
- Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
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- N R Campbell
- Organic Chemical and Research Departments, Allen and Hanburys Ltd., Ware, Herts
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- Organic Chemical and Research Departments, Allen and Hanburys Ltd., Ware, Herts
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Neutel CI, Campbell NR, Morrison HI. Trends in diabetes treatment in Canadians, 1994-2004. Chronic Dis Can 2010; 30:107-111. [PMID: 20609294] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To examine trends in the treatment of diabetes using the biannual interviews of the longitudinal National Population Health Survey (NPHS), 1994-2004 as they relate to changes in Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPGs). METHODS A sample of 17 276 Canadians 18 years and older was selected for repeated interviews at two-year intervals from 1994 to 2004 for the NPHS. The population used for this study includes all respondents aged 40 to 79 for any of the cycles. RESULTS CPGs issued by the Canadian Diabetes Association in 1998 and 2004 recommend a stepwise introduction of lifestyle changes, to be followed by single then multiple oral antidiabetic agents (OA), and finally insulin until adequate control is achieved. While the use of OA increased, only a small proportion indicated diet or physical exercise as part of their treatment; those with no drug treatment reported less diet modification and physical exercise. Antihypertensives and statin use in Canadians with diabetes increased to double that of Canadians overall, but remained underutilized. CONCLUSION This study provides an update on the treatment of diabetes in Canada between 1994 and 2004. While some changes in diabetes treatment were compatible with CPGs, there is room for improvement, especially in lifestyle modifications.
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- C I Neutel
- Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
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PURPOSE The Canadian Hypertension Education Program (CHEP) was initiated in 1999 to improve hypertension management in Canada. The objective of the present study was to compare antihypertensive pharmacotherapy in Canada before and after the CHEP. METHODS Data were obtained from the longitudinal National Population Health Surveys, which consisted of five cycles at two-year intervals from 1994 to 2002. Recent hypertensive respondents 20 years of age and older were identified the first time hypertension was reported or treated, and were included in a study population of 1453 newly diagnosed hypertensive patients. Persistence with medication use was assessed in the cycle after the first report of hypertension. RESULTS Antihypertensive medication use within two years of hypertension diagnosis increased with age, from 35% in patients 20 to 39 years of age, to 72.1% in those 80 years of age and older. Antihypertensive medication use increased after the CHEP (from 49.2% to 53.8% of the population), as did the use of multiple antihypertensive medications (from 7.5% to 10.6%). The most commonly used antihypertensive medication for men was angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (beta-blockers were second), but the most common medication for women was diuretics. The overall persistence rate for antihypertensive medication use was 73.2% over two years, which had increased after the CHEP (from 70.4% to 75.4%). CONCLUSIONS The implementation of the CHEP was followed by increased antihypertensive medication use, increased use of multiple antihypertensive medications and improved persistence with medication use. Although causality cannot be established with the design of the present study, improved hypertension management in Canada is heartening. Sex-related differences were observed in prescribed medications, even though clinical guidelines do not differentiate between sexes.
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- C Ineke Neutel
- Chronic Disease Management and Control, Public Health Agency of Canada
- Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario
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- Departments of Medicine, Community Health Sciences, and Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Libin Cardiovascular Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta
- Correspondence: Dr Norm RC Campbell, 3330 Hospital Drive Northwest, Calgary, Alberta T2N 4N1. Telephone 403-283-6151, fax 403-210-7961, e-mail
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Joffres MR, Campbell NRC, Manns B, Tu K. Estimate of the benefits of a population-based reduction in dietary sodium additives on hypertension and its related health care costs in Canada. Can J Cardiol 2007; 23:437-43. [PMID: 17487286 PMCID: PMC2650661 DOI: 10.1016/s0828-282x(07)70780-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 131] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2006] [Accepted: 03/05/2007] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Hypertension is the leading risk factor for mortality worldwide. One-quarter of the adult Canadian population has hypertension, and more than 90% of the population is estimated to develop hypertension if they live an average lifespan. Reductions in dietary sodium additives significantly lower systolic and diastolic blood pressure, and population reductions in dietary sodium are recommended by major scientific and public health organizations. OBJECTIVES To estimate the reduction in hypertension prevalence and specific hypertension management cost savings associated with a population-wide reduction in dietary sodium additives. METHODS Based on data from clinical trials, reducing dietary sodium additives by 1840 mg/day would result in a decrease of 5.06 mmHg (systolic) and 2.7 mmHg (diastolic) blood pressures. Using Canadian Heart Health Survey data, the resulting reduction in hypertension was estimated. Costs of laboratory testing and physician visits were based on 2001 to 2003 Ontario Health Insurance Plan data, and the number of physician visits and costs of medications for patients with hypertension were taken from 2003 IMS Canada. To estimate the reduction in total physician visits and laboratory costs, current estimates of aware hypertensive patients in Canada were used from the Canadian Community Health Survey. RESULTS Reducing dietary sodium additives may decrease hypertension prevalence by 30%, resulting in one million fewer hypertensive patients in Canada, and almost double the treatment and control rate. Direct cost savings related to fewer physician visits, laboratory tests and lower medication use are estimated to be approximately $430 million per year. Physician visits and laboratory costs would decrease by 6.5%, and 23% fewer treated hypertensive patients would require medications for control of blood pressure. CONCLUSIONS Based on these estimates, lowering dietary sodium additives would lead to a large reduction in hypertension prevalence and result in health care cost savings in Canada.
