For the first time, a detailed study has been carried out on the real world of people suffering from high blood pressure, involving the doctors who are directly in contact with them, who shoulder the responsibility of the diagnosis and make the decisions about treatment. Data were collected from fifty-eight patients diagnosed and monitored in the clinics by twenty-nine specialist physicians who supplied information about the diagnostic work-up, the follow-up and the therapy. The data were collected using an online questionnaire and were processed statistically. The result is a cross-section of interesting and original results, featuring a number of peaks of excellence and various troughs of negative criticality, which call for reflection and for decisions on action to be taken. The figures are hence useful for both clinicians and epidemiologists and all those who are involved with medical governance.
University of Siena, Italy
S. Maria Nuova Hospital, Italy
University of Florence, Italy
Book Title
Raccontaci lʼipertensione
Book Subtitle
Indagine a distanza in Toscana
Authors
Stefano Taddei, Ranuccio Nuti, Alfonso Lagi
Peer Reviewed
Number of Pages
164
Publication Year
2011
Copyright Information
© 2011 Author(s)
Content License
Metadata License
Publisher Name
Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/978-88-6453-278-3
ISBN Print
978-88-6453-275-2
eISBN (pdf)
978-88-6453-278-3
eISBN (xml)
978-88-9273-650-4
Series Title
Strumenti per la didattica e la ricerca
Series Issn ISSN
2704-6249
Series E-Issn
2704-5870