Management instructions for elderly patients with hypertension

Abstract

Aim: To compare the understanding of hypertension and antihypertensive treatment in Japanese patients (aged 50% of these patients had little knowledge of hypertension and poor understanding of their physician’s explanation of it. Conclusions: Elderly patients with hypertension (aged ≥75 years) require daily BP monitoring and detailed and repeated explanation of hypertension and BP targets.

Keywords

• elderly
• hypertension
• management
• questionnaire
• combination tablets