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- Michel R Joffres
- Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia
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- Departments of Medicine, Community Health Sciences, and Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta
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- Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta
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- Institute For Clinical Evaluative Sciences, University Health Network – Toronto Western Hospital Family Medicine Centre, and Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario
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Campbell NR, Petrella R, Kaczorowski J. Public education on hypertension: a new initiative to improve the prevention, treatment and control of hypertension in Canada. Can J Cardiol 2006; 22:599-603. [PMID: 16755315 PMCID: PMC2560867 DOI: 10.1016/s0828-282x(06)70282-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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High blood pressure is one of the leading risk factors for death. Nevertheless, there is a lack of awareness of hypertension as a risk factor, as well as significant misconceptions about hypertension in the Canadian population. Furthermore, according to the Canadian Heart Health Surveys (1985 to 1992), 42% of hypertensive adult Canadians are unaware of their hypertensive status. A collaboration between Blood Pressure Canada, the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada, the Canadian Hypertension Society and the Canadian Hypertension Education Program has been formed to improve public and patient awareness and knowledge of hypertension. The effort will involve the translation of Canadian Hypertension Education Program recommendations for the prevention and management of hypertension to a public level with a broad and evolving dissemination strategy; the training of health professionals to speak to the public and patients on hypertension, coupled with opportunities to speak in forums organized in their local communities; and, media releases and information on hypertension in association with World Hypertension Day and the release of the annually updated public recommendations. Based on higher rates of awareness of hypertension in countries with sustained public education programs on hypertension, it is anticipated that this evolving program will result in improvement in the rates of awareness, treatment and control of hypertension and, ultimately, in lower cardiovascular disease rates in Canada. Public health programs that could reduce the prevalence of hypertension will be integrated into key public recommendations. The program outcomes will be monitored using Statistics Canada national surveys and by specific surveys examining hypertension knowledge in the Canadian population.
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- N R Campbell
- Departments of Medicine, Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Libin Cardiovascular Institute, University of Alberta, 3330 Hospital Drive Northwest, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
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Chockalingam A, Campbell NR. Cost and benefits of blood pressure monitoring and control. Adv Exp Med Biol 2002; 498:149-54. [PMID: 11900363 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-1321-6_20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- A Chockalingam
- Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Control, Health Canada, Ottawa
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Campbell NR, Jeffrey P, Kiss K, Jones C, Anton AR. Building capacity for awareness and risk factor identification in the community: the blood pressure assessment program of the Calgary Fire Department. Can J Cardiol 2001; 17:1275-9. [PMID: 11773938] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/23/2023] Open
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In 1995, the Calgary Fire Department developed a program to assess blood pressure in community fire stations, selected businesses and public venues. The program has gradually expanded. Currently, all 30 fire stations across Calgary, Alberta assess blood pressures for the public seven days per week throughout the year. Since 1995, there have been 10,883 measurements in 3477 people. Most people (2106) assessed had hypertensive readings, and 72 had readings greater than 220 mmHg systolic or greater than 120 mmHg diastolic, and were referred for immediate medical assessment. The program has been recently integrated into a more global vision for the prevention and control of cardiovascular disease in Calgary. Future plans include offering lipid assessments, assisting other communities to adopt the program and using the program to provide physical measures (of blood pressure, glucose, total and high density lipoprotein cholesterol, height and weight) to an ongoing questionnaire that surveys the health of Calgarians. The history of the program, its training methods, quality control, preliminary results and future plans are presented in detail to provide an example of a community-based program that could aid in the detection, monitoring and awareness of hypertension.
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- N R Campbell
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, 3330 Hospital Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta T2N 4N1, Canada.
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Zarnke KB, Levine M, McAlister FA, Campbell NR, Myers MG, McKay DW, Bolli P, Honos G, Lebel M, Mann K, Wilson TW, Abbott C, Tobe S, Burgess E, Rabkin S. The 2000 Canadian recommendations for the management of hypertension: part two--diagnosis and assessment of people with high blood pressure. Can J Cardiol 2001; 17:1249-63. [PMID: 11773936] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/23/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE To provide updated, evidence-based recommendations for the diagnosis and assessment of high blood pressure in adults. OPTIONS For people with high blood pressure, the assignment of a diagnosis of hypertension depends on the appropriate measurement of blood pressure, the level of the blood pressure elevation, the duration of follow-up and the presence of concomitant vascular risk factors, target organ damage and established atherosclerotic diseases. For people diagnosed with hypertension, defining the overall risk of adverse cardiovascular outcomes requires laboratory testing, a search for target organ damage and an assessment of the modifiable causes of hypertension. Out-of-clinic blood pressure assessment and echocardiography are options for selected patients. OUTCOMES People at increased risk of adverse cardiovascular outcomes and were identified and quantified. EVIDENCE Medline searches were conducted from the period of the last revision of the Canadian recommendations for the management of hypertension (May 1998 to October 2000). Reference lists were scanned, experts were polled, and the personal files of the subgroup members and authors were used to identify other studies. All relevant articles were reviewed and appraised, using prespecified levels of evidence, by content experts and methodological experts. VALUES A high value was placed on the identification of people at increased risk of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. BENEFITS, HARMS AND COSTS The identification of people at higher risk of cardiovascular disease will permit counselling for lifestyle manoeuvres and the introduction of antihypertensive drugs to reduce blood pressure for patients with sustained hypertension. In certain settings, and for specific classes of drugs, blood pressure lowering has been associated with reduced cardiovascular morbidity and/or mortality. RECOMMENDATIONS The present document contains detailed recommendations pertaining to aspects of the diagnosis and assessment of patients with hypertension, including the accurate measurement of blood pressure, criteria for the diagnosis of hypertension and recommendations for follow-up, routine and optional laboratory testing, assessment for renovascular hypertension, home and ambulatory blood pressure monitoring, and the role of echocardiography in hypertension. VALIDATION All recommendations were graded according to strength of the evidence and voted on by the Canadian Hypertension Recommendations Working Group. Only the recommendations achieving high levels of consensus are reported here. These guidelines will be updated annually. ENDORSEMENT These recommendations are endorsed by the Canadian Hypertension Society, The Canadian Coalition for High Blood Pressure Prevention and Control, The College of Family Physicians of Canada, The Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada, The Adult Disease Division and Bureau of Cardio-Respiratory Diseases and Diabetes at the Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Control of Health Canada.
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- Department of Medicine, London Health Sciences Centre, University of Western Ontario, 339 Windermere Road, London, Ontario N6A 5A5, Canada.
