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Trial reportBMC cardiovascular disorders2012

Implementation of shared decision making by physician training to optimise hypertension treatment. Study protocol of a cluster-RCT.

Iris Tinsel, Anika Buchholz, Werner Vach, Achim Siegel, Thorsten Dürk, Andreas Loh, Angela Buchholz, Wilhelm Niebling, Karl-Georg Fischer

Open access · goldAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in BMC cardiovascular disorders, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
2.4field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Interventions to support shared decision making for hypertension: A systematic review of controlled studies.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2018
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Iris TinselDepartment of Medicine, Division of General Practice, University Medical Centre Freiburg, Elsässerstr, 2 m, Freiburg, 79110, Germany. iris.tinsel@uniklinik-freiburg.de
Anika Buchholz
Werner Vach
Achim Siegel
Thorsten Dürk
Andreas Loh
Angela Buchholz
Wilhelm Niebling
Karl-Georg Fischer
University Medical Center Freiburg · DEUniversität Hamburg · DEUniversity of Freiburg · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundHypertension is one of the key factors causing cardiovascular diseases which make up the most frequent cause of death in industrialised nations. However about 60% of hypertensive patients in Germany treated with antihypertensives do not reach the recommended target blood pressure. The involvement of patients in medical decision making fulfils not only an ethical imperative but, furthermore, has the potential of higher treatment success. One concept to enhance the active role of patients is shared decision making. Until now there exists little information on the effects of shared decision making trainings for general practitioners on patient participation and on lowering blood pressure in hypertensive patients. METHODS/

designIn a cluster-randomised controlled trial 1800 patients receiving antihypertensives will be screened with 24 h ambulatory blood pressure monitoring in their general practitioners' practices. Only patients who have not reached their blood pressure target (approximately 1200) will remain in the study (T1 - T3). General practitioners of the intervention group will take part in a shared decision making-training after baseline assessment (T0). General practitioners of the control group will treat their patients as usual. Primary endpoints are change of systolic blood pressure and change of patients' perceived participation. Secondary endpoints are changes of diastolic blood pressure, knowledge, medical adherence and cardiovascular risk. Data analysis will be performed with mixed effects models. DISCUSSION: The hypothesis underlying this study is that shared decision making, realised by a shared decision making training for general practitioners, activates patients, facilitates patients' empowerment and contributes to a better hypertension control. This study is the first one that tests this hypothesis with a (cluster-) randomised trial and a large sample size.

Indexed as

Choice BehaviorPatient ParticipationPhysician-Patient RelationsResearch DesignAntihypertensive AgentsAttitude of Health PersonnelBlood PressureBlood Pressure Monitoring, AmbulatoryCardiovascular DiseasesCommunicationGeneral PracticeGeneral PractitionersGermanyHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeHumansHypertensionAntihypertensive Agents

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PMID22966894
PMCPMC3467178
OpenAlexW2058401488

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