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Durante KM, Whitmore B, Jones CA, Campbell NR. Use of vitamins, minerals and herbs: a survey of patients attending family practice clinics. CLIN INVEST MED 2001; 24:242-9. [PMID: 11603508] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/21/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To examine the use of vitamin, mineral and herbal supplements in patients attending family practice clinics. DESIGN A prospective 1-year cohort study. SETTING Sixteen family practices in Calgary. PARTICIPANTS One hundred and eighteen patients (more than 18 years of age) were initially interviewed; 12 patients were lost to follow-up. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Number and type of supplements used, duration of use, sources of patient information, beliefs about supplement efficacy and safety, reporting use to physicians, costs and changes in pattern of use over 1 year. RESULTS Supplement use was unrelated to age, but more women (73%) used supplements than men (44%). Relative to age, more patients younger than 50 years believed supplements were safer than prescription medications (82% v. 43%, p = 0.0005). Younger patients were less likely than those over 50 years old to have received supplement information from physicians (10% v. 37%, p = 0.0008) and were less compliant than older patients with manufacturers' recommended dosages (p = 0.02). Whereas 74% of those over the age of 50 years informed their physician that they used supplements, only 30% of younger patients did so (p = 0.0006). At 1-year follow-up, the number of supplements taken per patient increased (p < 0.05), and there was a tendency for more patients to take supplements (61% v. 70%, p = NS). CONCLUSIONS The majority of patients attending family practices in Calgary use vitamin, mineral or herbal supplements, and monitoring of supplement use by health care professionals is minimal. Young patients, in particular, tend not to report their use of supplements. They also believe the supplements are safer and more effective than prescription medications and obtain information from nonmedical sources. Physicians should enhance patient understanding of these products and include supplement use in all medical histories. In particular, younger patients require more reliable information on supplements.
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- K M Durante
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Alta
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Ayala GX, Elder JP, Campbell NR, Engelberg M, Olson S, Moreno C, Serrano V. Nutrition communication for a Latino community: formative research foundations. Fam Community Health 2001; 24:72-87. [PMID: 11563946 DOI: 10.1097/00003727-200110000-00009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Formative research techniques were used to develop a tailored health communication nutrition intervention for Latinas and their families. Members of the target community were recruited to participate in focus groups, depth interviews, and participant observations. Women, in particular, were observed preparing meals in their homes and purchasing groceries. The objective was to identify variables that could be used for targeting, segmenting, and tailoring the intervention. Results from these efforts were used to develop a theory-based intervention, which is described at the conclusion of the article.
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- G X Ayala
- SDSU/UCSD Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology, San Diego State University, California, USA
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Campbell NR, Nagpal S, Drouin D. Implementing hypertension recommendations. Can J Cardiol 2001; 17:851-6. [PMID: 11521126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/21/2023] Open
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- N R Campbell
- Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Campbell NR, Khan N. Cocaine-related vasculitis causing upper-limb peripheral vascular disease. Ann Intern Med 2001; 135:142. [PMID: 11453718 DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-135-2-200107170-00019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE Self-measurement of blood pressure is commonly performed by those persons with hypertension and is advocated in many national hypertension guidelines. We examined accuracy of readings, patient knowledge, and preparation for readings, technique and equipment. DESIGN The study was a prospective observational design. Sixty-nine hypertensive patients were recruited from a tertiary referral center and by newspaper advertisement. All patients had previously self-measured their blood pressure. The patients initially measured their blood pressure under direct supervision in a clinic using their usual preparation, technique and their own equipment. Then after a five-min rest, blood pressures were measured twice both by research nurse and the patient in an alternating sequence. The nurse used a standardized blood pressure measurement technique. RESULTS Inadequate patient knowledge and performance of measurement technique and inaccurate equipment was common. The average initial patient systolic reading prior to the five-minute rest was higher than that of the trained nurse (9.1 +/- 13 mmHg systolic, p < 0.001 and 1.5 +/- 8.0 mmHg diastolic, p = 0.12). Almost half (42%) of the initial patient blood pressure readings differed in classification of hypertension/normotension from the nurse. The difference between the patient and nurse readings after the five-min rest was 3.8 +/- 11.8 / 1.1 +/- 6.8 mmHg. CONCLUSIONS Care must be taken in interpreting patient self-measured blood pressure unless there has been adequate training and assessment of patient and equipment accuracy. Studies of health care professionals reveal similar problems therefore widespread efforts to standardize blood pressure measurement are necessary.
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- N R Campbell
- Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Research Group, The University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
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Campbell NR. An ongoing systematic update of hypertension recommendations. Can J Cardiol 2001; 17:521-2. [PMID: 11381273] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/20/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Unintentional injuries are the major cause of death among children, adolescents, and young adults. This article presents an evaluation of an injury-prevention program for 11- to 16-year-old, Hispanic migrant youth. DESIGN Randomized controlled trial with two conditions: first aid and home safety training and tobacco and alcohol prevention. Participants were assessed at baseline, at immediate post-intervention, and at 1-year follow-up. PARTICIPANTS A total of 660 Hispanic adolescent and parent pairs participated in a program entitled Sembrando Salud (sowing the seeds of health). INTERVENTION The intervention consisted of two conditions: first aid and home safety training and tobacco and alcohol prevention. Both groups were exposed to an eight-session, multimedia program presented by bilingual, bicultural college students. The sessions consisted of lectures, discussions, and skills development and practice. OUTCOME MEASURES To examine the efficacy of the first aid and home safety intervention, adolescents were assessed for changes in first aid confidence, knowledge of items in a first aid kit, knowledge of how to respond in an emergency situation, acquisition of a first aid kit, and behavioral skills testing in response to two emergency scenarios. RESULTS Similar changes in confidence were observed in both groups after the intervention. Participants in the first aid and home safety program were better able to identify items to include in a first aid kit, how to respond in an emergency situation, and reported fewer erroneous victim-caring procedures than the tobacco and alcohol prevention group. CONCLUSIONS Sembrando Salud was successful at achieving and maintaining change in confidence and knowledge of first aid and emergency response skills over a yearlong period.
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- N R Campbell
- Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego State University, San Diego, California 92123, USA
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McAlister FA, Campbell NR, Zarnke K, Levine M, Graham ID. The management of hypertension in Canada: a review of current guidelines, their shortcomings and implications for the future. CMAJ 2001; 164:517-22. [PMID: 11233874 PMCID: PMC80782] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/19/2023] Open
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Clinicians are exposed to numerous hypertension guidelines. However, their enthusiasm for these guidelines, and the impact of the guidelines, appears modest at best. Barriers to the successful implementation of a guideline can be identified at the level of the clinician, the patient or the practice setting; however, the shortcomings of the guidelines themselves have received little attention. In this paper, we review the hypertension guidelines that are most commonly encountered by Canadian clinicians: the "1999 Canadian Recommendations for the Management of Hypertension," "The Sixth Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure" in the United States and the "1999 World Health Organization-International Society of Hypertension Guidelines for the Management of Hypertension." The key points of these guidelines are compared and the shortcomings that may impede their ability to influence practice are discussed. The main implications for future guideline developers are outlined.
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- F A McAlister
- Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta.
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Campbell NR, Edwards AL, Brant R, Jones C, Mitchell D. Effect on lipid, complete blood count and blood proteins of a standardized preparation for drawing blood: a randomized controlled trial. CLIN INVEST MED 2000; 23:350-4. [PMID: 11152403] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/18/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To compare a standardized recommended procedure for drawing blood to measure blood lipid and lipoprotein levels with the procedure commonly used in clinical practice. The aim was to see if hemoconcentration and spuriously elevated lipid levels could be avoided. DESIGN An open randomized crossover clinical trial. SETTING The University of Calgary. PATIENTS Twenty-five patients with dyslipidemia. INTERVENTIONS Blood drawing using a standardized procedure in which the patient remained seated for 5 minutes before blood collection and tourniquet use was minimized or avoided. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Differences in lipid levels between the usual clinical procedure and the recommended procedure for drawing blood. RESULTS Prior to drawing blood, laboratories have sat patients for an average of 1.4 minutes (95% CI, 0.9 to 1.9) and used a tourniquet in every patient. In the standardized procedure, patients rested for an average of 5.6 minutes (95% CI 5.0 to 6.2), and a tourniquet was used briefly in only 3 of 23 patients. There were no differences in lipid and lipoprotein values and no clinically significant difference in hemoglobin or albumin levels or in the calculation of hemoconcentration. CONCLUSIONS Efforts to rest patients and avoid tourniquet use when drawing blood for assessment of lipid levels are unlikely to be useful.
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- N R Campbell
- Division of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, University of Calgary, Alta.
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Campbell NR. Message from the president. Can J Cardiol 2000; 16:1085. [PMID: 11021951] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/17/2023] Open
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Zarnke KB, Campbell NR, McAlister FA, Levine M. A novel process for updating recommendations for managing hypertension: rationale and methods. Can J Cardiol 2000; 16:1094-102. [PMID: 11021953] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/17/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND There are numerous hypertension consensus recommendations intended for practising physicians. However, recommendations in their current format have limited impact on improving hypertension control. MATERIALS AND METHODS A group of national societies, headed by the Canadian Hypertension Society, the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada, the Canadian Coalition for High Blood Pressure Prevention and Control, and Health Canada has developed strategies to maintain annually updated recommendations for hypertension management and to provide greater opportunities for their implementation into clinical practice. The process is overseen by a steering committee. Subcommittees have been formed for each of a list of topics seen as important to the control of hypertension. The subcommittees, with the aid of a central librarian, conduct annual literature reviews in accordance with Cochrane Collaboration strategies. Modified existing and new recommendations are forwarded to a group with expertise in clinical epidemiology. Grades of evidence are assigned to each recommendation. Revised recommendations based on the above process will be presented annually at the conjoint Canadian Hypertension Society/Canadian Cardiovascular Congress meeting. Under the leadership of the Cardiovascular Disease Division of the Laboratory Centre for Disease Control, Health Canada, a committee has been charged with the implementation process. CONCLUSIONS The improvements of the current process over previous national hypertension recommendations are four-fold. First, the recommendations will be updated annually. Second, the methodology has been improved. Third, the grading system can be used in the evaluation of complex study designs. Finally, the implementation process is extended. The authors are optimistic that these changes will contribute to the improvement of hypertension control in the Canadian population.
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- K B Zarnke
- London Health Sciences Centre, University Hospital Campus, 339 Windermere Road, London, Ontario N6A 5A5, Canada.
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Elder JP, Campbell NR, Litrownik AJ, Ayala GX, Slymen DJ, Parra-Medina D, Lovato CY. Predictors of cigarette and alcohol susceptibility and use among Hispanic migrant adolescents. Prev Med 2000; 31:115-23. [PMID: 10938211 DOI: 10.1006/pmed.2000.0693] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND Little is known about interpersonal and broader sociocultural factors related to protection from or use of tobacco and alcohol among immigrant adolescents. This study presents the baseline predictors of tobacco and alcohol use and susceptibility to tobacco and alcohol among Hispanic migrant adolescents. METHODS The sample consisted of 660 Hispanic adolescents (51% male) between the ages of 11 and 16 years enrolled in the Migrant Education Program through the County Office of Education. Slightly more than 75% of the study sample was first generation Hispanics and 79% preferred to speak Spanish. An interviewer-administered survey assessed the following information: standard demographic characteristics, modeling of cigarette smoking (including parental and peer smoking), attitudes (including self-standards and anticipated outcomes), acculturation, communication with parents, amount of social support, and satisfaction with social support. RESULTS Significant predictors of susceptibility to tobacco and smoking status included age, gender, attitudes toward cigarettes (e.g., anticipated outcomes, self-standards), satisfaction with social support, and parent-child communication. Factors that were also significant predictors of susceptibility to alcohol and drinking status were age, attitudes toward drinking, satisfaction with social support, and level of parent-child communication. In addition, peer and household use of alcohol predicted adolescent outcomes. CONCLUSIONS Based on these results it is suggested that tobacco and alcohol prevention efforts for first-generation Hispanic adolescents should target not only usual concerns (e.g., availability, peer pressure, modeling, expectancies), but also parent-child communication.
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- J P Elder
- Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego State University, California, USA
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Litrownik AJ, Elder JP, Campbell NR, Ayala GX, Slymen DJ, Parra-Medina D, Zavala FB, Lovato CY. Evaluation of a tobacco and alcohol use prevention program for Hispanic migrant adolescents: promoting the protective factor of parent-child communication. Prev Med 2000; 31:124-33. [PMID: 10938212 DOI: 10.1006/pmed.2000.0698] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND Interventions designed to prevent tobacco and alcohol use targeting high-risk adolescents are limited. In addition, few studies have attempted to improve parent-child communication skills as a way of improving and maintaining healthy youth decision-making. METHODS A total of 660 Hispanic migrant families participated in a randomized pre-post control group study that was utilized to determine the impact of the intervention on parent-child communication. Both treatment and attention-control groups of youth were exposed to an eight-session culturally sensitive program presented by bilingual/bicultural college students. Parents jointly attended three of the eight sessions and participated in helping their child complete homework assignments supporting the content of each session. The content of the treatment intervention included (1) information about tobacco and alcohol effects, (2) social skills training (i.e., refusal skills), and (3) the specific development of parent-child communication skills to support healthy youth decisions. RESULTS Significant intervention by household size interactions for both parent and youth perceptions of communication were found indicating that the treatment was effective in increasing communication in families with fewer children. Based on the effect size and the previously established relationship between communication and susceptibility to tobacco and alcohol use, it was determined that the intervention effect could be translated into a future 5 to 10% decrease in susceptibility for these smaller families. CONCLUSIONS A culturally sensitive family-based intervention for migrant Hispanic youth was found to be effective in increasing perceived parent-child communication in families with fewer children. It is expected that increases in this important protective factor will lead to later observed decreases in tobacco and alcohol use.
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- A J Litrownik
- SDSU/UCSD Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology, San Diego State University, California 92123, USA
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Campbell NR. New Canadian hypertension recommendations. So what? Can Fam Physician 2000; 46:1413-6, 1418-21. [PMID: 10925753 PMCID: PMC2144850] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/17/2023]
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Campbell NR. Hypertension management in clinical practice. Can J Cardiol 2000; 16:574-6. [PMID: 10833535] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/16/2023] Open
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Chong DJ, Suchowersky O, Szumlanski C, Weinshilboum RM, Brant R, Campbell NR. The relationship between COMT genotype and the clinical effectiveness of tolcapone, a COMT inhibitor, in patients with Parkinson's disease. Clin Neuropharmacol 2000; 23:143-8. [PMID: 10895397 DOI: 10.1097/00002826-200005000-00003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Patients with Parkinson's Disease (PD) have a variable response to tolcapone, a catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) inhibitor. In addition, a subset of patients develop severe diarrhea as a side effect. Two codominant alleles for the COMT gene exist, coding for low and high activity, resulting in low-, medium-, and high-activity genotypes. This study investigates the relationship between this variation in genotype and clinical effects in patients with PD taking tolcapone. To investigate the relationship between COMT polymorphism and clinical response, 24 patients who completed tolcapone clinical trials provided blood samples for COMT genotype analysis. Change in levodopa dose and United Parkinson Disease Rating Scale (UPDRS) Part III (motor subscale) were analyzed at baseline, at 1-2 weeks, and 6 months after initiation of tolcapone. Genotype analysis was performed on seven patients who had diarrhea as a side effect. There was no significant correlation between genotype and improvement in UPDRS score (p = 0.29) according to a linear models approach that adjusted for the subject's severity of PD, tolcapone dose (either 100 or 200 mg three times daily) and initial differences in baseline scores. No significant difference was seen in change in daily levodopa intake and genotype. There was also no relation between diarrhea and COMT genotype. These results indicate that, in the treatment of Parkinson's disease, COMT genotype is not a major contributor to the clinical response to tolcapone.
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- D J Chong
- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Campbell NR. Message from the president. Can J Cardiol 2000; 16:392-3. [PMID: 10744804] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/16/2023] Open
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Feldman RD, Campbell NR, Larochelle P. Clinical problem solving based on the 1999 Canadian recommendations for the management of hypertension. CMAJ 1999; 161 Suppl 12:S18-22. [PMID: 10624418 PMCID: PMC1253507] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/15/2023] Open
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The 1999 Canadian Recommendations for the Management of Hypertension are notable for the trends that they represent with regard to the evolution of the management of hypertension. Diagnostically, the Recommendations endorse the greater use of non-office-based measures of blood pressure control and greater emphasis on the assessment of other atherosclerotic risk factors, both when considering prognosis in hypertension and in the choice of therapy. On the treatment side of the equation, lower targets for blood pressure control have been advocated in subgroups of hypertensive patients, particularly in those with diabetes and renal disease. In conjunction with the recently published recommendations on lifestyle management, there is a greater emphasis on lifestyle modification, both as initial and adjunctive therapy in hypertension. Implicit in the recommendations for therapy is the principle that for the vast majority of hypertensive patients treated pharmacologically, practitioners should not follow a stepped-care approach. Instead, therapy should be individualized, primarily based on consideration of concurrent diseases, both cardiovascular and noncardiovascular (Tables 1 and 2). Through the consensus process, there was a general appreciation of how far we have come in the development of evidence-based recommendations for hypertension management. However, there was also an increasing appreciation of how far we have to go in effectively translating these recommendations into better blood pressure control.
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- R D Feldman
- Robarts Research Institute, University of Western Ontario, London.
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Campbell NR, McKay DW. Accurate blood pressure measurement: why does it matter? CMAJ 1999; 161:277-8. [PMID: 10463050 PMCID: PMC1230505] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/13/2023] Open
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Campbell NR. Will lifestyle modifications reduce blood pressure? Can Fam Physician 1999; 45:1640-5. [PMID: 10424255 PMCID: PMC2328395] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/13/2023]
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Campbell NR, Ashley MJ, Carruthers SG, Lacourcière Y, McKay DW. Lifestyle modifications to prevent and control hypertension. 3. Recommendations on alcohol consumption. Canadian Hypertension Society, Canadian Coalition for High Blood Pressure Prevention and Control, Laboratory Centre for Disease Control at Health Canada, Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada. CMAJ 1999; 160:S13-20. [PMID: 10333849 PMCID: PMC1230335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/12/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE To provide updated, evidence-based recommendations concerning the effects of alcohol consumption on the prevention and control of hypertension in otherwise healthy adults (except pregnant women). OPTIONS There are 2 main options for those at risk for hypertension: avert the condition by limiting alcohol consumption or by using other nonpharmacologic methods, or maintain or increase the risk of hypertension by making no change in alcohol consumption. The options for those who already have hypertension include decreasing alcohol consumption or using another nonpharmacologic method to reduce hypertension; commencing, continuing or intensifying antihypertensive medication; or taking no action and remaining at increased risk of cardiovascular disease. OUTCOMES The health outcomes considered were changes in blood pressure and in morbidity and mortality rates. Because of insufficient evidence, no economic outcomes were considered. EVIDENCE A MEDLINE search was conducted for the period 1966-1996 with the terms ethyl alcohol and hypertension. Other relevant evidence was obtained from the reference lists of articles identified, from the personal files of the authors and through contacts with experts. The articles were reviewed, classified according to study design, and graded according to the level of evidence. VALUES A high value was placed on the avoidance of cardiovascular morbidity and premature death caused by untreated hypertension. BENEFITS, HARMS AND COSTS A reduction in alcohol consumption from more than 2 standard drinks per day reduces the blood pressure of both hypertensive and normotensive people. The lowest overall mortality rates in observational studies were associated with drinking habits that were within these guidelines. Side effects and costs were not measured in any of the studies. RECOMMENDATIONS (1) It is recommended that health care professionals determine how much alcohol their patients consume. (2) To reduce blood pressure in the population at large, it is recommended that alcohol consumption be in accordance with Canadian low-risk drinking guidelines (i.e., healthy adults who choose to drink should limit alcohol consumption to 2 or fewer standard drinks per day, with consumption not exceeding 14 standard drinks per week for men and 9 standard drinks per week for women). (3) Hypertensive patients should also be advised to limit alcohol consumption to the levels set out in the Canadian low-risk drinking guidelines. VALIDATION These recommendations are similar to those of the World Hypertension League, the National High Blood Pressure Education Program Working Group on Primary Prevention of Hypertension and the previous recommendations of the Canadian Coalition for High Blood Pressure Prevention and Control and the Canadian Hypertension Society. They have not been clinically tested. The low-risk drinking guidelines are those of the Addiction Research Foundation of Ontario and the Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse. SPONSORS The Canadian Hypertension Society, the Canadian Coalition for High Blood Pressure Prevention and Control, the Laboratory Centre for Disease Control at Health Canada, and the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada. The low-risk drinking guidelines have been endorsed by the College of Family Physicians of Canada and several provincial organizations.
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- N R Campbell
- Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Calgary, Alta
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Leiter LA, Abbott D, Campbell NR, Mendelson R, Ogilvie RI, Chockalingam A. Lifestyle modifications to prevent and control hypertension. 2. Recommendations on obesity and weight loss. Canadian Hypertension Society, Canadian Coalition for High Blood Pressure Prevention and Control, Laboratory Centre for Disease Control at Health Canada, Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada. CMAJ 1999; 160:S7-12. [PMID: 10333848 PMCID: PMC1230334] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/12/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE To provide updated, evidence-based recommendations concerning the effects of weight loss and maintenance of healthy weight on the prevention and control of hypertension in otherwise healthy adults (except pregnant women). OPTIONS The main options are to attain and maintain a healthy body weight (body mass index [BMI] 20-25 kg/m2) or not to do so. For those at risk for hypertension, weight loss and maintenance of healthy weight may prevent the condition. For those who have hypertension, weight loss and maintenance of healthy weight may reduce or obviate the need for antihypertensive medications. OUTCOMES The health outcome considered was change in blood pressure. Because of insufficient evidence, no economic outcomes were considered. EVIDENCE A MEDLINE search was conducted for the years 1992-1996 with the terms hypertension and obesity in combination and antihypertensive therapy and obesity in combination. Other relevant evidence was obtained from the reference lists of the articles identified, from the personal files of the authors and through contacts with experts. The articles were reviewed, classified according to study design and graded according to level of evidence. VALUES A high value was placed on the avoidance of cardiovascular morbidity and premature death caused by untreated hypertension. BENEFITS, HARMS AND COSTS Weight loss and the maintenance of healthy body weight reduces the blood pressure of both hypertensive and normotensive people. The indirect benefits of a health body weight are well known. The negative effects of weight loss are primarily the frustrations associated with attaining and maintaining a healthy weight. The costs associated with weight loss programs were not measured in the studies reviewed. RECOMMENDATIONS (1) It is recommended that health care professionals determine weight (in kilograms), height (in metres) and BMI for all adults. (2) To reduce blood pressure in the population at large, it is recommended that Canadians attain and maintain a healthy BMI (20-25). (3) All overweight hypertensive patients (BMI greater than 25) should be advised to reduce their weight. VALIDATION These recommendations are similar to those of the World Hypertension League, the National High Blood Pressure Education Program Working Group on Primary Prevention of Hypertension, the Canadian Hypertension Society and the Canadian Coalition for High Blood Pressure Prevention and Control. They have not been clinically tested. SPONSORS The Canadian Hypertension Society, the Canadian Coalition for High Blood Pressure Prevention and Control, the Laboratory Centre for Disease Control at Health Canada, and the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada.
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- Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Ont
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Campbell NR, Burgess E, Taylor G, Wilson E, Cléroux J, Fodor JG, Leiter L, Spence JD. Lifestyle changes to prevent and control hypertension: do they work? A summary of the Canadian consensus conference. CMAJ 1999; 160:1341-3. [PMID: 10333841 PMCID: PMC1230321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/12/2023] Open
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- N R Campbell
- Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Calgary, Alta
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Campbell NR, Burgess E, Choi BC, Taylor G, Wilson E, Cléroux J, Fodor JG, Leiter LA, Spence D. Lifestyle modifications to prevent and control hypertension. 1. Methods and an overview of the Canadian recommendations. Canadian Hypertension Society, Canadian Coalition for High Blood Pressure Prevention and Control, Laboratory Centre for Disease Control at Health Canada, Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada. CMAJ 1999; 160:S1-6. [PMID: 10333847 PMCID: PMC1230333] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/12/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE To provide updated, evidence-based recommendations for health care professionals on lifestyle changes to prevent and control hypertension in otherwise healthy adults (except pregnant women). OPTIONS For people at risk for hypertension, there are a number of lifestyle options that may avert the condition--maintaining a healthy body weight, moderating consumption of alcohol, exercising, reducing sodium intake, altering intake of calcium, magnesium and potassium, and reducing stress. Following these options will maintain or reduce the risk of hypertension. For people who already have hypertension, the options for controlling the condition are lifestyle modification, antihypertensive medications or a combination of these options; with no treatment, these people remain at risk for the complications of hypertension. OUTCOMES The health outcomes considered were changes in blood pressure and in morbidity and mortality rates. Because of insufficient evidence, no economic outcomes were considered. EVIDENCE A MEDLINE search was conducted for the period January 1996 to September 1996 for each of the interventions studied. Reference lists were scanned, experts were polled, and the personal files of the authors were used to identify other studies. All relevant articles were reviewed, classified according to study design and graded according to level of evidence. VALUES A high value was placed on the avoidance of cardiovascular morbidity and premature death caused by untreated hypertension. BENEFITS, HARMS AND COSTS Lifestyle modification by means of weight loss (or maintenance of healthy body weight), regular exercise and low alcohol consumption will reduce the blood pressure of appropriately selected normotensive and hypertensive people. Sodium restriction and stress management will reduce the blood pressure of appropriately selected hypertensive patients. The side effects of these therapies are few, and the indirect benefits are well known. There are certainly costs associated with lifestyle modification, but they were not measured in the studies reviewed. Supplementing the diet with potassium, calcium and magnesium has not been associated with a clinically important reduction in blood pressure in people consuming a healthy diet. RECOMMENDATIONS (1) It is recommended that health care professionals determine the body mass index (weight in kilograms/[height in metres]2) and alcohol consumption of all adult patients and assess sodium consumption and stress levels in all hypertensive patients. (2) To reduce blood pressure in the population at large, it is recommended that Canadians attain and maintain a healthy body mass index. For those who choose to drink alcohol intake should be limited to 2 or fewer standard drinks per day (maximum of 14/week for men and 9/week for women). Adults should exercise regularly. (3) To reduce blood pressure in hypertensive patients, individualized therapy is recommended. This therapy should emphasize weight loss for overweight patients, abstinence from or moderation in alcohol intake, regular exercise, restriction of sodium intake and, in appropriate circumstances, individualized cognitive behaviour modification to reduce the negative effects of stress. VALIDATION The recommendations were reviewed by all of the sponsoring organizations and by participants in a satellite symposium of the fourth international Conference on Preventive Cardiology. They are similar to those of the World Hypertension League and the Joint National committee, with the exception of the recommendations on stress management, which are based on new information. They have not been clinically tested. SPONSORS The Canadian Hypertension Society, the Canadian Coalition for High Blood Pressure Prevention and Control, the Laboratory Centre for Disease Control at health Canada, and the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada.
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- N R Campbell
- Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Calgary, Alta
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Campbell NR, Myers MG, McKay DW. Is usual measurement of blood pressure meaningful? Blood Press Monit 1999; 4:71-6. [PMID: 10450116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/13/2023]
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BACKGROUND Standardized measurement of blood pressure is widely recommended but rarely applied in usual clinical practice. OBJECTIVE To determine the differences resulting from physicians using standardized and usual (casual) techniques for measurement of blood pressure. METHODS Blood pressures measured by a research nurse, ambulatory blood pressure monitoring and echocardiographic estimation of left ventricular mass index were used as standards for comparison. RESULTS Use of casual technique resulted in blood pressure readings higher than those obtained by standardized technique, namely 6.2 (3.1-9.3) systolic and 3.9 (2.4-5.4) diastolic mmHg [means (95% confidence intervals)], and readings that were more variable. Sixty-two patients (42%) were classified normotensive by standardized techniques but hypertensive by physicians casual technique. When standardized technique was used 22 patients (15%) were classified hypertensive but blood pressure readings in normal range were obtained by usual technique. Measurements obtained using standardized technique were less variable and were significantly correlated to left ventricular mass index. CONCLUSION Using standardized technique is important if one is to classify the blood pressures of patients correctly. Use of usual or casual technique results in higher, more variable readings that are not related to left ventricular mass index. Results of this study strongly support recommendations that standardized technique should be used for assessing the cardiovascular risk of all adult patients.
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- N R Campbell
- Divisions of General Internal Medicine, Geriatrics and Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
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Peters GL, Binder SK, Campbell NR. The effect of crossing legs on blood pressure: a randomized single-blind cross-over study. Blood Press Monit 1999; 4:97-101. [PMID: 10450120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/13/2023]
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BACKGROUND Although there is a theoretical basis for crossing legs to increase blood pressure, there are no published data addressing this question. As a result guidelines for measurement of blood pressure are not consistent in recommending that patients legs should not be crossed during measurement. OBJECTIVE To determine the effect of crossing legs on blood pressure. METHODS Fifty healthy volunteers and 53 patients with hypertension were randomly allocated in a study with a cross-over design to having seated blood pressure measured with their legs in three different positions: feet flat on the floor and legs crossed using two common methods. The blood pressures were assessed by an investigator who was blinded to the leg positions and used a fully automated sphygmomanometer. RESULTS Crossing legs during blood pressure measurement increased systolic (by average 8.1 mmHg, 95% confidence interval 5.1-11.1 mmHg for method 1; 10.5 mmHg, 6.5-14.6 mmHg for method 2) and diastolic (by 4.5 mmHg, 1.5-7.5 mmHg for method 1; 4.0 mmHg, 2.0-6.0 mmHg for method 2) blood pressures in patients who have hypertension. Crossing legs increased systolic blood pressure (by 2.5 mmHg, 1.3)3.8 mmHg for method 1; 2.3 mmHg, 0.9-3.7 mmHg for method 2) in the healthy volunteers but had little effect on diastolic blood pressure. The cardiovascular-risk class increased for a large number of the hypertensive patients but for fewer of the normotensive subjects. CONCLUSIONS Blood pressure increases when legs are crossed and this increases the estimation of cardiovascular risk for many patients. Care should be taken to ensure that the patients feet are flat on the floor when measuring their blood pressure.
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- G L Peters
- Divisions of General Internal Medicine, Geriatrics and Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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AIMS To determine if iron binds strongly to captopril and reduces captopril absorption. METHODS A variety of in vitro experiments was conducted to examine iron binding to captopril and a randomized, double-blind, placebo controlled, cross-over study design was used to assess the in vivo interaction. Captopril (25 mg) was coingested with either ferrous sulphate (300 mg) or placebo by seven healthy adult volunteers. Subjects were phlebotomized and had blood pressure measured at 0, 0.25, 0.5, 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, and 12 h post ingestion. A 1 week washout period was used. RESULTS The coingestion of ferrous sulphate and captopril was associated with a 37% (134 ng ml(-1) h, 95% CI 41-228 ng ml(-1) h, P = 0.03) decrease in area under the curve (AUC) for unconjugated plasma captopril. There were no substantial changes in Cmax (mean difference; -32; 95% CI -124-62 ng ml(-1) (P = 0.57)) or in tmax (mean difference; 0; 95% CI -18-18 min (P = 0.65)) for unconjugated captopril when captopril was ingested with iron. There was a statistically insignificant increase in AUC for total plasma captopril of 43% (1312 ng ml(-1) h, 95% CI -827-3451 ng ml(-1) h P = 0.27) when captopril was ingested with iron. The addition of ferric chloride to captopril resulted in the initial rapid formation of a soluble blue complex which rapidly disappeared to be replaced by a white precipitant. The white precipitate was identified as captopril disulphide dimer. There were no significant differences in systolic and diastolic blood pressures between the treatment and placebo groups. CONCLUSIONS Co-administration of ferrous sulphate and iron results in decreased unconjugated captopril levels likely due to a chemical interaction between ferric ion and captopril in the gastrointestinal tract. Care is required when coprescribing captopril and iron salts.
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- J P Schaefer
- Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Elder JP, Campbell NR, Candelaria JI, Talavera GA, Mayer JA, Moreno C, Medel YR, Lyons GK. Project Salsa: development and institutionalization of a nutritional health promotion project in a Latino community. Am J Health Promot 1998; 12:391-401. [PMID: 10182091 DOI: 10.4278/0890-1171-12.6.391] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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PURPOSE Project Salsa was a community-based effort seeking to promote health through nutritional behavior change in a Latino community of San Diego, California. The purpose of this article is to report on program factors related to long-term institutionalization of Project Salsa interventions. DESIGN Project Salsa was a demonstration rather than an experimental project. To ensure maximum sensitivity to the needs and values of the community, Project Salsa began with an extensive health needs assessment, including development of an advisory council, telephone survey, archival research, and key informant interviews. SETTING Project Salsa interventions took place in San Ysidro, California, located near the U.S.-Mexico border adjacent to Tijuana from 1987 to 1992. SUBJECTS The intervention community had 14,500 residents, of which nearly 83% were Latino. INTERVENTIONS Interventions included coronary heart disease risk factor screenings, meal preparation classes, newspaper columns, point-of-purchase education, school health and cafeteria programs, and breast-feeding promotion. MEASURES Institutionalization of intervention components. RESULTS Two of the interventions, the risk factor screenings and school health programs, are still in operation 4 years after the end of project funding. CONCLUSIONS Four factors common to institutionalized components are presented in the paper.
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- Graduate School of Public Health, Center for Behavioral and Community Health Studies, San Diego State University, CA 92123, USA
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OBJECTIVE To report on the relationship between serum folate levels and the prevalence of stroke, peripheral vascular disease, cognitive problems and short-term mortality in elderly people. SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS 1171 subjects whose serum folate was determined as part of their clinical examination in the Canadian Study of Health and Aging, a population study of individuals 65 years and older. METHODS Cross-sectional analysis compared relationships between serum folate levels and clinical features; longitudinal analysis examined mortality at follow-up by folate status at the time of the clinical examination. RESULTS Membership in the lowest quartile for serum folate was associated with an increased likelihood of stroke. Those with low folate levels were more likely to be demented, institutionalized and depressed. In the cognitively impaired but not demented group, those with low folate levels scored lower on the Modified Mini Mental State and had more short-term memory problems. CONCLUSIONS Low folate level was a significant explanatory variable for stroke. Low folate levels were common in all types of dementia and were associated with a history of weight loss, lower body mass index and lower serum albumin concentrations. This may reflect the reduced ability of cognitively impaired individuals to eat adequately.
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Calgary, Health Sciences Centre, Alberta, Canada
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Campbell NR, Hull RD, Brant R, Hogan DB, Pineo GF, Raskob GE. Different effects of heparin in males and females. CLIN INVEST MED 1998; 21:71-8. [PMID: 9562927] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To determine whether women have a Pharmacological predisposition to bleeding and a worse outcome than men during heparin therapy, in light of recent studies showing that women have a higher risk of bleeding complications following anticoagulant therapy for thrombotic disorders than men. DESIGN Prospectively planned subgroup analysis of a double-blind randomized study. SETTING Academic tertiary care hospitals in Hamilton, Ont. PATIENTS A total of 199 consecutive patients (105 women, 93 men) presenting with proximal deep vein thrombosis. (One patient was not included due to incomplete data). OUTCOME MEASURES Activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT) values and heparin levels were assessed every 4 to 6 hours after a standard heparin bolus and infusion. The effect of sex on heparin doses and levels was also assessed after stable therapeutic heparin infusions were achieved. RESULTS The women had higher heparin levels than the men (0.560 [standard error of the mean, SEM 0.056] units/mL v. 0.347 [SEM 0.062] units/mL, p < 0.0001) and higher APTT values (94.9 [SEM 0.50] seconds v. 81.2 [SEM 0.53] seconds, p = 0.0002) 4 to 6 hours after being given the same heparin bolus and infusion doses. After achieving therapeutic APTT values, the women received lower heparin doses than the men (27.9 [SEM 0.24] 1000 units/24 hours v. 34.5 [SEM 0.24] 1000 units/24 hours, p < 0.0001) but had higher heparin levels (0.349 [SEM 0.035] units/mL v. 0.292 [SEM 0.036] units/mL, p = 0.034). The effect of sex was also determined after correcting for the known effects of weight and age on heparin therapy. After adjusting for patient weight, among the women, older women had higher heparin levels but, among the men, there was little effect of age. There were no sex differences with respect to bleeding complications or recurrent thromboembolic disease. CONCLUSION Women showed alterations in the pharmacokinetics of heparin, which could explain a predisposition to bleeding complications. Under the heparin protocol used in this study, heparin doses were rapidly adjusted, which may explain why rates of bleeding complications and recurrent thromboembolism were similar in men and women. We do not recommend changes in heparin therapy based on these results, but suggest the use of protocols that assess coagulation parameters frequently and then adjust heparin doses rapidly, in order to individualize therapy. Further study is required to determine whether there are sex differences in bleeding complications associated with anticoagulant therapy, and to confirm the altered pharmacokinetics of heparin in women.
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- N R Campbell
- Division of General Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Alta
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Huston P, Campbell NR. Influencing prescribing patterns. Can Fam Physician 1998; 44:221-3, 228-30. [PMID: 9512821 PMCID: PMC2277614] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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